Bentley, Babson, or Stern?

College Search & Selection
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So I have nearly completed forming a list of colleges to apply to, but I would like to add 1 more to my list. I am looking to major in either marketing, finance, or international business. All 3 are highly rated in the business world, so I am having trouble deciding which would be a better fit. I can’t visit any due to time and money issues (but I have been to NYU while in New York last year)-the state/city locations aren’t really an issue for me, as I am able to adapt well to most places. I live in the Plano/Carrollton area in Texas right now (I work in Dallas), and I don’t hate it, I just prefer the East Coast way of life to the Southwest’s. Below are my stats to help out:

GPA: 3.55 UW, 4.22 W
SAT: 1950 (1280 CR+M)
ACT: 29 (didn’t do any prep, so retaking it in September)
EC’s: member of Science National Honor Society and a few other school clubs, President of a school club, VP of French Club
Work: I have interned the last 2 summers for the CFO of an insurance agency (doing accounting stuff/administrative assistance work, mostly)

Scholarship opportunity is pretty important (merit preferred, since I won’t qualify for need based due to mom and stepdads income). Although I realize NYU isn’t a great place to look for scholarships, it has always been a dream school of mine.

I would like to be somewhere I couldn’t get bored (I’m a Gemini, what can I say) so the school with the most student clubs or involvement activities (or one in or near a city).

*On the IB side, I am incredibly interested in studying French/living in France, so any recommendations on which school is the best for that would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much!

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Babson is your best bet for entrepreneurship. Stern is best (of these three) for everything else. However, your UW gpa is pretty low for Stern. Try to bring your math score up as high as possible as well.

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I agree with Oberyn. I wouldn’t consider Bentley a peer school either. Not at the same level as Babson or Stern. Other good business schools in the northeaster are BC, Northeastern and BU. Fordham is decent as well.

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@informative Thank you for your feedback-I am aware of the fact that Stern and Babson are the best, but I’m worried I would not get in (especially to Stern). It’s the same with the other schools you mentioned as well. I was considering Bentley and even Bryant University because I don’t know my chances of getting into the better schools.