<p>I've been accepted to Villanova School of Business and the University of Rochester and I plan on studying Economics. </p>
<p>FACTORS: </p>
<p>Villanova:
I know people who graduated and attend here
It's well known which is important for getting my first job
I would have to try and walk-on to the football team
lack of diversity (I'm Af.Am)
closer to home (NYC)</p>
<p>UofRochester:
I was recruited to play football (DIII)
It's cold (I'm not fond of the winter)
Highly ranked academically
more diverse</p>
<p>Money is not a factor right now. I get a huge scholarship from my boarding school (school basically for poor kids)</p>
<p>1) Which school has a better employer reputation?
2) Which school is harder to get a higher GPA?</p>
<p>My main concern is having fun in college (things to do), getting a decent GPA, and being able to brag about the school I graduated from (mainly for employers). And I want to do management consulting out of college.</p>
<p>Congrats on your acceptances. Both great schools with fantastic academic resources.</p>
<p>Academically speaking, Rochester is the more prestigious with highly recognized programs all across the board-- STEM, Social Sciences, Humanities, are all strong at UoR. However, I do not hear about UoR all that much with regards to MGMT consulting or high finance at the undergraduate level. </p>
<p>Which is where Villanova comes into play. The school of business is well-recruited for corporate positions. It’s proximity to a major east coast city is definitely a plus. There is definitely more representation on WS from Nova than UoR, mainly due to the emphasis and self-selection of the students. </p>
<p>In any case, you probably won’t be breaking into MBB strategy consulting from either of these schools, but you can definitely land some great offers given effort and networking. If you want more options in business, I’d say VSOB is the way to go.</p>
<p>Thank you so much, that’s very insightful information. Villanova does seem like a better choice for career opportunities. It’s interesting how it works tho: a school (Rochester) with greater academic reputability but seemingly lesser employment opportunities than Villanova, at least with business</p>
<p>“It’s cold (I’m not fond of the winter)”</p>
<p>I never realized that Philadelphia was in the tropics.</p>
<p>lol it’s not, but Rochester is always like 10 degrees colder, has longer winters, plus snow. I’m from Phila/NYC/Central Pennsylvanian area and I hardly tolerate it here. I don’t know how much I’d just adjust with even harsher winters.</p>
<p>Do you think management consulting at a firm like Deloitte or Accenture is plausible from either school? It would be nice, but I’m not expecting myself to land a job at McKinsey or Bain from undergrad.</p>
<p>Ask each school where recent graduates have been hired…</p>
<p>Deloitte and Accenture recruit at most major schools from the higher ranked (Northwestern) to the lower ranked (say Iowa). We (Iowa) have placed lots of students at Deloitte and Accenture in mgt consulting and IT consulting. I can’t see it being any different at 'Nova.</p>
<p>Rochester has only had 75 inches of snow this season, thus it is in second place to win the Golden Snowball award. Syracuse is ahead at 100 inches. Rochester’s average snowfall is 95 inches.
So yeah, the winters in Rochester are more severe than at Villanova.</p>
<p>As the the diversity issue, Rochester’s students are 59% white, 4% African American; Villanova is 76% white, 5% African American. Rochester has a lot more international students, and Asian-American students. So Rochester is more diverse but there isn’t a big difference in the numbers of African American students.
You can see the breakdown here -
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<p>@BeanTownGirl now that I think about the diversity is very simular at all the colleges I applied to, so it’s probably not going to be in consideration anymore, thanks for the input</p>