<p>Emory/W&M way beyond Maryland</p>
<p>i’m a junior in the business school at UMD. obviously i don’t know what other business schools are like, but i’m currently in the process of applying to internships for next summer. the companies that come recruit at UMD are amazing BUT i noticed there are a LOT more accounting/finance firms than marketing, or info systems. also.. a lot of jobs are posted for the mid-atlantic area and being that i’m from NY, its a bit difficult, but from what i’ve gathered, after the first round interviews, you can state your location preference and interview there for the second rounds.</p>
<p>but in general i love the business school.</p>
<p>Please remember that just because good companies recruit, doesn’t mean they interview for all positions.</p>
<p>For example, Morgan Stanley recruits at UMD, but they only interview for back-office positions.</p>
<p>every school has different connections. every school caters to different needs for different students. no one from their school will bash their college/university so the best thing to do is research, visit, and weigh your pros and cons. in the end, as long as you do well academically, squeeze every opportunity offered, and go to a decent grad school in the future, u’ll end up fine. arguing over who has the best undergrad business school can get to be pretty pointless after awhile.</p>
<p>whiskers, check HireSmith again. There’s a half dozen firms accepting resumes specifically for their NYC offices. And, as I’ve found out, at least in accounting, many firms are willing to transfer you to other regions.</p>
<p>Top 25 overall business school
Top 10 public business school
Not too shabby.</p>
<p>W&M/Emory more prestigious than UVirginia. 15,000 students by definition is not exclusive.</p>
<p>bcdtrd – here’s the thing about that Top 25: Over 75% of the Top 25 Universities and Top 20 LACs in the country <em>don’t</em> have undergrad business programs… they consider a Business degree to be appropriate to a trade school, or graduate school.</p>
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<li>CHYMPS - No undergrad biz expect for MIT</li>
<li>other Ivies: Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown - no undergrad biz</li>
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<p>I’ll keep going:</p>
<p>Chicago, Northwestern, CMU, JH, etc. etc. etc.</p>
<p>Of the Top 25 Unis, only Wharton, MIT, Wash U, Notre Dame, Berkeley, and UVA have undergrad biz majors. That’s 6/25. 19/25 of the top Unis don’t qualify for that Top 25 list. Therefore, saying a school is Top 25 undergrad Biz school doesn’t really mean anything. It’s like being king of the pigs. </p>
<p>Recruiters to business would prefer to see a really accomplished person who was NOT a biz major from a highly regarded school, than a Biz major (Trade School) from a non top 25 school.</p>
<p>I highly disagree that “Recruiters to business would prefer to see a really accomplished person who was NOT a biz major from a highly regarded school, than a Biz major (Trade School) from a non top 25 school.”</p>
<p>Consulting? Yes, I can see that being the case for recruiters at these companies. But in many industries, recruiters want people with business degrees. An economics major from Harvard who doesn’t know the first thing about balance sheets will not get offered a job at a prestigious accounting firm.</p>
<p>Also, being an undergrad business major is not at all like a “trade school” due to core curriculum requirements and the fact that maybe 15 of the 40 classes a student takes in college will actually be in his major.</p>
<p>ALSO, since when has a school had to be “Top 25” in order for it to be a good school??!! There are 3000+ colleges and universities in the United States, and only 25 of them can be any good and worth going to?? That type of thinking seems to be pervasive on these boards, but is not looked highly upon (or even considered logical) in the real world.</p>
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<p>To be fair, accounting is not a representative example. You are simply picking the most “trade-oriented” field to support your argument. Even most business majors don’t have enough accounting background to do auditing.</p>
<p>There is a general sense at the University of Maryland that our business program is the most competitive program on campus. If you are already a University of Maryland student and want to switch into the business school, you need to go through a competitive application process. If you do not have at least a 3.5 after completing all your gateway courses and are not involved in extracurricular activities if it unlikely that you will be admitted into the school. Being admitted as a freshman is also more competitive. While SAT score for the University range between 1170 to 1380, the Robert Smith School of business has an average SAT score of 1360.</p>
<p>It is not as well regarded as UVA, but it does have a good reputation</p>
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It’s funny how they make you think that the average SAT is 1360. Truth of the matter is, the 1360 avg refers to those that got into the business school from the beginning, who only make up ~10% of the whole business school population (this was 3 yrs back, the statistic may be different now). When you factor in the kids that got in during their junior year, the average SAT would drop (obviously because they most likely didn’t have above a 1300, the baseline SAT score needed to get into the business school from the beginning).</p>
<p>leo187, the point that they were trying to make is that admission into the Smith school as a freshman is more competitive. If you read the last two sentences of that post (which you quoted), I think that’s pretty obvious.</p>
<p>Just an alum throwing in my $.02, but honestly… nobody cares about SAT scores once you’re in college and especially not once you’re out. So if that’s all someone chooses a university or a major based on, that may not be a decision which will sit well with them in the future.</p>
<p>Hey lindz, glad to see you haven’t forgotten us. How’s real life treating you? How are you liking your job? (I realize you interned there so are your responsibilities different now that you are permanent?)</p>
<p>Side note this is true for many Scholars progran…our DS was told if he backs out of the program for international studies it is doubtful that he could back in since it is so competitive.</p>
<p>According to businessweek.com (<a href=“http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/undergraduate_mba_profiles/maryland.html)the%5B/url%5D”>http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/undergraduate_mba_profiles/maryland.html)the</a> minimum requirements for entry as a freshman into the business program are as follows:
Minimum requirements for business program:</p>
<p>Minimum SAT score: 1300
Minimum ACT: 29
Minimum high school GPA : 3.2 </p>
<p>SAT scores and high school grades don’t speak much for the quality for a business school but I would thought I would post this just to help students thinking about applying to the program.</p>
<p>Notice minimum, that would be the key word. Just because that is the min, doesn’t mean you should think of it as a safety.</p>
<p>Remember last year UMD had 28K applicants for all of UMDCP for 4k slots. I would look at the acceptance rate more as a yard stick than what any article write.</p>
<p>BTW your article does not link.</p>
<p>DS also applied for the AFA, the min to be considered for an appt is 25 on English ACT, look at the acceptances and they avg 30…again min, means yes, we will look at you, but you must have something extraordinary to get pass the admissions…alot of times it is due to foreign students.</p>
<p>So what are the min and/or recommended requirements to get into the business school in the Junior year? And for extracurricular activities, could you give me some examples of what someone might join if they want to major in say… information system/technology? And how would you go about getting recommendations?</p>
<p>worrywart – Hi!! Thanks 
My job is going really well. I’m still trying to get the hang of waking up early and working 5 full days a week. It’s so different than college. A lot of the projects I work on are client-facing, and it’s a great feeling to get feedback from a client manager that your materials helped during a presentation or made an impression on a prospect. There are a lot of young people in the office (which I knew from last year), so there’s a great social aspect too. I’m learning a lot and getting a lot of responsibility thrown at me.</p>
<p>I’m sure eventually I’ll be able to get away from these message boards but I do enjoy seeing what everyone has to say!</p>
<p>So glad to hear that you’re happy at work and feeling productive. Don’t leave us too soon. We still have a lot to learn from you.</p>