<p>Dear All,</p>
<p>I have received Direct Admission into the Farmer School of Business. I am still waiting for a reply from Bentley University. I would like to know what people here would pick if they had to go to one of these universities.</p>
<p>I am an international student and therefore, tuition is not really a concern that I have.</p>
<p>Also, I have gotten into Indiana University but have not gotten Direct Admission into the Kelley School of Business. In such a scenario, would it be wise to even go to Indiana University?</p>
<p>I have applied to some other schools but I believe that my chances are low there.</p>
<p>Thus, I wish to know what you all feel about the Farmer School of Business versus Bentley University. Which one do you think is better? Which majors are better at Farmer and which ones are better at Bentley.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>Lol, Farmer School of Business.</p>
<p>Farmer? Why? What majors are generally considered good at Farmer?</p>
<p>Is there anything that is better at Bentley in comparison to the Farmer School of Business.</p>
<p>Can someone help me?</p>
<p>Go to Indiana University. IU is much better than your other options and you can probably transfer into the business school as a freshman.</p>
<p>But isn’t it hard at Indiana because even if you mess up 1 subject, you won’t be eligible to join the Kelley School of Business.</p>
<p>Farmer is ranked higher than Bentley in ugrad accounting according to this survey:</p>
<p><a href=“Redirect Notice”>Redirect Notice;
<p>Even if you aren’t able to study business, IU is a better brand-name than Bentley or Farmer. You’ll definitely have better opportunities if you choose to attend IU in lieu of going to either of the other two colleges.</p>
<p>Take a look at this video of Farmer School of Business and see if it looks likes something you want to be a part of: <a href=“2013 Recruit - YouTube”>2013 Recruit - YouTube;
<p>Watch out for poor advice. </p>
<p>You want to study business - you need to go to a school where you can do so. Kelly is very good school and of the three has the highest rankings. I know many people who have gone and loved it there; HOWEVER, if you don’t get a direct admit it is EXTREMELY difficult to be admitted. Go to the Indiana threads on CC - do a search. There are many instances noted where anything short of straight “A’s” is denied. If your grades weren’t good enough to get a direct admit, what makes you think you can pull straight A’s in college?</p>
<p>The suggestion that IU is so much better than the other schools is laughable. As a 30 year CPA/Banker/Manager I can tell you that at least in the Chicago market, Kelly and Farmer are view similarly. The companies that I have worked for have recruit and hire from both schools. Some years we hire more from one school than the other - but that is based on how well the students interview, not where they went to school.</p>
<p>Also, the advice to go to IU non-business and that you will be better off than a business degree from Farmer is extremely dangerous. Think about it. Are PWC, KPMG, E&Y, Deloitte, JPMorgan, KeyBank, Northern Trust, Fifth-Third, to name just a few, who regularly hire Farmer students for both internships and permanent positions wrong? You CAN’T even interview for these companies at Miami if you are not in the B-school! No history majors allowed.</p>
<p>@ChicagoBear, you’re the only one offering “poor advice” on this thread. According the Kelley School of Business website, a lot of student apply (and get in) to Kelley during their freshman year at IU, a process known as standard admission. I was considered IU when I applied for colleges so I’m familiar with their business admissions process (both direct and regular). Standard admissions really isn’t that difficult.</p>
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False.
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[<em>]Example #1: An IU student admitted to Kelley last year w/ a 3.31 GPA - <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/indiana-university-bloomington/1337699-kelley-standard-admission.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/indiana-university-bloomington/1337699-kelley-standard-admission.html</a>.
