I have narrowed down my decision to just Rutgers business school in New Brunswick, or Arizona State University for business. They are both the sams cost. I like ASU better but which is better academically? Also, I want to live in southern california after graduation so is ASU close enough to give me better connections there?
I also got really lucky getting into Rutgers business school, my gpa is not nearly close to their standard. ASU would be the same cost because I got a huge scholarship.
@aaa777 Congratulations! You will like WP Carey at ASU. Excellent facilities, opportunities and one of the best colleges at ASU. Many students do indeed end up being hired in California, including many to Silicon Valley.
Appreciating that nothing is final and there are no wrong answers…
If you want to work in the East after school and possibly intern in NY, Boston, DC, Philly…Rutgers is going to have a stronger network than ASU. In the West, it’s probably the opposite. With two schools so far apart, the academic differences and their impact on future opportunities is impossible to judge.
W.P. Carey is pretty strong, well ranked, etc. I’m currently in WPC, and although it’s good, I just don’t think it “feels” as great as everyone says it is. Having toured Rutgers, and attended ASU, I’d personally lean towards Rutgers. But, like EyeVee said, there are no wrong answers. Which school offers you the experience you want?
@coloradoconfined has the most valid point of all–he is a current student. The decision points are many–cost of attendance, recruitment data, geography, and more. What makes the difference is how a student makes the most of his or her opportunities wherever he or she is. I’ve been to Rutgers but know nothing about it. No one in California would think they need to go to NJ to find talent, nor is an NYC company coming to Arizona to recruit unique skills (other than Supply Chain Management at ASU which everyone recruits). The value proposition of WP Carey is to provide an unmatched scale and scope and invite students to take advantage of the offering. In the West, WP Carey is one of a handful of outstanding Pac 12 business programs (ASU, Cal, UCLA, Stanford, Washington). All have excellent programs–it comes down to what opportunities schools provide for students to take advantage of–including successful alumni mentors. WP Carey has tons. This is the real difference between schools. Not a passive absorption of class information that somehow transforms a good student into a great entrepreneur.