<p>Well, IMHO, Carnegie Mellon is the best school on your list. (But it has a very different ambiance than the other schools and lacks a big time college sport that the others might offer, if you don’t mind that.) I would put Wash U up there as well. Next comes UNC-CH–so hard to get into OOS, maybe just as hard as CMU. Indiana has a great business school, but would I rank it higher than the rest of the schools on your list? Not so sure. You’ve seen the Business Week rankings, but the remainder seem pretty close in their degree of prestige, ranking and selectivity–they are all accepting the top students. See where you get in and decide what is the best overall fit for you. Once April rolls around and you have your acceptances in hand; attend accepted students day (all the schools offer them) and talk to the Dean, faculty and students to determine which one is right for you. (We asked them what makes them different from “University A or B” and they had great answers–sometimes there were big differences and others not so much.) The schools on your list will serve you well in another four years when you graduate and head out into the business world.</p>