<p>I was accpeted into the business school in the accounting program at:</p>
<p>University of Colorado-Boulder
University of Vermont
Umass-Amherst
Bentley College
University of Denver</p>
<p>Some more facts:
I love the outdoors, I love to ski, I take academics pretty seriously but not to the point where I am overly competitive, I like to balance work with play.</p>
<p>Based on these facts and of course the academic reputation, job placement, and graduate schools people are accepted to out of these five colleges which would you choose and why?</p>
<p>well i dont know a lot about these colleges in particular, but i do know they have reputable business programs. if you really love skiing and outdoors, you cant go wrong with denver or colorado.</p>
<p>as for the rankings, i dont think they can be trusted much. if you compare usnews and businessweek, the rankings are completely different. you can definitely get a general idea from it, but dont base your college decision by usnews ranking a school just a few places higher than another.</p>
<p>I dont see vermont in any business school rankings like I do with Colorado, denver, umass, and bentley. This makes me a little hesitant considering the school does not have as a good a reputation in the business world as some of the other schools.</p>
<p>In terms of business school, Vermont is not the best choice. However, if you intend to have a traditional liberal arts econ major and then go into business, then UVM is a good choice. If not, then I would go with Bentley. It's a very business focused place. Plus, it's ranked the highest of all of the schools that you're looking at on the Business Week rankings.</p>
<p>On the BWeek rankings, the order of your choices is:
1. Bentley
2. UMass
3. Colorado
Unranked: Denver</p>
<p>FYI, I've grown up near UVM, taken classes there, and know a lot of students and faculty... I don't have experience with the business program, but if you have any questions about the university in general, feel free to PM me. You sound like you'd fit in really well here.</p>
<p>My son is a very happy business major at the University of Denver. Like you, he was accepted at Boulder and at Vermont, but he preferred what University of Denver had to offer--</p>
<p>--much smaller classes (this quarter he has 3 classes with 15-16 students, and his "big" class has 25-30)</p>
<p>--easy access to everything a great city has to offer--from internships to part time jobs to social life</p>
<p>--a lovely, but smaller and more convenient campus</p>
<p>--much closer relationships with professors and other mentors</p>
<p>--and it's only an hour to great skiing. two weeks ago he skiied at Vail and next week he is heading to Steamboat.</p>
<p>By the way, DU generally does not have classes on Friday. A lot of students do internships or jobs then, or get a jump on their homework to clear time for skiing. Classes generally meet for two hours twice a week (4 hours/class) and students generally take 4 classes each ten week quarter. My son really likes the schedule--it lets him work hard (which he does--most students are hardworking and ambitious) and also make time for fun.</p>
<p>thanks for the info. Im actually going out to colorado feb 6-9 to look at cu boulder and the university of Denver. Can anybody comment on the average class size of business classes at cu boulder? thanks</p>
<p>Make sure you contact your admissions rep to let her know you are coming--she can easily set up appointments for you with whatever departments or majors you are interested in. My youngest son is going to Denver the weekend before you to visit his brother and check out DU (he is a hs junior) and the admissions office made three appointments for him .</p>