Best Finance/Management Undergrad Programs?

College Majors Business Major
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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>

<p>I want to get a BBA and maybe an MBA in the future if it deems 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. I might also be looking into investment banking.</p>

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<p>What is your unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale?</p>

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<p>4.0</p>

<p>I don’t expect it to slip and the rest of this sentence is used to fill the character limit</p>

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<p>I would add UC Berkeley, NYU, Cornell</p>

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<p>Berkeley is on my list, I just referred to it as Cal. I’m not really a big fan of going to New York (even though I know that a lot of the major firms are there and I’d get great connections) for college.</p>

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<p>Cal and Michigan FTW.</p>

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<p>How is the recruiting? Do you think the better education is worth passing over the Trojan Family?</p>

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<p>^ Yes. All three schools will have excellent networking, but Michigan and Berk will provide more opportunities to work in the east coast, while USC will have more students staying around California. I would also suggest checking out some of the T20 schools that only offer economics: Duke, Northwestern, Chicago, Ivy, Stanford…also you can check out MIT’s, U of Virginia’s and North Carolina’s business programs.</p>