<p>You all may not know much about SMU because it's not on the east coast, but for those of you who do, how would you compare the two? Is nova substantially better?</p>
<p>mtreyesx1:</p>
<p>My S has narrowed his choices down to SMU Cox School of Business and VSB also. He will be visiting both this month. </p>
<p>I think as far as rankings go, I think VSB is ranked higher than SMU Cox but rankings, like a student’s GPA and test scores, don’t tell the whole story. I think you need to analyze each school in terms of how it helps you achieve your own goals and where you can see yourself happily spending the next four years. Not an easy task…</p>
<p>Where are you guys from? I received the Hunt Scholarship, BBA Scholar, and University Honors. Without all of these honors, I’d immidieately choose VSB over Cox. But having all the opportunities and honors that are given to me makes this decision incredibly tough. I really want to know the opportunities VSB students get in terms of networking and meeting business leaders. Cox does a great job in both. The BBA scholar is basically admittance into Cox as a Freshman because usually you aren’t admitted into Cox until your sophomore year. On the other hand, you apply to VSB as a freshman and so I guess that sort’ve equals out being a BBA scholar at Cox and being a member of VSB. </p>
<p>For current or past VSB students, are there special programs that elite students are admitted to like at SMU Cox, or does everyone admitted basically get the same amount of opportunities and privileges? To be honest, I want to commit to Villanova, but I feel that SMU has many more opportunities for me since I’m getting all those honors there while I’m getting none at Villanova. Does Villanova even have these type of honors or special programs? If everyone was basically at the same level at Villanova, then that will change everything because its like everyone gets the same treatment as long as you’ve been admitted.</p>
<p>mtreyesx1:</p>
<p>California, and yes, S got a lot of the same honors and merit aid money from SMU.</p>