<p>Tell me everything you know about the business school(preferably people in it). Is it hard to get a job? Do a lot of companies recruit there? List the good and the bad of the program. Thanks</p>
<p>Do it. Someone Do it......Do it.</p>
<p>I'd love to know about the Marketing program.</p>
<p>Hey you guys--I'm a sophomore marketing major at UMD. I'll try & answer your questions below. If you want to know anything else, email me with the link in my profile. I'm rarely on this website so I probably won't see it if you reply on here. I really like going to Maryland and therefore I love talking about UMD and trying to get other people to come here as well!! :) So yeah, get in touch with me.</p>
<p>-->is it hard to get a job? I don't know the statistics on this one, sorry. You might want to try looking at the website (<a href="http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu)%5B/url%5D">www.rhsmith.umd.edu)</a>.</p>
<p>-->do a lot of companies recruit? YES!! The Career Center on campus sends a weekly email to those of us that opt in for it, listing companies coming to campus soon. There is an online job database. In the business school, there are flyers everywhere talking about companies coming. It's not just recruiting either, they'll often come for information sessions or just an informal meet-and-greet type of thing. Students in special programs like QUEST get additional opportunities to interact with recruiters and company spokespeople.</p>
<p>-->good & bad points of the program: I'll do the bad first. The university has a CORE curriculum, like most schools. The business school also has a CORE curriculum--lower and upper level. (If you're really interested I can give you more info about that.) So there are a lot of required classes before you actually get to your major courses. I'm a first-semester junior (by credit standing) and still taking upper-level business school core. The problem with this is that since all business majors are required to take them, they're huge. 200+ people, and these are 300-level classes. If you don't like big lectures, it's a pain. That's my biggest, and probably only, complaint. I love almost everything about the business school. The actual building is great--very modern, huge cafe, computer labs, free newspapers. I've always gotten very good advising when I've needed it. There are a ton of opportunities to get involved. The faculty is mixed--there are some so-so professors and some AMAZING ones. TA's are pretty good. Overall I think it's a great program and it continues to get better as they add more special programs and opportunities for students.</p>
<p>-->the marketing program: So far, I've only taken one marketing class--the CORE one everyone has to take (350--Intro to Marketing). I am so excited about continuing with the program. The professor is terrific and makes things really interesting. UMD has a lot of options when it comes to marketing; you can choose from a wide variety of courses. I wish I could tell you more, but I haven't had enough experience with the major yet to be able to.</p>
<p>It's getting tougher & tougher to get into the business school when you apply as a freshman. I did, and I didn't realize that it wasn't so common. Many people take those lower-level CORE business classes (basically calc, 2x econ, 2x accounting, computing, & stat) and then transfer in to the business school their sophomore year as long as their GPA is high enough (they recently changed the standard so I'm not sure what it is). Certain majors (finance and marketing, I believe) are also more difficult to get into, especially for transfers, than others.</p>
<p>Thanks lindz. I will have a lot of questions for you if i am accepted. 4 days people.</p>
<p>My brother graduated with a Information Systems degree and got hired by GE as a systems analyst starting 52k.. he did graduate cum laude tho and had 2 internships under his belt, as well as being active in Delta Sigma Pi (Business Fraternity). i think internships and work experience is just as important as a degree. I've also heard undergrad isn't really that important, its where you go for masters that matters</p>
<p>i'm sure undergrad is kinda important...</p>
<p>undergraduate is important to some extent, but for jobs that require higher level degrees, where you got those are going to carry significantly more weight. undergraduate is important in that it will prepare you for graduate school and going to a competitive undergraduate school might cause admissions to look upon you more favorably upon you. at least this is my opinion.</p>
<p>basically it matters where you get your highest level of study. If you do not go to a graduate school your undergrad degree will be extremely important. however, if you go to grad school then when applying for a job your grad school is what will matter. obviously a good undergrad school is important for graduate admissions</p>
<p>Cheapseats, you stated it beautifully. yeah i didn't know how to put it into words as wonderfully concise as you did.</p>
<p>stefanimaniac, its what i do.</p>
<p>its hard for me to believe a job will hire lets say a PENN STATE candidate over a University of Maryland candidate just because penn state is ranked higher on US news rankings.. i think its what you try to do when you are in school, at any respectable undergrad school that is important. if you do internship, have job experience and seem more fit to come in and pick things up, i think that plays a major factor, more then comparing rankings at different undergrad universities.</p>
