<p>Are there any concentrations ( e.g. Finance, Intl Business ) that are particularly well regarded by recruiters, grad schools ? Thanks. Marc</p>
<p>Their Supply Chain Managment major is ranked #1 in the country from what I remember.</p>
<p>Thanks. Probably apply to Penn St. among some other schools in the fall, e.g. IU, UMd, GW, UVa, BU....others like G-Town, Cornell seem out of reach.</p>
<p>MBJ - My son is a finance major at PSU. Likes it so far. Cornell and UVA turned him down - he chose PSU over Lehigh, Wake Forest and Richmond.
PSU has a great new business building - including a fully equipped trading room. Classes are very large in the beginning but get smaller after you choose your major. There are plenty of opportunities to get involved in things like investment clubs and business projects. It's a very good deal for in staters.
We know some PSU Finance and Accounting grads and they seem to do well. If you plan to settle in the NE/Mid Atlantic area, it's pretty easy to find alumni connections - key to finding a job. Good luck to you!</p>
<p>Hi Tone. Thanks for the info. A number of kids from here ( NJ ) seem to favor some of the larger schools for business like Penn St., BU, UMd, IU... We have visited UVa and GW ( both of which my son liked ). UVa..obviously hard to get in; GW a bit costly but I could handle it if that was my son's # 1 choice. He has decent stats, 4.6(w), 15 of 575, 1430/2140 ( took the SAT I again 2 weeks ago to try to bump it up ), etc.. I thought that maybe a smaller, quality univ. might be worth looking into but haven't really found much aside from UVa and GW. NYU, G-Town, Cornell...probably out of reach. I see your son applied to Richmond..I was looking at that website along with William and Mary but hard to garner info as to how those schools really are. Rutgers will probably be on the bottom of our list - - I have not heard good things about that school. Lehigh - - I hear their acct. program is good, the rest of the biz program only so and so. I will probably check out, with my son, PSU, UMd and maybe even IU ( been talked about lately favorably although a bit far ). If you know of any other good biz schools, please feel free to e-mail me :
<a href="mailto:mjuron@aol.com">mjuron@aol.com</a> Thanks. Best of luck to your son at PSU. Marc</p>
<p>MBJ - with those stats he may want to check out Penn State's Schreyer Honors College <a href="http://www.scholars.psu.edu/index.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.scholars.psu.edu/index.cfm</a>
You get the best of both worlds, big school resources with a small school feel and attention.<br>
For a smaller school (4,000 undergrads) with a good business program, check out the University of Scranton. Again, with those stats he may qualify for the full-tuition Presidential Scholarship. <a href="http://matrix.scranton.edu/admissions/fa_fa_programs.asp%5B/url%5D">http://matrix.scranton.edu/admissions/fa_fa_programs.asp</a>
Then you could use the money you saved for grad school.</p>
<p>How is PSU Smeal compared to NYU Stern? </p>
<p>Although Stern's a lot more expensive, I think NYC provides great opportunities for interning at major business corp such as JP Morgans Chase, investment banking, etc. </p>
<p>Does Penn State provide students with the same opportunity to succeed?</p>
<p>I'm looking to save some money for grad school.</p>
<p>I considered applying to Stern, mostly for its location... but didn't think it was enough to justify the money. I still plan to find summer internships in NYC. Also, like you said, you can use the money saved toward a private grad school.</p>