<p>Hi! This is my first post and I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for schools that had good programs/value* that I might be qualified to apply for and colleges that have what I want to study.</p>
<p>*Value as in cost of college to quality of studies, although I understand College is what you make it :P.</p>
<p>I am interested in studying Business (management more specifically) and then double majoring or minoring in East Asian Language and Linguistics (specifically Chinese).</p>
<p>My credentials are the following:</p>
<p>GPA (Unweighted/Weighted Respectively) : 3.5 / 3.8
SAT : 1880
ACT : 28
SAT2: Literature 600
Math2c 650
(Didn't have time to prep for these/retake them sadly:[ )</p>
<p>Clubs:</p>
<p>Habitat for Humanity
Investment Club
Chinese Club</p>
<p>Activities:
Tutoring after school occasionally </p>
<p>Work:
Teachers assistant</p>
<p>I come from a pretty large public school, and my grade consists of about 1000 kids.
I'm ranked around the 200s.</p>
<p>Ask if you need to know more... :)</p>
<p>Any help would be much appreciated. Sorry if this is in the wrong section, as this is my first post. :)</p>
<p>What area of the country are you looking for? State schools seem to match your interests. I’m not sure which ones have the best linguistic depts.</p>
<p>I’d recommend Purdue’s Business School. Purdue’s student and faculty diversity is very strong, you can find many Asian students and faculty. From Koreans, Chinese, Indians, etc. They also have a Chinese class and Chinese club I believe so it WOULD be quite a benefit. It’s a good Business School also.</p>
<p>Thanks for the response guys, it’s much appreciated ! ^^</p>
<p>@Mapleleafs26 I actually have no preference on which state the school is other than it being in the middle of no where, but that probably shouldn’t be a problem!</p>
<p>@Jimgotkp Oh thanks! I’ll look into it. I never actually got a chance to research Purdues’ majors and demographics, so I’ll look into it more tonight :).</p>
<p>Anymore responses would be amazing. Thanks guys!</p>
<p>Many schools offer a decent business education, but not so with East Asian Studies and Chinese. The latter will probably drive you to some of the larger schools if you are looking for really good Chines language programs and business. Check out some of the ones below. If you don’t like any of those there are also several west coast schools that might meet your criteria. I can also point you towards a few smaller ones if you don’t mind making a few concessions here or there. </p>
<p>Indiana
Pittsburgh
Maryland College Park
U. Wisconsin - Madison
Ohio State (Chinese Flagship School)
Oregon
Clemson (International Trade + Chinese joint program)
University of Mississippi (Bus School + Chinese Flagship)
Minnesota
University of Florida
Florida State</p>
<p>Been looking at these suggestions and they all sound fantastic so far!
Could anyone suggest some nice west coast options as well?</p>
<p>I feel my personality and my background would mesh better with west coast schools even though I wouldn’t mind going to school in the East Coast or the South.</p>
<p>Do your parents have any say in this regarding how far away you are; how much the school costs, etc?
Even state schools can be very expensive if you are out of state</p>
<p>Distance isn’t too much of a factor, but school costs are. Financial aid and scholarships that I MAY receive are probably going to play a big factor IF I get into any of these schools. I know its hard based on my credentials, but I feel like if I don’t try then I’ll never find out, you know? :)</p>
<p>My in-state school (CU-Boulder) is about 20-25 grand a year including tuition and room in board, which is pretty affordable for us, but a school that’s per se like 40-50 grand including tuition and board a year might be hard.</p>
<p>While cost is a major factor in deciding my choice in college, I don’t want it to be THE deciding factor.</p>
<p>I want a school that provides a great value of education for the amount of money we pay.</p>
<p>Don’t get me wrong, I think my in-state school is pretty good, but I don’t think it appeals to me as other schools such as like USC (reach school for me, I know :))</p>
<p>Thanks for the question! Maybe that can help anyone that has any suggestions for me ^^</p>
<p>On the west coast several of the UC and CS schools have exactly what you are looking for - too many to list - but I think out of state admissions to the UC schools is a bit of a crapshoot. I also think the financial health of some of these schools are a growing concern. You’ll have to do some due diligence there. There are others around here much more educated on those issues than me. </p>
<p>That said, I recommend you also take a look at the folloing schools in the west: </p>
<p>University of Washington
San Francisco State University
Arizona State
Colorado
BYU
San Diego State
Trinity University</p>
<p>Haha yeah. I actually visited CU-Boulder a couple days ago. It’s an excellent school, but I’m not sure. The weather and the demographics of that school kind of throw me off. It’s just so cold!! There are also a lot of people there that attend just to party, but every school has those people. </p>
<p>Thanks for the list FLVADAD I will look up on some of these in a bit :)</p>
<p>U of Minnesota-Twin Cities, U of Wisconsin-Madison, Ohio State and U of Washington have pretty good Chinese programs in addition to great business programs</p>
<p>DePaul in Chicago
Trinity University in San Antonio
University of Pitsburgh
University of Vermont</p>
<p>all offer strong programs in both business management and a chinese major. They are all fairly easily attainable for you given your stats, and should serve as good match schools should you decide and apply.</p>
<p>I would add the University of South Carolina as it has the #1 International Business program in the country (according to US News) and has the new IBCE program (2 years at USC, 2 years at University of Hong Kong). You would choose a second major (i.e. management, finance, marketing) and would likely minor in Chinese, Japanese, East Asian Studies, etc.</p>
<p>Full Disclosure: I graduated from South Carolina and now work for a Big 4 accounting firm in Hong Kong.</p>
