Northeastern, BU, University of Rochester, Babson?

<p>I've done research on each of these schools but I always feel it is more informative and helpful hearing from people here on the forum. I was wondering if someone could tell me how difficult EACH of these schools are to get into for business? Also, is Babson prestigious? Is it a good school? Thank you! ;;) </p>

<p>Having applied to three of these schools and having a friend who committed to the one I didn’t, I’ll give you my takeaways. Keep in mind I did most of my research for CS, not business.</p>

<p>Northeastern admission will be a bit harder going into the business school compared to other schools. This goes as well for BU. Both are of great quality and are around the same rank currently. For what it is worth, Northeastern is the one with the current upward trend rank wise.</p>

<p>Babson should be obviously in line with normal admission stats. While it may not be incredibly prestigious, it will carry weight in the business world, especially regionally. I have heard only good things about it, and my friend who has been set on entrepreneurship will be attending this upcoming fall. I would consider it on par with BU/Northeastern if you had a preference for Babson for personal reasons, and would be a perfectly valid choice over those two.</p>

<p>I am unsure about UR Business, I hope somebody else can fill that gap. From a quick search, it seems to be in the same ballpark but you probably know that as the OP mentions.</p>

<p>Honestly, if there is one thing I have learned over the college process, it is that there are so many great academic schools out there that once you make a good list with comparable academics, you should consider it less and less as you make your decision. Pick the school that fits you best, or gives you that huge scholarship / financial aid package, or has that program you would really enjoy for some reason. You seem to be on the right track of making a list of good, academically comparable colleges. All four of these are great business options and you could do very well at all four.</p>

<p>Thank you! I am also looking at computer science but have been feeling discouraged. I do have minor knowledge about the subject but I have been given the advice that you can’t make it in the cs world unless you’ve been doing it your whole life, so I’m trying to keep my options open.</p>

<p>If you can get admitted to the University of Rochester, you can get into its business program. </p>

<p>UR actually does not have an undergraduate business school. The Simon Business School at UR only offers master’s and Ph.D degrees. To major in business as an undergraduate you are not in Simon, but are in a multidisciplinary program. </p>

<p>I am a huge fan of UR, in general, but all the others that you list are undoubtedly better than Rochester for an undergraduate business degree.</p>

<p>As a CS major, I can tell you that anyone can pick it up at anytime. It does take a certain type of person usually, one who is very logical and good at problem solving. A passion for coding since you were ten is NOT needed. I know programmers that started in college, some towards the end of college even. If you like it, it doesn’t matter when you pick it up.</p>

<p>I am actually attending Northeastern for CS. If you go CS over business, I would rank them, on pure academics, NEU, UR, BU for CS.</p>

<p>Any questions about CS, feel free to message me or post here (just do an @USERNAMEHEREE to notify someone). Whoever has been telling you that is flat out wrong.</p>

<p>BU, UR, NEU for Computer Science.</p>

<p>SMG for BU admits 20 percent of the students compared to the 34 percent that got in from the class of 2018, FWIW. I couldn’t find NU’s numbers on that.</p>

<p>BU ranks slightly ahead of NU and ahead of Babson for business.</p>

<p>Northeastern (#19) ranks higher than BU (#25) in business slightly according to Businessweek, but there is a pretty significant difference in admissions standards. Average SAT for NU business school is 1384, while BU’s is 1303. Based on the pages below the job offer statistics and average salary for graduates, NU looks like the better choice of those two.</p>

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<p>I think you will find lots of different rankings for both programs. The point is that all three/four are in the same ballpark for CS and business. While I could not find undergraduate CS ranks, grad ranks put all three CS schools within the range of 48-60. 12 ranks at that level is nothing to use to make a definite statement with. I would give the same advice as before for business, pick the school of the three that fits you best etc, they are all very comparable in both fields (minus Babson and CS obviously).</p>