<p>Hi I love all these schools and want to major in some area of business. I am applying this fall to schools. I feel like my list is too long though (won't have enough time to spend a lot of time on each app) and I want to shorten it but I am having a lot of trouble dropping schools. I also feel like it is a wee bit top heavy Does anyone have any suggestions?</p>
<p>The schools are.. </p>
<p>high high reach- Penn (Wharton)
high reach- Cornell (AEM)
reach- NYU (Stern)
reach- Georgetown (McDonough)
reach-Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)
slight reach- Boston College (Carroll)
match- Villanova
high safety- Boston University (SMG)
safety- Northeastern University (Business)
safety- SUNY Binghamton (in state)</p>
<p>maybe William and Mary (OOS) or Notre Dame too</p>
<p>I obviously want a solid business education but also a great college experience.. I like urban areas with a lot of things to do (Boston is my favorite city in the world) but I also have a thing for cornell for some reason even though its rural. I like to feel like a "family" with my classmates or floormates or whatever haha even though that sounds cheesy. I also want a program that offers a lot because I am not exactly certain which area of business i want to major or concentrate in (probably either marketing, MIS, or finance). I want to try to end up with 8 final schools to apply to. Thanks=]</p>
<p>If you want a great business degree and a great college experience, why not apply to Michigan? Try to take one safety out and one reach or high reach out.</p>
<p>^^hes right about the safety part. keep suny because its in-state. i would take out carnegie mellon, isnt it more of a tech school anyway?</p>
<p>I thought cornell didnt have undergraduate b-school? could you show me a link off the main school page? like under departments or schools? i googled it and found its own page, but not on the university page.</p>
<p>its called AEM (applied Economics and management) and is in CALS… which is state funded so I will get reduced tuition… cmu has a pretty good business school too so i hear… its smaller though which i might not like…</p>
<p>It is called the COMMON APP and honestly you can tweak and reuse essays. </p>
<p>What you should worry about is school requirements. Like i didn’t apply to tepper because i couldn’t. i didnt take a science SAT subject test. stuff like that , u gotta watch for.</p>
<p>you should seriously research your schools well. figure out the deadlines- yes certain business programs have different deadlines from the general school or college</p>
<p>you should apply earlier to have a higher chance(not necessarily early decision) and to get more financial aid. check your financial aid deadlines</p>
<p>research the school itself. if you want to work in east coast- does the school have good connections in the east coast? How is the curriculum set up… etc. etc. if you hate math, don’t apply to a school that is quant heavy like carnegie mellon. </p>
<p>requirements- same principal as deadlines. certain business programs or colleges within universities have different requirements from the general school. Look up the SAT subject test requirements, teacher recommendations from specific subject areas( get them ASAP if you want a decent one), and additional essays</p>
<p>just narrowing down a list of schools due to someone else’s alumni loyalties or brand name envy isn’t going to be much help. </p>
<p>I suggest you do the following
Look up each school online. read the princeton review and their own website
Look up the business program itself. say you might want to do accounting. you don’t want to know that your school doesn’t have a CPA accounting track when you already spent 45k and is in your sophomore year.
visit the school yourself. beauty is in the eye of the beholder. see the school through your eyes.</p>
<p>I wish you good luck. after doing some research, narrow down the schools you feel match what you are looking for. Don’t eliminate your reaches either just because your SAT scores are low.<br>
After you did you research and say want know not so obvious information about certain schools that you can’t find, go back on CC and ask for help.</p>
<p>i would suggest university of maryland college park for a safety. the business school is consistently ranked top 20 and its proximity to washington DC and baltimore as well as the heavy enterprises in northern virginia makes internship opportunities readily available.</p>
<p>You have to ask yourself, are you 100% sure you want to do business. Some of these business programs are school specific meaning that you apply to the business college within the university. They have different requirements and might make it quite hard to transfer to another school and finish in 4 years. Say you want to do computer science, not offered in business schools, you will have to transfer to either the engineering school or the College of Arts and Sciences. This might prove difficult because different college within schools have different requirements and etc.</p>
<p>Another thing you have to watch out for is weather you are GUARANTEED into their business program or major. Some schools make APPLY TO THE BUSINESS PROGRAM AFTER your sophomore year in COLLEGE. Yes, some schools make you apply to the business program after you are accept into the school meaning that there is a chance that you will NOT be allowed to major in business or even take certain courses.</p>
<p>Once make sure, the school has the major that you want to pursue or some equivalent of it. </p>
<p>Some schools like Boston College are based on the Jesuit system. They make you take an extensive amount of liberal art classes which is good BUT there is one major draw back. Since your classes will be taken up by a good amount of liberal arts, you might not be able to double major. MEANING IF YOU ARE UNDECIDED OR CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT YOUR SPECIFIC FIELD OF BUSINESS, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FINISH SCHOOL IN 4 YEARS OR EVEN CHANGE MAJORS IN GENERAL. so research their school’s education structure.</p>
<p>Lastly location, location, location. Generally where your school is located is where most kids end up working. There are of course exceptions but even with those exceptions, the majority of the recruiters will be from their respective area. If you want to work in NYC, stay close to NYC. if you want to work in chicago, stay close to chicago, etc. etc.</p>
<p>thanks for the response… yeah I am certain I want to do business after classes I have taken and such. all my schools except a couple are in cities that I would want to work in as well so that’s good.</p>
<p>SUNY Bing is overall very good state school, limited internships and location is far from optimal for the ambiance you are looking for. NEU is a terrific school, great Boston location, with a myriad of internship and job opportunties.</p>
<p>I’d agree with this. I’d also recommend Penn State (I’m a bit biased if you the name doesn’t immediately give that away). Our business program is fairly competitive and we are ranked fairly decent for finance. Our facilities are top notch, especially for finance. The campus isn’t urban, but combined with State College it makes for a decent sized town. The work/play ratio is also very well balanced.</p>