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Budget? always the first question. Don’t say ‘my parents say anything is fine’ unless you are clear that they are willing to spend $80,000/year for your college.
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Why, precisely, do you think that your LoRs will be weak? Students sometimes think that friendliness or a strong personal relationship is what makes a good LoR, but a good teacher will have a good idea who you are as a student without that.
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I don’t think that UVa or W&M are a safety for any NoVa kid (ok, except maybe from TJ), but given your rank I would say that UVa is very likely. W&M also- but slightly less so, only b/c they look a little harder at fit than UVa does.
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You absolutely do not need to be a business major to get into an MBA program. The good programs will want you to have worked for a couple of years, and used those years to clarify exactly what you want from an MBA (it’s how you will choose which MBA would suit your goals best). Fwiw, MBA programs like engineers very much!
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Re: engineering: you need to decide if that is your path, and if so you may want to add/drop some schools from your current list. For engineering in-state, Va Tech is a Likely, not a Safety, and is definitely the star compared to UVa (note that W&M doesn’t offer engineering- they have a 3+2 program, where you go to another uni for the engineering). GaTech is a serious reach for engineering. Emory doesn’t offer it. Etc.
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