Am applying to the business schools, which would be best?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I plan to apply to Boston College NYU and University of Michigan to study business but i was wondering what people think of these schools and which one would be the overall best experience. I realize they are all extremely competitive to get into and hope to be lucky enough to get into at least one.</p>

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<p>@alskjdbvei‌ what do you want to study within business? The answer largely depends on that</p>

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<p>I’m not 100% decided but i was thinking of concentrating in finance. But again i don’t just want a ranking of the schools academics withing that concentration but rather which one is better overall including academics but also socially etc.</p>

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<p>Random thoughts:</p>

<p>1) don’t know much about BC, but would guess its reputation is a bit regional;
2) NYU is a good school, and has great access to jobs in finance, but it is very very expensive to live in NY; once you get out, NYU (along with Columbia) has a huge NY alumni presence;
3) Michigan is a good school as well, and is in the middle of one of the great college towns in the US; plenty of recruiters drop by the campus, but the access to finance jobs is necessarily lower (lack of proximity);
4) contra the Wharton observation, I’d use backward induction and not ask what you want to study, but what your hoped for exit plan is…what type of firm/function/job do you want on exit…figure that out first and then work backward; that process should give you a handle on best “fit”.</p>

<p>In sum:

  1. NYU (or other East Coast School) if you want finance job on exit and aren’t put off by the cost of living; one caveat here is that NYU may have great aid…I’m not familiar with their framework;
  2. Michigan if you want a strong school and an “immersive” college experience at a somewhat lower price; parallel caveat is that Michigan will be cheaper, but I’m not sure about the aid for out of state students.</p>

<p>More general observation: Michigan has literally 100 programs in the top 10 nationally and is also known for cross-disciplinary study; in addition to being able, to an extent, to design your own program, you might find one of the dual degree programs of interest.</p>