<p>Wow Notre Dame all the way. ESPECIALLY for business. People might disagree with Business Week’s methodology, but it’s still the most referenced ranking for undergrad business. A degree from Mendoza could take you anywhere.</p>
<p>^ Like USC’s won’t be able to take you anywhere?</p>
<p>OP, I suspect USC will be more generous with financial aid.</p>
<p>The BW rankings are pretty nonsensical - don’t get me wrong Notre Dame is a great school - but listing its Business School above Wharton, Sloan, Stern etc. should shed some light on the credibility of the rankings. </p>
<p>All rankings should be taken with a heavy grain of salt, but the U.S News rankings are much more established, respectable, and closer to reality. Here’s the U.S News list:</p>
<p>1 University of Pennsylvania
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of California–Berkeley
4 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
5 New York University
6 University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
University of Texas–Austin
University of Virginia
9 Carnegie Mellon University
10 Cornell University
University of Southern California</p>
<p>I think there are some very good reasons to go to Notre Dame such as fit, religion, etc but there’s really no basis in a difference of prestige for the business school. If anything, I would say USC is more prestigious for its business school but I am biased, obviously.</p>
<p>“ESPECIALLY for business. People might disagree with Business Week’s methodology, but it’s still the most referenced ranking for undergrad business.”</p>
<p>It is? I thought USNWR was the most referenced ranking for undergraduate business. It certainly makes much more sense than the annual. “Let’s completely mix things up to sell more magazines” garbage that Newsweek prints up once a year.</p>
<p>Don’t accept at ND if you aren’t passionate about it–let somebody from the waitlist in.</p>
<p>bump this up</p>
<p>Go to USC. Sounds like you deserve each other. If you let football and weather play a roll in your decision then USC is perfect for you. Shallow and blind.</p>
<p>^ So football isn’t the least bit important at ND? :D</p>
<p>bump this up</p>
<p>i have the same dilemma with you. My sister actually studies in USC, but she recommended ND to me. She said that ND will provide a better college experience for me. Also, i’ve heard great great reviews about ND. What do u guys think?</p>
Having lived in the LA area for 12 years, I will mention that SoCal could not get more shallow, egocentric and immoral. It is the practical polar opposite of the values espoused and nurtured in the ND environment. This may not resonate so much with a teen on his/her way out of the parents’ home for the first time, but these formative years will shape the person you will ultimately become.
@ShouldBeWorking the poster would have graduated years ago.
Yeah, @HSsenior1997, I noticed that after I wrote the post, but I couldn’t figure out how to delete from my drafts, so I just posted it lol.
@ShouldBeWorking I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been in that position haha.
@ShouldBeWorking Any more insights on this thread?