Im majoring in business at all of these schools and have no idea what to choose
USC- half tuition scholarship, marshall business admin
CMU- no scholarship, tepper business admin
UT Austin- no scholarship, out of state, mccombs business honors program
Money isn’t a huge issue, my parents will pay whatever they have to for me to get a very good business education.
I like CMU on paper and recognize that it has a lot of prestige and that everyone knows its name, but ive heard about its stress culture, lack of school spirit, etc from its students which makes it less appealing. however i like in CT, so its relatively closer to home. pittsburgh is also a good college city and is somewhat safer. but i basically received no money, which i personally don’t like and im not sure that i want my parents to suffer financially because of it (even though they say its fine)
UT- i got into their business honors program which is super selective and its rankings are tied with tepper/cmu’s. they have really strong school spirit and austin is a great college city to be in.my cousin goes there so even though its far away from home, i still have family at the school and in texas. i would have to pay out of state tuition, which is still cheaper than carnegie.
USC- i received a half tuition presidential scholarship and admission into marshall. i love the idea of living in LA and ik usc has great school spirit and the trojan alumni network is veryy strong. but the area around the school isnt as safe and cali is veryy far from home for me. i do have family in LA and in california, but its still far.
How do the schools rank against each other in terms of prestige for their business schools and the weight of their name? I want to earn the highest salary out of school as possible (obviously) and be able to get into a elite mba program too and i dont know which of these woud reallly maximize my potential to do so. I can also double major in CS at any of these schools. please helppp!!