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Help choosing what colleges to apply to please?

Hi I'm a senior and I was wondering what kind of schools you think I could get into. Here's my credentials

White, Male

GPA: 3.81 (W) 3.57 (UW)

SAT: 670 M 630 W 630 CR

Class Decile Rank: 2/10 (I'm anywhere from top 11%-20% my school does not specify, but we're top 15 in PA) of 286 students

Honors: 9 honors classes over first 3 years

AP: AP Chemistry (senior year) AP Gov (senior year) and AP Euro (junior year, 3 on the exam)

Senior year schedule: AP Gov, CHS Physics (through the pitt), reading writing workshop, british liteature, contemporary nonfiction, team sports (gym), calculus, AP Chemistry

Leadership: Assistant Coach for Moon Area Baseball, Treasurer of Robotics club, Cub scouts assistant den leader

Volunteer: Concession stand worker for Moon Band, scoreboard operator for moon football, baseball assistant coach

Extracurricular Activities: 4 years of inline hockey, 2 years philosophy club, 1 year robotics club, 1 year world cultures club, 2 years salesperson at sheetz

So far I've been accepted to Pitt, applied to Penn State (I asked an admissions officer during my visit and they said it would be an absolute shock if I was denied) and I've been kinda unsure after that. I've been contemplating NYU but I feel my GPA is too low. Are there any schools, preferably in the Northeastern United States, that I should consider? I'm looking for a big school that is as high ranked as possible. My intended major is finance and I may also consider law school down the road.

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  • 6 years ago

    Pitt and Penn State are both good public schools. It'll be much cheaper to get your education in-state rather than going someplace like NYU. But New York is a good location for a finance major. Some other schools to look into (if they offer a finance major):

    Fordham

    Boston U.

    Boston College

    Northeastern

    George Washington U.

    Syracuse

    Lehigh (might be too small)

    U. of Maryland

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