Hi I am a junior! Can you recommend business schools (undergrad) based on my stats? Anywhere in the US is fine.
GPA: 3.78/4 UW
SAT 1470/1600 (740 M and 730 Cr)
SAT 2: Math 2 : 800
EC’s: Good mix of Ec’s including italian awards an competitions, internship position and school community service
Race: White
Gender: Male
Financial Aid: Don’t need any
My top school is NYU Stern.
Can you recommend any more for me?
I think you should take a quick look at the search on this website - It will help you narrow down a bit. Also, you will need to start talking with your family. NYU is one of the more expensive schools in the country. Even if you get accepted and get financial aid, it will still not be enough money in many many cases. Room and Board there can run upwards of $15,000 per year above and beyond tuition which is in the $42,000 range…Even if you got a 1/2 tuition scholarship, you would still have to come up with almost 35 thousand dollars per year…and to be honest, that is more than most people even in the upper middle class can afford…Love the school, but it is not for the faint of wallet.
Yeah i understand that, but thankfully my family (not rich) has saved enough money to send me where I want to go. I am definitely aware of deals though and I am looking at possibly Univeristy of Alabama where I would get a full tuition scholarship.
What about Lehigh, SUNY Binghamton, Stony Brook, BU, Pitt, Babson, Bentley, Bucknell?
Fordham might be a good bet. Your stats are a little on the high end for them, but like a lot of New York schools, it’s a feeder for Wall Street, albeit more often on the back-office side.
Your math is also pretty strong. What would you think about doing a business major at an engineering school like RIT, WPI or Stevens Institute of Technology?
USC might not be out of reach; your GPA is just a smidge under their average. Good recruiting there.
Are you planning on retaking the SAT I?
There are a lot of great business schools you could apply to, although keep in mind that your stats will need to be higher than the average stats listed in the freshman profile for the school because a business major is more competitive.
Reach: Texas A&M, Boston College
Match: Santa Clara University, Baylor University, Southern Methodist University, University of Washington, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Indiana University, Ohio State University, Penn State University, Brigham Young University, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Safety: Temple University (you would also qualify for a full tuition scholarship)
Indiana University has a good business school too.
^ Agree with IU.
If your family was able to put away $250K for school then they are rich.
It also depends on whether you are interested in general business/management or investment banking.
If it’s general business, the big midwestern state schools like IU are a great bet.
If it’s investment banking, if you don’t make it to a target school like Stern then proximity can help. Goldman hires a ton of Baruch grads. They’re not all working front office but they are working at Goldman. So, a school like Fordham might be the better choice over an Indiana if IB is what you want. Also, if IB interests you I’d do some research on Wall Street Oasis - their forums are going to be more helpful than here in many respects.
Kelley at Indiana University has an investment banking workshop with amazing job placement on Wall Street. It’s pretty selective, but even if you don’t get in there’s also an Investment Banking Management group and a few other organizations. I would personally choose Kelley over Fordham for IB because when I visited Fordham I heard that it has strong recruiting for accounting majors and weaker OCR for finance.
It sounds like you will apply to U Alabama. Try to find a few good schools where your stats put you in line for some merit. Otherwise, you’ll be staring at ~$50K per year cost difference between Alabama and your other options. That’s a tough spot to be in (or not so tough, if you value $200K). But if you can sneak in some merit aid, you might end up filling the gap with a “better” reputation school that runs you ~$10K extra per year. Then your choices next spring will be more interesting. Indiana and Bentley might fit the bill.
What about Babson?
Meant to mention Drury University - Business program has placed a large number of people on Wall Street and in Investment firms but also in business in general.
I come from the business, and can assure you that recruiters in banks, hedge funds and private equity firms are bored to tears reading CV’s from undergraduate business majors.
It is so competitive getting into undergraduate businesses school that you can get into a more prestigious school majoring in something else.
I prefer getting resumes from Econ, Math, English and Science majors when they are paired. Nothing is more impressive than a double major in Econ with Math, English or a laboratory science.
University of Texas BHP is a fantastic program. Plus it’s a great place to go to college unlike NYU.
@mco1997 Yeah I Mccombs is awesome, but I don’t know if I have high enough stats for it. I think Im going to apply but its definitely gonna be a reach.
@BatesParent2019 I am pretty set on attending a business school, but i can see what you are pointing out. I am going to apply to a few schools w/o undergrad business like UCLA.
You would receive full tuition at the University of Alabama if that interests you.
Yeah I am intrigued by that but I don’t know if UA would be best for me. It doesn’t seem like a very focused school and I get the vibe that all the kids do is party.
Also your stats are above average for Mccombs just not the honors program.
@mco1997 Really? Wow thats really suprising. I was considering it a high reach… I would love to go there. Seems like a great atmosphere and amazing business school. How hard is BHP?
Yeah according to the website the average GPA was 3.42 and SAT 1361. However it is hard to get in if you are OOS because they have to accept every Texan if they were in the top 10%. BHP is quite a bit harder but you can join after your freshman year.