<p>Please stay with me for this. I’m a junior and I have TERRIBLE grades, a 3.48 UW GPA to be exact. This mostly stems from my 4 Cs freshman year. However, my SAT is a 2030, and that was without studying at all. I’m confident it will be at least a 2250 by the time I apply to college. I’ve always been great at standardized tests. </p>
<p>I’m in a bit of a hard place when it comes to my college choice. I know that I want to make money in my career (duh), but I also don’t want to be a 90 hour a week desk drone. I’m interested in many things, including economics, family law, politics, consulting, and asset management. I’m almost definitely going to attend grad school no matter what I do.</p>
<p>Because I’m still undecided in my career, I have no idea where I should realistically apply to school or what to major in! I am looking at Baylor, Boston University, Pepperdine, NYU, Notre Dame, USC, and other private schools in this vein along with local state schools that I’m all but guaranteed admission to. </p>
<p>I have two questions: what majors do you recommend for me based on the above qualifications, and what schools are realistic shots for me?</p>
<p>I don’t have any recommendations for where you should apply, but c’mon- those are TERRIBLE grades??? The only reason you may think that is terrible is that you are comparing yourself to everyone here on CC, where the average UW GPA is a 3.95. In the real world, a 3.48 UW GPA, especially when coupled with a 2030, is far from terrible and should give you plenty of options.</p>
<p>first there is nothing wrong with your grades.
have you thought about some smaller schools for undergrad that might be a more supportive environment?</p>
<p>like rollins college, muhlenberg college,washington and jefferson or slightly bigger schools like butler university or drake university.</p>
<p>If you can’t figure out what to major in, then neither can we!
Most of the time, you don’t declare a major until sophomore year. That gives you a year to take a variety of courses in departments of interest to you, to explore the career center at your college (these are wonderful resources -use them to help guide your career search!!), and learn from other students. Take advantage of other campus or city resources to explore your options - attend lectures, exhibits etc. You never know what may spark an interest.
As for schools, some college guides (I can’t remember which) will make suggestions based on what you know you like, e.g. a list of schools similar to B.U.
Use a college search engine to show you ones you have a good shot based on your test scores and GPA. You will probably get a TON of results since your scores and GPA are pretty good and your interests aren’t too specific. Use the SuperMatch here on CC, or College Navigator College Navigator - National Center for Education Statistics or the College Board. I like College Navigator because it allows you to download the results to a spreadsheet.</p>
<p>Pepperdine, NYU and ND are not realistic unless you happen to be an athlete or a legacy. If your school has the Naviance search tool for college I would say try using it. You can do a search based of many different criteria and come up with good matches. Good luck.</p>