Please chance me for Texas A&M and other schools. MO Resident, 3.3uw, 34 ACT, 1420 SAT, for finance

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Demographics

  • U.S. Citizen

  • State of Residency: Missouri (MO)

  • Type of High School: Public

Cost Constraints / Budget

  • None

Intended Major(s)

  • Finance

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted GPA: 3.285

  • Weighted GPA: 3.875

  • Class Rank: Not reported

  • ACT: 34

High School Coursework

  • 7 Honors classes

  • 11 AP classes

Awards / Honors

  • Inspire Award (FTC Robotics)

  • FBLA 3rd Place District Placement

  • AP Scholar with Distinction

Extracurricular Activities

  • FTC Robotics Co-Captain, Raised $20,000 for the team and made it to the FTC World Championships where we placed 3rd

  • Internship at an Insurance startup

  • 500+ volunteer hours for a non profit that I had a leadership role for.

  • FBLA District Level Top 3 Placement Sophomore and Junior year

  • Part Time Job all 4 years

  • JV Tennis all 4 years

  • Founder of Indian Student Association

  • National Honors Society

Colleges Applying To
(EA = Early Action, RD = Regular Decision, ED = Early Decision)

  • Boston College (EA)

  • Fordham(EA)

  • IU Kelley(EA)

  • LMU (Loyola Marymount)(EA)

  • NYU (ED)

  • Penn State(EA)

  • Purdue(EA)

  • SMU(EA)

  • Texas A&M(RD)

  • Ohio State(EA)

  • Tulane(EA)

  • University of Colorado Boulder(EA)

  • University of Georgia(EA)

  • University of Maryland(EA)

  • University of Miami (FL)(EA)

  • University of Minnesota Twin Cities(EA)

  • USC (Southern California)(EA)

  • University of Washington(EA)

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Just for context, I already applied to Mizzou and got in, and that would be my major safety to lean back on if all goes to fail.

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I’m assuming you had 4 years English, 3 years foreign language, science with lab and social science and math through at least pre calc.

BC has Early Decision, not action. That is binding. I think it’s a very high reach.

Fordham - I’ll say Target. Definitely not asssured but possible.

IU yes but Kelley - high reach

LMU - high target. Harder than Fordham given the GPA. But not impossible, especially given where you are from and that you are full pay.

NYU - if Stern - high reach. If not, high reach

Penn State - possible but more likely branched

Purdue - target like Fordham - GPA low but test good.

SMU - target - Cox no

Texas A&M - target leaning toward likely

Ohio State - target

Tulane - high reach

Colorado - safe for exploratory, no to Leeds

UGA - reach

UMD - reach

U Miami - reach

UMN - target leaning no for bus, yes to school

USC - high reach

U Wash - reach

Your list is too long and needs some legit safeties, unless Mizzou works for you. Fine school. If you’d go there over any other here, you can trim. What’s the after graduate goal ?

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Mizzou works for me, I end up paying close to nothing once I graduate if I go that route. I’ve taken math through Calc-AB. I’ve also taken AP Bio, AP Econ, APUSH, AP GOV, AP French, etc. I plan to work in corporate finance, I dont have a specific affinity towards IB or anything like that. Do you have any schools in mind that you think I should apply to?

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NYU i’m also applying ED with full pay, not really expecting anything out of it though. My course rigor is pretty good and my EC’s have impact, I just don’t know any specific schools that don’t take GPA into as much consideration as the rest of your profile.

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Nope, if you love Mizzou and it’s cheap, then great. Yiu have some schools listed near $100k.

It depends what you want in a school and where you want to be.

Is Colorado worth $60k+ a year vs Mizzou ?

You can look at Kansas or Nebraska or split Penn State/UMD with Delaware or go SEC - Bama, Ole Miss.

If you like Tulane, you can go College of Charleston.

Congrats on Mizzou.

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Money really isn’t an issue for the college, its just I would rather go to Mizzou for free then an adjacent school for more money. Out if all the colleges I listed what do you think my best shot is admissions wise.

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If this is the case, for corporate finance, take Mizzou for the save.

I’m not an adcom but I think you get into a couple:

CU but not Leeds

Purdue, A&M, LMU , and Fordham maybe.

Do you want Jesuit ? You can look at Loyola Chicago, Maryland or New Orleans.

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Thanks so much for your help, I really appreciate it.

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Sure. That u like Mizzou u could be done

Good luck

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Overall, you are applying a level too high (because grades matter most, and finance is generally harder), but given that you already got into a school you like - no problem.

I think you will get into at least 1 of these - Boulder, MN, Penn State, and Fordham. You might want to share specifics around the unweighted gpa so people have a better feel for how your transcript looks.

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I don’t believe such schools exist.

ECs, awards, and essays are the icing on the cake — they’re not the cake itself. Schools will look at your GPA first (in the context of your school), and then consider everything else.

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@vishkin when did you apply to Texas A&M?

TAMU has rolling admissions, and Mays Business School will be full by end of October/early November. Your test scores are solid, but what rank are you? Unless you applied in August or by mid September & are 1st Q, being OOS will make A&M a reach.

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Outside of NYU and USC (which would cost a small fortune), I wouldn’t pay a lot for any of these other institutions if you have a great deal at Mizzou that will likely leave you debt free. Also, NYU and USC are longshots with your GPA. You standardized test score is terrific, but everyone strongly considers GPA.

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