I’m in the southeast looking at large schools with good business programs. 3.26 unweighted (lots of honors/APs) and two 32 composites for ACT. UGA is my #1, but that’s looking doubtful I think, so I need to have other schools in mind just in case. I’ve visited Auburn and Tennessee, loved both of them, Auburn a little more.
Visited Clemson, not a fan, I really want a big school with a nice city feel to it.
I’m interested in maybe visiting SCAR, any other ideas?
Texas A&M has a solid business school, and thats coming from a UT student
What is your home state?
How much will your parents pay?
If you’re OOS for UGA, then expect to pay all or most costs. If instate, do you qualify for Zell Milller?
If you’re OOS for Auburn, you’ll likely get a scholarship that will cover about 1/2 tuition…leaving you with about $30k per year to pay.
I don’t think UTenn gives much but if you’re instate, you’d get HOPE.
Did you visit Bama? Big school, nice city, and you’d get free tuition if you apply before Dec 15.
Im from Tenn. $$$ not huge issue. I’m 100% city boy lol so A&M campus would drive me crazy. Any other big schools have good reps like ACC sans UNC, Duke, UVA, and Wake? (Can’t get in)
Although Univ of AL is not in a big city, it is 50 mi (interstate) from Birmingham.
You wouldn’t get merit from TAMU, and even though it is SEC, it is in Texas - not sure why the poster threw that one in there when OP said southeast. I got my MBA at TAMU, but I was a TX resident whose spouse’s job was in College Station. And yes TAMU has a respectable business program (just like many other schools).
With full tuition at Univ of AL (if your weighted GPA is 3.5 since your unweighted is not, and you apply before Dec 15), you could afford to have options with housing and participation with Greek if $$$ is not a huge issue (do your parents agree money is not an issue?) I imagine you may have a better fit even than U-TN. Knoxville is a bigger city than Tuscaloosa, but you may like UA better than AU. I know my student did - she was eligible for full tuition scholarship at both UA and AU, but UA also awarded her an extra $2500/year engineering scholarship. Not worrying about paying for school is wonderful.
UA is the fastest growing flagship in the country. Worth visiting and applying…and check with your parents with the $$$ situation. You don’t want to find out that your choice is limited by $$$ and you didn’t apply to a school that would fit the budget.
Yes, visit South Carolina. You would probably pay no more than $26,000/yr (2016-17 prices) for tuition, room and board as the 32 ACT would likely qualify you for at least in-state tuition (and they will recalculate your GPA to weight the Honors and AP classes).
SC has a top ranked public Honors College which requires a separate app with additional essays, due fairly early (mid-November I think). International Business is the premier program there; but no matter what business area you are interested in, be sure to apply as a business major. This year, transfers into the B school from other majors had limited acceptances to prevent overcrowding.
The business school facilities are gorgeous. Columbia is a small but nice city with two fun areas within walking distance (Five Points and the Vista) where students hang out. The State House is close by. Very walkable area and of course football weekends are amazing.
Since you asked about best business schools for SEC schools I think they would be Florida, A&M, UGA, and SCAR.
Auburn, Bama, and Tenn would be rated lower than those four schools. There aren’t many SEC schools with a “city feel” - most are located in small to mid-size towns. However most are huge so the school in and of itself is a city. You might also consider LSU, and Ole Miss has a really good undergraduate accounting program.
Set up a visit to SCAR tmrw, very excited. Grew up a huge Vol fan so I can’t even imagine going to bama, and I have a twin going to UTK so I would like to go somewhere else. SCAR seems like a good fit just based on the facts and logistics, so hopefully my visit confirms that. Thanks for the help