<p>Hello guys...Im trying to find good business schools, but i get confused because all of them will tell you they are the best...Im going to get an AA degree from Palm Beach Community College this May, so I will be a transfer student...My GPA will be 3.81, and I would like to concentrate in finance. My first choice was international business, but I have now decided on finance because IB seems more like a minor, or something that I can achieve studying abroad or at a graduate level...I am trying to apply to some universities, but I am not quite sure about which ones would be good choices.
GPA: 3.81
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I do not have extra curricular activities or such things because I have not finished high school en the US. I have been here for 4 years now, and I have worked full time all these years.
I was thinking about schools like FIU, but my real intention is to go away from florida...I got a flyer from bentley university encouraging me to apply...since then I have started considering schools out of state, if possible. Do you guys have any suggestion? If so, let me know ASAP PLEASE!</p>
<p>You can’t narrow it down any more than that by yourself? You don’t have a preference on the type of place you would be willing to live? You said not in Florida, why not?</p>
<p>I have been in FL for four years, and I am really tired of it. FL is not a very cultural place to live in, and I would really like to get into another place of US. My concentration would be finance.</p>
<p>Florida is not a cultural place to live in? You really need to get out more.</p>
<p>well…the question was not if FL was a good place or not…I really dont care that much about the place…I just want to get a good business education…Would universities like Bentley be a good choice? what about fiu or UMiami?</p>
<p>You just mentioned that you would like to get away from Florida and now you say that you don’t care. There are plenty of schools out there besides Bentley or FIU. Give us more information about what you are looking for in a school, degree, and career.</p>
<p>As i mentioned on my first post, I will be pursuing a degree in finance. I am looking forward to work in investment bank/consulting. I sais that I was trying to get out of FL, but I have no problems in staying here to finish school if it will be good for me. I am looking to get a really good business education that can give me a strong background for future employment.</p>
<p>Would you give me some advice, please?</p>
<p>The schools’s ibanks and management consulting firms recruit most from (you do not have to be at a business school most hired for these jobs are not)</p>
<p>Tier 1:</p>
<p>U Penn Wharton
Harvard
Stanford
Princeton
Yale
MIT
Dartmouth
Duke
Columbia
NYU Stern
Williams
Amherst</p>
<p>Tier 2:</p>
<p>U Michigan
CMU
Berkeley Haas
Cornell
Brown
Swarthmore
Vanderbilt
Emory</p>
<p>I’m probably forgetting a few, but no to Bentley and FIU for the jobs you seek.</p>
<p><em>sigh</em> hmom has spoken.<br>
Aldoschenone14, I would reply back to your message but we can end this here. I am sorry to break this to you but most business majors who attend schools not on the above list will end up being waiters/clerks after they graduate.
Best of luck.</p>
<p>What about Boston College?</p>
<p>sp1212, what u are saying its true for every mediocre student at any major, not only business…I do not think that someone who is spending time checking this website has intentions of ending up being a waiter/clerk…I dont know if u will, but i am certainly not to</p>
<p>If you’re a star at BC and work alumni connections, you could land on WS or in a good consulting firm.</p>
<p>No ifs or buts about it, aldoschenone. I know it’s unfortunate but you screwed up by not going to an ivy league school and this will hurt you in the future. Your average-school degree is worthless. I already sent in several resumes to local restaurants. Wish me luck!</p>
<p>I’m a little surprised that Rice, Wash U, U Chicago, Cal Tech and BC were all left off that list</p>
<p>Chicago should be in tier 2 on the list. The others I rarely see on WS other than a few Caltech kids, they can certainly get the quant jobs if they want them. My husband is with a big MC firm and the first list tends to be 85% of who they hire.</p>
<p>sp1212, young people post here to understand the realities of these sectors before making crucial choices. If you have data that conflicts with what I post, I’m all ears.</p>
<p>So if I dont go to a top school like what kind of finance jobs should i go after</p>
<p>sp1212, I did not get into an Ivy Business School because not everyone has the money to afford them. Also, I finished High School in my country and I have been working since I came to the US, 4 years ago. I attended palm beach community college for my first two years because I didn’t even have a GPA. The problem with most students at the community colleges (in my opinion) is that most of them are just trying to finish college so they can show a degree to future employers. Having a degree does not mean that you are good at it. That is not my case. I do not like to waste my time and money, that is why I am trying to get some advice about Business Schools to transfer to. </p>
<p>Also, I was reading this article like 2 months ago (I don’t have the link, but I will search for it). It was a Business Week article. The article, in summary, said that, according to studies, outstanding students end up at the same positions, making the same amount of money, regardless of if they went to an Ivy, Average, or Not-to-well-known school. The article was really interesting, I promise I will try to get the link. In addition to that, there is always the chance of having an excelent performance on the undergraduate level that will allow you to get into a top MBA.
I am trying to get suggestions about Business School to tranfer to (good ones). I am not here to discuss whether Im going to end up as a waiter/clerk or not.</p>
<p>Hmom5, I know several people personally (including family members) who have attended good-but-not-elite business schools and are doing quite well for themselves. Some are on Wall Street and some even call ivy-leaguers like yourself, subordinates. How they got there? They took initiatives.<br>
You put way too much emphasis on colleges and your comment about most of us ending up as waiters/clerks was deeply offensive, as I pointed out before. The only reality you are stating is that it’s true… going to an elite school will get you a great head start/job placement. But you just straight up make it sound like we have no way of being successful.</p>
<p>Sp, I am a managing director at a BB firm where I’ve been for over 25 years and I’m hear to tell you and anyone else that asks that chances of getting a front office job on WS without an elite college degree is slim to none unless you have a connection. Are there folks from non elite schools? Sure. Clients kids, colleagues kids, there are other schools represented for sure. </p>
<p>If a resume from a non elite school lands on a desk without a note from an MD attached will the person get an interview? No. There is just too much demand for these jobs, even now, that the line needs to get drawn somewhere, and right or wrong, the fact is that school is the first line.</p>
<p>I don’t defend this, but it’s the way it is.</p>