<p>I was admitted into USC Capstone and Pre-international business, Cox School of Business at SMU and Business Management & Leadership at Farmer business at Miami OH. i am currently leaning towards USC because of the strength of the International Business but am worried that if i don't get into international business that i wont receive an education that I could at the other schools. I also know that Cox and Farmer have great reputations for business schools. Any suggestions or recommendations? I have 15 days to decide :o Thanks!</p>
<p>Study hard at Carolina and get into their IB program. Problem solved. Neither SMU nor Miami of Ohio have the cache of South Carolina’s IB program.</p>
<p>+1 to docmom… </p>
<p>Jackh129, College is what “YOU” put into it. If it is your desire & goal to get into the IB program you can do it; however, it will require you to work hard. That said we need more “insensitives” in our lives to make a realistic “change” for the future of this country. If you want it bad enough then work for it, gain the confidance and good feeling that it was “YOU” who put forth the effort. </p>
<p>Your a Capstone kid. clearly you made strides in high school to earn the scholars program why stop there. Lean no more, pull the trigger, accept USC and knock down every wall that gets in the way of what “you” want to earn in your education and in life. </p>
<p>Winston Churchill said and did some really great things that we all forget or don’t know of. He had many engaging speaches and sayings, I will give you two that have motivated me since being on my own at the tender age of 15.</p>
<p>“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”<br>
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”</p>
<p>Bottom line: Pick your school on where you know you can add to your own education, the community that you go into and any future plans you might have in life. Work hard to earn and achieve a quailty education.</p>
<p>You will do fine no matter what direction you take as long as you always take the tough right over the easy wrong. </p>
<p>Cheers & good luck!!</p>
<p>Miami of Ohio’s education is not superior to South Carolina’s, and SMU’s is not going to be noticeably better - they have about the same admission percentages and their admitted students stats are just slightly higher than USC’s. Have you visited all these schools? In what state do you live? I’m assuming if you got into Capstone that you got a fair amount of scholarship money, too?</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! I meant to say what if I don’t end up pursuing international business? I definitely know i will do business but not 100% certain that i will do international. According to businessweeks ranking of business schools, Miami OH and SMU are in the top 30 but USC is nowhere near. That’s what is worrying me. I have visited all three schools and love each one of their campuses. I live in Pennsylvania and have large scholarships to each except SMU. Also, since SMU is in Dallas there are many internship opportunities but it doesn’t seem like it for USC and Miami OH since both are a little more rural. </p>
<p>You should check out internship opportunities at both Miami of Ohio and USC. Miami of Ohio is located just north of Cincinnati and tons of Cincy kids attend there. South Carolina’s metro population is 750K and it’s the state capitol. Can’t speak to Miami but USC’s internship opportunities appear to be outstanding and they do a really good job of placing kids in them, depending on major of course. Miami’s may be just as good. </p>
<p>Miami and USC are very different animals, experience-wise. One is a mid-size with a very small sports following and has mostly Ohio and neighboring states, the other is SEC and neighboring states plus the northeast and south.</p>
<p>No scholly money to SMU? Another reason to drop it. I’ve lived all over the country and that name just doesn’t carry enough weight outside Texas nor does it have an extensive alumni boost that a school like, say, Notre Dame would give you. </p>
<p>Do you want to live in Texas after graduation? None of these schools offer name cache at the highest level and all are regional to a degree. You also need to dissect US News ranking on the business schools and look at what, exactly, gave SMU and M of O their ranking. I mean, it’s a peer ranking. I’ve always wondered how much one prof at one school can do their own work and yet keep up in a relatively fair or objective way on what everyone else at every other university is doing. </p>
<p>For national football rankings every fall the coaches polls are criticized on the premise that the coaches can’t do their work and still keep up with other teams for 12 weeks but at least they have weekly scores and conference rank to look at, and that’s for every single team out there. Profs have very little information on which to base their rankings. It’s incredibly unscientific and if they’re not top ten then does it really matter other than a mental game? </p>
<p>I agree with Docmom that you should drop SMU since you did not get any scholarship money. With regard to USC and Miami, I would go to the school that you think is the best fit for you.</p>
<p>If you do well, I think you will have similar opportunities post graduation from both schools. If you think that you want to do international business, then definitely go to USC.</p>