Business Schools for a B student

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP what is the student’s weighted GPA?

OP here. WGPA is 3.36.

Private or public hs? I suggest looking at Naviance as well?

Did your kid take a rigorous courseload?

Public. 8 Honors classes and 3 AP classes (NSL, Chem, Macro/Micro Econ)

[Anonymous]

In New England you might want to consider these schools with a business focus:

Bryant in RI (accepts about 70% of applicants)
Bentley in MA (might be a stretch with a 3.0, but Bentley is less selective than Babson)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD was admitted to the following schools with a 1310 SAT (equivalent to 28 ACT) for business school majors with significant merit aid. Higher GPA but went to public high school. We are by no means full pay and that limited options:

-Fairfield
-U of Delaware (OOS)
-Binghamton (OOS)
-Susquehanna
-U of Scranton
-Juniata
-A school that no one on DCUM would ever know


And others I can’t recall. She attends one of the first six schools I listed.

How much higher of a GPA? You realize that colleges care more about grades than test scores.

My guess is your kid ended up at Fairfield. Nice!

What an ass.

Explain why it makes me an ass to (1) make the clearly correct point that grades count more than test scores for most colleges and (2) that Fairfield is a nice school.

[Anonymous]

What is he looking for? Big state school or small LAC?

[Anonymous]

If looking for big state schools - Arizona State or Rutgers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD was admitted to the following schools with a 1310 SAT (equivalent to 28 ACT) for business school majors with significant merit aid. Higher GPA but went to public high school. We are by no means full pay and that limited options:

-Fairfield
-U of Delaware (OOS)
-Binghamton (OOS)
-Susquehanna
-U of Scranton
-Juniata
-A school that no one on DCUM would ever know


And others I can’t recall. She attends one of the first six schools I listed.

How much higher of a GPA? You realize that colleges care more about grades than test scores.

My guess is your kid ended up at Fairfield. Nice!

My kid’s stats were as follows:
-5 AP classes including in the hard sciences
-GPA is not on a 4.0 scale at kid’s high school but kid was in top 10%. We don’t live in the DC area anymore.
-Years of work experience
-Did two varsity sports all four years

I was trying to be helpful to OP but I won’t next time. Thanks for your kind reply!

I wasn't trying to be unkind. I was merely trying to tell you that your kid sounds like a stronger applicant than OP's. If you really want to help, tell the full story. Geez.

PP here. I apologize that I took your comment the wrong way.

[Anonymous]

Consider Towson, UMBC, GMU, JMU (if you’re instate for one of those)

[Anonymous]

In VA: Definitely the University of Lynchburg.

University of Tampa might also be a good fit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Consider Towson, UMBC, GMU, JMU (if you’re instate for one of those)

Start with Towson and transfer to UMD if he is not accepted to UMD as a freshman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Consider Towson, UMBC, GMU, JMU (if you’re instate for one of those)

Start with Towson and transfer to UMD if he is not accepted to UMD as a freshman.

If you want to do the transfer route it’s better to start at community college. I know that seems counterintuitive but guaranteed transfer is for college of arts and sciences and for cc students.

[Anonymous]

Does UMD offer automatic transfer from cc into UMD business?

[Anonymous]

OP you asked for business programs .

I’d have your kid apply to possibly Pitt, NC State, College of Charleston, Towson, Univ SC, Salisbury, Elon, Univ of Delaware, University West Virginia, Michigan State.

While some of these might appear as reaches I’d do them.

The key to look for at any college applying to is whether your DC can get accepted directly to the business program if they do not then matriculation at college might be hard. Why make it hard? Hence being accept as a freshman is key.

I will be flamed at my list and the suggestion DC might not have a 3.0 gpa while in college but reality tells us most college students gpas correlate with HS within .5 so…..

OP my list is just examples Pitt being a reach. Theses are just starting points take my list find comparable schools. Skip schools like JMU that have limited enrollment programs to the business school.

[Anonymous]

^^ this is really good advice. Never underestimate the power of being full pay to an undergrad business school program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP you asked for business programs .

I’d have your kid apply to possibly Pitt, NC State, College of Charleston, Towson, Univ SC, Salisbury, Elon, Univ of Delaware, University West Virginia, Michigan State.

While some of these might appear as reaches I’d do them.

The key to look for at any college applying to is whether your DC can get accepted directly to the business program if they do not then matriculation at college might be hard. Why make it hard? Hence being accept as a freshman is key.

I will be flamed at my list and the suggestion DC might not have a 3.0 gpa while in college but reality tells us most college students gpas correlate with HS within .5 so…..

OP my list is just examples Pitt being a reach. Theses are just starting points take my list find comparable schools. Skip schools like JMU that have limited enrollment programs to the business school.

Thanks - very helpful. Yes, we plan to cast a wide net and hopefully have some options.

[Anonymous]

Do any LAC have business programs?