<p>I've been accepted to the undergraduate business school at Penn st, UConn, and Rutgers-which school is best and why?</p>
<p>Look at the average starting salaries</p>
<p>Rutgers - 52,500</p>
<p>Penn state - 46,500</p>
<p>Conn - 37,900</p>
<p>Im a senior in highschool, but i got into smeal and rutgers and did a little research on both. also my sister goes to uconn</p>
<p>penn state is by far the best business school because of its immense network of alumns and its supply chain economics program (top 5 in the country)</p>
<p>rutgers primarily for its location, which is pretty close to nyc.</p>
<p>the 3 are all state universities with standard business programs. i would just go to the school that is the cheapest to attend. you'll probably get the same campus life experience from all 3 as well.</p>
<p>The UConn business placement office screwed up the salary figure.... its closer to 45k</p>
<p>the<em>aspirant and Lil</em>Wayne<em>Fan both have problems with state universities, which they had made very well known in other threads. They both feel that almost all public university business programs are the same, and that's garbage. They, especially the</em>aspirant, approach these threads with an undeserved feeling of intellectual superiority. It's ridiculous. Penn State is definitely the best. Just check the rankings. Rutgers and UConn are good schools, but the Penn State business program is the strongest of the three.</p>
<p>1.Penn State ( quality wise best of the 3)
2.Rutgers ( i have interned at a pretty prestigious hedge fund and there were 2 Rutgers students there) just pointing out the opp you have being soo close to NYC. </p>
<p>3.Uconn</p>
<p>Rutgers is very close to NYC which helps a lot and kids get higher paying jobs after graduation at better companies</p>
<p>Rutgers >>>>>>>>>>>> Penn State</p>
<p>Make the right choice and pick RUTGERS</p>
<p>Don't listen to jec7483, she is biased and wrong</p>
<p>The average income is higher due to fact that it is so close to NYC. Factoring in average cost of living around New York City and the surrounding area, I am sure that the Penn State's average starting salary out of Smeal exceeds that of Rutgers. Lil<em>Wayne</em>Fan, those are some wonderful opinions that you were throwing out. Funny, I remember pointing out how usnews supports my claims. You're running a little low on things to attack with now that we have exposed businessweek as, at best, unreliable. Jec7483 is biased, but HE is not wrong.</p>
<p>lil wayne fan... do you realize that i am the thread starter here? i already know how biased you are against penn state! why???!!!</p>
<p>however, back to the original topic. thank you all for your great advice. i am a nj resident so psu would be about 10k more per year, but i don't really have much of a desire to go to rutgers... is that a stupid thought though? should i just go to rutgers??</p>
<p>I was in the exact same situation as you mdelanoy. I ended up choosing PSU, and I can honestly say it was a better decision than going to Rutgers. However, if finances are a big issue for you, save your money and go to Rutgers. Going out of state and staying away from home is definitely a beneficial experience.</p>
<p>jec7483,</p>
<p>I am from the Philadelphia region, attended Rutgers before, and transferred to UMich-Ross. Don't attempt to mock me for being biased in any way towards state universities. You are obviously a student at Penn Sate and feel cheated out when I say that Rutgers is better, or at most, the same as Penn State. In reality, both programs are clearly weaker compared to the top public undergraduate business programs.</p>
<p>Penn State is no UVA, UMichigan, or Berkeley, and you are just too ignorant to realize that because you seem to have a little too much pride for your school. Anyway, since we are comparing Rutgers and Penn State, I'm assuming that you don't know anything about Rutgers since you are all the way in the middle of nowhere in State College. In retrospect, I have attended Rutgers, and have friends at both schools. It would be ludicrous to attend one school over the other if you're not in-state, but for the sake of arguing the argument of rutgers v. penn state, they are ultimately the same with some aspects better than the other.</p>
<p>and mdelanoy12, since you are in-state, you should definitely attend rutgers. my advice to you is that you should focus on taking all of your pre-requisite courses for business school and apply to transfer to a better school. if you don't end up doing too well academically, you could obviously just stay, but i had two friends from rutgers transfer to nyu-stern, one to georgetown-mcdonough, and two more, including me, to michigan-ross.</p>
<p>the aspirant,
why did you attend rutgers over penn state if your location status says pennsylvania? you are telling me to attend the cheaper university because rutgers and psu are virtually the same, however it seems to me that you had a particular reason to attend a school out of state when you were deciding colleges...</p>
<p>I'll throw my two cents in about this situation. I too am a business major, I go to RPI. I have no bias to any school. Make a decision based on several factors. Check to see how each school stacks up with the program you want to go into. Each school has a program or two that's better. For example, UCONN is on top on most rankings for its real estate programs. Penn State is also on top for other things, and so is Rutgers. Decide the best school for you by fit, cost, programs offers, rankings, and a combination of things. Do not listen to silly biases. What type of business major do you want to be?</p>
<p>thanks for the advice, ndjake.<br>
and as of now i plan on majoring in finance but god knows there's a good chance i'll end up changing a few times by the time i graduate (at least that's what i hear)...</p>
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<p>She is biased? You're the one who dislikes universities because they are public.</p>
<p>aspirant, how did you manage to transfer to UMich Ross? I heard its extremely impossible to do that. </p>
<p>Also, another question (sorry for hijacking this thread). I'm a sophomore right now and am planning on applying to Ross (I attended PSU freshman year and transferred to UM-LSA). Do you think it would be worth the extra year at Ross if I get in? I currently have a 3.75 GPA here (had a 3.9 at PSU), so my cumulative gpa is around a 3.85.</p>
<p>mdelanoy, i am a resident of nj. my location is 'Penn' right now because I am attending upenn right now.</p>
<p>mightynick, i had a lot of job experience and had a 3.8+ gpa. if i were you, i would just stay at lsa. a lot of my friends in b-school are having trouble finding good internships and ft offers right now because it is so competitive and if you don't have a top gpa, it'll be really tough. also, even if you transfer from lsa to ross, your gpa will start all over and your precious 3.75 will go to waste. i didn't like the atmosphere of business school and its competitive nature, so i transferred again. i'm assuming you're an econ major, so i would recommend you to minor in stat or math to have an extra edge when it comes to recruitment against all the other econ majors at lsa.</p>
<p>oh, alright, my fault, aspirant . i stand corrected, thank you for you wisdom lol. what would you recommend i do if i have no intention of transferring once i make a decision?</p>