Boston University or Indiana University

College Majors Business Major
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<p>If I am looking to get into the best business graduate school possible, would it be a better idea to go to Boston University or Indiana University for undergraduate school?</p>

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<p>It would make no difference whatsoever. Both are great schools. What will matter is what you do in school, internships etc. Also, how you sell yourself to get your first jpb after graduation. All top business schools require at least 2 years of post bachelor’s employment.</p>

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<p>Does the fact that Indiana is generally ranked around 15 among undergrad business schools and Boston is ranked around 30 come into play?</p>

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<p>No, unless you are a slave to the rankings, which employers and grad schools are not. If you want to work in the midwest, IU would be better. If you plan to work in the northeast, BU would be better. If you are that concerned about rankings, apply to Wharton.</p>

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<p>Good point. I would much rather work in the north east.</p>

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<p>Or maybe you could experience both sides of the country; I know that the midwest in general is not that great comparable to other parts but IU is different because Bloomington has its own reputation of not really belonging in Indiana, of being a sort of liberal oasis of the Midwest.</p>

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<p>So you’re saying that IU will provide me with opportunities in the Northeast as well? Also, I heard that it is important to check the alumni of the schools.</p>

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<p>IU is better known everywhere, except maybe Boston itself lol, and will provide you with most opportunities in the US and abroad.</p>

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<p>Here is the most recent Kelley school of business career services annual report. 12% of reporting grads got jobs in the Northeast.</p>

<p><a href=“https://ucso.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/ReportCenter/annual_reports/current.pdf[/url]”>https://ucso.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/ReportCenter/annual_reports/current.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Just to echo that, I am at Indiana, originally from Chicago, and interned in NYC this summer as did a lot of my friends.</p>

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<p>How do you like IU? Do you think it’s putting you on a good track? Any tips?</p>

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<p>Just as an FYI, BU has more prestige internationally than it does domestically. So, to say that IU has better prospects abroad would seem to be incorrect.</p>

<p>Also, being from the midwest, life here beats the stereotypes created by Forbes. For business, Chicago is just as much of a business hub as anywhere.</p>

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<p>How do IU and BU compare domestically?</p>

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<p>“So, to say that IU has better prospects abroad would seem to be incorrect.”</p>

<p>I would argue with that. When I lived and was abroad almost everyone I have met knew about IU. I don’t know why, but among people abroad IU is actually better known than some of the Ivy league schools, not mentioning BU.</p>

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<p>From personal experience, I have seen that there are a good number of non-Ivy schools that have more of a “brand name” than some Ivys. For example, I’d safely say that more people are familiar with say University of Michigan than Dartmouth. I would bet that this point is only magnified abroad.</p>

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<p>Not at all? Dartmouth is right behing HYP when it comes to the ivys. If you had said Cornell or Columbia, maybe, but Dartmouth is elite.</p>

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<p>^Maybe in the US and some of the European countries, but in the East schools like Dartmouth and Brown are less known than MIT,Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, U of Chicago, etc., not even mentioning other Ivy league schools.</p>

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<p>dfree124…</p>

<p>You’re from CT (Northeast) so you don’t really have much legitimacy talking about how recognized nationally various Ivy league schools are. Furthermore, to make an absolute claim that Dartmouth is “more elite” than other Ivy’s at the very least is contentious and is probably false.</p>

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<p>I’m going based off what I’ve heard others say/research I’ve done. I’ve talked about colleges with my guidance counselor who is on the college board, and he said Dartmouth is nearly the top of the top. I still believe that Dartmouth is just below HYP. Dartmouth has the highest mid-career median salary of ANY college in the country [url=&lt;a href=“http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Salaries_for_Colleges_by_Type-sort.html]WSJ.com[/url”&gt;WSJ.com]WSJ.com[/url</a>] they have to be doing something right.</p>