<p>My S must make the choice between Cornell or Bing. The program at Bing is focused, accounting with good job prospects. The program at Cornell is open, diverse and will probably require grad school. Is the Ivy reputation more important over the long run than a practical program at Bing?</p>
<p>A hard decision, but I would give serious thought to future job prospects. The school name on the diploma is just a name. It’s what you do with what you’ve learned that makes all the difference.</p>
<p>a lot of business management, banking and accounting has to do with networking & often times, the best networks are found in the “name” schools. I’d go to the school where I could get the best networks & contacts with alumni/ other people in the industry.</p>
<p>As for “name” schools not being important…In I-banking, there are 8-10 big banks with a limited amount of spots for new hires. These banks often have “target” schools that they look for new hires in. The target schools have strong alumni networking within the industry. They often tend to be Ivy league schools or schools of comparable character (Stanford, Georgetown, etc…). Many graduates from other schools are not looked at seriously unless they have an incredible GPA or good contacts. Even Ivy kids have trouble; One major bank only uses U Penn’s Wharton as a feeder school into it’s I-banking jobs and usually disregards other ivy leaguers from schools such as Harvard or Princeton since prominent Wharton alumni in the bank vouch for the Wharton kids.</p>
<p>All of what I said above though DOES NOT mean that I am saying that you MUST go to a “name” school to get a job in business management, banking or accounting. I’m saying that in order to have the best chances at getting a top job in those fields, you need an extremely strong network (good presentation skills and a GPA above a 3.8 are expected). The school that can offer you the most in terms of getting yourself involved with the industry while in college is the one that you should go to.</p>
<p>If your son is doing accounting GO TO BING!! Binghamton SOM is rapidly moving up Business weeks ranking. Its one of the top feeder schools to the Big 4 accounting firms. Especially if your a PWC scholar as long as u get a decent GPA your set for a job with a Big 4. As opposed some general major that requires grad school. Without a doubt SOM at bing especially if he is doing accounting.</p>
<p>its easy to move between schools at cornell. he can transfer to AEM or ILR and have very good job prospects, go to cornell. Ivy League vs. SUNY, theres just no comparison.</p>
<p>Do you have any first hand knowledge about moving from one school to the other at Cornell? It seems that the process described on their websit is onerous…need to take specific classes which are difficult to gain access to…need outstanding grades as well and some sort of summer internship between freshman and sophmore years.</p>
<p>Thanks for your post and any other info you may have…</p>
<p>Business week 2009-2010 undergraduate Business rankings. Binghamton University number 2 overall for accounting. OVERALL (Including all the big schools, Upenn, NYU, uva,ect) I mean Cornell wasnt far off at number 4 in accounting but your S wouldnt be doing accounting there. There B school is ranked 8th overall though. This may seem like i am all about the rankings but im really not. Im just showing that Binghamtons Accounting program has a legit rep. Accounting majors are always in demand. Another plus with Binghamton is $$$$$$$ I mean with accounting your gonna need to take a 5th year so you can get enough credits to sit for the CPA. So in 5 years at Bing you can get ur BS/MS in accounting. and as long as u got decent grades a good job. ORRR you can go to cornell spend big bucks, go to grad school spend even more money, and potentially land a big job depending wat he even wants to do. Safe choice would be Bing. But he has to go where he wants in the end.</p>
<p>^^^Good points. Also, PwC is an excellent, excellent company, (my husband worked there for years), and if the Scholars Program gives you a leg up at graduation, your son would be way ahead of the game.</p>
<p>I mean yea i go to Binghamton but im not in SOM so i have no bias really. I am an Financial Economics major. My brother (A senior in HS) got into all his schools (Good schools) and was waiting forever for Bing. he got into SOM, that day put his deposit down. Im putting a strong emphasis on Binghamton Accounting program just because i know most about that from friends,past gf, and now my bro. While the SOM on whole is a great school if your S is doing anything besides Accounting that makes the decision that much more difficult and i might be inclined to pick Cornell if the $ isn’t an issue.</p>
<p>I am currently in the Binghamton PwC scholars program and I would say definitely binghamton! The program gives you so many opportunities to network, we pretty much have one on one sessions with the actual recruiter for PwC. She gets a chance to learn your name, and Binghamton was ranked with the number 2 accounting program last year. I would say many of scholars who are accountants get hired on with a big four firm. Even if you don’t want to do accounting the rest of the programs in SOM are growing as well and with being a scholar you are given the opportunity to double major in accounting and something else which no other student in SOM can do. I got into NYU Stern for business and I must say I still feel like I made the right decision for Binghamton.</p>