Jewish Kid Looking for Business Schools

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm looking for good business schools to attend, with a concentration in Finance. Resident of Ohio.
Credentials:
UW GPA: 3.93
SAT: 1960 (hopping to raise)
ACT: 29 (going to retake)
SAT II: will take
ECs: NHS, Varsity Cross Country and T&F, Chess Club
Classes: all Honors or AP(Calc, Stats, Lit, USHistory, Gov, Chem, French)</p>

<p>Miami(OH) (Farmer)
Indiana University (Kelley)
Ohio State (Fisher)
UNC-Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
Boston College (Carroll)
Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)</p>

<p>I am a possible varsity recuit in xc for UNC and CMU so while I understand those schools are reaches, the running may get me in. </p>

<p>Mostly, I want a school that fits my personality. I am a hard worker, dedicated, but not a nerd and enjoy having a social life and participating in athletics. Could you suggest which schools match my criteria, which are reaches/matches/safeties.</p>

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<p>University of Miami and Tulane would be great choices for you.</p>

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<p>The only thing is I feel like I will not be challenged at Miami. I feel like although CMU is known for nerds and very hard workload, I might like it there more simply because of the higher level of education. </p>

<p>Also, I am concerned about job placement prospects at midwestern schools like Miami, OSU, Indiana where investment banking/consulting/etc…is not as “alive” as it is in Boston (BC) or DC (UNC is close) or Tepper which gets alot more recruiters from Wall Street firms than my other options.</p>

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<p>You can try Cornell, Georgetown, UVA, and Notre Dame.</p>

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<p>We’re from central Ohio. My son is choosing to attend American University/Kogod school of business in DC because of the exceptional internship and employment opportunities. They are generous with merit money. You won’t be the only Jewish kid on campus, which is another factor that attracted him.</p>

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<p>Maryland (Smith)</p>

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<p>William & Mary
Emory
Michigan (of course, with you being from Ohio, I’ll understand if this is an unacceptable suggestion)</p>

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<p>Cornell I have considered as a reach school, Notre Dame, Georgetown, and CMU are on the much more expensive side. Also, I am wondering if it is worth it to pay close to $40 grand for Georgetown, a #24 B School.</p>

<p>The thing that concerns me about Ross (UMichigan) is the selectivity and extreme competitiveness of getting in. I’m afraid I may not…</p>

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<p>As a science major at UMiami, we used to joke that the business majors kept the pool in business. But I understand it is a very good business school. Tulane is also very well known for its business school. Although job placement among locals here in New Orleans is not very good out of Tulane, I think there is a strong alumni connection in the Northeastern states. There is also a strong Northeastern contingent at Miami. And both have a large Jewish population, if that’s important to you. </p>

<p>As for American, my son attended a program there last year, and I saw some of the campus. What I saw, I liked. Many of the kids that attended the program were from the New York area. I rode with some parents to Union Station, where they boarded an Acela train back to Jersey. It is near the Embassy District, and not too far from Chevy Chase.<br>
Nice neighborhood. Worth looking into.</p>

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<p>Villanova?</p>

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<p>I’m shocked that no one has mentioned the Wharton School of Business at UPenn. It’s considered the best undergraduate business education in the country, and UPenn is known for its vibrant Jewish community.</p>

<p>If anything, the major stereotypes about Penn are that we’re all Jewish ad interested in business lol.</p>

<p>It’d be a reach, but it’s worth a shot.</p>

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<p>Helps a lot!—>[The</a> Top Undergraduate Business Programs](<a href=“http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/undergrad_bschool_2009/]The”>http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/undergrad_bschool_2009/)</p>

<p>Also try NYU stern for another reach. Its great in financing plus its in NYC.</p>

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<p>I really don’t like the NYU “campus” I would like the college experience and really don’t think that NYU is going to offer that. </p>

<p>And I need to be realistic, I’m pretty underqualified for Wharton.</p>

<p>Cacciato- yes I’ve seen that about 1x10^999999 times.</p>

<p>Also, could someone please school me on which of my pics will offer me the best internships/salary at the end of the day?</p>

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<p>i agree with montegut!! you should check out tulane’s freeman school. it’s very good and new orleans is a great place to spend your college years. continuing, tulane is a very jew-friendly school! i would definitely look at tulane university.</p>

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<p>Thanks fo all the responses and would appreciate any more insight one can offer.
I don’t see Tulane on any B School rankings so, probably not considering it. I would like to stick with Top 20 B Schools with Ohio State being the exception as it is my state “flagship” school. I would appreciate chances on any Top 20 B Schools specifically.</p>

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<p>IF you are considering finance, look into Tulane. Their finance dept. opened a lot of doors for me.</p>

<p>Tulane on CNBC for their trading courses:
[Video</a> - CNBC.com](<a href=“http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=615836031&play=1]Video”>http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=615836031&play=1)</p>

<p>Tulane ranked #10 Finance program in the WORLD according to Financial Times:
[Tulane</a> University - Financial Times Names Tulane University Among World’s Top 10 Schools for Finance](<a href=“http://tulane.edu/news/releases/012808.cfm]Tulane”>http://tulane.edu/news/releases/012808.cfm)</p>

<p>Tulane’s Equity Research Program:
[Freeman</a> School @ Tulane](<a href=“http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/burkenroad/whatis.php]Freeman”>About Burkenroad Reports - Freeman School | Tulane)</p>

<p>Tulane’s Darwin Fenner Program where you help manage the school’s endowment:
<a href=“http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/fenner/[/url]”>http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/fenner/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>…What was the point of saying “Jewish kid”?</p>

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<p>I’d suggest checking out Brandeis. It’s a great business school and I’ve heard there is a large percentage of Jewish kids there.</p>

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<p>“It’s a great business school and I’ve heard there is a large percentage of Jewish kids there.”</p>

<p>LOL.</p>

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<p>my advice is to stop looking at the B school rankings. in terms of getting on campus interviews, it’s about the prestige of the overall university. for instance, GTown has a DC location and plenty of prestige, so it will be a hell of a lot easier to get interviews with top companies than it will be at Indiana.</p>

<p>case in point: Harvard doesn’t have an undergrad b school, but it will get you the same(or better) opportunities as Wharton</p>