<p>Okay. I have been accepted and have three options. I live in Florida and want to go out of state but will stay in Florida if I have to. I plan to major in some kind of business but I am going towards Finance or Accounting. </p>
<p>First option for me is to go to University of Florida. I will get full ride to this school but I am not sure if it is the right college for me, and especially for my major.</p>
<p>Second option is to go to University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign. Now I know this school has pretty good reputation and everything but I do not know if I would like the
environment.</p>
<p>Third option is to go to City University of New York- Baruch College. I have visited New York last novemeber and I absolutely loved everything about New York. I heard that Baruch College is pretty good for finance and accounting, but it seems like not many people know about this college outside of New York.</p>
<p>Seems like I am leaning towards UIUC or Baruch. Can you guys help me choose one out of the three schools I listed with your experiences and such? If only counting academic quality maybe UIUC is best, but I would like to know which one might be best considering other things such as internship opportunity.Oh, and also please don't take money into consideration.</p>
<p>I almost moved to Florida my freshman year of high school and I remember hearing about the sweet in-state scholarship program. If I did end up moving, I would almost certainly be going there, though it really isn’t a very good school for finance, so I guess it worked out that I’m not there.</p>
<p>UIUC has a very good accounting program, but it is not known for finance or really any other business major. Baruch doesn’t get much recognition and you will always be in the shadow of Columbia and NYU Stern grads.</p>
<p>I don’t know how strong you are as an applicant, but if money is not an issue you might as well go for NYU Stern. If you want an urban campus in general, Penn, MIT, U Texas, and USC are all located in large cities and have much stronger business programs than the two you mentioned.</p>
<p>The business school at Illinois is very good. However, if you liked Baruch and the idea of living in a big city, Illinois is probably not the school for you. Like Florida, it’s the big state flagship, so it probably attracts a similar group of students, just a different state. It’s also pretty much in the middle of nowhere. The greek scene is pretty big, similar to Florida.</p>
<p>Thank you guys for helping. Now I am not saying money wasn’t at all any issue when I applied. I was going to try out for NYU, but the money was just way too much to handle. Thinking about it now I wish I have actually applied to many other schools, but I have procrastinated and now I am stuck with these three options.</p>
<p>I thought these three schools would be pretty good for finance considering that Princeton Review put all three of these schools into the “Recommended schools for Finance major”, but I cant just keep regretting that I didn’t apply to anywhere else.
If I am STUCK with these three options what would it be?</p>
<p>First of all, lose the pessimistic attitude that you are “STUCK” with these schools. They are great schools and some people would do anything to get into them.</p>
<p>Secondly, you shouldn’t just rely on 1 source to choose programs, etc.</p>
<p>You must be kidding. You got a full ride to Florida and want to leave there? Are you crazy?</p>
<p>Florida has a very, very well known program in tax law. In fact, their tax law program has been ranked second in the country after NYU. </p>
<p>If money were absolutely no object,and you were a Trump then I would pick NYU, or, based on your list, UIUC…</p>
<p>Assuming,however, your parents don’t have money money than GOD, take Florida and never look back. The money that you will save can buy you a house, a car and probably pay for a wedding. … If you want to major in either finance or accounting then do the smart financial decision: go to Florida!</p>
<p>Unless you really, really hate big schools, go with florida hands down. They gave you the most money, and there is (albeit minimal) some alumni even at investment banks, and it has a great reputation in the south east. Yeah NYC might be tough from UF, but if you want to work in Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami, etc. Florida would be great. Go there for sure.</p>
<p>I see that you guys are all saying UF. I am not saying that the money I will be saving by going to UF is not worth it, but I am just not sure how much UF is known for finance. It seems like at the end, you guys are all coming down to the money UF is giving me. It will be really hard for me to give up NYC for UF. Do you guys think paying a lot of money for undergraduate is not worth the money?</p>
<p>Jasonx, you are assuming that Florida is a poor school for finance. I can’t speak for their finance program,but Florida, overall, is a very good school. It is also specifically good in accounting. In fact, it is widely considered to be one of the better state schools in the country.</p>
<p>Don’t get me wrong, if you were asking about Wharton or MIT vs Florida, I would have to think about it. Even then, I might recommend Florida over those schools with your full ride. </p>
<p>Moreover, any school can be good based on the work ethic of the student. You will get what you put into your studies.
Bottom line: I wouldn’t worry about Florida’s reputation for finance and especially about their reputation for accounting.</p>
<p>I will say,however, that my only misgiving with Florida is that they have some hot girls and have good weather, which could be more of a distraction to you for your studies than that of Illinois or NY. However, if you can keep your eye on the academic goal of “getting good grades and of understanding the work” without the distractions overcoming you then pick Florida.</p>
<p>Florida offers a well regarded MS in finance. Most of the kids are UF undergrads. Based on that, I would conclude that the BBA or BA in finance you would get is at least decent. What the others have said about money is valid. You’ll feel great on a free ride. </p>
<p>It also seems like you’re taking a “the grass is always greener…” approach to this. Just go to UF and be happy. You’ll have plenty of chances to live in the big city after you’re done.</p>