This is literally the only thing I think about every day. I seek to study Finance and hope to get a job at a big firm or go to law school. I have been accepted to both schools I applied too: University of Iowa and Miami University. At Iowa I was a direct admit to their business school while at Farmer I fell short of getting in directly to the business school… My question is…what do I do? I liked the campus at Miami a lot more but I know going there is taking a huge risk. Finances can be taken out of the equation. As far as to get into the business school I’d need a 3.5 and get 30 credit hours as well as take calc/micro/macro (Already taken all of them). So what do I do? All opinions will be heard and responded too.
The difference in prestige between Iowa and Miami U is negligible. Arguably, they are peer schools. Iowa seems to want you more and is a very fine school in its own right. To me, it seems like the obvious choice is to become a Hawkeye and explore your other options as a grad student. You are fortunate that a great Big Ten school like Iowa has offered you exactly want you want from your undergrad experience!
@sltxdad totally agree. There isn’t much difference between the schools in terms of prestige. Iowa is offering you what you want, so it seems best to me to just go with Iowa.
But I really thought that the Farmer school of business was seen as being on a higher caliber than the Tippie school of Business? At the end of the day I think I’m going to be attending the University of Iowa.
I’d go to Iowa. I agree that there isn’t much of a difference between the schools and having the direct admit to the b-school it huge. A 3.5 GPA is a high bar to achieve freshman year.
I thought you were debating between Imperial and USC? Prestige also varies by country. I live in the UK and no one has heard of USC, Amherst, Williams, Smith etc. Yet those universities are famous in the UK. Same in the case of UK universities. Go where you want to go.