<p>Hi College Confidential!</p>
<p>I am interested in studying business, economics and sociology as an undergraduate and am investigating which schools would be best for me. I have already selected a few schools I'm aiming for, but need to narrow down my pool of choices. </p>
<p>The schools in question are Penn (CAS), McGill, UT Austin, UNC Chapel Hill, UBC, Georgetown, Wisconsin-Madison and UVA. </p>
<p>What do you experts think? Any help is greatly appreciated. </p>
<p>stillforyou</p>
<p>Are you a Canadian?</p>
<p>If so, will your family pay the high non-resident costs at UVA, UWisconsin, UNC and UTexas? If not, then take them off your list.</p>
<p>If your parents will pay full cost for any school, then great. If not, then how much will they pay?</p>
<p>No, and I don’t think tuition fees should be an issue, at least not at this stage. Right now I just want to determine which schools would be best for my interests, not taking costs into account. Thanks for your reply!</p>
<p>I don’t think tuition fees should be an issue</p>
<p>Actually, your financial situation is a major issue. There are thousands of colleges out there. If your parents won’t pay $55k per year for them, then you could be spinning your wheels coming up with a school list that includes no affordable schools.</p>
<p>So, yes, it really does need to be an issue at this point.</p>
<p>If you’re a senior, it is well into the app season…you need to take affordability into acct.</p>
<p>You are making a valid point, thank you for sharing it. I am lucky to be able to say that the economic situation should not prove a deciding factor, due to sufficient funds being available for my education. What I am trying to do is to get a better feel for these schools without taking the financial bit into the consideration. </p>
<p>I appreciate your help. Do you have any tips about the schools?</p>
<p>These are all great schools and fairly selective as well. Why would you want to make your list smaller?</p>
<p>In the end I can only attend one school, so having a clearer idea how to arrange my preferences would certainly help in a time when admission decisions are known. In this case I am interested in the schools’ respective qualities in principally the fields of business, economics and sociology for undergraduate studies, though any other information is welcome too!</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>still --</p>
<p>your list has a nice ‘range’ of selectivity. Of course it’s impossible for anyone to even guess at what works best for you without seeing your stats.</p>
<p>Just a couple of general observations – if your grades, SAT, etc. is competitive, most would think that Penn (Wharton) is a better fit for business/finance. This being said, Penn is one of those schools that has an extremely low acceptance rate (close to 10%?) and Wharton probably even more so.</p>
<p>Otherwise, my advice in general is that your decision hould be based on “fit” " overall school reputation" and “business school reputation” in that order.</p>
<p>zephyr15,</p>
<p>Thanks for your advice. Do you have any idea of how strong the other schools are in regards to business, economics and/or sociology? Wharton is optimal for business, however if I would be able to study at Penn it would be at the CAS rather than Wharton. Logically Penn would be considered academically superior to the others, but at this time I do not have a good feel of how strong that lead is and in what order they would follow with respect to the subjects I am interested in. Any ideas?</p>
<p>stillforyou</p>