<p>I have been accepted to both Syracuse’s Whitman School of Management and Bentley University. Bentley gave me $28,000 in financial aid and Syracuse gave me $26,900 in financial aid so the cost of attendance is relatively the same for both schools. Bentley is ranked higher then Syracuse in the business week rankings but lower then Syracuse in the US News and Report rankings. Which school do you think is better and why?</p>
<p>Have you visited both schools? They are quite different.</p>
<p>Bentley: pretty much business only, but you get Boston. :)</p>
<p>Syracuse: full university with a dozen different schools but you get Syracuse. :(</p>
<p>It depends on where you feel right.</p>
<p>I have been to Bentley a few times this year and Syracuse once last year. I am going to the accepted students days for both soon, Syracuse’s on April 5th and Bentley’s March 10th. I live in Foxboro, MA which is only 45 minutes from Boston and I really like it here and could see myself living here which is an advantage to Bentley because it is so close to Boston. I also loved Syracuse’s campus on my visit last year, the city around it wasn’t great but the campus itself was awesome. I could really see myself at both schools so the location is just a toss up.</p>
<p>^^ At Syracuse, if you decde that business is not really what you want, you can transfer internally to another school. While at Bentley, you would have to transfer to a different university. (Just a thought)</p>
<p>Yeah and Syracuse has one of the better communications schools in the country and I know you can double major in business and communications. Bentley offers a liberal study double major that requires no extra classes though. I do like the range of schools at Syracuse though because if I find I don’t like business I wont be stuck at a school that is strictly business</p>
<p>Bentley also has a liberal arts program, but if you are majoring in liberal arts, you might probably want to go elsewhere.</p>
<p>I think the liberal arts major program at Bentley is great. I’m thinking about doing the Media Arts & Society LSM along with a business degree, which would be excellent if I ended up wanting to work in the business field in the media area. </p>
<p>The LSM does require extra classes, unlike you said. However, you CAN choose your classes wisely so that it fulfills your gen eds AND the LSM requirements so you don’t need to take more classes.</p>
<p>I do plan on majoring in business and that’s good to know about the LSM I didn’t realize that if you didn’t manage your classes wisely you would end up taking more classes. I have been looking at the businessweek rankings and Bentley is #21 nationally and Syracuse is #47 nationally in undergraduate business. Does anyone want to weigh in about which business school they prefer?</p>
<p>As noted, they are very different in culture and location.</p>
<p>Personally, If I were going to major in a business related field, I would take Bentley in a heartbeat over Syracuse. Generally, Bentley has better ranked programs for their business majors. If you couple that with better financial aid, it becomes a no brainer. However, Bentley is a much smaller school if you are fine with that.</p>
<p>Bentley beats Syracuse in business, not only with the education–but the facilities, internship opportunities, and job connections. The special programs that Bentley has are interesting too. During a campus visit, there was a business competition going on where a “team” would be given a business scenario and had X amount of time to formulate a response and present. Reminded me of The Apprentice minus The Donald.</p>
<p>Hey cmock, I’m attending Bentley in the fall as a freshmen, and I was really confused where to go. I don’t know much about Syracuse, but I can tell you what confirmed my choice in Bentley. I know a lot of people like to say Bentley is just about business, but they don’t ever specify the various areas that are offered. I was deciding between Northeastern and Bentley. Northeastern’s program was forcing me to do a GSP (general studies program) my first year with courses that really looked like a waste of time, whereas Bentley had a program of study that immediately started with the area I was interested in. If you check Bentley’s website, most students opt for a Bachelor of Science Degree and there are many majors. I’m opting for Managerial Economics, in which I can choose from seven different concentrations that include marketing, entrepreneurship, international business, and more. Aside from this concentrationa nd major, I am able to take a double minor in management and psychology, or management and marketing… I’m still deciding. The best part about the program which I’ve gotten feedback about is that you can rearrange your schedule to your convenience, and even though you will work hard, you have enough time to enjoy Boston as a city on weekends and enjoy your college experience. Some freshmen don’t even have classes on thursdays onwards, so very long weekends. I would feel a bit guilty going to a school where I would have classes three or four days a week, but the best part about Bentley is students that work hard truly become successful. I know two sophomores with job offers at Goldman Sachs (highest paying investment banking bank if you didn’t know) in Manhattan, and they study what I’m planning to study. Another senior who e-mailed me told me he got a job at the same company as an investment manager. He mentioned a huge different number of companies that Bentley students intern at, and I was impressed, to say the least. The other attracting factors are the stats. #21 on businessweek’s national rankings. #8 economics faculty in the World. #13th in the nation in internships and job placements. And I believe the senior at bentley also told me that Bentley was ranked after Harvard in the rate of which students get accepted into grad school or get a job 6 months post-graduation. </p>
<p>I hope this helps, and I think you should also consider the obvious. Boston is a much better city for any college student. You’ll have more fun, and meet a much more internationally diverse population. </p>
<p>Deepak</p>