<p>Take the info from BW's ranking with a grain of salt, noticing that this is only their third edition. Many of the schools can attest to the transient nature of their rankings.</p>
<p>BW is a little better than Us news in some respect</p>
<p>i mean they have some really bad state colleges over georgetown, BC, emory</p>
<p>You guys are making me think twice again to choose UVA over Berkeley and CMU. Yikessss if no ranking is reliable enough then how do I choose!!</p>
<p>lisieux, if you want a fine, reputable education, you should definately choose UVA. It has it all: great teachers, beautiful campus, and stellar reputation. When I was selecting business schools, UVA was one of my top choices. They try very hard to compete with some of the Ivy League schools, especially through their honors program. With "AccessUVa," they have even adopted a similar financial aid policy, trying to attract qualified students of all socioeconomic and geographic backgrounds. I'm not trying to discredit the other schools, but you will not regret UVA.</p>
<p>P.S. It also never hurts to apply to Wharton ;)</p>
<ol>
<li> Ohio State University–Columbus (Fisher) * 3.9</li>
<li> U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign * 3.9</li>
<li> Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison * 3.9</li>
<li> Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 3.9</li>
<li> Pennsylvania State U.–University Park (Smeal) * 3.8</li>
<li> Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities (Carlson) * 3.8</li>
<li> University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.8</li>
<li> Georgetown University (McDonough) (DC) 3.7</li>
<li> Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (Krannert) (IN)* 3.7</li>
<li> University of Arizona (Eller) * 3.7</li>
<li> Univ. of Maryland–College Park (Smith) * 3.7</li>
<li> Arizona State University (Carey) * 3.6</li>
<li> University of Washington * 3.6</li>
<li> Babson College (MA) 3.5</li>
<li> Boston College (Carroll) 3.5</li>
</ol>
<p>I am referring to this particular section of the rankings</p>
<p>i agree with like the top 10</p>
<p>As I had said before in other places, I think you are nuts to rely on the rankings, particlarly for an undergraduate degree. For example, look at the locations of Cornell vs Wharton in terms of access to major business firms. Wharton kids easily have access to and exploit their location on the Northeast corridor trainline almost without thought. It is a much tougher trick from Cornell, just on location. Most of the top schools major schools are good. I think there can be some legitimate issues with some of the smaller schools that have bubbled up. It has been argued that BW has a private school bias because of they way they do the rankings. Highly diverse schools won't make it some claim.</p>
<p>I think financial managements is not the same as finance.</p>
<p>Hmmm... how much should I base my college choices on the rankings (based solely on academic reliability)? I mean is UNC Chapel Hill really better than Georgetown, UVA? Btw can somebody point me to the stronger schools out of the following that I'm looking at: Wharton, USC Marshall, UVA McIntire, WashU Olin, Vandy, Duke, Brown, Columbia, Cornell AEM and CAS, Harvard, G-town McDonough, UCBerkeley, Northwestern and UChicago?
Btw I'm interested in Finance.</p>
<p>thx!!!
how's finance undergrad in william and mary?</p>
<p>"Financial Management" is basically corporate finance, mainly about using all the tools and analysis to maximize shareholder value and make the right capital budgeting decisions (positive NPV). Valuation of securities also falls under financial management. The other major category of finance is Capital/Financial Markets, which is more macro, so you study things like investment classes, mutual funds, bond duration, indexes, etc. You tend to see more charts and graphs. The difference is sort of like the difference between microeconomics (firm) and macroeconomics (larger economy).</p>
<p>Georgetown’s business school is not considered an elite. Obviously graduating from any Ivy League school is going to land you in a great position regardless of which one it is–albeit you seize your opportunities. From that list, other than the Ivy Leagues, UVa, WashU, Duke, Berkeley, NW and Chicago are great business school. One thing you really want to consider is how close the school is to a major city. This will help you network with alumni or companies that have close relationships with your school, as most financial companies are based in major cities. For example, Cornell would be a tougher location to find a dream job since it is quite a distance from Manhattan, and you probably wouldn’t want to be working in upstate NY if you’re graduating with a financial background.</p>