<p>This fall I plan on applying to 4 colleges. Money is a highly decisive factor for me, so 3 of them will be public schools. However, I want to apply to one private school where I know I can get a substantial scholarship.</p>
<p>So, of these three, which is the best business school?</p>
<p>Pace
Saint Joseph's (Philly)
St. John's
Hofstra
Seton Hall</p>
<p>Keep in mind, I'm not looking to go into IB or anything. My main goal is to land a job at the Big 4 or at least a large national firm.</p>
<p>Feel free to list any other private schools that you think would be good to look at.</p>
<p>I can’t tell you which one is the best, but since you said cost is a primary factor, what I will suggest is (if you haven’t done so already) why don’t you write down all the merit scholarships from each school. And see which merit scholarship you would get from each school based on your CR+M sat scores/gpa. If you figure out where you’d get the best scholarship from combined with would be a match or a safety school based on your high school stats, then I’d say you found your school.</p>
<p>One private school I’d suggest looking into though is Rider U. I see that you’re in NJ. So if you’re no more than an hour away and if you’re not against commuting, then that’ll knock off about 6k per semester. But here are their merit scholarships for freshman.</p>
<p>Wait a minute. You said, “Money is a decisive factor.” If this is the case, forget the private schools unless you gets LOTS of scholarship money.</p>
<p>If your goal is to work for a BIG4, go to either Baruch or SUNY Binghamton. Forget the rest. If you can’t get into either of these two, I would go to a community college first and transfer.</p>
<p>That’s why I’m trying to apply to these low-tier schools to see if I can get a full scholarship.</p>
<p>As far as Baruch goes, I visited and thought the facilities were great. But I definitely won’t be able to afford living in New York City if there’s no dorms and no meal plan. I still will apply and see if I can get one of the ~140? dorms though. And I heard there was a meal plan, but my dorm would be on 90-something-street and my meals would be on 25th…</p>
<p>I’m looking mainly at TCNJ and Rutgers at the moment, since they are about the same price as Baruch in total. Do you have any knowledge of these schools?</p>
<p>Jeremy, sorry, I know very little about Rutgers and TCNJ programs. However, I just noticed that you are from NJ and NOT NY. Thus, I would go to a NJ state school such as Rutgers. I don’t think you can go wrong there from a monetary point of view.</p>
<p>Rutgers Business gives awesome scholarship for in state and also provides for great opportunities in the city since you’re so close. I’d go with that over any private school since you’re getting more bang for your buck. And you’re saving money for an MBA if you plan on getting one.</p>