<p>"duke does not have an undergraduate business program, but that doesn’t stop duke students from becoming successful in their business endeavors. CEOs (including the current acting CEO of Apple), CFOs, company presidents, etcetc come from duke. you do not need an undergraduate business program to pursue business. engineering at duke is good (like penn and columbia, although cornell is the best ivy for engineers), and is exceptional in BME.</p>
<p>btw, it matches your criteria. nice weather, BEAUTIFULLL campus, GREAT sports and unmatched sports culture. and although the stereotypical duke kid parties, it’s easy to avoid and still have an amazing college experience.</p>
<p>top 10 schools are pretty much reaches for everyone. so duke is a reach. i cannot elaborate too much on vanderbilt’s programs, as i know pretty little. but in terms of admissions, it’s more of a match."</p>
<p>I realize that some businessmen do not have a business degree, but I would think the majority do. The ones who don’t probably have some ridiculous connections (which I do not have). It does meet the rest of my criteria though I guess.</p>
<p>Its definitely a school I will consider (especially if my reach list is short)</p>
<p>"Vanderbilt doesn’t have undergrad business, but has a major in economics (and maybe a few others) if those interest you. You’d most likely be applying to the College of Arts & Sciences, and their majors are here: <a href=“http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cas/academ...nors/index.php[/url]”>http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cas/academ...nors/index.php</a></p>
<p>Vandy’s campus is beautiful–it’s a national arboretum–, is relatively good at basketball and alright at football, but the sports culture is definitely there, and the perfect weather I believe. It actually has all four seasons, but it never gets too cold or too hot, usually staying in the 30-90 range for temperatures. As for the partying life, it’s a school dominated by Greek life (I think like 50% or more rush is the statistic), but you could always find the group who doesn’t want to party at any school. Plus, I’ve heard plenty of times from Vandy students that no one ever looks down on you for turning down a party if you’d rather study instead. They all understand, because their classes are just as rigorous as yours.</p>
<p>And if it helps any, I got in this year RD with really similar stats (8 APs, 2110 on my SAT, 3.98 GPA, etc). "</p>
<p>Unfortunately I was looking more at accounting and VU doesn’t offer that. It would definitely be a good match school to add IF I decide I want to go into engineering. I just don’t know if I could commit to that though.</p>
<p>“UVA is head and shoulders better than Maryland, and your degree will be worth far more when you graduate. McIntire was just rated the #1 undergraduate business program by Businessweek, and the school definitely fits your description of what you are looking for. Do not be scared about getting rejected from the Comm School; if you do what you’re supposed to do, you will get in. Those who get rejected usually have slacked off here or there in their first two years.”</p>
<p>Maryland has a top 40 business program, a great engineering program (top 20 if I remember correctly?), and one of the top five journalism schools. I don’t think that any of those degrees would be looked poorly upon. Yes I could get a degree from the “#1” business school by going to UVA, but how much easier would it be to get a job with that degree as opposed to a business degree from UMD? Can UVA match UMDs engineering and journalism programs? The weather is basically identical (maybe 2 degrees warmer on average). One thing it definitely has going for it though is that it is a much nicer college town. MUCH nicer.</p>
<p>“If you do what you’re supposed to do, you will get in.” What does that mean? Straight A’s? Only a few Bs? Could you be more specific please? Thanks</p>