<p>What I understand from CollegeBoard’s site is that one can’t major in business at LACs</p>
<p>OKAY, MrTrojan had already mentioned that.</p>
<p>MrTrojan: I’ve heard that USC is notorious for gradually replacing actual GRANTS with LOANS for many students after their freshman year, annually, though maintaining the total SCHOLARSHIP for the student to a constant as PROMISED before admissions !!!</p>
<p>My son has a very small scholarship. He only needs to mantain a 3.0. There was no attempt to replace it with loans. I’m not sure who you’re listening to but the full and half tuition scholarships last as long as you meet the requirements laid out for them.</p>
<p>tsdad, </p>
<p>Some CC post, I’ll tell you which one as soon as I recall or find it again.</p>
<p>But definitely on CC</p>
<p>tsdad is right. full ride are scholarships offered on a yearly basis, but with your stats and assuming that you will do good at a school like 'SC (you should) i doubt a school would take aid away from you, all you have to do is reapply every yr. if thats the case, you can probably just go to the finaid office and tell them your situation. they would be responsive, and im sure they would help you out.</p>
<p>since you are appplying for fall 2006, i think you should look up some private scholarships. if you win any, dont tell your school, b/c they usually take a part of your finaid in the amount you have earned from outside scholarships.</p>
<p>anywhere you want</p>
<p>So finally, USC’s one school that I’ll be applying to for sure,</p>
<p>Heard it’s getting more and more competitive to get in</p>
<p>you do not have to apply every year. Just get a 3.0 and it’s automatic. I would guess for the Presidential and Trustee you just need to meet the requirements and it keeps on coming. These last two scholarships are for the best of the best acadmically, which are the students USC is trying to attract as it works to improve its reputation. I cannot image why they would move these stduents over to loans.</p>
<p>Here’s a list of 10 UNDERGRAD BUSINESS PROGS I’ve shortlisted for myself. Many of them captured my interest from the individual coll reviews and discussions I read here on CC itself.</p>
<p>Please rate my chances (i.e. assign reach, match, safety) to each of these colls.</p>
<p>I’ll be more than happy to consider any other colls too - the list is not finalised.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon University ¶
Univ. of Southern California (Marshall)
University of Virginia (McIntire)
U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
Cornell University (NY)
Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (Krannert) (IN)
University of Notre Dame (IN)
Georgetown University (McDonough) (DC)
Boston University(MA)
George Washington University (DC)</p>
<p>If you haven’t already done so, I’d suggest you take a look at the US News rankings for undergraduate business majors. Also take a look at <a href=“http://www.edupass.com%5B/url%5D”>www.edupass.com</a>. </p>
<p>My understanding is that at the University of Virginia you are admitted to the university and then apply to the School of Commerce after a couple of years. You are not guaranteed admission at the outset. You should just be aware that there’s at least a chance that even if you are accepted to UVa, you would find out after two years that you have NOT been admitted to the School of Commerce for the last two. Again, I’m not positive of that, but I’d double check the website. UVa is a public university. 70% of all students MUST be Virginia residents. </p>
<p>Also, Cornell has some new quasi-business school I think, but it’s new and I THINK it’s part of the SUNY part of Cornell. The better known program is Cornell ILR–Industrial and Labor Relations–but that too is a SUNY. (State U of NY.) Preference in admissions is given to NY State residents and I sincerely doubt it’s a good place for investment banking. It’s genuinely excellent for labor management, but that doesn’t sound like what you are looking for. </p>
<p>Purdue is also a state university as is the University of Illinois. </p>
<p>I’m just mentioning this because USUALLY public universities are not generous with aid for non-US residents. </p>
<p>A couple of HIGHLY competitive schools not on your list which might be of interest: Wharton (the best undergraduate business school in the US. VERY tough admit for internationals, but if you want the best, it is. No merit aid, however.) MIT, which has an excellent undergraduate business program and lots and lots of international students; NYU, the Stern School of Business is very good and NYU has lots of international students ;while NYU tends to be stingy with need-based aid is gives merit money. Other schools that you might want to consider are Bryant College in Rhode Island and Babson. Babson has one of the most innovative business programs in the nation and is VERY highly regarded. (Again, check the US News ratings.) It gives merit money.</p>
