HopefulCEO

Im considering a Business major

elpope

none of them have nearly the reputation of UNC... State would be the next best, but isn't great for business either. you'd be better off going to your own state school

HopefulCEO

so its chapel hill or nothin?

ready2boutofhs

when I asked this question, someone mentioned UGA. I never ended up visiting because I got into UNC, but you could check that school out. Athens is suposed to be a good live music town, there's good sports, a pretty campus/kind of similar I heard. And they have a very good business program.

UVA is also said to be similar, but it's about the same or harder to get in. you could try it also though.

avantgarden

UVA, though a great school, is probably harder to get into, especially if you are out of state. If you can get into UVA OOS, I would think you could get into UNC IS (which I'm assuming you are, correct me if I'm wrong!). But I would back up the UGA recommendation. And though I don't know your stats, what about Elon for a nice safety/match? They have a beautiful new business school and fellows programs to go with it.

leah377

i don't understand the fascination with elon. it's really not that great of a school but keeps getting more and more popular with out-of-staters..

Atlmom

Emory? Duke? there are business school rankings somewhere....look at them! UGA also has a great bus. school. not sure why it has to be a UNC school.....? Try also for the honors progam at UGA !

HopefulCEO

Im considering Elon

avantgarden

Yeah, I don't know, I'm OOS but I thought Elon was a really nice place. You can tell it's a school that is really motivated to keep improving, and as far as I can tell, it is. Beautiful campus, too.

HopefulCEO

is Elon good for academics

mkm56

Elon has a very strong business program. My oldest son graduated from there--had no problem getting a job in finance and was well prepared to enter work force.

Martha and Spencer Love School of Business

scuba723

HopefulCEO, I posted this in the College Admissions forum, but it seems to have already been buried a few pages deep:

"As noted, UNC-CH is definitely the stand-out school in the UNC system.

However, I have friends attending almost every school in the system, for a variety of reasons, and most will provide you with a terrific experience. I know of at least two friends who turned down Chapel Hill for Appalachian State University, and I have never met a single person that did not absolutely love their time at App... a lot of people live in Boone (the small mountain town where App is located) for a year or two after graduating, because the community is so laid-back and tight-knit.

UNC-Asheville is also located in the mountains, and provides a terrific liberal arts experience... I simply know more people who attend App, however.

UNC-Wilmington is in the eastern reaches of the state, closest to the beach. They actually have one of the top Marine Science programs in the nation, and Wilmington is very well known for its film industry.

East Carolina University, despite its reputation as a party school, has a strong med and nursing program, and is almost as large as UNC-Chapel Hill.

NC State University, if memory serves me correctly, is actually the largest school in NC, and is well known for engineering and mathematics programs, as well as very strong majors in agriculture and textiles.

For business, I have always heard that UNC-Charlotte is great -- though Raleigh is the capital of NC, Charlotte has a tremendous financial sector, and the business school at UNC-Charlotte is called Belk College, funded by the family which started the Hudson Belk line of department stores.

With regards to ease-of-access, Chapel Hill is obviously the toughest to gain admission to, though as NC grows, all of the schools are becoming increasingly competitive. The engineering program at NC State, and general admission to UNC-A and App State have all become more competitive in the past years, and even schools such as Western Carolina, which at one time no one knew of, are gaining attention, as students denied admission from higher-ranking public universities are turning to those schools.

northcarolina.edu provides information on all 16 UNC campuses."

Remember, find schools that fit you very well, then look at specific programs. If your major changes, you still want to be happy at your school. But, if you are still looking at business options at schools easier to get into than Chapel Hill, the Elon Fellows program for Business students is certainly interesting; each senior class is actually granted a significant amount of money to invest, with all earnings going back into strengthening the program for years to come.