<p>guys, ive seen bw and usnwr rankings, so im not looking for them… just want to get opinions.</p>
<p>and to everyone who thought it was B schools, sorry about that…</p>
<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>
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<p>i would call those ‘a’ schools actually</p>
<p>skier- i hope you were being sarcastic because this means that you didnt read the thread then…</p>
<p>as i clarified, by B-schools I mean business schools…</p>
<p>upity up up</p>
<p>For future reference, unoriginal, you can edit your posts after you stick your foot in your mouth. And btw, I made that same mistake when I had first heard the term.</p>
<p>Here are my rankings:
- Carnegie Mellon University
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 19
- Indiana University - Bloomington
- Washington University In St. Louis 25
- Boston College 34
- Wake Forest University 55</p>
<p>Please don’t go to the University Of Richmond or Villanova University</p>
<p>pierre- any reason why not to attend nova or richmond?</p>
<p>and what are those numbers next to the colleges?</p>
<p>oops, I have no idea why there are numbers there, just discard them, my computer is going crazy</p>
<p>Villanova and Richmond are not very good business schools, if you can get into one of the 6 schools I listed, then they should not be on your radar screen</p>
<p>yeah man, im really not sure where i can get in… i got accepted into indiana already but still waiting on decisions/havent applied to the rest. And in response to your statement,
villanova and richmond are not far out of the picture… im not sure what you are using for reference/comparison among them to rule them so far behind…</p>
<p>This really isn’t related, but I find it very comical that Unoriginal decided to censor the word “p***”, but not “god damn”…hahahaha…must be a much more vulgar word in his/her opinion</p>
<p>Pierre, It sounds like you really don’t know what’s going in with Villanova’s Business School since Jim Danko became the Dean about 4 years ago. He has spent time in some of the finest undergrad and grad business schools in the country(Michigan, UNC-Chapel Hill and most recently he was the assistant dean at the Tuck School @Dartmouth.) That is after his own stint as an entrepreneur. He has totally revamped the curriculum (my S in a freshman there.) My D graduated in 05 from VSB and she had a job before graduation. Even though she does not live in New York, her salary was similar to those of her friends in the finance world in New York, and in some cases, it was higher by several thousands of dollars. She was a marketing/finance major. The school has TOTALLY changed in the last few years. They are accepting top notch applicants–these kids have SATs of 1300-1400plus/1600 and ACT’s of 31-33. They usually don’t even look at an application with less than a 3.75 GPA.(All of these facts were reiterated at accepted students day and during freshman orientation.) Several of my son’s friends who are in the business school turned down Boston College, UNC-CH and NYU’s Stern to come to Villanova. My S’s roommate’s first choice was Dartmouth. I would agree with you, Pierre, if this were 5 years ago, but Villanova has gone through quite the transformation.</p>
<p>i love bumping this thread</p>