BC (Honors) v UVa

College Search & Selection
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<p>Would do 2 modern romance languages and Economics at BC.
and 2 languages plus the School of Commerce at UVa. Don't know what I want to do but I've been looking at the prospect of stock brokerage/investments at a European bank (RBS, Credit Suisse, Deutsche bank). I know UVa has a better business program but there is no guarantee that I would be accepted into it and the Honors program at BC would allow to to gain extremely close ties (1-on-1 access) with the best professors at the school.
One of the student guides that talked to us when I visited BC said that he had just accepted an analyst position at Bear Sternes with a degree in Economics, so banking is definitely possible from BC.</p>

<p>Money is not a concern for either school.</p>

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<p>I would still go to UVa, even if you are not sure you can get in. I believe the mean GPA of students accepted into the school was 3.48, so it is hard but in my opinion worth it.</p>

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<p>The Spanish & Portuguese Dept at UVA is one of the best in the nation (top 5-10) and the professors are amazing.</p>

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<p>“One of the student guides that talked to us when I visited BC said that he had just accepted an analyst position at Bear Sternes with a degree in Economics, so banking is definitely possible from BC.”</p>

<p>Bear Stearns no longer exists as a company. I believe that assets were bought out by JP Morgan in 2008 in a distress sale.</p>

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<p>This thread is from 2007.</p>