<p>I posted this in the belly of another thread, but thought this would be a better place to ask. Any and all suggestions are appreciated.</p>
<p>I am wondering what schools you'd suggest for my s. who wants to be a business/finance major and wants to stay in the south. Schools on the list so far are Emory, Vanderbilt, UNC-Ch Hill, U of Fla, UGA, UT-Austin, Tulane (hopefullly back in good shape when my s. is a college freshman in 2008), UVa (which is close to his "its too far north" rule). Possibly considering College of Charleston as a "likely". Any other schools to recommend??</p>
<p><em>addendum</em> - As one of his criteria seems to be "warmth", he'd also be interested in some of the CA programs. I've seen a few listed in the US News rankings. Is it worth considering any of these over the ones in the SE? In order for us to justify the cost, distance, etc, there would need to be some good, compelling reasons to trek across country. Help please...</p>
<p>I consider this Southern and it is ranked #5 same as UNC while Emory is ranked #!8. It is warm in Austin and is has a southern social atmosphere in many ways. If you are looking at #18 consider U of Arizona Eller.....have you looked at their program? UVA is #9........heart of the south.</p>
<p>thanks Hazmat-- UT Austin is on the list (see post #1). Of course the fact that UT-Austin just demolished Rice in yesterday's football game (big surprise, huh) must be taken into consideration :) (older s. is at Rice)</p>
<p>I guess I was including the ranking from USNWR because it is "one" benchmark. I am unclear what type of campus you are looking for and the type of business....I mean some programs are applied management ie Purdue/Krannert and others are not. Big campus, big sports.....sounds like big sports is desirable. As for the OWLS....well what can one say.</p>
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Well...at least they try.... When younger s called older s. to tell him the Rice-Texas score in the 3rd quarter.. older s's response was "WOW-- we scored a field goal! I think we beat the spread!"</p>
<p>As for your other q's, younger s. (who is only a sophomore, so we are still early in this) -yes.. ideally he'd love the presence of sports teams. Don't think he's expressed a feeling about the size of the school (I am the one who finds 60,000 undergrads absolutely overwhelming) or urban/rural. He's expressed an interest in finance/accounting at this point, but that's as far as we've gotten. He really enjoys political science, but when I bring up international business he makes a :(</p>
<p>Hmmmmmm future public policy guru. Likes Finance but doesn't have an interest in International Business. Just a thought. As to the size of the community....I find that size is relative to the type of student you are sending. I have friends who would endeavor to meet every kid no matter what the size of the student body and other friends who are just as happy to know 5 people period. Some folks like that feeling of anonimity.</p>