<p>any thoughts? Bentley offers a Liberal Studies Major which essentially allows you to double major in business and liberal arts with no extra work. The campus is beautiful and is gaining prestige. How would you compare it to Syracuse Whitman School of Management? (job prospects, internships, quality of education, etc.) Thanks!</p>
<p>i just visited bentley last week...IMO it was not a beautiful campus at all. In fact I was very disappointed. I think once they start planting grass and finish the construction, I'll change my mind.</p>
<p>What? Bentley has one of the most wired and pretty campuses I have seen other than the fact that it is in the middle of the ghetto.</p>
<p>Which do you think is more prestigious academically, Syracuse Whitman School of Management or Bentley (US News&World Report 2006 rankings: 41 and 47 respectively). Thanks everyone for their replies.</p>
<p>redstorm89-I'm not about to argue about beauty of a campus because that is solely based on opinion. But I must mention that Bentley is definitley not in the middle of a ghetto. Its in a quiet middle class suburb in the outer-Boston area. If that is ghetto I'd hate to see what you would consider some of the cities we have in CT (Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury).
To the original poster: When I visited Bentley, the students I talked to, who were all sophmores, all had internships with some recognizable companies. I think Bentley is emerging as one of the top all- business schools in the country.</p>
<p>UMM... I just moved from Trumbull funny enough. The downtown Waltham is just not very comfortable when you walk around at night. My brother went to Bentley and said the place was kind of sketchy. I will admit that I overstated the fact that it is in the ghetto and I do apologize for that.</p>
<p>I have just been accepted to University of Arizona and Michigan State University.
I am a business marketing major and i am looking for a fun yet reutationable university. </p>
<p>I have done my research, an UA and MSU ranks almost the same under "US News 2006 undergraduate business program".</p>
<p>I haven't been to either campus but i hear MSU's campus is great because it is an agricultural college. But UA is based in tuson, AZ, and i have seen pics of the campus and it looks great.</p>
<p>I know that the party scenes are also great at UA and MSU. </p>
<p>Academic wise, UA and MSU holds about the same also. Does anyone know if majority of students at UA or MSU are smart (i mean will influence ur future) or are they just a bunch of average Joes??????????</p>
<p>But i think MSU hold it over UA for reputation wise, i mean it isn't a bad school. </p>
<p>I got a scholarship to UA for three years but never got one from MSU.</p>
<p>PLEASE HELP ME MAKE A DECISION!!!!! I"M BEGGING SOMEONE, SHARE SOME WISEDOM!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>What? Thread Jack</p>
<p>While the topic of campus beauty is debatable, I'm just curious as to people's overall impression of the 2 schools both in reputation and academic prestige. Thanks everyone.</p>
<p>Both are fine schools. Both underrated: UA tends to fall in the UC's shadow while MSU falls in UM's shadow. Michigan State's north campus is a beautiful as it gets. : Collegiate Gothic I've never been to Arizona's campus, but I heard (and the photos Ive scene) it's beautiful in it's own right: Spanish/SWern style architecture, decorative gardens and cacti everywhere. Plus, I hear Tucsons an historic, happening town.</p>
<p>The 2 schools are close, but I think, overall, MSU has a slight edge. Much of this is because it's quality is spread over such a diversity of programs: from Ag, to Education to Journalism, Nuclear Physics to Hotel and Poli Sci. The special programs: the residential programs (James Madison and Lyman Briggs, plus the new Liberal Arts res coll coming on line in 2 years), along w/ a great Honors College. MSUs living-learning residential program, in general, is difficult for any state U to top.</p>
<p>UA has some great research programs, like Astronomy, Physics (on of the best) and a number of other sciences. UA, like MSU, is a land grant school...</p>
<p>But with either school, you won't go wrong.</p>
<p>I would say Syracuse, not just because of ranking, but because Syracuse has a well recognized name and a variety of other majors incase you switch your mind to another major. </p>
<p>Also, Bentley maybe rising but it will take sometime before it is up to par with its main competitor Babson or schools that are on the national level.</p>
<p>In terms of Bentley rising, you have to take into account the fact that it is currently a regional school and lacks much geographic diversity as something near 54% of its students are from Massachusetts. </p>
<p>For it to grow, Bentley will need to not only improve its admissions statistics but also improve the geographic diversity from within the United States in its upcoming classes.</p>
<p>Go to Syracuse it is a much better school in business and overall it will land you a good job.</p>
<p>So the consensus seems to be Syracuse Whitman > Bentley?</p>
<p>Yes definitely. Syracuse owns Bentley in every way.</p>
<p>I would not say owns, but Syracuse is a bit more well known at this present time although that will change in a few years.</p>
<p>There is no way that Bentley will gain more strength than a nationally recognized university like syracuse. If we were talking about Babson, then yeah, babson would win, but Bentley is simply not good enough.</p>
<p>To make such a claim, "If we were talking about Babson, then yeah, babson would win, but Bentley is simply not good enough," is extremely unintelligent and I now question the recommendations you have given to others.</p>
<p>Babson and Bentley are both inherently the same concept. They are both business-only schools with small populations. </p>
<p>To say a school of just under 2,000 graduates and division 3 sports will reach the notoriety of a school with 10,000 graduates and multiple Division I national championship teams in football and baseball is a highly unlikely claim.</p>
<p>Furthermore when a school has the name of a recognized city in it such as Miami or Boston, or any major U.S. city for that matter, it will always be more recognized by the average person more often than a school that does not.</p>
<p>I believe you are unaware of the expansions that Bentley College has been doing recently. Many posters have visited and seen the new library which underwent a $16 million renovation. The athletic center was just re-done and I believe there are plans to build an ice-hockey rick and spiritual wellness center on campus.</p>
<p>Babson College maybe more recognized than Bentley academically at this point in time. Obviously, it is because of the entrepreneurship program. Bentley is a larger school in terms of student population and is not so focused on one major within business. With continued expansion such as the projects listed above, Bentley can surpass Babson within the next 5-10 years. As it is the schools are not dramatically different in SAT ranges. They are close enough together currently to the point where if one school continues to expand and grow while the other does not, the one that remains stagnant will eventually be surpassed.</p>
<p>I must point out that a school such as Babson or Bentley will never reach the notoriety of a nationally recognized university such as Syracuse or Miami because the schools do not have a broad enough education, they do not appeal to a wide enough range of students (strictly business students as opposed to all types of students), academically they are not superior and lastly their endowments are specs in the dirt when compared to larger schools such as Miami (endowment is over $1 billion) or Syracuse.</p>
<p>We are not talking about 5-10 years from now, but we are talking about now. As I said, overall Syracuse is definitely better and gives advantage to students. Also, the reason why I said Babson was because they were starting to get lots of recruitment from very top places and I understand that Babson will never reach the recognition of Syracuse, but in business Syracuse IS comparable to Babson. The point is Bentley is too little too late because we are talking about now. </p>
<p>here is how I will describe it:</p>
<p>Syracuse > Babson > Bentley</p>