<p>Hey, I just want some input.
How much does the reputation/name of the Business school matter for an undergraduate degree?</p>
<p>I was looking up school profiles on businessweek's site and it seems as though many of the students from the schools on their top 50 list have highly similar starting median salaries after graduating. I looked at some individual profiles and the only differences i can find between some of the top 10 and the rest of the schools are
-how long it takes for a student to find a job after graduating
-internship opportunities and pay</p>
<p>I'm not a really impressive student statistically. SAT: 1940/1340 UW GPA: 3.67 Average Extra-curriculars..good teacher rec..and i'm not concerned about the essay</p>
<p>My sibling got into Carnegie Mellon with a lower gpa, sat score, less ap's...but my college counselor is basically telling me that all the schools i'm applying to are reaches...however, my sister is telling me that i should definitely have at least a 50% cahnce for most of the schools</p>
<p>Anyways...i know enough about the top undergrad business schools..so can you give me your opinion on these</p>
<ol>
<li>American University</li>
<li>UNC-Chapel Hill</li>
<li>Villanova</li>
<li>Northeastern</li>
<li>Indiana-Bloomington</li>
<li>U. of Illinois- Urbana</li>
<li>U. of New York-Binghamton</li>
<li>Boston College</li>
<li>Wake Forest</li>
<li>Santa Clara</li>
</ol>
<p>These are the schools that were closer to my gpa/sats..and seem to have similar starting median salaries/percentage of finding a job</p>
<p>I'm sitll going to apply to some of the more prestigious schools..but i want to add some closer to my scores..</p>
<p>One more thing…I just read a thread about tailoring your app to the school…</p>
<p>for example, putting down a less popular major at the school such as accounting when most students put finance…and since you dont actually choose a major until junior year…you aren’t restricted…</p>
<p>I don’t think it will make a big difference and Accounting is a popular major. I think your only reaches on that list are BC, Wake Forest and UNC</p>
<p>I think you have a reasonable shot at most of these other than as noted above if 1)Your rank is at least top quartile and 2)You can pay for them. Much aid would be tough with your stats.</p>
<p>“Anyways…i know enough about the top undergrad business schools…so can you give me your opinion on these”</p>
<p>I’m not convinced you know much about them if all you’re using if the BusinessWeek rankings and median starting salaries. There are a lot of top companies that only recruit at a dozen or two dozen ‘target’ schools (so it can make a big difference) and the BusinessWeek ranking doesn’t seem to line up with how professors and recruiters view the programs.</p>
<p>If I were you, I would pay a lot more attention to US News, especially the rankings of individual majors (finance & accounting are the big ones, then marketing), because they actually take into account which schools attract the best professors and recruitment opportunities for students.</p>
<p>As for your current list, you’ve already been told which ones will be the hardest to get into, so I’m just going to go ahead and rank them in the order I would attend them (which is based mostly on which ones I think provide the best opportunities), so take it with a grain of salt:</p>
<ol>
<li>UNC-Chapel Hill </li>
<li>Indiana-Bloomington</li>
<li>U. of Illinois- Urbana </li>
<li>Wake Forest<br></li>
<li>Boston College</li>
<li>Villanova</li>
<li>Northeastern</li>
<li>American University</li>
<li>U. of New York-Binghamton</li>
<li>Santa Clara</li>
</ol>