<p>I know that no one school is ideal for everyone, but I thought I’d throw this question out. My son is planning on majoring in Classics and we know pretty much what are the good schools for that (thanks to an earlier post), but his best friend intends to be a Business major (with emphasis in entrepreneurship). If they want to go to the same college, besides UPenn, what schools would be good for both of those majors? Thanks!</p>
<p>Try: NYU, U of Michigan, U of Wisconsin, Emory, UC Berkeley, Notre Dame, possibly Bucknell.
Also try thinking in terms of economics instead of just business administration. There are more options that way, including U of Chicago, Brandeis, Columbia, Swarthmore, Georgetown, Northwestern, etc.</p>
<p>Of course, this assumes that both boys are in the same range in terms of GPA, test scores, etc. There are other less selective choices as well. </p>
<p>In general, I’d try to dissuade kids from counting too highly on both attending the same school. There are too many variables in admissions, and many schools limit the number of kids they’ll accept from the same high school. It might be better for them to think in terms of different schools that are near each other geographically. For example: Boston U, Northeastern or Babson I(excellent for entrepreneurship studies) for business, Harvard, Tufts or Brown for classics.</p>
<p>Probably the best combination would be Berkeley. Likely the best (and pretty certainly the deepest) classics department in the U.S., plus the Haas School of Business (very competitive to get into - first you go to Berkeley for two years, meeting the pre-reqs and then into the business school).</p>
<p>Mini, I also thought at first that the OP was talking about an individual student wanting to do both. Re-read the post - she’s looking for schools where her son and his best friend can both attend, majoring in diferent fields.</p>
<p>No, I read it as two students. And I think that, on balance, Berkeley would offer the best combo (something for each).</p>
<p>Friend’s son just graduated from Georgetown. He was a classics major and roomed with a business major. From what she had said at Georgetown there is a School of Business or you can major in econ through the school of arts and sciences.</p>
<p>I would suggest looking at Cornell University. They have a strong commitment to the classics. In fact, former (and now interim) university president Hunter Rawlings went back to teaching in the Classics department after he announced his retirement.<br>
<a href=“http://www.arts.cornell.edu/classics/index.asp[/url]”>http://www.arts.cornell.edu/classics/index.asp</a></p>
<p>Cornell’s accredited undergraduate business program in their College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is suburb. It’s been written about extensively on this site. Here’s the university link and a link from an old thread on College Confidential.
<a href=“http://aem.cornell.edu/flash.htm[/url]”>http://aem.cornell.edu/flash.htm</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=62670[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=62670</a></p>
<p>As Carolyn suggested, majoring in Economics (at Cornell in Arts & Sciences) is another option.
<a href=“http://www.arts.cornell.edu/econ/mainwindow.shtml[/url]”>http://www.arts.cornell.edu/econ/mainwindow.shtml</a></p>
<p>I forgot to mention Cornell’s Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise Program, which includes students from all 7 undergraduate colleges at Cornell.<br>
<a href=“http://epe.cornell.edu/[/url]”>http://epe.cornell.edu/</a></p>
<p>another vote for CAL. My S is doing a double in applied math and classics (or at least, that is the plan du jour), and his current roommate is a business major. My S has been very impressed with the classics department.</p>
<p>Like other posters, I would caution about having the two friends stay together be critical to the college selection criteria. It could be a nice plus, but nothing to bank on</p>
<p>good luck</p>