<p>Hello, my question involves choosing the right business school for Undergraduate degree. I want to get a b.s. in finance or management, and then go on to get my M.B.A. I've been accepted to Carlson (Minnesota) and have a pretty good shot at Marshall (USC). If i end up getting accepted at Marshall, is the program worth 30K more per year (disregarding any scholarships) in the long run? Or should I go to the respectable Carlson school of management at a much cheaper price. I really would like to go to USC, but is a degree at Marshall worth siginficantly more than one at Carlson? I would also be willing to attend Marshall for an M.B.A.</p>
<p>If you are planning on going on for an MBA, it is your MBA school which will make all the difference. Your propsective employer won't care where you did your undergraduate work if you get your MBA from Harvard, Wharton, etc. Whether your undergraduate school makes any difference in business school admissions I don't really know. Most of the top MBA programs require 3-5 years of business experience before they will really look at your application, so I'm not sure that your undergraduate school will make that much of a difference in MBA admissions, but I'm not an expert on that subject.</p>
<p>i can't comment on any specifics on any school, but....</p>
<p>by pure speculation, i'd guess that it doesn't matter where you go for u-grad as long as you stand out in the applicant pool for Wharton/Harvard/.... business schools</p>
<p>of course, great u-grad business schools such as Wharton u-grad have higher acceptance rates into great grad. business schools, but at those places the students are also generally more brilliant and unique, so there would be tougher competition to get into those top-notch business schools...</p>
<p>i'd recommend trying to find some ratings for u-grad business schools and comparing the two (if you haven't already), and looking at the general atmospheres of the two schools as well as your own criteria for what you want in an u-grad education....</p>