<p>what's the best undergrad school that prepares u in a career in business....</p>
<p>i am an athlete being recruited and the harvard, princeton, and penn (wharton) coaches have contacted me</p>
<p>which school would be best for undergrad business - i am applying early to wharton but if i don't get in, i don;t really know what is better pton (has ORFE) or harvard (i guess i would have to do econ?)</p>
<p>Penn.</p>
<p>Hands down.</p>
<p>But it's also the most competitive and you may find yourself a) denied entrance to Wharton but not to Penn and b) at the bottom of the class, graduating with a GPA that is not high enough to allow you to benefit from prime job placement opportunities.</p>
<p>Obviously all three schools graduate successful businesspeople.</p>
<p>ses- you can't get denied entrance to Wharton but not to Penn. You apply to a particular school (Wharton, CAS, etc) and if you don't get in, you aren't in Penn.</p>
<p>If you are being recruited, the Penn coach will give you a very good idea of whether you will get in or not. He/she will also tell you if you have a shot at Wharton (the coaches have a few Wharton slots for their athletes).</p>
<p>yes, i've gotten all the recruiting stuff worked out....i have a good shot at wharton, harvard, and pton....just a matter of where i wanna apply</p>
<p>i just really want to know how wharton, harvard, and princeton compare in terms of business</p>
<p>right now, i'm probably applying early to wharton, and then harvard is my top choice after that</p>
<p>i have heard that keeping a good gpa at harvard is relatively easy....is wharton hard once ur in?....i'm a very good math student and suck at reading/writing</p>
<p>any recommendations?</p>
<p>If your sport is B-Ball (which I'm guessing from your name), and you want to play on a winning team, then Wharton's your only choice. :)</p>
<p>Wharton trolls.</p>
<p>They will set you up equally. Go to the school you like the most. Personally I'd much rather go to Princeton, have a great academic and intellectual experience, have a less pre-professional atmosphere, and still get as good or better a job than a Wharton kid.</p>
<p>Ranking wise, I'd say U Penn Wharton is the best, but the Harvard business school is excellent as well. Princeton is not as highly regarded as the first two (business wise) but is still great overall.</p>
<p>An econ degree from Harvard should do fine.</p>
<p>i think i'm leaning towards penn mostly because of its ED option</p>
<p>if that doesn't work out then harvard is definitely my choice....i like it more than princeton...just a personal choice</p>
<p>fencing is a softly recruited sport...
make sure to ED if you want to maximize your chances, because fencing alone will only get you 'athletic consideration' at penn</p>
<p>Please realize that being contacted is not being recruited. I have gotten phone calls, letter, and application packet from the Harvard, Princeton, and Dartmouth crew coaches, despite the fact that I have never rowed before in my life. (I am a champion powerlifter, and was suggested to the crew coach by the fball coaches, but I am too short to ever be a decent rower). Considering that, you're not being recruited until your name is on the top (top 5 for most sports) of their 'consideration list,' or you have an offer for the 'big recruiting' sports: fball, ball, hockey.</p>
<p>offer meaning....'squeeze play' in most circumstances.
These happen before the ED decisions are released.</p>
<p>If you are being recruited by Penn, you will be given a special application marked RECRUIT (name of sport) and the coach will get a pre-read (should have it done by now). You will be invited for an official visit and asked to apply ED.</p>
<p>yes....ive spoken in depth with the coaches face to face (and they have called me)....they want me to send the app to them.....at penn specifically, the coach stamps it with 'fencer'</p>
<p>i am aware of what it means to be recruited and the process....the coaches i have spoken to want me to guarantee i would go to the school if i got in </p>
<p>so i need to know what schools i prefer</p>
<p>i think i'm goin with penn ED (which may hurt my chances at harvard and pton...but if i don't get in i know that the harvard/pton coaches still want me at their school)</p>
<p>the pton coach said that if i tell him its my final choice he will give me a 'likely letter' which virtually guarantees acceptance</p>
<p>only problem is, i like penn and harvard much more than pton (just a personal preference)</p>
<p>Go ahead with Penn ED since it is your favorite school it seems. If Penn rejects you, then go ahead contact the Harvard and Princeton coach. As you said, the coaches will not exactly disown you because their respective schools were not your first choice. </p>
<p>As for Princeton's "likely letter," I would not trust it 100%. Case in point: I know that the Yale swimming coach promised a recruited athlete that he/she would get in to Yale and, guess what, they were rejected.</p>
<p>I'm sure that this is an isolated incident and probably does not happen that often, but just keep your options open in case anything happens.</p>
<p>yeah, i understand what your saying but i know what feeling i'm getting from the coaches and i almost feel that i like harvard more than penn....but with the ED option (which helps me in terms of being recruited...a lot) penn seems to be the best option -
the penn coach has told me that my chances are looking good and when i send him my app in september he will give me an estimate on how i'm looking in terms of admission - he said he will go to admissions in person and find out for me</p>
<p>Upenn Wharton, or Chicago.<br>
Wharton will do tons for you, and you wont really probably even need to go to grad school. But chicago does not have a undergrad business program. But they do have the best Econ department in the world, as well as many top programs in other areas. The large core curriculum that chicago will prepare you much better as a thinker than Penn Wharton does, since nearly all u do is business.
Uchicago turs you into nails. You come out an overall genius, and if you do econ, the chicago econ degree is easily one of the top 5 most marketable degrees in the world. </p>
<p>But what is great about chicago, is that chicago econ, since econ is considered a liberal arts degree, will better prepare you for other things besides business, in case you decided you want to go to grad school in something not business related.</p>
<p>Wharton will make you a great businessman (the best of the best),
but UCHICAGO econ will make you a freakin genius, as well as a business pro.</p>
<p>Job prospect for both is huge, but as for education, i think the best of the 2 overall is Chicago.</p>
<p>They will destroy you with tough grading and deflation, so beware though. It is not a school for the smart. It is a school for the smart people whose lives depend on the gaining of knowledge.</p>
<p>And classes are so small at Chicago. Like a 6:1 teacher student ratio</p>
<p>knicks- if that is the case then why don't you just ED penn. You're a lock with that degree coaches support.</p>
<p>i'm definitely not looking at chicago (no fencing team)
all the ivys have mens fencing (except cornell and dartmouth) so its basically
1) penn ed
2) harvard
3) princeton</p>
<p>I also apologize for doubting your recruitment, there are a lot of kids that mistake general kindness (coaches making good relations so that if you are accepted w/o his help, you will come out for the sport anyways) for being recruited, especially at schools like MIT where being an athlete means virtually nothing.</p>