McDonough vs. Carroll vs. Stern vs. Haas vs. Marshall

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>Hey guys, this is another one of those HELP ME DECIDE threads. It would be really great if you guys gave me your input! (:</p>

<p>I plan to major in Business Administration or Economics, with hopefully a double major in Public Policy or Political Science. </p>

<p>I've been accepted to the Georgetown McDonough School of Business, the Carroll School of Business at Boston College, Stern Business School at NYU, and the Marshall School of Business at USC. I've also been accepted into UC Berkeley, but their business program doesn't start until junior year; you also have to apply again in junior year to the business program at Berkeley.
I've been accepted into Wesleyan and UCLA as well, but since those schools don't have a business program, I'm not really looking at them as an option. (Even though I know that you don't necessarily have to attend an undergraduate business program to be accepted into an MBA program)</p>

<p>It will cost about $5,000/year for Georgetown, $8,000 for Boston College, $20,000 for NYU (I know), $0 for USC, and $7,000 for Berkeley. (All of this includes loans--for example, if I went to Georgetown, my out of pocket costs would be $2,000 and I would have to take out a loan of $3,000, which totals $5,000)</p>

<p>I am very interested in studying abroad and internships during college. I also hope to attend a top ten rated graduate business school.</p>

<p>What are your opinions? If you need any more information, just say so and I'll gladly oblige. Thanks so much for your time and concern! (:</p>

<p>P.S.
I'm sorry for the super long post!</p>

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<p>which aspect of business interests you? Are you more of a finance/accounting guy or a management/marketing guy?</p>

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<p>At this point, I’m not 100% sure, but I am leaning more towards management/marketing, though finance is still definitely an option. I don’t want anything set in stone yet; I plan to take classes and attend seminars and then decide which I am more interested in. Right now, entrepreneurship sounds extremely appealing as well, though I haven’t come up with an idea for a business plan yet! (:</p>

<p>(I know, I know, I need to be more decisive and decide soon, but I want to try all of my options first!)</p>

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<p>According to your financial situation. USC or Georgetown are the best values. If you plan on working on the West Coast USC would be better. I don’t think anyone would blame you for taking a full-ride at USC. If prestige is important to you Berkeley or Georgetown are the most prestigious universities. Either way it comes down to a west coast or east coast decision. On the east coast Georgetown is the obvious choice.</p>

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<p>nyu is very good school for study abroad (has 9 nyu owned campuses in the world) and finance/accounting jobs for once you graduate so you shouldn’t rule it out so fast, also $20,000 isn’t a bad price considering most nyu students pay a lot more</p>

<p>but in my opinion is between its between nyu and gtown then carroll, marshall, then haas</p>