<p>of course if you are competing against harvard graduates its a diff. story. but state universities, i don't think there is a huge difference in where you go. this is comin from talkin to several recruiters at my work.</p>
<p>so back to my previous post, i do believe undergard is important to a certain degree.. but not as big as people make it out to be. i think many of state institutions do a fine job of preparing you for your major, and people seem to make too big of a deal comparing rankings of schools (not ivy league).</p>
<p>Lindz, could you inform us what you took your freshman year, spring and fall semester? The reason I ask is because I was deferred to 2007 Spring semester and would have to take General Education CORE classes at UMCP through their Freshman Connection program.</p>
<p>b0otleg & others--
I'm not familiar with that program; so not quite sure what info you need. I'll post from my freshman year & also sophomore year 1st semester. Let me know if you need any further explanation, so I can tailor it to what you're looking for!</p>
<p>--AP credits:
-US Government (3) - credit for GVPT170, CORE - SB (social science)
-English Language & Comp (4) - credit for ENGL101, CORE - FE (freshman writing)
-English Literature & Comp (4) - credit for ENGL240, CORE - HL (lit)
-Psychology (4) - credit for PSYC100, CORE - SB (social science)</p>
<p>freshman year:
FALL 2004--
- COMM107 Intro to Comm (business prereq)
- HONR100 (freshman colloqium)
- HONR208W Ghosts & Magicians in Performance (CORE - HL (Lit) requirement)
- MATH220 Calc I (business prereq)
- MUSC229 Marching Band
- PHYS102/103 Physics of Music/Lab (CORE - XP (Lab Sci) requirement)</p>
<p>SPRING 2005--
-BMGT220 Accounting I (business prereq)
-ECON200 Principles Microeconomics (business prereq)
-HIST283 History of the Jews II (CORE - SH (history) requirement)
-HONR279G Biological Basis of Mental Illness (CORE - LS (non-lab science) requirement)
-SPAN202 Int. Grammar & Comp (CORE - HO (humanities) requirement)</p>
<p>SUMMER 2005--
-BMGT221 Accounting 2 (business prereq, took at Salisbury University)
-MUSC140 Intro Music Theory (CORE - HA (art history/theory) requirement)</p>
<p><strong><em>done with CORE</em></strong></p>
<p>sophomore year:
FALL 2005--
-BMGT190H Into Design & Quality (QUEST class)
-BMGT201 Business Computing (business prereq)
-BMGT230B Business Statistics (business prereq)
-ECON201 Principles Macroeconomics (business prereq)</p>
<p>This semester (spring '06) I am taking 2 upper-level business classes, another HL honors seminar on the Great Gatsby (I love lit classes), an upper-level econ class (business prereq), and an advanced spanish class (I'm planning on studying abroad this summer and want to brush up).</p>
<p>I could have been done with CORE earlier if I had taken a different honors seminar in Fall 2004 (I already had HL credits from AP), or if I had a different major (I had to take the two economics courses for business, but I already had my two required SB credits from AP).</p>
<p>Let me know what other info you need :)</p>
<p>Lindz thanks for helping out,
You might not know all the answers to my question but any help is appreciated.
I got into the business school and the scholars program. You said you were in Quest and from my understanding that is something you get after taking some classes. Is that right? If so, does admission to that program depend on how you preform in college? How do you like the program? Also, did you take scholars and do most of the students who apply for business, society, and economics in scholars get in?</p>
<p>Lastly, how do you like the business school in general? I visited and it looks real nice. I really thought it looked great.</p>
<p>About QUEST--Yes, you apply at the beginning of your 2nd semester. Your college GPA is most definitely taken into account, although when you send a resume, all your high school information is on that also. There is also a group interview process (make sure you own a suit!!) which is taken into consideration when making the final cut for the program. I absolutely love QUEST. The first class, which everyone takes first semester sophomore year is BMGT/ENES 190H, and it's tough. It's a lot of work outside the classroom, and not much work inside of it. But you learn very quickly to stay on top of things, and the value of the program becomes obvious within the first few weeks for most people. QUEST is definitely a program that employers are excited about and you will learn the type of real-world skills they are looking for. I'm in the honors program, so I don't know anything really about scholars. I do know that that's a pretty popular program though.</p>
<p>I love the business school in general. I'm glad you thought it looked nice too. The facilities really can't be beat and since in a few years you'll be spending your whole day there, that's a really important thing to consider.</p>
<p>Hopefully that helped you out somewhat :)</p>
<p>wait...for this school, did u need to apply DIRECTLY to the school or did you apply to UMD as a whole and then....?</p>
<p>nope, you apply to UMD and you select a major, like marketing or business admin which gives you consideration for the smith school.</p>
<p>Which gives me consideration? Uhh...well....I got into the honors/gemstone/humanities programs there, but it didn't say anything about the smith school?</p>
<p>on your college planner on the top right corner it should say the college... does it say smith?? The honors/ gemstones is more scienced based also. Check the planner and see what it says and what major it says.</p>