Suggestions for College List

<p>My current gpa is a 3.82 (It'll probably go up by the end of this semester), SAT is 1850 (going to retake)</p>

<p>I want to go somewhere on the East Coast or West Coast. Preferably on the East Coast.
And I don't want the school to have more than 10,000 undergrads.(around 2-4,000? would be the best).
Don't want the school to be somewhere rural.
I might want to major in Business.
Any good suggestions for target and realistic reach schools? :)</p>

<p>OH and what's the difference between management, economics and business...?</p>

<p>Many small schools don’t have management and business class and will just offer economics. Check the business major section of CC to get some information about the distinctions. (I just assume that economics is more theoretical and business classes may be more practical, but I’m not sure.) You might want to visit someplace that offers both so you can figure out how important the business classes are to you because your options will be limited if that’s an important factor. Boston College, for example, has both (maybe it’s a little bigger than you want). Rennselar Polytechnic is more engineering oriented but has an undergraduate business school. Clarkson in New York. Babson and Bentley are only business, so you would want to be sure you want that. Some of the Pennsylvania liberal arts colleges are the right size, could work with an 1800-1900 and have business classes----Lehigh and Lafayette, I think. At the higher end of that range(1950 maybe), Bucknell. oops I forgot you didn’t want rural. That would eliminate Clarkson and you’d have to see if the Pennsylvania small/medium sized towns appeal to you. If bigger is OK you could consider a smaller public like University of Vermont (great college town 9000 undergrads).</p>

<p>Most of the Catholic universities are located in cities and have good business schools. On the east coast you have Fordham, Georgetown, Villanova, Boston College. Georgetown is out-of-reach, but you might have a shot at Villanova. Economics is indeed more theoretical and usually more rigorous. Good microeconomics courses involve calculus whereas accounting and marketing courses have concepts that can be understood with algebra. Economics is about understanding how the economy works - what happens when trade is out-of-balance or when the fed raises the interest rate. Some econ courses also deal with game theory and understanding consumer behavior on a theoretical basis. Business courses are about things like how to market a product to consumers and how to manage a business with regard to cash flow and understanding business law (contracts, etc). There is some overlap in the sense that a good business person needs to have a basic understanding of economics and a good economist should understand how to read financial statements (balance sheets, etc).</p>

<p>Take a look at Lafayette.</p>

<p>Holy Cross-great alumni network in business community and also Babson.</p>

<p>Loyola of Maryland.</p>