<p>@ Poseidenj- Because I thought it would be typical for a Jewish kid like me to go into economics/finance</p>
<p>ChoklitRain- thank you for the response, this is primarily what I am looking at in my college search and in my original question.
What means more to recruiters:
Prestige of overall school v. Rank of B School</p>
<p>Also, if Georgetown has such good job placement why is it give a C by BusinessWeek?</p>
<p>I am so surprised that Tulane is not highly ranked, at least by whatever poll you’re looking at. Tulane and Miami, Florida’s business schools have always been highly regarded. Since you’re in Ohio, what about Case Western? Don’t know about its business school, but the university itself is very highly regarded.</p>
<p>you have to realize that the BW rankings are crap. they’re based on polls of the students. Penn(Wharton) and Sloan(MIT) are BY A MILE the best two programs, so why aren’t they ranked 1-2? because it’s an opinion poll. kids at those programs expected the perfect experience, and rated based on their sky-high expectations.</p>
<p>I’ve visited Case and the campus is not so great (at least for me). It’s much too close to home, 30min., and it’s in a part of Cleveland where there’s not much to do. Additionaly, I know a couple kids like me that got great FA from Case but are unhappy with the school. </p>
<p>So you suggest going to a school with alot of prestige, but I feel like many of these schools are not necessarily worth the expense it seems to me that by going to say Kelley at Indiana, I would only be getting payed about $7,000 below the median starting salary of a Wharton grad, which is not bad considering I would be paying much less for the schooling. Your opinion? Am I completely off base?</p>
<p>Once again, you’re looking at narrow stats, not the big picture. You might get an accounting job at a small corporation out of Indiana that pays 53k. Out of an elite, you might get a 60k analyst position at Goldman. The Goldman job has huge prestige that will help you get in to grad school and in to future jobs, and a real possibility for advancement(and thus real money) if you stick with it. The starting salaries are similar but one job is far more lucrative than the other.</p>
<p>Ok so in that case would you suggest a school like Carnegie Mellon ($40,000) over schools like Miami, Indiana, that are alot cheaper?</p>
<p>I guess this makes me feel like I should be focusing more on UNC-Chapel Hill and Carnegie Mellon U out of all my picks. Is the recruiting good at UNC, do many DC firms recruit there?</p>
<p>what about Penn State (Smeal), Lehigh or Babson?</p>
<p>I don’t know a lot about UNC. I’d look at Duke/UVA alternatively, but you might want to head to the UNC forum for more info on the DC recruiting. It’s clearly a top school, but its alumni network may be more regional.</p>
<p>And in this economy, you don’t want to be taking out more than 10k a year in loans. It’s not worth it to go to CMU if you leave with 90,000 in debt.</p>
<p>i would say maryland would be good for you. the last three you listed are reaches.</p>
<p>Did you try collegeboard.com and then go to students and college match? You can enter your specific criteria.</p>
<p>Also try this link and maybe something will jump out at you. [AACSB</a> International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business](<a href=“http://www.aacsb.edu/]AACSB”>http://www.aacsb.edu/)</p>
<p>Kelley students work hard and party hard. At IU we also have a lot of club sports for people to stay on a competitive team that travels across the nation to play other universities (I am on a club sports team and love it).</p>
<p>I got into kelley and tulane and chose tulane! good luck</p>
<p>I think Brandeis may be a good fit for you. Its international business school is top-ranked ([Brandeis</a> University International Business School: Business, Economics and Finance for Global Leadership](<a href=“Global Brandeis | Brandeis University”>Brandeis International Business School)) and they are launching a new business major drawing on IBS’ resources. You can even double major in econ and business to look really solid to future employers.</p>
<p>I got into kelley and tulane and chose kelley!</p>
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<p>you’re actually underqualified for most of the schools you listed. (UNC, CMU, NYU, etc.)</p>
<p>and you shouldn’t rule tulane out just because it’s not on a business school ranking list. it’s just a list… you should look at other things besides where it shows up on a list especially since you don’t have the greatest of stats.</p>
<p>best of luck.</p>
<p>he is not all that underqualified for CMU and NYU, with a somewhat higher SAT he would be fine. his UW gpa is good.</p>