IU Kelley, UDub Foster, or UCI --worth it or nah?

College Search & Selection
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Hi, so those are my top 3 choices for college as an undergrad right now. I applied for marketing in Indiana U and am a direct admit into the Kelley School of business, applied for business administration and am in the Freshman Direct program in University of Washington Foster School of Business, and applied for economics and am in the Honors Program in UC Irvine.

I’m completely torn between the three because I know Kelley has an excellent business program,
So here are my pros and cons:
IU Kelley: Pros: got $10,000 scholarship, am a Direct Admit, heard has an excellent business program
Cons: only 4% asian (and I’ve grown up in a very aisan community so i’m now sure how well i’d adapt, but i am open minded and excited to try new things!).

UDub Foster: pro: $6,500 scholarship (i know, not that much), am in the Freshman Direct program, I also like the idea of living in Seattle
cons: the business school is only average, and I don’t know if it’s worth to pay out-of-state tuition for an average program.

UCI: Pros: in-state tuition, Cali weather, lots of asians, Honors Program
Cons: not sure if i’ll like economics

It’s a big decision and I’m planning to visit the three very soon. Is it worth visiting UDub, considering that they don’t really offer much to me compared to Indiana U? And is UDub worth attending, since Indiana’s business is ranked much higher than UDub’s?

Thanks

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Indiana has a great business school, no question about it. If you can, I suggest you visit Washington, which also has a substantial and vibrant Asian population on campus and in the Seattle area. Direct admit to Fosters is great, along with a $6,500 per year scholarship. There are hundreds of undergraduate business schools out there, and I would not consider Foster “average,” although Kelley is certainly ranked higher. For reference, here are Washington’s undergraduate business school rankings per US News (2015):

Undergraduate Business Programs: 21
Accounting: 18
Entrepreneurship: 16
International Business: 13
Management: 14
Management Information Systems: 15

Really, you can’t go wrong at any of those schools, and you are doing the right thing in looking at all of the pros and cons of each (not the least of which are the cost and weather factors in favor of UCI).