<p>I have been trying to decide between NYU's Stern school of business, Emory, George Washington and American Kogod... This has been extremely tough for me. I have made a few lists and heard many pros and cons about each. The least of which being that NYU and Emory are offering me 10k a year while American and GW are offering me 20k. I'm thinking about going into business. </p>
<p>I think I have pretty much ruled out NYU because of the hectic-ness of being in NYC, I'm not sure that I could handle that all of the time.</p>
<p>I just visited Emory on Sunday and then on Monday for admitted students day and have conflicting opinions about it. I felt very comfortable there on Sunday and much less comfortable on Monday. Most of this I think being due to the fact that there are a lot of people there with MONEY. I'm not poor by any means but I'm not elitist either. Also, many student are coming in with a semester or more of AP credits and I may be coming in with one or two AP test scores. Also, I'm not really sure how available internships are.</p>
<p>I also like American and GW but no one university really stuck out to me.</p>
<p>Finally, my cumulative question, does undergrad really matter? When applying to grad school or when getting a job, do businesses and schools really care where I went? Thanks in advance for your help.</p>
<p>I also been wondering the same thing, but reading your post also prompted another question in me. Is NYU Stern really not that good? Because I’ve also been accepted at CMU Tepper and Emory Goizuetta and at my school the general consensus is that Stern hands down better. Honestly my the kids in my school make it seem like Ivy level, one of my friends who got into Cornell engineering even said that he would have changed majors to business if he had been accepted into Stern.</p>
<p>From what I can tell, Stern is probably the best. I’m not sure that I can handle the constant ultra-urban environment though…</p>
<p>YO go to Stern, that is if you haven’t been accepted to Ross ;)</p>
<p>Ross, which is in Michigan, offers the truly genuine college experience WITHOUT the hecticness of the city and has almost (negligible) as much opportunity as does Stern.</p>
<p>Why didn’t you apply to Michigan if you want to do business?!? It seems like much more of a college fit for you.</p>
<p>Recharge, I wasn’t very on top of my college application process. I chose most of the places I wanted to apply via the internet and a book plus a little word of mouth.</p>
<p>Same here 
I wish I had applied to the top Ivies instead of just schools with good business programs because I didn’t know they are just as heavily recruited for business-related fields. But Michigan I think is still a good choice for me.</p>
<p>I do think you should go to Stern though, the gap between it and Emory/GW/American is actually quite large in terms of business and recruiting. So large, in fact, that I’d argue it’s worth paying the extra money and competing against the hardworking student body for. If you post this in the business major forum I’m sure you’d get similar responses.</p>