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Help! Apps are coming up pretty soon & I don't know where to go!! Based on my stats and major, where should I apply and have a chance to get in? I want a college with good business and engineering programs

Degree Plan
• Major: Finance
• Minor: International Business & Electrical Engineering

Academics:
• International Baccalaureate Program
• Advanced Placement Program
• Talented and Gifted Program
• A Average
• Grade Point Average: 4.000
• Class Rank Average: 5.4259
• Class Rank: 20/636 = 3%
• SAT: 1490 - 790 in Math 700 in verbal - taking them again!

Classes Taken:
• Freshman: Pre-IB World Area Studies
• Freshman: Pre-IB TAG Geometry
• Freshman: Pre-IB TAG English I (American Literature)
• Freshman: Pre-IB Accelerated Science I (1st semester of Bio, Chem, and Physics)
• Freshman: Spanish I
• Freshman: Concert Band I
• Freshman: Debate I
• Sophomore: Pre-IB US History (same as AP US History)
• Sophomore: Pre-IB TAG Algebra II
• Sophomore: Pre-IB TAG English II (British Literature)
• Sophomore: Pre-IB Accelerated Science II (2nd Semester of Bio, Chem, and Physics)
• Sophomore: Spanish II Enhanced
• Sophomore: AP Computer Science I (Java)
• Sophomore: Symphonic Band (1/2)
• Sophomore: Business Law (1/2)
• Sophomore: SAT Prep (1/2)
• Junior: IB European History SL
• Junior: IB TAG Pre-Calculus
• Junior: IB TAG English III SL
• Junior: IB Physics SL
• Junior: Pre-IB Spanish III
• Junior: IB Psychology SL
• Junior: IB Theory of Knowledge I (1/2)
• Junior: Communication Applications (1/2)
• Junior: Ballet I
• Senior: IB World Area Studies HL
• Senior: AP Calculus BC
• Senior: IB TAG English IV HL
• Senior: AP Statistics
• Senior: IB Spanish IV SL
• Senior: IB Psychology HL
• Senior: IB Theory of Knowledge II (1/2)
• Senior: IB Math Modeling SL
• Senior: Ballet II
• Senior: AP Economics

AP Test Scores (from sophomore year):
• US History: 5

Extra-curricular:
• Band (2 yrs)
• Marching Band (2 yrs)
• Ballet (3 yrs)
• Science Club (4 yrs)
• Table Tennis Club (1 yr)
• Interact (1 yr)
• WHO (1 yr)
• JSA (1 yr)
• HOSA (1 yr)
• Chinese School (4 yrs)
• Chinese School Dance (2 yrs)
• Mu Alpha Theta (2 yrs)
• National Spanish Honor Society (2 yrs)
• National Honor Society (2 yrs)
• Psychology Club (1 yr)
• DECA (2 yrs)
• IBSO (2 Years)

Leadership
• Class Rep (IBSO) – 1 yr
• President (IBSO) – 1 yr
• Treasurer (Science Club) – 1 yr

Community Service:
• About 200 hrs

By Css (Css) on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 08:48 pm: Edit

wow did u really take the time to write all that?
hmmm you can get in pretty much anywhere u want if u write a good personal statement without sounding cocky. my suggestion... UCLA!!! but ur probably too smart for that...

By Midwesterner (Midwesterner) on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 09:43 pm: Edit

I've never heard of anyone minoring in Electrical Engineering. I suggest you go to a university website and look at the courseload for engineering. There is a heavy core requirement, and you usually don't specialize until junior year.

Now, Finance/International Studies sounds doable. What area of the world interests you?

By Mominva (Mominva) on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 09:51 pm: Edit

Look at Lehigh University. they have an integrated business and engineering honors program (IBE).

By Hiya (Hiya) on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 10:39 pm: Edit

Hehe, no, I didn't write all of that. I just keep a word document updated throughout the years to facilitate my college apps.

I was thinking of specializing in China because I know the langage cuz my parents forced me to go to Chinese language school ever since I was 5.

And yeah, the engineering is kind of weird, but I said that I would do it because my dad wants me to. At UT Austin they have this business major that's Engineering route to business which is kind of a dual major, so if I decide to stay close to home, I'll probably do that.

By Midwesterner (Midwesterner) on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 10:01 am: Edit

I think the field that you want goes by many different names. It may also be hidden in different departments: business, engineering, or interdisciplinary studies, depending on the university. Look at what they call general engineering at U of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana
http://www.ge.uiuc.edu/dept/didyouknow.html
Does that sound like a fit for you?

RPI also has an engineering degree with a management emphasis. Good luck in your search.

By Cnn (Cnn) on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 10:50 am: Edit

hmm..

By Hiya (Hiya) on Sunday, March 21, 2004 - 06:26 pm: Edit

Okay, here is my tentative list
Reaches:
Penn – Wharton (1st choice)
Berkeley (I might not get in b/c I’m out-of-state & Asian)
MIT (it apparently has a really good business school for a math/sci kind of school, but I won’t get in

Fits:
NYU (but maybe NYC is too scary for me – Does anyone know if the campus area is safe?)
I NEED ANOTHER FIT!

Safeties:
UT Austin
Babson (maybe too concentrated on business for me, but campus is beautiful!)

By Mac87 (Mac87) on Sunday, March 21, 2004 - 09:24 pm: Edit

Purdue, but i'm not sure if they have finance in their business school

By Mac87 (Mac87) on Sunday, March 21, 2004 - 09:26 pm: Edit

University of Southern Indiana

the best D-II basketball team in the country

By Adrockmikd (Adrockmikd) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 02:00 pm: Edit

UCLA

By Mochika88 (Mochika88) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 05:32 pm: Edit

Hiya NYU is beautiful and very classy, right by the village you won't see anything bad. actually im thinking of sending MIT out of my mind for NYU because the city is sooo nice

By Failure (Failure) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 06:34 pm: Edit

UVA!!