<p>I second the recommendation to look for direct admit to business programs. My son and I both agreed that if he didn’t get direct admit to business at his first choice he would go elsewhere. Also, since someone up thread gave a negative response about Northeastern, I have to say I’ve heard some really good things about it. I took a class with a professor from there and he was quite impressive.</p>
<p>Always wondered, what exactly makes South Carolina a great international business school? Aside from BMW, how many international folks have even heard of South Carolina?</p>
<p>Her scores would indicate that she should be able to make any qualifying hurdle for admissions to any business program in the country. I don’t think the direct admit angle is all that compelling. </p>
<p>Thanks for your insight. Appreciate the Georgetown and Wharton and very high reaches, and merit aid unlikely for popular,upper tier schools like BC and Wake. Her true safety we are hoping is UConn, but if she doesn’t get into any of her target schools, we are trying to hit schools that still have a decent business program and are more likely to offer some merit aid. Heard of top students getting money from Fordham and Northeastern. Northeastern’s Coop program is the draw for us (as well as location.) </p>
<p>Does your D wish to remain in the Northeast after graduation? I think that the alumni/local business connections are important when deciding between business schools.</p>
<p>My own D (whose scores were not as strong as your D’s) was admitted to Northeastern but wound up choosing Depaul (in Chicago), primarily because she wanted to live in the Chicago area after graduation. (She DID Love the coop program at Northeastern.) She too was a business major and has a great job now for one of the Big 4 accounting firms, so the strategy worked for her. </p>
<p>If your D is interested in the Midwest, Depaul would be a safety for her and would definitely offer her merit money.</p>
<p>My D is looking at some of these same schools for business. Have you looked at UMass Amherst Isenberg School of Management? Per Bloomberg business school list it is 36th (UCONN is 65th). <a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?;
<p>We haven’t looked at UMass, but will check it out! Thanks.</p>
<p>Cornell AEM is great if you’re a NYS resident. Harder to get in to OOS as it’s part of a contract college.</p>
<p>@dadx: I would not say that she would be a shoo-in to any b-school without a direct admit. At some schools, your GPA in college matters most for undergraduate intra-school b-school admissions, and at selective ones like UMich/Emory/UVa, she’s going to be with other high-stats kids as well.</p>
<p>I second the recommendation of Lehigh. It’s a direct admit to the business school and easy to take classes in the College of Arts and Sciences. Are you in state for IU? I just read on another thread that IU/Kelley will be limited to in state residents. It seems odd to me, but you may want to investigate if you’re OOS.</p>
<p>DIrect admit can be an advantage, but I think that someone with a 740 math score and the grades indicated should be able to qualify for admissions to Ross, or McIntyre after arriving on campus. Ross seems to have a direct admit program too. As the links show, these are competitive programs. If you don’t get top grades once you’re there, you’re not staying in these schools.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.commerce.virginia.edu/undergrad/admissions/Pages/uva-application-process.aspx”>http://www.commerce.virginia.edu/undergrad/admissions/Pages/uva-application-process.aspx</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.bus.umich.edu/admissions/UndergraduatePrograms/PDF/BBA_Class_Profiles.pdf”>http://www.bus.umich.edu/admissions/UndergraduatePrograms/PDF/BBA_Class_Profiles.pdf</a></p>
<p>dadx is right, you should have no problem. However, Penn State Smeal is so popular - as I suspect McIntire and Ross are, that kids with a 3.75 and 3.85 are being turned away from Finance and Acctg. Being a super strong student is positive but no guarantee that you’ll get straight A’s in a competitive college environment. Wouldn’t it be better to go to a comparable business school that won’t make you transfer or change your major after your sophomore year?</p>
<p>@dadx:
Admission to Ross (if not preferred) from UMich is less than 40% now, I believe. With an average freshman GPA of 3.65.
I would not say that just getting a 740 Math SAT means you’re a shoo-in, given those stats.</p>
<p>I would not advise someone without preferred admission to go to UMich if they don’t have a second major they are OK with without admission to Ross, given the facts.</p>
<p>BTW, staying in once you’re in is much easier than getting in.</p>
<p>deleted</p>
<p>I don’t disagree that it will require some effort to make sure she gets into the business school at a top school, assuming she’s admitted to the university in the first place. I’m simply saying that her scores and grades should make it possible for her to do so without studying more than average for the competing students. </p>
<p>If the schools she’s considering have direct admit programs, I think its worthwhile to apply to those. If you aren’t admitted directly, there’s informational content in that decision (although I don’t know exactly how that works…is it possible to say, apply to Ross for direct admission and be denied, but admitted to LS&A or some other school without a separate application? )</p>
<p>
There is nothing to support this. NYs residents pay cheaper tuition, but they do not get preferential treatment when it comes to admission.</p>
<p>Why does she want to go to business school? For higher level jobs, some say it is better to major in something else. I don’t know if that is still true and of course any degree from some of these schools is an asset. But just wondering why the early career focus.</p>
<p>I am not sure that small differences in scores between, say 740 and 770, are going to make much difference. The Appalachian service sounded interesting…</p>
<p>Villanova doesn’t give out much money. I would skip Delaware. Forget Drexel. For business it is pretty much ignored since it sits in the shadow of Penn. I would strongly suggest looking at Indiana, as has been mentioned. You just can’t do better for an undergrad business degree coupled with a fun, large university. So many opportunities and the major corporations love to recruit the IU Kelley students. </p>
<p>Chardo, I don’t claim to know how ratings work but U of SC has had a top rated international MBA program (top 3) for years and I guess some of that has trickled down. Its a competitive program for top students that is only direct admit for qualifying honors and capstone students, semester overseas required - the students are working for more companies than BMW and more international companies than that in SC, plus these students go elsewhere to work (or why get an international business degree).</p>
<p>Her focus may change, but she has really enjoyed the business classes she took in high school. She is concerned about being as marketable as possible as she enters the job market. She is looking at some LAC as well. Just trying to keep options as open as possible. </p>
<p>@oldfort:</p>
<p>If the contract colleges do not give a bump to NYS residents now, then that is a change from the past (and if I was an NYS legislator, I’d be screaming about the terrible deal NYS has with Cornell, as NYS spends about as much on the Cornell contract colleges as VA does on UVa, yet many more VA residents benefit from a bigger discount in UVa tuition than NYS residents do in Cornell tuition; shows how bad an idea outsourcing is).</p>