Please help narrow down a college list

rebca912
Mon, 02 Jun 2014 20:10:01 +0000

(wall of text incoming. You have been warned)
Hello! I’m a rising senior trying to make a list of colleges to apply to. I want to go to a college that has business majors/a business program, but it’s not an absolute deal-breaker for me if a college doesn’t have that. Still, I’m coming across a lot of colleges that don’t have business programs but are good with the sciences. So, if anyone has suggestions for which 1 or 2 colleges to keep on the list out of the ones listed below, that would be very much appreciated.

Smith, Tufts, Wesleyan, Duke, JHU, Lafayette (the last 2 do have some business-y things, but it doesn’t seem like a very strong course at either. Correct me if I’m wrong.)

I’ve visited all except Duke and am ok with the general environment at all of them. I’m interested in the sciences (especially biology-related fields) so I want to keep the strongest science schools on the list. Pretty much any information or anecdotes would be helpful, especially stuff concerning academic rigor, career help and placement, financial aid offerings, and living conditions/campus vibe.

(this is the part where it turns into a ‘chance me!’ thread, so if you’re not into that just ignore this part)
So, Smith and Lafayette are about 1/3 admit and the other are about 20% admit. I want the schools I keep on the list to also be ones I have a better chance of getting into. If people could chance me for the schools mentioned above that would also be very kind. Um, here are my stats:

white jewish female, boston suburbs, good public high school
GPA: 3.7ish unweighted, 4.6ish/5 weighted (this semester will bring them down a bit but not a ton)
SAT: 2190 (720m/730w/740r)
APs: Chem and Bio this year. BC Calc, Psych, self-study Macroeconomics next year. Possibly stats too.
honors classes in math/science/language, normal levels in english/history

ECs:
mock trial - 4 years, co-captain this coming year
badminton club - started this year, continuing next year
anime club - started this year, continuing next year
Hebrew school - 4 years, got a nice official-looking transcript
member of local teen group that works with town government to plan informative events for high schoolers and parents
gonna do some volunteering on a local farm this summer

I work at the local supermarket (not sure if that counts for anything)
weekend classes on various topics at a local program since freshman year (again, not sure if it counts for anything)

Once again, thank you for reading and answering!