88.6/100 GPA Increasing from Freshman to Senior Year(84 Freshman to 92 as a Junior), 1410 SAT. Born and raised in spain, moved to the U.S at 4, then moved back to spain at 8, then back to the u.s at 12. Wrote my essay about what having to change cultures and essentially identities so often as a kid taught me. owner of a 25000 subscriber youtube channel, logo designer and merchandise designer, such as t-shirts, for Students for Senegal (club at school that builds schools in africa), and Logo designer and content creator for a local soccer academy. Fluent in 4 languages, looking to major in entrepreneurship. Swimmer (soon to be states qualifier and school record holder)**
So we know you’ll get into IU - but not Kelley. We know you’ll get into U Houston but you saw the requirements for class of 26.
@happy1 noted when I mentioned ASU and E Carolina that you already had safeties, like LSU.
So if you have safeties, what else do you need?
Many schools will have entrepreneurship aspects - Bentley (I like to say Babson’s cousin even though not related) has an entrepreneurship hub. And one doesn’t need the major to become an entrepreneur or learn more about it - most schools will have classes.
So start with your budget - your in state school.
U Houston is arguably at the top - so it’s a great find by you - if you can get in the program.
Research schools in the Princeton Review top 50 - as many are “safe” - do any interest you?
Miami U at #7 - you’d get in - great name. Farmer is a great B school. They have a department of entrepreneurship.
Iowa State
Drexel has its own program
Oregon
U Delaware
E Carolina
U Buffalo
These are all names you are highly likely for. Google them and entrepreneurship - you’ll find some impressive things.
For a New York student with a specific interest in the fashion industry, FIT seems like an obvious one to look at: Entrepreneurship
Does your international background mean that you’d be interested in an international focus in college - i.e. studying and/or internships abroad, programs with international connections, etc? Or conversely, does it mean that you’re “BTDT” about going abroad and are more interested in a US-based college experience?
As one example of the former, St. Louis University has a campus in Madrid, where it offers four-year degrees, “2+2” degrees (two years in Madrid and two in STL) and traditional semesters/years abroad. SLU offers en entrepreneurship major and minor; the major is available as a 2+2 and the minor is available to 4-year students in Madrid (business-y majors in Madrid include international business, econ, & marketing).
URI’s International Business program (not a major in “international business,” but rather a dual-degree program combining a foreign language/culture major and a business major, for which the Innovation & Entrepreneurship major is one option) includes both study and internship abroad. https://web.uri.edu/business/academics/undergraduate/international-business-program/
UMiami offers an entrepreneurship major and a Global Business co-major. Not a safety, but a little less reachy than Babson so not outside the range of your list, and meets need. Syracuse, similarly competitive, could also be worth a try (Entrepreneurship & Emerging Enterprises major).
Agreed that Delaware could be a good one to look at if it would be affordable.
Maybe U of Denver, whose two greatest strengths are Business and International Relations. The Pioneer Leadership cohort program is not purely stats-based - might be possible if your EC’s impress.
I don’t know that entrepreneurship is such a discreet skill that you need to focus on colleges that offer that is a major. Babson, your first choice, has developed a reputation for entrepreneurship. But even if Babson did not have that reputation for entrepreneurship, they offer a fantastic all around education even without their business focus, and they are obviously an excellent business school as well.
So, I would encourage you to focus on good business schools in good universities where you are likely to be accepted. You already have a good list. Binghamton is a good choice but it is likely a reach. I would add several other schools in NY which meet my criteria above:
Syracuse
Buffalo
Fordham
Others you might add in the Northeast which also would meet those criteria:
Drexel University
University of Delaware
University of Connecticut
Bentley has a 44% acceptance rate, so that’s more realistic. It doesn’t value standardized test scores for admission the way that Babson does, so even with a 44% acceptance rate, admission there is still a little unpredictable.
University of Washington has a 36% out of state acceptance rate, so you have a better shot here, BUT they do not give ANY consideration to standardized test scores, so you lose the advantage that your high SAT scores brings at some other schools. UW would have to be considered a “maybe”.
I think your list in your prior email is spot on, if the student wants to stay in the Northeast and several of the schools appear in the Princeton Review ranking - Buffalo, Drexel and Delaware as I recall - all safe. Syracuse and UConn are great schools - call them a toss up with UCONN leaning likely.
Yes, UConn has become a tougher admit in recent years, but they accept out of state students at a higher rate than in state applicants. They love those full pay out of state tuition payments. That’s a plus for him. And UConn regards standardized test scores as very important - as important as gpa, class rank, and rigor. The OP’s 1410 SAT score is almost at the 75th %ile for UConn and that is with only 41% submitting.
I think that with preference to out of state applicants and his Hugh SAT score, I think that UConn is a good target for him and that acceptance is likely. The only hedge I would make is that Business is a popular major at UConn, so he might not be accepted direct admit into the Business School and might have to earn his way in after he gets there.
I think that you should take a very close look at the various SUNY schools, and possibly CUNY as well. Unfortunately I do not know them well enough to know which ones would be appropriate for you.
Even if you would prefer to attend university out of state, and even if you do end up attending university out of state, it is still a good idea at this point when you are just applying to make sure that you will end up with at least one or preferably two affordable acceptances.