help needed in ugrad school choice

Hi WSO, I am Jose, a rising senior in Dallas TX, i am interested in IBD and want to know which out of the following schools would be the best choice for me as a safety ( I am applying to Stern, UVA, Ross preferred, etc and want a safe school just in case). my stats are 2230 sat and 3.73 gpa, after running the NPC, i found the cost of these schools as

Villanova 25k, IU Kelley 40k, Tulane 17k, Northeastern 10k

Which of these schools would be the best deal , both in terms of career prospects and financial safety, and suggest some safeties if possible.

Thanks and Regards

Jose

10 Comments
 

IU Kelley and Villanova are decent safeties but between them IU Kelley is a much better safety and places very well in recruiting .

Stern and Ross Preferred Admit would be high reaches and UVA would be a low reach since you are applying out of state.

 

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