<p>Which school has the better undergraduate business program??? (based on prestige, employment, recognition, etc.)</p>
<p>I personally think its a VERY close call. Thoughts?</p>
<p>I think that Penn State is better than Maryland</p>
<p>Too close to call. I’d give the nod to PSU, not for the criteria you mentioned but because of their brand new facility.</p>
<p>UMD is better.</p>
<p>I’d go with UMD</p>
<p>Essentially these schools are so much alike except for the fact that Penn State is massive. I think it all comes down to location which i think UMD wins in.</p>
<p>I think that the huge size for Penn State is a plus when it comes to alumni networking. There are SO MANY PSU graduates out there in the US</p>
<p>so far 3 UMD and 1 PSU…</p>
<p>I’m thinking about transferring from Smeal to Smith.<br>
Penn State’s location REALLY sucks. </p>
<p>After college, I plan to move to either Los Angeles or Miami, work for a few years and grab my MBA after. </p>
<p>So is PSU really the better choice for me? Is better regarded out in Cali?</p>
<p>PSU is the better choice for you because it has excellent graduate school/job placement because of the sheer number of graduates. I’m sure there are tons of PSU grads in Cali and PSU is well known because of their football program.</p>
<p>I’d say UMD.</p>
<p>Transferring from Smeal to Smith … why? Why make a lateral move? Why not transfer to USC if you want to work in LA after graduation?</p>
<p>GoBlue81 I am applying to USC, along with a bunch of other schools. I just wanted some “transfer safeties” such as UMD just in case I don’t get in.</p>
<p>University of Maryland Smith. Their new Dean (Dean “Anand” Anandalingam) is very well accomplished… Degrees from Harvard and Cambridge, and has held academic leadership positions in Penn’s Wharton and UVa’s Darden. He is also going to bring UMD Smith up in the same league as Haas of UC Berkeley and Ross of UMichigan within the next five years…</p>
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<p>The cheaper of the two for BMWdude.</p>
<p>penn state is a big school but so is maryland… total enrollment only differs by like 7000 lol</p>
<p>but location wise maryland is most def better its half an hour away from DC youll be set with internships which mean a lot in todays business world im pretty sure you know that tho… i dont know about you but i dont wana be stuck in the middle of no where at penn state lol even if it is a great campus i rather have a city close by</p>
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But Smeal (5,943) is quite a bit bigger than Smith (2,784).</p>
<p>for Penn State, location doesn’t matter because employers all over the country know Penn State</p>
<p>@ GoBlue81 … i know its somewhat of a lateral move, but nonetheless a good transfer safety (if that even exists). I’m looking at other schools as well.</p>
<p>@ UCBChemEGrad … money isnt an issue, I’ll be looking at private schools too.</p>
<p>@ nYc91 … yea i feel what your saying I’m a city person too. nothin like hittin up a club in NY after a long day. </p>
<p>@ pierre0913 … you have like 3 posts in this thread ALL for penn state lol. u do have a point its nationally known. more for its keg stands? or nurturing future investment managers? THAT is the real question.</p>
<p>“more for its keg stands?”</p>
<p>come on, Penn State is known as a party school but face it, all flagship public schools are in some way “party schools”…</p>
<p>As for the business school, Business Week has ranked Maryland #35 and Penn State #38 so the difference between them are negligable, Penn State is #32 and Maryland is #33 when it comes to the best schools for finding business internships ([EXPERIENCE</a> WANTED](<a href=“http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/undergrad_bschool_interns_2009/]EXPERIENCE”>http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/undergrad_bschool_interns_2009/))
Since both schools are just as good for business and you will have no problem finding an internship I think that Penn State’s huge alumni network would be a big plus that could swing the decision that way.</p>
<p>pierre0913 you have great points. I’ve pretty much come to the conclusion that PSU = UMD business school wise, just different locations. </p>
<p>and by the way pierre, I’m pretty sure Penn State is the epitome of party school. It’s not called Happy Valley for no reason lol. I’m still a bit worried how this will fly with employers though…</p>