Hi I’m a junior in high school in New Jersey. I’m looking for schools with good business undergrad programs. I looked at Ross at Michigan, Tepper at Carnegie Mellon, and UC Berkeley Haas. Realistically, what kind of school is USC?
Is it a good school to apply as an ED or an EA? Also, what kind of standards does the admin at USC have?
I’m a female, Asian, SAT low 1900 to high 1900. Unweighted GPA 4.1
5 AP classes and some extra curricular activities
It will be great if you can describe some of the systems at USC realistically. Thanks
Results are a week away for this very anxious class of 2020, so many posters are focused on one thing currently, but I can tell you Marshall is a top 10 business school and highly highly competitive to get in. All the ones you have listed are exceptional and competitive. They don’t have ED or EA, you just apply by December 1st to be considered for merit money. If you get merit money, you will find out late Jan/early Feb, if you don’t you find out regular decision in March.
USC is one of the largest (if not the largest) private universities in the country. Besides incredible spirit, many are drawn to excellent academics in a broad spectrum - engineering, business, LAs, and of course cinema/film all in southern California lifestyle 2 miles from downtown LA (sounds like I am writing a brochure, geez).
Just a btw, you don’t get directly admitted into UCB Haas as a freshman, you have to apply after you get into UCB (I think you apply in sophomore year). That is a competitive process that just keeps on going! Good luck!
thanks sm for the info!!!
I’m an asian male who just finished the whole college process.
I have a 3.77uw/4.5w gpa, 2130 sat, and lots of diverse and business-oriented ec’s.
Last year, I honestly thought Ross, Tepper, Haas, and Marshall were matches for me but, after finding out my decisions: deferred from Ross, rejected to Boston college, etc, I realized that I needed much more safeties but it was already too late.
Point being: Your SAT is respectable and your GPA is really strong (idk how you can have uw of 4.1 if its on a scale of /4.0) but, you need to add a lot more realistic business programs because those stats most likely will not get you into these high-tiered basically best business programs in the nation.
I would look at BU, Northeastern, Babson, George Wash. Univ, Fordham, etc. These are all great business schools that I believe you match/low reach with.
Good luck!
I responded to your other posting in the UC Berkeley section. There, I also suggested alternatives such as UCLA’s business econ and USC’s business school (Marshall). CADREAMIN is correct that USC has a top undergraduate business school. Haas is a little higher ranked and you have to apply in your sophomore year to transfer in your junior year. If you do well at Marshall or Haas or even UCLA’s business econ, you will get a great job.
For USC, UC Berkeley and UCLA, I believe you should raise your SAT score to at least around 2050 (old format prior to March 2016). USC probably gives out more merit awards if you have a high GPA and SAT/ACT scores.