Best Finance/Management Undergrad Programs?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey guys, what's up? I browse CC all the time but I just registered to ask this question. What colleges offer the best business programs as an undergraduate? I'm going to be a junior next year and I'm researching colleges. I've always wanted to go to USC, but I was taking a look at other schools too. Some info about me:</p>

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<li>Asian</li>
<li>Living in Alaska</li>
<li>Top 2% of my class (graduating class is around 450 students)</li>
<li>4.0 GPA freshman year, 4.16 GPA sophomore year, expecting 4.66 junior year and 4.5 senior year [I'm going to maintain straight A's, which would lead to a 4.33 cumulative GPA and hopefully valedictorian]</li>
<li>Took 1 AP class (US History) last year, taking 4 (Spanish, Econ, Lang, Chem) next year and 3 (Stats, Calc, Psych) my senior year</li>
<li>Key Club officer</li>
<li>Student Government (running for student body president senior year)</li>
<li>National Honor Society</li>
<li>Yearbook editor</li>
<li>Varsity football</li>
<li>Haven't taken SATs and ACTs yet, but expecting to get around 2200 and 34 on them</li>
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<p>I'm looking at a few schools: USC, UCLA, Cal, Texas, Michigan and North Carolina. I'll also apply to Wharton and I'll accept it if they admit me, but it's just going to be a flyer. </p>

<p>Out of these schools, which would you recommend? I would prefer to be in California where I have family members, but I have no qualms about going anywhere else. Also, can anyone give me any information on alumni networks and recruiting?</p>

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<p>I want to get a BBA and maybe an MBA in the future if I deem it necessary, but if I can advance through the company fairly fast, then I probably won’t go to B-school. My dream is to be an executive, doesn’t have to be a CEO but I want to be a leader and make six figures.</p>

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<p>What can your parents pay for?</p>

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<p>Money’s not an issue.</p>

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<p>Bump 10char</p>

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<p>NYU Stern, Dartmouth Tuck…</p>

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<p>MIT and Carnegie Mellon.</p>

<p>i believe Dartmouth is just graduate school.</p>

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<p>What was your PSAT?</p>

<p>Until you have SAT and ACT scores, it’s hard to tell.</p>

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<p>According to the most recent USNWR:</p>

<p>Top 10 Finance:</p>

<h1>1 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)</h1>

<h1>2 New York University (Stern)</h1>

<h1>3 University of California-Berkeley (Haas)</h1>

<h1>4 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Ross)</h1>

<h1>5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)</h1>

<h1>6 University of Texas-Austin (McCombs)</h1>

<h1>7 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)</h1>

<h1>8 University of Virginia (McIntire)</h1>

<h1>9 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Kenan Flagler)</h1>

<h1>10 Indiana University-Bloomington (Kelley)</h1>

<p>Management:</p>

<h1>1 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Ross)</h1>

<h1>2 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)</h1>

<h1>3 University of California-Berkeley (Haas)</h1>

<h1>4 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Kennan Flagler)</h1>

<h1>4 University of Texas-Austin (McCombs)</h1>

<h1>6 University of Virginia (McIntire)</h1>

<h1>7 New York University (Stern)</h1>

<h1>8 Indiana University-Bloomington (Kelley)</h1>

<h1>9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)</h1>

<h1>10 University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign</h1>

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<p>The business program at UT requires a separate application. </p>

<p>Check the profile for the Business School:</p>

<p>[Undergraduate</a> Programs - The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin](<a href=“http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/udean/admissions/freshprofile.asp]Undergraduate”>http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/udean/admissions/freshprofile.asp)</p>

<p>If you can keep your grades up and score very high on the SAT, you should check, the Business Honors Program. The average SAT for last year’s class was 1471. Close to 1000 applied and fewer than 200 were accepted. </p>

<p>[Business</a> Honors Program - McCombs School of Business - The University of Texas at Austin](<a href=“http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/programs/bhp/]Business”>http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/programs/bhp/)</p>