<p>“If you want a big name MBA you need a good job out of undergrad.”
Not necessarily. First of all, is it worth working for Goldman Sachs if you have 60,000+ in debt? As a matter of fact, how in the world are you going to get a MBA if you have a huge amount of loans that you are most likely to have if you attend NYU? You’re not even guaranteed that you’re going to get a job after undergrad regardless of what undergraduate school you come from. The fact that you’re in NYC alone, is huge. There’s is no way you’re not going to get a great internship or internships for that matter. It coud be from JPMorgan Chase, Credit Suisse, etc. It doesn’t necessarily matter where you go. Just attend school in a big city and go to a school in which its business school is relatively known. That being said, you don’t need a good job to get into the big name business schools including NYU. You can easily go from CUNY-Baruch to NYU-Stern or other big names for grad school with no problem. You just need as much work experience (internships) as possible and a great GPA. Just because Goldman Sachs recruits at NYU doesn’t mean jack.</p>
<p>It’s about WHO you know and how you network, no matter what school you went to. You can’t tell me that a Baruch graduate can’t get a job in Goldman Sachs regardless of whether they recruit there or not. Who cares about “recruiting”? If you want a job at Goldman Sachs, why don’t you go out and apply for a job there! Don’t wait for them to come to your school. I mean seriously, it’s NYC for Christ’s sake! Maybe there’s less Baruch grads working there than NYU grads, but nonetheless they are there.</p>
<p>Haha good luck getting a decent intern from Baruch. Most interns at Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley are from top 10 schools + stern and tepper. And that’s just their intern pool.
Baruch is decent but NYC alone isn’t enough. But if you do well at Baruch and go to a top grad school, you’ll be fine. It’s graduate school that matters anyway.</p>
<p>annok94 are you currently an upperclassman in university or a college grad? based on your username i think you’re a high school student but i don’t want to assume anything. if you are a high schooler i’m not sure if you know what you’re talking about. in most fields, yes, regardless of the name of your undergrad institution, as long as you graduate near the top of your class you’ll be fine. the business world is a different story though.</p>
<p>Can you afford all the schools mentioned on this thread? </p>
<p>Do you have an EFC (expected family contribution) done on one of those online calculators? Cost is certainly the big factor these days. Have your parents told you how much they can spend on you and/or your siblings for college? </p>
<p>If you are going to graduate school you have to take on as little debt as possible.</p>
<p>You are going to get a lot of odd replies with such an open ended question, like the odd person who keeps recommending Alfred University (is that a community college?) or someone mentioning a school in Texas when you said you want a school in the North.</p>
<p>Go down the list and highlight the schools that have the characteristics you like (urban/suburban/rural, northern elite/southern/midwestern, LAC/university, student size, etc.). Once you have your SAT scores and GPA, find a range of those highlighted schools that are targets (you are in the 25-75%), reaches (you are around the 25%), and safeties (you are around the 75%). Visit those schools. Rule out any that you don’t like. Narrow it down to 5-10 schools. Apply away.</p>
<p>This is how a lot of people make a list of schools. It is probably better than getting anonymous recommendations (and no, don’t listen to people saying a school in Indiana or Texas is going to get you a prestigious job in NYC. We don’t look too favorably on the farm boys from the midwest in NYC, even those with a business degree from a supposed university).</p>
<p>So, informative, you are bashing a Texas school and the OP is from Texas? </p>
<p>How many of those listed on US News’ link do you think the OP can possibly get admitted to? Of course you have to pay USNWR if you want to see the rest of the list!</p>
<p>Oh wow I wasn’t expecting that many replies. I appreciate all of them. I’ve been busy studying for my AP test haha. I haven’t done any online calculators, but my EFC will probably be low. I know I need to work on my SAT/ACT. Thanks everyone! Anymore would be helpful</p>
<p>She has a 3.7 GPA. If she can get her SAT high enough, she should have a decent shot at some of the big prestigious east coast schools. I don’t think she needs to fall back on schools in Texas. There are a lot of city schools in the north (her preferences) that would accept her. </p>
<p>OP - just get your GPA high enough and you can get out.</p>
<p>I agree with your part about going down the top undergrad business programs but I will disagree with your second part. Both UT McCombs and IU Kelley are top 10 undergrad business programs and if you did some research you would know they both place in NYC. Not as much as schools on the East Coast but the opportunities still exist.</p>
<p>OP says a low EFC, so then rule out any public schools, which will not meet need.
Rule out NYU… OP, check out “Average Percentage of Need Met” on Collegeboard website if you need to be concerned about financial aid and costs.</p>
<p>OP, if you can bring your SAT scores to somewhere around a ~2000, you might want to apply to Notre Dame and/or UVA as reaches. Mendoza and McIntire, their respective business schools, each have two year programs for undergrads that are very well respected. Neither has exactly the urban location you want and I think that their b-school admissions is probably very competitive, but it might be worth a shot.</p>
<p>Thanks KP for continuously invoicing your opinion, I appreciate it. Thanks everyone else for suggestions too! I’m going to focus on SAT/ACT after I finish getting ready for my AP tests.</p>