<p>I'm going to be a freshmen this year at U. Washington, which obviously doesn't have the reputation nor academic quality as any of the schools listed below, but considering my 2.8 GPA in high school I'm very lucky. In any case, after I get my bachelor's degree from Washington, I want to go on to get either a MBA or a Master's in Computer Science, or possibly both. </p>
<p>Reputation, academic quality, intellectual atmosphere, urban location, entrepreunial spirit are all important to me. Which of the schools listed below are the best for computer science in ascending order? for Business? Essentially I want to start my own software development company and hope that a graduate degree will give me the skills/knowledge to do so.</p>
<p>And a few last miscellaneous questions: is it common for graduate students to drop out? what are my chances of getting into any of these schools with a 3.5+ GPA in college, with internship/job experience during the summers and a privately owned company under my belt?</p>
<p>(Listed below by order of preference)
Stanford University (best cs program, dunno about business)
Columbia University: Columbia College (best business program, ok cs program)
Harvard University (best business program, ok cs program)
Princeton University (dunno about either programs)
Yale University (dunno about either programs)
Brown University (ok cs program, no business program?)
University of Southern California (one of the best cs and business program)
University of California: Los Angeles (good cs program, dunno about business)
University of California: Berkeley (best cs program, dunno about business)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (no business program?)
California Institute of Technology (no business program?, not even ranked?)</p>
<p>You got a 2.8 GPA in high school, are a senior in high school, you know that you are lucky to have gotten in to Washington Univ in St. Louis, and you are already asking which MBA program you will be getting into after you get your 3.5 GPA in college?</p>
<p>Maybe we should focus on the here and now, rather than speculating on possibilities. Come back in three years and ask this question when you actually have something approaching a 3.5 GPA--oh, and you might want to post this in the "Business--MBA" section, rather than under each and every graduate MBA program you are interested in.</p>
<p>Sideline note: I'm glad you are confident in your ability to get a 3.5 GPA--but considering everyone else in WASL will have a higher high school GPA than you, its important to start concentrating right away on staying ahead in your classes; you are now competing for good grades against a much more competitive and knowledgeable group of students than you were with in high school.</p>
<p>he got into UW--Seattle.</p>
<p>And i agree... you picked the wrong forum to post in... also, you should be kicked in the gnads for cross-posting in every high-ranked school's forum (without even doing the research to see whether or not they offer what you are asking).</p>
<p>You seemed confused. Go to school, do some research, and stop worrying.</p>
<p>"Massachusetts Institute of Technology (no business program?)" </p>
<p>Haha.</p>
<p>Thaks for the clarification on which school this person was admitted to.</p>
<p>And, yes, MIT's school is one of the best--ranked #2 undergraduate in USNW and #4 in Business Week--and just slightly lower in the MBA rankings.</p>
<p>You're getting ahead of yourself with that list. Focus on doing well at UW first, then worry about HYP/Brown/Columbia/Stanford/Caltech/MIT/UCs. It's much harder to get a 3.5 GPA in college than a 3.5 GPA in high school, and as a gentle reminder, you've only got a 2.8 right now.</p>
<p>I can honestly say it is a sad, sad day when Dartmouth doesn't get mentioned at the graduate business level, number #1 business school as rated by the Wall Street Journal, tied #2 graduate business school, Princeton Review w/ UCLA and NYU, only behind MIT. Have you done any research at all? Please, for my sake, and all future students of Dartmouth don't go to Dartmouth, you'll give our school a bad name.</p>