<p>I'm interested in having i-banking as my future career, so I am going for finance or accounting as my major. Which of the two, finance or accounting, do you think will be more suitable for i-banking? Anyway, I have been accepted by:</p>
<p>Wisconsin-Madison
Indiana-Bloomington
Purdue
Washington-Seattle
Penn State</p>
<p>Right now, I'm leaning toward Wisconsin and Washington, though Indiana and Purdue are also good choices for business. I know that Indiana has a stronger program in business than Wisconsin, but Wisconsin seems to be a better choice than Indiana in my school. If I go to Wisconsin, I'll probably be the only one from my school if I go to Wisconsin, yet I don't like to be so alone, especially I have never been to the Midwest. Nevertheless, Washington is one of people's favorites following after UIUC. The only thing I'm concerned about Washington is that its business program is not as well known as Wisconsins and Indianas.</p>
<p>How are the workloads, especially in business major, for these schools? Teacher and curriculum qualities? I have regretted of not visiting schools before I applied. Please tell me as much as you can about these schools, not just in business program but other stuff too ?</p>
<p>p.s. It is very likely that Ill go to graduate school for business after having working experience for several years after undergrad.</p>
<p>Well for your first question, you definetly want to do finance if you want to do i-banking. although if you wanted to, it wouldn't be too hard to tack on a 2nd major in accounting.
For your second question, of the schools you listed up there, Indiana is by far the best, especially for finance. From what I hear, graduates of their i-banking workshop receive excelent placement.</p>
<p>Splitting hairs here. Kelley is only very slightly higher ranked than Madison. <a href="http://www.bus.wisc.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.bus.wisc.edu/</a> -- If you change your mind about IBanking over 4 years, you'd be wiser to spend it in Madison than the others.</p>
<p>When do I start taking business related classes in Wisconsin? Junior year? or does the school have a pre-business major? How are the classes like? Since business isn't the #1 popular major in Wisconsin, are the classes still big? How about the qualities of the professors and TAs? I am used to a developing good relationships with teachers at high school, will I be able to do that in Wisconsin?</p>
<p>ps. in a more general question, do people bring laptops when they go to class.....like what we see in movies?</p>
<p>You take intro classes freshmen and part of soph year, then you apply. It is still a very popular major but because you have to apply for it, it won't be as large as political science or something. It's important that you develop good relationships with the profs and TAs, although at a larger school it'll be tough at first with profs, doing so with TAs will help you if your grade is really close. As you get into higher classes (sometimes even as early as the 2nd semester frosh year or soph year) you will be in classes with 20, 30, or 40 students and a professor (3/4 my classes next year as a jr. have 40 or less, one has 15) and then it will important to get to know the professor. </p>
<p>Classes for pre-business are often on a curve but if you balance work and play, study hard, and maintain around a 3.4 you'll be fine. </p>
<p>Also, yes people do bring laptops to class, although it's not as frequent as movies play it up to be. That's more law school.</p>