<p>Hi, I'm new here and just wanted some opinion on which college is suitable for me. As of right now, I'm not sure what I want to major in. I was thinking of business management, but that may be too broad, so maybe finance or accounting. </p>
<p>I've been accepted into Indiana (Kelley), NYU (Stern), and Minnesota (Carlson). Another choice is University of Rochester (NY), but they don't have a undergraduate business degree. The closet thing they have is economics and business strategies with a business minor. But I applied there because of their open curriculum and since visiting the school, I have liked it a lot. </p>
<p>Price-wise, I would end up paying around the same for Rochester and Minnesota. Indiana and NYU would be around $5000 or so more expensive a year. Also, ideally, I would like to get a job in New York or California. </p>
<p>This is my first post, so I'm not really sure what to include, but just wanted to get some opinions.</p>
<p>I got into Rochester too and ultimately decided on Kelley. How in the world did you get Rochester cheaper than Kelley? That was one of my biggest deciding factors.</p>
<p>Stern is worth the extra 20k if those are the schools you are deciding between.</p>
<p>If, as you say, NYU would be only 5k more a year, then it’s miles better than the rest. And if you want a job in New York, the university’s already there for recruiting anyways.</p>
<p>If you want to work in New York and you’re in at Stern, you might as well go there. Kelley has a good finance program, so I can see why you might want to save some dough by going there, but keep in mind that most students will go somewhere like Chicago or Indianapolis coming out of Kelley. You can throw out Carlson easily.</p>
<p>I actually wouldn’t recommend Carlson. I admit that its has a pretty good MBA program but I would only recommend their BBA program if you were planning on majoring in Information Systems. And if Kelley and Stern cost the same amount, I would definitely definitely choose Stern. Im actually headed there myself and I feel that Stern is definitely worth the extra money especially if you are planning on majoring in Finance… But you don’t have to.</p>
<p>Also, I missed this when I first read your post but Stern has a really really good Accounting program as well…My parents are trying to encourage me to choose that.</p>
<p>I’ve re-calculated and NYU is about $7K more expensive than Carlson and Rochester, $2K more than Kelley.</p>
<p>So no on Rochester? Economics is almost like a business major right? And they also have a business minor, if I chose economics as a major. I’m just worried that the other schools may be too big of a size for me.</p>
<p>I think I’m going to Stern, but is Carlson that bad? I just heard 2 days ago, they are giving me an extra $5K the first year I’m at Carlson.</p>
<p>Carlson’s not that bad, but Stern is simply way better. Only 7k more expensive is still quite a deal. Starting salary difference out of undergrad will definitely be over 7k if you are a competitive student.</p>
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<p>According to the Public Accounting Report’s 2009 rankings:</p>
<p>Indiana #6 undergrad and #8 masters in group I</p>
<p>Minnesota #4 undergrad and #6 masters in group II</p>
<p>NYU unranked undergrad and unranked masters, but did get a #11 ranking in PhD research programs. </p>
<p>[Public</a> Accounting Report 2009 Ranking - Undergrad, MS, & PHD : MS Accounting](<a href=“GMAT Club - Leading Forum for GMAT Prep and MBA Admissions”>Public Accounting Report 2009 Ranking - Undergrad, MS, & PHD : Masters Programs (MSc, MiM, MiF, Accounting ))</p>
<p>If you are doing Finance, Stern is way better than the other 3. You are paying for the name, prestige, and connections. Stern is also internationally recognized.</p>
<p>Well, he’s probably already made his decision heh</p>