<p>I have been accepted to UW and the Honors Program and the Marshall School at USC. The financial costs will be nearly equal because I will receive a generous National Merit scholarship from USC and I am out of state for UW.</p>
<p>I'm leaning towards USC, but can anyone make a good argument for studying business at UW?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/business-major/40431-top-undergraduate-business-programs.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/business-major/40431-top-undergraduate-business-programs.html</a>
That was two years ago. The US News 2007 list only shows the top 5 for free.
And apparently USC is number one for international business.</p>
<p>so yeah, with the scholarship and everything, I think it’s best you go USC</p>
<p>Have you visited both? the people are very, very different at the 2 schools, so make sure you check that out. Good luck!</p>
<p>I have visited both. With undergraduate populations of 16,000 and 30,000, you can always find people you like. I prefer the UW campus but USC has a better marching band (drum corps/marching band geek).</p>
<p>looking at your CC name…I am guessing you’ve done some research on the band info. All I know is that the UW band is pretty legendary also. (NOT to imply that this should be a deal breaker for future schooling!) And known to be an experience that stays with the band members for life. It’s not unusual to see all the band alums sitting together down at the field during UW football games/performing during special occasions–forever. Seeing the band serenade throughout Greek row every Friday night before home football games in the fall is a special part of the UDub experience–and a lasting memory for band members and spectators alike.
Anyway, D looked at both schools (for business). OOS for UDub. Lots of $$ at USC, so money wasn’t a factor. Forget rankings. Both schools will give you great educations. Gupta was Dean at both business schools and gave them similar direction. Any ranking differences could be equalized by the potential hatred employers (if not USC alum) have for USC. You NEVER know the bias of your interviewer. I believe it is much more fateful than we like to think…
As vc08 says-go for fit. Get a good education. Recuiters will be at both schools. Alum flood the area around both institutions. Your job opportunities will be plentiful either way if your grades hold up. All you will need to do is sell yourself.
Where would you be happiest?</p>
<p>LA is a much bigger business hub than Seattle, internship opportunities will be better, in a more diverse set of businesses. You should make a decision based on things other than bands, no matter how big a band geek you think you are.</p>
<p>Where are you from? If you are from Seattle, go to USC. From LA, go to UW. From another place, go to the one that is less like where you are from.</p>
<p>My uncle is the CEO of a major hospital chain in SF. And he hires tons of doctors, lawyers, etc. all the time. He once told me that they love to take Berkeley grads over Stanford ones (assuming they have similar qualifications), because they (the administrators) feel that Berkeley grads have had to work harder, bc the school is so big, and money doesn’t buy (theoretically speaking) grades. He said the Stanford grads come in taking a lot for granted, and act like since they went to Stanford, they should automatically get the job. It’s their arrogance that often dooms them (unless of course they go on to work for a rich alum lol).</p>
<p>Keep that in mind when deciding between the two schools. UW is similar to Cal, and USC is a lot like Stanford. If you want to play 500 renditions of “Fight On” every week, go to SC. If you want a rigorous course load that forces you to grasp intellectual independence, go to Udub.</p>
<p>good luck!</p>
<p>Hmm, well I thought about this a lot last year (but for engineering, although now I’m in econ at Duke, go figure) and I was going to choose USC. Like you, the NMF/Presidential scholarship made the costs acceptable for me. Similar to what BedHead said, I wanted to go to USC for the simple fact that I wanted to go somewhere different than Seattle. </p>
<p>So I really think it depends on which location you like best. Academically and rank-wise, I’d say there’s no real difference, so don’t base it on that.</p>