I have a problem that a lot of others might have but really need to address. I have my heart set at majoring in finance so wherever I go I know I’ll need to get into their business school. So far I’ve gotten accepted to the following schools:
The University of Iowa (business)
Marquette (business)
The university of Illinois (gen-Ed)
Miami of Ohio (gen-Ed)
University of Minnesota (gen-Ed)
Penn state (gen-Ed)
Indiana (gen-Ed)
Ohio state (deferred)
As you guys can see I’ve literally been placed into general Ed at almost every college I’ve been accepted at. Now I was wondering what the right path is to take. Should I go to a stronger school like Illinois or Miami and attempt to transfer into business? Should I just go to Iowa and already be in business? I think Iowa is worse than all the other schools but my parents are having a tough time letting me attend a college that hasn’t directly admitted me into business.
Also. Does anyone have any insight on the easiest school from my list to transfer in.
You might want to call the undergraduate business schools at all the universities (except Iowa) you’ve cited and ask them one simple – but critical – question: what percentage (roughly) of those who graduate in finance started in the General Education curriculum? I suspect the numbers will be quite high(?). However, if they are low at a particular university, obviously you may wish to strike it from your list. Incidentally, these are all good schools – including Iowa.
That sounds great. I think I’ll call every school on my list and talk to them tomrorow about that. Glad you don’t think Iowa is a bad school. Has a bad reputation at my school and the only thing people care about is ranking.
If you apply yourself, and develop yourself personally, over the next 4 years, and kick some bootie in the classroom, you will do fine attending Iowa–or any of these other schools. If not, it wont matter which school you go to, or what their “ranking” is. UG is an opportunity to grow both as a person and intellectually, and you can do that at all these institutions.
The University of Iowa Tippie College of Business is very good (better than Marquette, which is decent too). Sure, it is not near elite, but it is well respected. http://tippie.uiowa.edu/about/rankings.cfm
True, all of the other business schools on your list are better (Indiana is the best one on your list and is outstanding) but unless one of the others is a whole lot cheaper, or you really don’t like it, Iowa should get the nod. You made a good list.
@moneybag121 (re post #6): No, I first suggest the research recommended in post #1; after receiving the results, you’ll be much better able to determine which school might be a near-assured business/finance major and, therefore, competitive with Iowa.
Where do you live? Do you have any financial constraints on where you go? Most states have good business schools that give you a leg up. Hard to start a fledging career deep in debt.
That being said, if money is not an issue. I think it does matter to be admitted directly if you can. Another very important criteria is do you fit in well to your considered schools.
If you are from Iowa, want to get a good finance degree, like the campus etc. go for it!
As far as I know, it’s not too difficult to get into Smeal (Penn State).
However the costs are likely to be too high (unless your parents have a college fund for you).
Not necessarily. Especially if you do not like U.Iowa or if it is more costly than others.
First I agree with @TopTier – do some research to find out how difficult it is to get admitted to other B-schools after your freshman year. Some schools this is not hard, while at others it is difficult. For example, Indiana’s Kelley School of Business does not look too hard (mainly no grades below a “B”). For one thing, they ignore your ACT/SAT scores once you have been at IU for a year. Notice that IU calls this “standard admission” to Kelley. http://kelley.iu.edu/Ugrad/Admissions/CurrentIU/page39067.html
See if you can get more information like this from other schools, including straight up asking the business school about it. You have plenty of time to check this out.
Also, this is a question of how badly you want to attend one of the other schools. Tippie at U.Iowa is very good, but maybe it just does not appeal to you. Which school is the one you really want? See what its requirements are.
Finally, would you consider majoring in economics instead of business/finance? Ohio State University, for example, has two economics majors; one in the Fisher College of Business, and one in Arts and Sciences. If you choose OSU, you could initially start in A&S, but move to Fisher after your freshman year. Actually, I think you can also try again after your sophomore year. But if you don’t get into Fisher, you can still major in Economics which has plenty of respect in the business world. You might be able to take some finance courses as electives. http://fisher.osu.edu/undergraduate/academics/specializations/economics https://economics.osu.edu/undergraduate-programs