<p>agreed... theres no logic behind your reasoning.</p>
<p>OP, if you have any questions about Temple, PM me. Respond here amongst the snobs is a waste of my time.</p>
<p>Well again I'll try to steer my thread back to base. I appreciate all your opinions. Hmom its very impressive you went to penn, I dont have the grades or the money for that school. Ultimately I'd like to get into international sales. If anyone has a degree program that would make it easier to reach that goal please let me know. </p>
<p>P.S. no fighting please lol</p>
<p>If you give us your stats we can be more helpful. Also, if you can clarify what you mean by not having the money. I went to Penn on almost complete financial aid as my family was very low income at the time and Penn meets full need. If you mean that your family can't afford what colleges think they can (your EFC), that's a different story.</p>
<p>For international sales you don't need to be a business major at all. Studying international relations and languages may well be a better option. For business you always want to go to the school with the greatest respect of employers that you can get into.</p>
<p>So maybe you should take a two tier approach by looking at the best business programs you can get into and the best IR programs.</p>
<p>Thats a very good idea. My stats are fairly low, during my first two years of high school I carried a 2.0 but as a junior and senior I've mainted about a about a 3.8. I guess I didnt realize how important high school was before it was to late. I've yet to take the SATs because im planning on going to cc then transfering.</p>
<p>If you're spending 2 years at a CC I wouldn't worry about where you want to transfer yet. After the first year you'll have a better idea of what you want to study and you'll see what it takes to get into different schools from where you are. Many CC's have transfer paths to several colleges.</p>
<p>When your choosing classes do keep your goals in mind. Some CC's offer study abroad. That would be great for you. And when looking at schools those with great study abroad opportunities should be at the top of your list.</p>
<p>Will do. Does anyone else have input about temple's business program?</p>
<p>I go to Temple and am a freshman in Fox. I'm someone who slacked off too much in high school and had to go here as a backup and honestly I am not very happy with how intelligent most of my peers are. If you get into the honors program they seem to take care of you pretty well but if you are just in the normal business program some of the people are pretty dumb. Most people who go here are either film majors, people who couldn't get into Penn State/Pitt/other schools, people who got a free ride, or people from the area who really wanted to be in Philadelphia. If I were you I would look into Penn State/Rutgers/UDel/etc (depending on where you are from) and keep Temple as a backup. It's not a bad school and most people I know here really love it, but if you're someone who's used to having highly intelligent and motivated friends but slacked off in high school you might not enjoy it much.</p>
<p>As for the business program itself: accounting does well since rankings don't really matter and PwC recruits pretty strongly here. I keep hearing how MIS is highly ranked, as is international business, but from what I've read online individual program rankings aren't very reliable and don't go very far in the real world.</p>
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<p>I dont know about 'most' people here being film majors, but there are a lot, because we have a very well regarded film program.</p>
<p>As far as your second point, that couldn't be more false, and is unfortunately something perpetuated by Penn State students.</p>
<p>As far as intellectualism goes, it's not exactly the University of Chicago, but you can definitely find your intellectual niche here. Yeah, unfortunately there are a lot of less motivated and intelligent students, but as the school gets more and more selective each year, those kids won't get in. Plus, they're not exactly going to beat you for job offers.</p>
<p>I know probably around 75 kids at Penn State/Pitt/Rutgers/Delaware, and outside of a few, the difference between the average student is negligible.</p>
<p>Outside of a handful of schools, college students are very much the same and like the same stuff. I understand your point, but I think it's a bit of an exaggeration, because there are unmotivated and unintelligent students at all schools.</p>
<p>I honestly couldn’t care less how my peers perform, thats they’re problem not mine. I don’t plan on going to business school to have incredibly intellectual conversations and debates, I’d go to business school to learn business.</p>
<p>Which you learn through intellectual conversations and debates as well as through instruction and readings. Case studies are built around open discussion.</p>
<p>Yes I understand that but its not like we’re going to be discussing ways to end world hunger and the second coming. You learn business techniques and case studies.</p>
<p>Yes I understand that but’m not going to be counting on my classmates for grades. And you discuss business like I said not ways to solve world hunger or religious beleifs.</p>
<p>oops didnt mean to post twice</p>
<p>Rweldon, I dont mean this sarcastically at all, but I give you credit for having a clue, unlike a lot of people on this site, and in general.</p>
<p>lol common sense CAN be contagious.</p>
<p>Common sense isn’t as common as it suggests :P</p>
<p>very true my friend very true</p>
<p>Rweldon, your peer group at any school will be as important as who’s teaching you. Teachers must teach to the level of the middle of the class at best. Class discussion will comprise much of your education. If it’s held back by simple questions, what is discussed will have severe limitations.</p>
<p>For many, peer group is the most important consideration in choosing a college. A wide range of schools use the same text books. What you get out of the lessons has a huge range.</p>