<p>Hi guys! </p>
<p>I was recently admitted to the Gabelli School of Business, and I realized that i truly dont know that much about the school.</p>
<p>I havent visited and I was wondering what you thought about the program (how it compares to other undergrad business programs in the North East)?</p>
<p>How are the internships, since manhatan is so close?
Any opinions about the faculty?</p>
<p>Any information would be infinitely appreciated! Thank you!</p>
<p>I’m actually in the same position. What are you intending to major in and what other schools have you applied to?</p>
<p>im actually interested in that too, specifically for finance/IB</p>
<p>@nerdfighter 1: love your username. love the vlog brothers. 2: I am not sure exactly what im going to major in yet! I really like the communicaitona and media studies concentration thing that Gabelli offers. Ive applied to Rutgers, Syracuse, Lehigh, TCNJ, Marist, Bryant, Muhlenberg, and Gettysburg. I have no idea how to compare programs though! Hbu?</p>
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<p>Here are a few from the area:
20 Villanova
27 Lehigh
32 Northeastern
35 Binghamton
48 Fordham</p>
<p>just two years ago, Fordham was 27. With the new facilities opening in 2012, Fordham should rise again in the rankings. The Businessweek rankings are known to fluctuate from year to year</p>
<p>Rankings may be a part of the equasion, but I believe it is worth spending the time to visit your top few schools before making a decision. Look at the campus and the students to see if you think you will be happy in that environment. Ask a lot of questions during the information session and campus tour. My family’s expereince is that these visits provide a lot of information that you can’t find in a book or a ranking and can go a long way to help you decide which school is the best fit. My S is in the business school at Fordham and is very happy. Congratulation on your acceptance and good luck.</p>
<p>@yenrod: that is a big drop from just a few years ago! I never understand the rankings a school cant change THAT much in 2 short years.
@happy1: Thanks! How has your son found the faculty? Has he gotten any internships in NYC?</p>
<p>There are PLENTY of internships in NYC, for Gabelli students, Communications students, FCRH students…because my kid is a senior in FCRH and has had TWO such prestigious internships and is a liberal arts major (upper classmen honors program). Her friends, roomies and classmates all have had internships on wallstreet, advertising firms, television studios, network news, non-profits, law firms (even as undergrads!), doctor’s offices, hospitals, corporations, on and on. Most are unpaid internships, but not all.</p>
<p>If you are a top student at Gabelli and have a good professional presentation you will have no difficulty finding something to do, sometimes even internships during the semester for days you aren’t in class. </p>
<p>I can’t speak to the faculty in Gabelli (except in economics), but their credentials are all posted online at the Fordham website and in their respective departments. </p>
<p>The rankings changed because some of the criteria changed. The quality of education at Fordham has risen, in fact, as new faculty have been hired in Gabelli, FCRH and FCLC. There is always room for improvement in some departments (which is true anywhere, I assure you…even at Duke Fuqua School of Business), but Fordham is a top drawer school and you will be plenty challenged if you attend Fordham, regardless of the college you selected at Fordham. One of the biggest complaints of Fordham students is exhaustion, not boredom. I state that with emphasis.</p>
<p>awesome, thank you for the info!</p>
<p>Overall, my son has been very happy with his professors at Gabelli. He has been very involved in community service work with an organziation in the Bronx (he hopes to work in the non-profit sector so this is great expereince for him) so has not looked for a formal business internship during the school year. He is starting the process of looking for a internship for this coming summer so hopefully he will meet with success.</p>
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<p>I wouldn’t be concerned by the drop. Gabelli has more resources, better faculty, and more qualified students than it has ever had before. And in 2012, it will have better facilities than it has ever had before. Rankings may go up and down from year to year, but based on the job placement and grad program acceptance of Fordham students, Gabelli consistently has a presence as one of the nation’s best business schools.</p>
<p>The new Gabelli School of Business building will be opened in Fall of 2012, will state of the art facilities. The economic crisis will also have more reduced effects from now till then. These things including the great reputation of Fordham’s business school and its great faculty will contribute to make Gabelli’s rankings rise again a lot.</p>
<p>BTW, can someone tell me what classes freshmen in Gabelli (finance) have to take? It would help when registering for classes and picking out professors</p>
<p>nycdave21 - When my S was a freshman, the school gave all incoming freshmen their first semester schedules (based on a survey they filled out). After that first semester, he did his own schedule. I’m not sure, but that is probably still the way it works.</p>
<p>Hi, my son applying for fall 2012 but unsure of area of business major. How may kids narrow that down with the sizable core requirements? Worried he won’t be able to get feet wet in say accounting or finance to know which way to go.
Thanks!!</p>
<p>Brocha - My S is a senior at Gabelli. It isn’t a problem if your son doesn’t know what he wants to study in the business school There is also a business core which takes everyone through introductory classes in accounting, finance, marketing,management, info. systems (and probably more subjects that I don’t know about). Many students use these classes to help determine what they want to major in. It is fine for your son to start with an open mind and see what interests him.</p>
<p>You don’t really need to choose a major until late sophomore year, so he’ll be fine. I think by the time he takes Managerial Accounting and Financial Accounting (both core courses for all majors) as well as a Finance core course, he will have a better understanding of what he wants to major in. He can also always take summer courses to get ahead/try different courses out.</p>