<p>I’m a Junior now and have the big college meeting with my guidance counselor in about 3 weeks. I’ve been looking at Penn State, Northeastern, and a huge reach of mine is UNC Chapel Hill. I want to stay more on the East Coast.
If I give you my stats can you give me some school suggestions? </p>
<p>Intended Major: Business (maybe Business Management)</p>
<p>GPA: Should be about a 3.8 by the end of this year.</p>
<p>SATs: 1770 when I took them as a Soph. Going for a 1850-1900 this next time around.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Tennis, Rotary Interact Club (Community Service Club), French Honor Society, American Sign Language Club, DECA, job since Sophomore year</p>
<p>What might make me stand out: I’m going to France, Italy, & Greece this Summer for 19 days with a group of other teens with the Student Ambassadorial program People to People where I will become a student ambassador and do community and represent the U.S. and such.</p>
<p>It actually is, my Dad is only willing to pay 10,000-12,000 per year for me and the rest I have to take out in loans and scholarships. I paid for the Summer program with my own money that I had saved up.</p>
<p>TaylorBaton – If money is a problem you may want to reconsider spending all that money on the People to People program. Use some of what you save to get SAT tutoring or save even more by committing yourself to a serious course of SAT prep study using the “Xiggi method.” Do your community service at home. I really don’t see where you’d be making yourself stand out by paying thousands of dollars for a P2P program, and have never seen a student get an admissions boost by doing so.</p>
<p>I agree with Hudson Valley. Colleges will be more more impressed with community service at home then the P2P program. When students do such resume padders, it just looks like they have money.</p>
<p>Taylor, the thing that colleges would be impressed by was you saving up the money (possibly from working?) to go on the program, not going on the program itself. If you’re interested in the program for its own sake, then great. As others have said, if you’re thinking it will give you an admissions boost, then you can find a better use for your money. </p>
<p>What is your family’s Estimated Family Contribution? If it’s more than the $10-12k your father is willing to pay, you’ll want to know that sooner. Have your dad fill out one of the online FAFSA estimators. Watch out for loans; do not get sucked into taking out massive debt. </p>
<p>Throw Pitt on your list (and apply early! It’s rolling admissions, and the earlier you apply, the better) and also arrange to take the ACT. Some students do better on that then on the SAT.</p>
<p>Hey! It’s too late to reconsider P2P. I already sent in the payments and I’m actually really excited about the trip. I’ve always wanted to go to Europe and this is like a dream come true and a once in a lifetime chance for me. I wouldn’t pull out even if I could. And I live in new Jersey. And my Dad is out of work right now and probably won’t be back until about April. He estimated for me that his total income for the end of this year will be about $65,000-$70,000. My parents have horrible credit though, so I’m not sure how that will affect things. And my Dad is most definitely only giving $10,000, give or take a grand or two. And community college is not an option, so please don’t even bring that up.</p>
<p>I was looking there, but I despised the campus. It’s a back up right now if all else fails. I’m looking out of state. I really do not like any in state schools.</p>
<p>OK. I saw in your other thread that someone suggested UDel, and I would second that. They have a great campus and you should be in good shape for acceptance. I don’t know much about the quality of their B-school, but I know that they just opened a new facility fairly recently, so it may be on the way up. UDel also has a majority of students from OOS, which is a plus.</p>