Tepper V. Arthur

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>Although I like Tepper too, Babson offers some solid programs in areas other than pure entrepreneurship. The following are a list of concentrations taken from Babson's web site:</p>

<p>American Studies
Applied Statistics
Computational Finance
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Ethics, Philosophy and Culture
Family Enterprising
Finance
Gender Studies
Global and Regional Studies
Global Business Management Historical and Political Studies
International Business Environment
Information Technology Management
Legal Studies
Literary and Visual Arts
Marketing
Planning and Control
Public Accounting
Quantitative Analysis
Science and Society
Strategic Management</p>

<p>As you can see, Babson actually offers more business options than that of Tepper, such as public accounting.If people are going to give suggestions, at least get the facts.</p>

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<p>yes, Todd I do. If you want get drunk enough and throw on your beer goggles guguru then be my guest. I definetely wouldn't want to get drunk enough so I could hook up with a chick that is probably like King Kong...</p>

<p>Tepper has a better program over a broader spectrum.</p>

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<p>Taxguy how many of those are ranked in the top 20 nationally? </p>

<p>Only 1 and that is Entrepreneurship. </p>

<p>Take the same list for Carnegie Mellon's Tepper and see how many individual programs are ranked nationally. </p>

<p>I'm betting at least 4 or 5 and maybe more</p>

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<p>Dunkaroo, the problem with your arguement is that Tepper only has two possible undergraduate majors: Buisness Administration and Economics(which is actually a collaboration between H&SS and Tepper), so if the OP wants to study entrepreneurship, then its a good idea to go to a school such as Babson which speciallized in it. </p>

<p>I agree, however, that overall CMU is a much more respected school and will probably be better for any student who wishes to study general buisness, rather than something as specific as entrepreneurship. One will certainly get a better overall education with CMU, but if they are positive that entrepreneurship is for them, then Babson is a great choice.</p>

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<p>Dunkaroo i never said I would do that cause thats nasty.</p>

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<p>I strongly suggest CMU's Tepper over Babson</p>

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<p>Dunkaroo, your main argument is that babson focuses only on entrepreneurship; you stated that that was their only 'claim to fame'. </p>

<p>..but you have to ask, is that so bad?
For the thousands of students who have no desire but to obtain the greatest education possible in the science of entrepreneurship, the fact that babson is only known or respected for their entrepreneurship program (as you argue), is not such a bad thing. A true student who wishes to study nothing but entrepreneurship should not pay much attention to prestige outside of the tiny circle of colleges offering sufficient entrepreneurship programs.</p>

<p>What I realize now about tepper is that their largest prestige factor is business administration. Outside of anyhting concerning business administration, their prestige drops significantly. On the scale of entrepreneurship, their programs are admirable, but not comparable to babson, stern, wharton, or even bentley.</p>

<p>Also, the school is LARGE. The only propectives who are ok with a large school are the ivy-hopefuls willing to endure a 10000000:1 student to teacher ratio for the 'prestigious' opportunity to obtain what Dunkaroo is so obsessed over. Dunkaroo, you love prestige, correct?</p>

<p>..But is prestige worth MIT's billion:1 class size?
..Is prestige worth being totally qualified, yet deferred?
..Is prestige worth tackling the 'Ivy Machine?'</p>

<p>And don't misake this, Babson's 37% acceptance rate makes it hardly the easiest school to get into, but I have exactly what they are looking for:</p>

<p>-i've completed math up to precalculus, in the eleventh grade.
-This summer i'll be taking Applied Calculus 1 at my local community college.
-Next year, i'll take AP Calculus 2 at another local high school.</p>

<p>So my 3.4W GPA, which will probably earn me a 'deferred' from tepper, should get me an early acceptance from BABSON, a school more revered 'in the field of entrepreneurship' than tepper.</p>

<p>Thanks for the replies, this is probably the hardest, but funnest, part of the college search process: the endless debates with oneself over exact, but fundamental minutiae which must ultimately lead us to a decision by May 1st.:)</p>

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<ol>
<li>MIT isn't Ivy</li>
<li>MIT's student-faculty ratio isnt 1 billion:1</li>
<li>MIT's student-faculty ratio isnt 10000000(10 million):1 either</li>
<li>Tepper has nothing to do with MIT</li>
<li>Tepper is at Carnegie Mellon</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon is not an ivy either</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon's student-faculty ratio isnt 10000000 : 1</li>
<li>Ivies, CMU, and MIT are actually small when compaired to many state schools.</li>
</ol>

<p>I agree that if entrepreneurship is what you want to study, Babson will do as well as CMU, probably far better. However, you really should work on not sounding like an idiot while trying to argue with someone trying to give you some advice(which you asked for)</p>

<p>Edit: Also, it seems to me (from all the arguing in support of Babson with people who are trying to answer a question you asked) that Babson is surely the place for you.</p>

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<p>Babson would also be better for public accounting over Tepper since Tepper, strangely enough, doesn't have accounting as a major.</p>

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<p>"What I realize about Tepper is that their largest prestige factor is business administration. Outside of business administration their prestige drops significantly."</p>

<p>Well business administration is the only degree you get from Tepper, but that's not all there is. For usnews rankings, CMU ranks #18 for entrepreneurship, Babson is tops at #1. And both CMU and Babson are tied at #24 for Management.</p>

<p>And for Finance Tepper is #9, Management Information Systems #2, Marketing #20, Production/Operations Management #2, Supply Chain/Management Logistics #5 (Babson makes the list for those 2 mentioned above, that's it)...doesn't sound like a great dropoff after business administration to me.</p>

<p>I'm sure Babson would be a wonderful choice esp if entrepreneuship is what you want. What I think others are getting at: you'll get a well rounded business education at Tepper, plus you'd get a balanced college life, going to school with plenty of non-business majors.</p>

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<p>Looks past just entrepeneurship. Well ask yourself this...if Babson is that good for entrepreneurship why don't they have more succesfful entrepreneurs than Harvard. Sure you can have the best program rankings wise but if you don't produce the best you simply aren't the best.</p>

<p>Look at the strength of diversity of Tepper.</p>