I got into all four of the schools up above as an international student.
Undecided for UWash and UT Austin, Business Administration for UIUC, and Marketing for Ohio State.
I am not definitely sure what I really wanted to study, but for now it’s Business and probably Marketing. But I really don’t know for sure. I thought I was going for Business when I was applying for the schools, but after applying I figured maybe I shouldn’t limit myself to the choices I thought I should make and try out more possibilities.
So which school would be a better choice? I know that they all have great business school, they all offer a bunch of majors, and they all have beautiful campuses. But which one has better programs and environment? I know I really want to go to a school that offers studying abroad (I think most of the school has this program but I don’t know if there is any difference between them.) I know that I want to join a MUN club (and I think all of them offers it since they are all really big schools).
Any thoughts either comparing or contrasting them or evaluating them individually would be very helpful! Thanks!
I’d pick either UW or UT-Austin.
Do not assume that you can transfer into the McCombs’ School of Business at UT.
Find out how difficult it will be to change into the business major at schools where you are not directly admitted to it.
@insanedreamer May I ask why?
Internal transfer to buisness at UT is incredibly hard. If you want a business major don’t pick UT unless you already got into the business undergrad
@txstella Understood. Is it really that hard to transfer into the business school in UT Austin? I thought it’s possible as long as you get a GPA 4.0?
@ucbalumnus I think the difficulty is about the same. Correct me if I’m wrong…
@Ibebikz Got it! Thanks. Just wondering why?
You make it sound like getting a 4.0 college GPA isn’t very difficult.
@PurpleTitan don’t get me wrong, I was just wondering if there is other requirements I don’t know in order to transfer into a b school
Getting a 4.0 at a public university is about as hard as it gets. Getting into UW foster is no joke either but way easier than transferring into UT’s business school.
McComms ’ website lists the requirements, but the process is holistic so there is no guarantee.
I suggest you contact McComms directly and ask for the number of students who have applied vs been accepted over the last few years for internal transfer. I’ve heard that it is very difficult to transfer internally into McCombs as well as into most of the more popular majors at UT.
@Bored1997 Thanks, knowing that made my decision easier. I kinda wanna go to somewhere that really snows too, so Austin is off the list now.
How about UIUC, Ohio State? Any ideas about them? It doesn’t have to be just about the business schools, how’s their environment and all?
@txstella Thanks! I’ll definatly do that!
For me it would be between UW and UIUC, I am a student at UW it does not snow here and the weather is bad it rains almost everyday without fail but, the campus is beautiful and the quad is about as beautiful any campus gets.
UIUC would definitely have snow but, I don’t know much else.
All of your options are great, but I would say go with UIUC. It’s extremely hard to transfer into the McCombs business school at UT.
UIUC business program is ranked #15 and their accounting program is ranked #2. Although, you’ll get a great education at all of the schools. Your choice really comes down to preference. If you like a more lively city environment, UT or UW would be better choices.
Well, there is the big difference of setting. UW and UT are both in large cities with young workforces; Seattle is obviously strong in many industries and Austin is growing and thriving as well. Columbus is a smaller city, and Urbana-Champaign is a small college town. If you want business internships during the academic year and a choice of a variety of places and sectors, UW and UT are probably better places to go for that. Seattle has a bunch of big-name companies. Columbus would probably be decent for that, but at UIUC you’d have to do summer internships instead.
And yes, good point about transferring in - at top business schools like McCombs that might be really difficult.
If you want business, forget UT, it’s almost impossible (and getting a 4.0 is almost impossible - a “top” GPA would be 3.7+).
UWashington is probably the best combination for you, except for the snow.
UIUC is in Illinois and with the state bankruptcy and over-reliance on international students, I wouldn’t pick it for now. (If you are Chinese, you may like it in that there’s a real “Chinese community” there, but if your goal is to experience American life it’d be a downside.)
tOSU is less good than UWashington but it’s got snow and you are direct admit to Fisher and Marketing.
Ultimately I’d choose between tOSU and UWashington, but unless snow is a big deal to you and you really hate rain, I’d pick UWashington.
@GreenTeaFanatic Got it. I heard that UIUC is a party school and that only the engineering and accounting are worth going, is that true?
@juillet you got a really good point there…internships…I’ll look into that. Thanks a lot!
@MYOS1634 tbh I would choose UW with no doubt if it doesn’t rain lol. The country I’m living in right now rains a whole lot so I don’t really wanna go to somewhere that rains a lot. But I’m not hard on weathers. The Chinese Community issue you were talking about is actually one of the points that I was thinking about. Since I’m a Chinese and I really don’t want to spend my four years speaking endless Chinese in a Chinese group. That would be a total waste of my parents money and I really want to make the best of it. I heard a story about a Chinese engineering student went to UIUC and end up having half of the class Chinese and doesn’t even have to speak English to survive. It has probably been exaggerated but I’m afraid it really is that bad. But then I heard since Chinese is the most populated race in the world, there are Chinese Communities basically in almost every college in the states. So any thoughts?