<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>