<p>Because it’s hard to get into?</p>
<p>Just to clear up MrTrojanMan’s (USC ‘Trojan’ maybe?) misinformation:</p>
<p>“i HIGHLY DOUBT that ut sends 1/5 kids into ib and 1/5 into consulting. mccombs has some 4500 undergrads. that translates into 900 kids going into ib and 900 into consulting. and if that were the case, wall street would be saturated with ut grads. again, unless there is some employment report that proves this to be fact, its BS. and i dont think that OP is concerned with this anyway.”</p>
<p>First of all, your numbers are wrong. There would not be 4500 undergrads if there are about 800 students per undergrad graduating class. Perhaps you’ve got the total number of students, and it’s not as if all 4500 are getting a job the same year.
As for the placement stats, that’s what’s published on the McCombs website (here under the fourth tab labeled “salary profiles” [Texas</a> BBA - Undergraduate Program - The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin](<a href=“http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/bba/statistics/]Texas”>http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/bba/statistics/)) and, considering each of the big three consulting firms has at least one office in Texas as well as the many Texas investment banks and branches of national and global banks that snatch up the grads who elect not to go to NYC, it makes sense.</p>
<p>“ut is a well respected school IN TEXAS with good placement IN TEXAS.”</p>
<p>A bunch of grads each year will go do ‘dream jobs’ in NYC, but I’ve talked to working alumni who said that those who do leave for NYC often move back and most would request a Texas office over a NYC office out of school, but not because it’s unattainable.</p>
<p>“i also HIGHLY DOUBT ut has the best or anywhere near the best career services in the country. i wont go into detail with this, it should be obvious.”</p>
<p>It was ranked #1 recently as people have mentioned, so the only obvious part of that statement was how little you know what you’re talking about.</p>
<p>As for saying nothing outside of the top 4 matters, top 10 is definitely good enough to make a school a target for recruiters that most top 50 schools simply aren’t.</p>
<p>Also, you mentioned:
“usc’s marshall school does not model itself to mccombs.”</p>
<p>This says:
“While at USC, Dean Gilligan frequently benchmarked against UT because of the high caliber of students and faculty at McCombs.”
and I read somewhere that there was a plan to model the McCombs BHP program at USC. Either way, the line between benchmark and model is very thin at most.
[McCombs</a> Update from Dean Tom Gilligan](<a href=“http://blogs.mccombs.utexas.edu/alumni-news/2009/04/08/mccombs-update-from-dean-tom-gilligan/]McCombs”>http://blogs.mccombs.utexas.edu/alumni-news/2009/04/08/mccombs-update-from-dean-tom-gilligan/)</p>
<p>@Abetterlife:</p>
<p>All of the schools are great academically and are all ranked highly as far as business undergrad programs go. If a great cinematic arts program is required then nyu and usc should be picked over mccombs/emory however if that is not a big requirement and financial aid is not an issue I suggest you apply to all of them and then visit the campuses to see which one feels the best to you. As mentioned prior, if you plan to work/live in LA after graduation then usc would be best, nyu for ny, emory for southeast, mccombs for texas etc.</p>
<p>Many of the schools that don’t have business as a undergrad major also place well into business careers so keep that in mind if you are not dead set on a business major.</p>
<p>ahhhhh i did not wont to go there, but a couple things:</p>
<p>benchmarking and modeling after ut are 2 different things. and its a pretty low benchmark considering that marshall students score higher on the sats. and gilligan was the interim dean for about a yr at usc, so he coudlnt have done much benchmarking with just a yr. and this is written by a mccombs internet alumni publication, not exactly an established or unbiased source.</p>
<p>and whether you are talking total undergrad population vs graduating class, a ratio of 1/5 is still way to hi. but that data is based on only 476 responses. 20% * 476 = about 95, which is believable. thats actually right in line with usc and other schools. but thats 95 out of the entire graduating class, im sure that ratio would be less than 10%.</p>
<p>and to the OP:</p>
