<p>Given that wharton is almost the unanimous #1. Between Kenan-Flagler (UNC), Business Honors Program at McCombs (UT), Haas (berkeley), McIntire (UVA), which undergraduate program is the best. I am aware of the 2008 rankings, but the rankings change each year. I just would like to hear some opinions.</p>
<p>I'm just gonna throw in my 2 cents...</p>
<p>I think you should go to UT because if you do well there, you should be able to get a really nice job in one of the two huge business areas, Houston and D/FW. Also, since I'm going to assume you live in Texas, spending the extra dough to go out-of-state seems kind of foolish considering I don't feel that any one of the schools you listed above is better than BHP at UT. Unless there's a specific place you want to work after graduation, I'd go with UT.</p>
<p>I agree with crs that whichever state you live in should be the best choice. These are all great schools, but I wouldn't want to fork over the oos dough.</p>
<p>Another thing you might want to consider is program length. UNC and Virginia (2 years) vs. McCombs (4 years). At least with McCombs, you won't have to worry about being accepted into the b-school. </p>
<p>For future reference, unless money is not a factor in your decision making, you should probably put how much each school is going to cost you, because cost of attendance is going to influence some of the advice people are going to give you.</p>
<p>Good point crs. I don't know the numbers for virginia, but at UNC you need around a 3.5 GPA to get into kenan flagler. That is a lot higher than the average gpa at the school. The average denied kenan flagler applicant has a 2.9</p>
<p>These schools are all out of state for me. So, I'm purely interested in the quality of the programs and the future it holds for me. Thanks for the advice guys, please keep it up.</p>
<p>Wharton is the best.</p>
<p>Behind it, there are many great business schools. There is Sloan, which is the best for Information Systems. I don't know how it does for everything else, but I'm sure it places extremely strong in Tech.</p>
<p>There is also NYU, in the heart of NYC. NYU has a great finance program as well. There is also this great access to NYC and all it has to offer.</p>
<p>You could also throw in Cornell's AEM program. It's the other Ivy League business program, and therefore has very strong recruiting.</p>
<p>These are the top four privates. The top Publics in my opinion are:</p>
<p>Virginia McIntire-I think most of the recruiting here would be in NY and in DC. It's east coast.</p>
<p>UNC Kenan-Flagler-I'm really not sure where the main recruiting is here...</p>
<p>Berkeley Haas-I'm sure there is a lot of recruitment in the Bay Area where a lot of branches of banks etc. are.</p>
<p>Texas McCombs-Mostly Texas I would be led to believe</p>
<p>The main things to consider is where you want to be after graduation, and what kind of environment you want. If you are miserable, you are not going to care about the quality of the program, you'll probably do poorly and it wouldn't matter anyway. It would also make it hard to transfer somewhere else. It's about where you would best succeed.</p>
<p>Ross .</p>
<p>I forgot to mention Ross even though I intended too. Ugh. Ross is awesome too. Ross is often on par with Stern and Haas in terms of ranking, and is in a unique position where it has people recruiting from the west, the east, and the midwest.</p>