Texas A&M Mays Business school vs UTDallas SOM vs SMU Cox vs U of MN Carlson SOM

Colleges and Universities A-Z Texas A&M University
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<p>Hey jrt336, so where did you choose to go? A&M, Ross or stay in Alabama? :smiley: I am just wondering. Here is the update of my stat, what do you guys think? </p>

<p>International student transfers from a community college in CA.
Major: business/econ
College GPA: 4.0 (>90 quarter units)
I will take ACT/IELTS in January 2011 (took IELTS before, so gonna do it again)
Family contribution: 17k to 22k</p>

<p>Applied to UCLA Business Econ, UC Berkeley Haas (can’t afford to go there, but I wanna try to apply)</p>

<p>Plan to apply: (need to eliminate/add some)
Cornell for ILR school
WashU in St. Louis for Business admin
Brown for Econ
Rice for Econ</p>

<p>Safety (kinda, not very true :D):
Texas Christian Uni Bus
UT Dallas Bus
Texas A&M Bus
maybe Southern Methodist Uni Bus (expensive)
UMN Carlson SOM
Ohio Wesleyan (they waive my app fee, so just apply)
Drexel? (cost is kinda high, but will apply cuz of no fee)
Tulane (expensive, but gimme fee waiver, so apply there)
1 or 2 LACs (which one is good for bus/econ?)
any other suggestions?</p>

<p>Volunteer & Community Service:

  • >150hours for an unpaid internship in an insurance agency
  • 24 hours for a bond measure campaign for the college district in last november election
  • 30 hours being teacher assistant for an elementary school
  • 64 hours during summer 2009 in Vietnam, volunteer to help working children go back to school</p>

<p>Awards & Honors:

  • Second highest score (26.5/30) in high school class for the national university entrance test
  • featured in campus newspaper for outstanding campus involvement
  • Dean’s List
  • Phi Theta Kappa</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities

  • Associated Student Body Vice President of Finance: maintain financial stability and allocate a million-dollar budget (about 12h/week)
  • Vietnamese Student Association President (about 6h/week)
  • United VSA of Northern Calif. Leadership Camp Director of Finance, developed a budget for the camp with more than 70 attendees
  • member of Honors club</p>

<p>Good UC personal statement according to my friends who got into Berkeley (need to work on the commonapp essay though)</p>

<p>Can get good recs from Director of Office of College Life (also student government advisor), VSA club advisor, math professor, econ professor, or business professor (I am still debating who should I ask for recs).</p>

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<p>One more thing to consider: your major and the classes they offer. Our S is looking at undergrad business schools, and when he went took one step further and actually looked at the class offerings, he found SMU offers eight different majors within Cox, and a wide variety of classes in the field he wants, including a finance major with specialization in alternative equity markets. This is really important, because in some business schools (undergrad) the class offerings are much more limited and more focused on economics, accounting, etc. You can also get accepted into Cox as a freshman under the Cox BBA Honors program (some schools make you wait until your junior year). Just make sure wherever you spend your four years that you will have opportunities to take the kind of classes you want!</p>

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<p>Remember to consider this also: A&M is #2 by the way… [Job</a> Recruiters Prefer State Universities Over Ivy League Colleges - WSJ.com](<a href=“Job Recruiters Prefer State Universities Over Ivy League Colleges - WSJ”>Job Recruiters Prefer State Universities Over Ivy League Colleges - WSJ)</p>

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<p>I hope to get at least $1000 scholarship from A&M so I can pay instate tuition. If I have money, I might think again about SMU, but even if I can get their halftuition scholarship the cost at SMU is still about 30k a year…
Hey Gcole07, I read that also :D</p>

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<p>Don’t forget to look at TCU too. Their Business School recently passed up SMU’s (even though I agree with above posters that ranking is not that important): #30 in Business Week, Forbes “Best Business Schools” List and U.S. News & World Report’s Top 20 Up and Coming Colleges). What I did find interesting is that they had 100% of their business school undergrads graduate with a job or intership last year – in the middle of this terrible job economy. 100%!</p>