[</em>] Example #2: IU student admitted in 2011 w/ a 3.65 GPA - <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/indiana-university-bloomington/1256973-kelley-standard-admissions-difficulty.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/indiana-university-bloomington/1256973-kelley-standard-admissions-difficulty.html</a>
[li] Example #3: IU student admitted after earning a B- and a C+ during their first semester (despite Kelley’s preference for a “consistent B performance across all courses”) - <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/indiana-university-bloomington/1256973-kelley-standard-admissions-difficulty.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/indiana-university-bloomington/1256973-kelley-standard-admissions-difficulty.html</a>[/li][/ul] Here’s a tip ChicagoBear: Research whatever you plan to post online before you actually post it.</p>
<p>To the OP, ChicagoBear clearly doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Getting into the Kelley school shouldn’t be too difficult for you. A 3.0+ GPA (required for standard admission) requires effort, but it doesn’t require that much effort.</p>
<p>Here is one of the posts I had seen that supports my comment. </p>
<p>“mactonycw…You’re absolutely right. It is clearly getting more competitive. I was told on the phone that some 3.7s and 3.8s were turned away this year. I don’t know if that is true…but who knows. It is possible those applicants had one grade which ruined it for them too. I think Kelley likes to see consistency, and that’s why they don’t like to see grades below a B.” </p>
<p>Now this kid had all A/A-'s - with one below B resulting in the overall high GPA with a rejection. He appealed his rejection and was upgraded to “Deferred” with no subsequent posting as to whether he got in. </p>
<p>I’m not denying that on average you can get in with B’s - but as noted above you are NOT guaranteed. Already having a direct admit in hand has advantages. Maybe its a generational thing. To a young person, earning standard admission might seem easy. But to someone whose youngest kid is a HS senior, been to college and grad school, passed the CPA, I know there are risks in making that assumption. College classes are harder than HS classes and “stuff” happens - such as inconsistent grading, poor TA’s, adjusting to “being away”, the nightlife, etc. While you may very well qualify for admission - things can happen where you might not. Since OP gave no information concerning his grades, I would not give an opinion as to the effort required.</p>
<p>Ok, I see your point. Please excuse my somewhat incendiary remarks. I didn’t mean to sound so harsh in my previous post.</p>
<p>CPA/Manager/Banker > some 18 y/o kid who’s CMU acceptance letter somehow makes him extraordinarily knowledgable about the biz world. </p>
<p>BTW, outside of this I still agree with Chicago. It depends on where you want to work, as both schools are regional. Bentley has fantastic pull in the New England area (I know because I go to school here and am interning at a Big 4 firm here), while Miami-Farmer has a great rep in the Great Lakes (I’d also know here because I live in northern Ohio). Now, if you wanna claim your college admissions booklets from this year offer superior information to either my or Chicago’s opinion, then go on ahead. Clearly, the OPs post exist because he or she is choosing between the two, so stating some off the wall comment that the two schools he or she is choosing from are inferior to a arbitrary third school is stupid.</p>
<p>“Lol, Farmer School of Business”</p>
<p>Seriously?</p>
<p>Hello all! </p>
<p>Thank you for your replies. The situation has changed a little because Bentley has wait-listed me.</p>
<p>What I want is to have a good footing in business education. I have not gotten into the Kelley School of Business and would have to take a risk to get in if I end up going to Indiana. While I feel that I may be able to get into Kelley, is it worth the risk?</p>
<p>I do not mind working anywhere in the United States. I just want to work for 2-3 years max. After this, I wish to go for an MBA and then start working elsewhere. Also, just as an added incentive, Miami has also offered me $20,000. The recruitment rates for people studying at Miami seems good. BusinessWeek ranks the quality of Miami University highly. US News shows that the teaching quality at Miami University is also very high.</p>
<p>What would you all say about this?</p>
<p>Also, I have applied to University of Toronto Rotman commerce and Queen’s University’s Commerce programme. </p>
<p>How would those stack up against Indiana and Miami University in terms of recruitment, teaching, salaries etc.</p>
<p>If there is any confusion regarding what I do at high school. I do the International Baccalaureate and have a 37 predicted.</p>
<p>I am going to Indiana University next year. I didn’t apply directly into Kelley because I didn’t think I would get in. I am planning on applying in my sophomore year. As long as you get good grades your freshmen year of college at IU, you should have no trouble getting in. I have had several friends who have done so and said it wasn’t bad. Kelley is an amazing business school and IU has so much to offer. I would most definitely go to IU.</p>
<p>Miami Farmer with money is really a no brainer. Farmer pulls just as well in the Midwest as IU.</p>