<p>I'm a high school junior and I really want to major in international business. I've lived in a couple countries in Europe and am fluent in three languages (including English).
I was looking on US and World News Rankings and they have the University of South Carolina (Moore) ranked as the top i-biz school in the country, but the actual school is pretty low on the National Universities ranking, and the school doesn't appear on any other business specialties rankings. </p>
<p>Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Also, how recognized is this program among top Wall Street firms?</p>
<p>On the wall street site, they rate Moore 9th for international business....</p>
<p>Here are thier rankings for international business:</p>
<p>1 Thunderbird (Garvin)<br>
2 INSEAD<br>
3 London Business School<br>
4 Columbia University<br>
5 Harvard University<br>
6 Georgetown University (McDonough)<br>
7 IMD, International Institute for Management Development<br>
8 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)<br>
9 University of South Carolina (Moore)<br>
10 University of California, Berkeley (Haas)</p>
<p>I guess what I'm really asking here is if one good program within the university is good enough to off-set to 112th ranking of the entire university when it comes to applying to b-school and applying for competitive jobs.</p>
<p>no it doesnt...south carolina's job placement will be far inferior to the other schools on the list despite being highly ranked in international business...go with wharton and if u cant get in there go with georgetown...the only other school on the list that even has an undergraduate business program is berkeley but u cant apply to it as a freshman</p>
<p>I personally think that you should go for the top 10-15 b-schools, since the first year courses are quite common. Additionally, the top tier schools have better job placements and have good liberal art programs, and you could probably take a few electives from other departments (in your case - international affairs). You should try looking at:</p>