Currently narrowed school choices down to 3, possibly 4 schools (Elon Honors/UPitt). As far as these three, I am hard pressed to choose one just on merit alone, as I know they are all strong programs. Out of the three, the only one I’ve had a chance to really see for myself was Indiana’s Kelley school of Business. However, upon acceptance into a few other schools, I found it hard to judge each schools Business program on just what was found on respective websites. What I am wondering is if anyone has had experience with these schools, or has any other advice/knowledge for my decision.
While I am in state Maryland, cost is NOT an issue for me for any of schools. I am looking simply for the other upside of each program, or the school in general.
@them42 My son was admitted to Maryland Smith and Indiana Kelley so I am familiar with both programs. (He didn’t get enough merit aid, as we are out-of-state, so we couldn’t afford to send him to either). We know several students who are at Kelley. If Investment Banking or Finance is your thing, Kelley is the best of these 3 or 4 schools. If you are interested in anything else then I recommend your in-state Maryland Smith business school (not at all easy to get into these days, by the way), it has a strong breadth of majors:minors, solid reputation with internship and work opportunity in the Md and DC area, and there is no reason to pay out-of-state tuition. Northeastern is unique because of the co-op program. If that is something that interests you, then you will need to reach out and speak to some students in the program (I’m sure admissions will help you get in touch with some students), and that school could be the best choice because of the uniqueness of the program. The advantage of coop is you work and get experience during alternative semesters, whic hopefully will lead to job offer when you graduate. The downside is that there is a lot of flux with your classmates leaving for a semester for their internships while you may be taking classes at school, so they will not always be around. Not as steady a community as Maryland or Kelley. I am familiar with Pitt, having visited their with my daughter. But not so much familiar with their business school. But I wouldn’t pay outofstate tuition for their business school when you have Maryland in your home state. For Pitt if you told me premed or nursing I would think differently, as they have great medical internship and research opportunities with UPittsburgh Medical Center there, which is gigantic.