<p>I think the Cox School of Business at SMU would be the best place for me, but my parents think I can do better. What do you all have to say about Cox at SMU?</p>
<p>TMXCowboy...I was admitted to several fine schools for business (Notre Dame, UT-McCombs/Business Honors Program, UVA, Michigan-Ross, Tulane, Miami of Ohio, Richmond, Fordham, to name a few) and had some good scholarship opportunities to many of them (I would only have had to pay full price at UVA and Michigan), but I chose SMU Cox (pretty good scholarship package from them as well...so that helped). </p>
<p>SMU's location in Dallas is awesome for business...think about the internship opportunities that are available (there's more internship opportunities than students to fill them). It's a beautiful campus and the business school facilities are pretty good (not on par with Notre Dame...but still pretty state-of-the-art). They have all kinds of programs for high-achieving students (University Honors, Business Scholars) and, despite the high sticker-price, it's affordable because they are quite generous with scholarships and financial aid.</p>
<p>Post or Private Message me if you would like more info.</p>
<p>nathanTX,
Were you a transfer student?</p>
<p>GoBlue, no...I am a high school senior and just went through the process this past year.</p>
<p>How then did you get into UVa-McIntire? I thought everyone has to apply as a sophomore? I presume you are a Michigan-Ross pre-admit?</p>
<p>Your reasons for selecting SMU-Cox are rather interesting. I suppose the same internship opportunities are also available to UT-McCombs students. Btw, does anyone know how difficult it is to transfer to UT-McCombs from OOS?</p>
<p>Not into McIntire per se, but into UVA, which would be the first step to getting into McIntire, eh? (Pre-Admit at Ross is correct)</p>
<p>Internships would most definetely be available at UT-McCombs...but it would be different than SMU in that SMU has a LOT of internships available in the immediate area that you can complete while going to school, whereas UT has some in the Austin area but some in Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio as well making interning more of a summer thing there. Austin is fast becoming a good (and diverse) business city, but right now I believe most of the internship opportunities there are still in the government and technology sectors. I chose Cox over McCombs for two reasons: first, UT just seemed too big (the next biggest school I applied to was Michigan, which is about 3/5 the size of UT), and second, after scholarships, SMU actually cost less than UT.</p>
<p>I'm not sure how difficult McCombs admission is for OOS transfers. I do know that McCombs tends to be more competitive than UT as a whole.</p>
<p>I have two darling b schools that I try to hawk to anyone that wants to study business and means it (you know, because they love it, not just because they want to make money (although there's nothin' wrong with that, of course))</p>
<p>Babson College (Mass.), really cool, ranked #1 for Entrepreneurship, which is all that matters. It is well respected in the business world with lots of connections and lots of opportunities, and most of all it has that entrepreneurial atmosphere and spirit which just gives it a "thing" that no other college has.</p>
<p>Pace University (NY) is right in the middle of New York. It's an okay business school, but it is right in the middle of the financial district of New York, within walking distance of the World Trade Center, with all the fantastic opportunities that come with being in the middle of the greatest hub of activity on the planet. It's a bit lackluster academically, and its Manhattan campus lacks in beauty what it has in location, but it's still a really nice school if you're like me and love the spirit and buzz of a major global city.</p>
<p>Good luck with your selections!</p>
<p>Am I overlooking any other good southern schools?</p>
<p>nathanTX,
Thanks for the detailed clarification. Those are good tips to file away for the future.</p>
<p>Dude, definitely apply to UNC and all the other schools you wish. People on here have some wild notion that only the very elite apply to the top 25 schools or something. You realize people with 3.5GPAs and 1200 SATs apply to Harvard and Yale correct? Hell I know someone who got a FULL RIDE to Duke with an 1890. People are psyching you up man. If you have a nice hook or anything, you definitely have a decent shot.</p>
<p>wow nathanTx- I can't believe you passed up UT BHP for SMU. UT BHP students have the first pick when it comes to internships and from what I've heard, are given multiple internship offers.</p>
<p>Your Critical Reading score on your SAT is going to be a problem when you go to apply to selective universities. As others have posted, you should probably still apply if you are interested, but you definitely need to identify more Match and Safety schools.</p>
<p>If you look across the landscape of colleges, the schools that are most likely to accept students with sub-600 CR scores are the public universities. Here are the 25/75 CR numbers for the schools that you have mentioned and how I would perceive your 570 as placing you in their applicant pool:</p>
<p>Big Reach to Reach
U Penn 650-740
Georgetown 640-750
Vanderbilt 630-720
Emory 620-700
Wake Forest 610-690
Notre Dame 600-720
UNC 590-690 (unlikely to get in due to OOS status)
UC Berkeley 580-710 (unlikely to get in due to OOS status)</p>
<p>Low Match to Match
U Virginia 600-710
U Michigan 580-690
SMU 560-650
U Texas 530-660 (difficult to get in due to OOS status)</p>
<p>I don’t know how you feel about engineering, but Georgia Tech is used to seeing lopsided SAT scores like yours. Their CR 25/75 is 590-680. Another Low Reach might be Tulane (610-725). Another Match school to consider is Penn State (520-620), but their winters are nearly as cold as U Michigan or Notre Dame. Finally, take a look at U Florida (560-670). This is a much improved school and the weather is certainly good, but it is only 7% OOS.</p>
<p>I need some Southern Safeties... any recommendations? Are state schools really hard to get into for me? Like Florida, Texas...?</p>
<p>annn - That is very true...but SMU is also VERY good at placing people into internships, and the school has more internships than students to fill them. Plus, it was a better fit for my personality.</p>
<p>TMXCowboy - UT-Austin is quite competitive for OOS admissions (due to the top 10% rule and such). I don't know much about OOS admissions at Florida. Georgia might be an option...they are currently raising their profile. Quite honestly, I believe SMU will be a safety for you.</p>
<p>but I'm looking only really at SMU for Cox</p>
<p>ok, update on my SATs</p>
<p>I went up a little in both math and writing, and down in reading...</p>
<p>Math 800
Reading 560
Writing 620</p>
<p>Best Composite:
Math 800
Reading 570
Writing 620
total: 1990, two part 1370.</p>
<p>Congrats on your improvement and particularly on your perfect Math score, but your Critical Reading score is still going to be a problem. Probably your best matches at this point are U Michigan and SMU as every other school listed above is probably a low Reach or more. As far as other schools that might be worth a look, have you considered Clemson, Furman, Baylor, Sewanee, and again, Georgia Tech? I think you would be a solid applicant to all of these and each has great appeal to a certain group of students.</p>
<p>Just take the ACT. If your SAT reading isn't going up, I think it's much easier to just focus on your ACT. I mean you have a 31; make it a 34!</p>
<p>Consider University of Delaware's honor's program.</p>
<p>Georgia Tech maybe...</p>