<p>My son is interested in business/marketing/advertising -- and until about 2 days ago, we thought he'd be going to a Big 10 University with an undergraduate business program -- and he will be applying to at least two of these. However, we just got back from a trip to Denison University in Ohio - and he loved it. I think he was attracted to the pretty campus, midwest friendly, middle-of-the-road students, very nice facilities, good econ program, internship program - and pre-professional orientation of many students - even tho it's a liberal arts college. I think 2000 students is the smallest he would go. He might like a small university. Grades are excellent (3.9 uw with many AP/honors classes). Math SAT is hi 600s. Verbal SAT is a problem - around 500. Writing score was fine - mid 600s. Suggestions??</p>
<p>The first thing that came to mind was Babson College, but it's just under 2,000 students. His Verbal is a little on the low side for them, but it's worth looking into.</p>
<p>Bentley College outside Boston is very strong in business, esp. entrepreneurship. Very idyllic small campus, Georgian brick buildings, rolling hills. Small school, not extremely competitive for admissions.</p>
<p>Not sure exactly why your S wants >2000 students, but one thing to keep in mind about going to college/university in the Boston area is the humongous # of schools there and exposure of those from many campuses to each other.</p>
<p>Hofstra in NY (Long Island) also has a number of strong business programs. Small university, attractive campus, great business ties with Manhattan-based businesses. Rolling admissions.</p>
<p>2000 plus or minus. He doesn't want anything smaller than his high school - which is about 3000 students actually. The LACs we've looked at in the 1000-1500 student range have been too small.
The verbal score is a problem - so far, he's taken only PSATs, and he's working on improving it. Am hopeful that he'll be able to raise it to at least mid 500s.
I thought about Bentley -- he'd prefer a mix of students, not all business kids. I think he'll end up in an MBA program eventually - so it's not essential that the school have a BBA degree. But a strong internship program and connections to business would be useful. Denison seemed just perfect - and, even with the low verbal score, I think he could get in since the rest of his record is so strong.
Any other suggestions? What do you think about Lehigh, Bucknell... How bad is the partying?</p>
<p>This sounds like a kid who will probably do much better on verbal with the new SAT. Why don't you also look at schools that would be within reach if he does better.</p>
<p>Not sure if he'll do better on the new SAT. The problem type he wrestles with - we assume because of a limited vocabulary - is sentence completions. Oddly, he did OK with analogies. We're working on it...
What do you think about Franklin & Marshall?</p>
<p>Based only on a visit (and knowing one young alum) I did not find Lehigh to be an heavy party-school environment. It's SAT range is higher than what you had conservatively projected for your son, but sounds like he may exceed that and his program is strong.</p>
<p>Lehigh has a very strong coop program/industry connections in the School of Engineering. We didn't investigate the Business school/programs, but you should check that out.</p>
<p>There are several good LACs that don't require the SATI. Take a look at the thread called "Lawrence no longer requires . ." for ideas.</p>
<p>Lehigh & Bucknell are known more for their sciences/eng. programs; maybe give the edge to Bucknell for business.</p>
<p>what state are you in?
a friend attended Bucknell with a business degree in mind for little over a year, but was less enthralled with the dominance of Greeks and transferred to an instate school through which she studied in melbourne for a year. Much happier and saved her parents money :)</p>
<p>Michigan - will apply to Michigan and MSU. The whole Greek thing at Bucknell is worryisome.</p>