<p>putting aside the bs, i hope you already took a good look at usc’s business/cinematic arts dual major. its a pretty kick ass major, and it seems to fit your bill. i wouldnt be saying that otherwise. trust me, i was in your shoes. </p>
<p>i dont know if stern has the same kind of dual degree program. </p>
<p>i am biased but i would summarize it like this:</p>
<p>*usc offers pretty much exactly the major your looking for
*usc has the ‘experience’ your looking for
*there is a big international student population from asia here so you would feel at home, i am assuming</p>
<p>but ut does offers great “bang for the buck.” either way, good luck on the decision!</p>
<p>btw emory isnt exactly bad, i just dont see how it would be a good fit for you.</p>
<p>Considering the numbers are 20 and 21% for over half of the graduating class, it would be impossible for the full graduating class to have anything less than 10% in each sector (what kind of math are they teaching you at USC?), and it would be unreasonable to assume that absolutely none of the students who did not respond were in either sector. Yes, I am saying McCombs puts more students into those two sectors than USC, because it does, and maybe that’s why it was a benchmark for USC even though it’s public. I’m not saying USC is a bad school, but there are reasons McCombs is higher ranked and why I wouldn’t quite consider them equals, and definitely wouldn’t consider USC better as you were pushing earlier.</p>
<p>To the OP, I’d say remember the phrase, “there are lies, damn lies, and statistics” when you’re deciding where you want to go. Choosing a school based on stats that it publishes for itself is not the best way to do it bc all schools will skew them to male themselves better. I think the best way to go about it is to figure out street prestige if you want to do high finance, and for other finance/accounting, go to the best bang for your buck and get a high gpa to get yourself into a good accounting/finance firm</p>
<p>^True. It is all about ‘street prestige’ for high finance, which is why I pay more attention to US News finance rankings. They focus less on whatever caused Emory to be so highly ranked on BWeek and more on how people in the field percieve the program, which translates to where the best faculty and recruiters go.
That’s why they ranked them: NYU, UT (gap) USC, Emory.</p>
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<p>This and on top of that, visit the schools. See which one you would feel most comfortable at. Because once you’re there, it’s your life.</p>
<p>I’d venture to say that the Business Honors program ranks highest.</p>
<p>the Business Honors Program at UT, i mean</p>
<p>Allrightie! So I got rejected by Stern, but I got accepted by McCombs, Marshall, and Emory. Is there any reason that I should not go to UT considering its low price and phenomenal education?</p>
<p>Short answer: No, none at all.</p>
<p>Go to whichever one is cheapest and you like most between McCombs and Marshall, although I think McCombs is ever so slightly better than Marshall. I don’t want to discount Marshall, its a great school, but here’s my logic. Both schools are mostly regional (yes, I understand that you can go to NYC from UT, etc. but MAJORITY of placement is regional) in terms of recruiting, but UT has less competition in its state compared to Cali. USC grads have to compete with UCLA, UC-Berkeley, Stanford, Pomona, CMC, CalTech, all sorts of prestigious schools to get good jobs. While USC is as good or better than all except Haas and Stanford, they have a lot more competition compared to UT grads who have the best program bar none in their state and are only competing with Texas A&M, Rice, and maybe a couple of other Dallas/Houston schools.</p>
<p>So yeah, I’d say go to UT, especially since you seem to like it.</p>
<p>How does Texas A&M’s mays honors compare to these schools</p>
<p>Mays honors is a step below any of these schools.</p>
<p>So I decided to save my parents some cash and graduate debt free from McCombs. Even though Emory gave me 18k a year. Feel a little guilty though, as the dean for A&M was giving me a lot of attention( truly humbling to get emails and phone calls from people like him). Well, my fate has been sealed. This last year has been stressful, but now I hope my future is in good hands.</p>
<p>Texas is great if your staying in the South. if not go elsewhere</p>
<p>Texas does not mean you are confined to the south. Pierrechn likes to take shots at UT since he was rejected. Enjoy the University of Houston.</p>