<p>Ashkay, you should definitely take a look at Williams. They are need blind and offer generous aid to Internationals, have an excellent economics department, an excellent track record of getting their kids into top B-schools and a great network of alums on Wall Street. You may not have heard of them but the firms you would want to work for have. One caveat, if you want to avoid snow and cold weather, Williams is not the place.</p>
<p>wow, you have been doing your research. its kids like you that keep me from getting the jobs im trying to get. just kidding.</p>
<p>i would purge cornell, purdue, gwu fom your list. add columbia. mayb dartmouth. add stanford for sure. and cal, too. why nt upenn? its a reach but you might get in with aid. maybe add some more privates, those schools will proabably give you most aid.</p>
<p>i would strongly consider BU, if you get the aid. lots of good recruiters go there, like goldman sachs. compared to you, the students there are semi-bright, so you would shine. </p>
<p>as far as what schools would be reaches or safeties, i dont know much about those schools besides for USC. SC would be a definite safety, with lots of aid. keep in mind that the less selective schools willl probably give you more aid.</p>
<p>other than that, i think you chose the right field and for the right reasons. you know that, actually.</p>
<p>no offense Akshay but your list is not the best one for you. Get GW and BU off the list and add schools that have a reputation for business. GW is known for politics and international stuff instead of business (which they aren’t very good at) it shouldn’t be on your list. BU is exceptionally strong in the arts & sciences but for business again it is not known as a business school and business is not one of BU’s strong points.</p>
<p>Dude USC doesnt offer either full tuition or financial aid for internationals. The max they can go for is half tuition. Check thier website.</p>
<p>Hmmm I would suggest boston university ( awesome school def top 25-50)</p>
<p>wow sorry USC does offer full tuition my bad. But Boston university does it too…</p>
<p>Public schools like Purdue, UVA, and Uof Illinois are not the best choices for internationals hoping for large amounts of financial aid. They offer only limited aid, if any at all for internationals. And, there are SOME liberal arts colleges that offer decent business programs.</p>
<p>Are you guys sure that the UC’s, especially Berkeley and UCLA, will give generous scholarships to internationals, even the best ones? I was under the impression that most state schools do not have that kinda funding.</p>
<p>Since the most important colleges academically and alse in terms of placements are now more or less picked out,</p>
<p>I request for more help based on the following criteria :
- That match my stats and profile: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=5939[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=5939</a> (Page 1, Post 1)</p>
<p>2) A Full tuition waiver : Basically my family can afford ~$60K for my education, which should easily take care of an int’l student’s “living costs only”.</p>
<p>3) Preferences:
-School size, Campus size - Large, but not absolutely essential.</p>
<p>-COLLEGE LIFE shouldn’t be like JUST ANOTHER STUDENT IN THE CROWD.
CLASS SIZE preferably SMALL.
Hence INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION is a MUST.
Should be where EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYONE.
Where fellow students are FRIENDS FOR LIFE, NOT FAIR WEATHER and SNOBBY.</p>
<p>-Climate : Not so important, but NOT VERY COLD. Ideal climate - like California (paragon for Indians)</p>
<p>-City : Very URBAN (Almost a concrete jungle). The city where I live (Mumbai) is one of the largest in India</p>
<p>I hope so many criteria are not too intimidating.</p>
<p>Thanks for any suggestions.</p>
<p>hmm…</p>
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<p>These two criteria seem to contradict a bit…</p>
<p>The Claremont Colleges consortium in Southern California might be a neat thing to check out… Great individual attention with excellent schools like Pomona and Claremont Mckenna (Mckenna is well-known for graduating successful businessman). The consortium makes the schools essentially a medium size university (6000) and the colleges in Claremont consortium are particularly noted for being extremely close to each other. About the urban thing, Claremont is not an urban center but it is 30 miles away from downtown Los Angeles…
Tuition-wise, Pomona is rich.</p>