High end college vs. honors program at state college?

Nomorelurker
Thu, 15 Feb 2018 12:56:59 +0000

@websensation, understood about potential benefits of auto admit to South Carolina Int’l business program. It may be a strong program. I just question the ratings/rankings when compared to other known entities. We looked at Berkeley and one of the downsides if a student is interested in business, as you mentioned, would be that they do not have a four year program that freshman can start right away, plus very small % accepted when applying after freshman or sophomore year. S ruled out Cal Berkeley pretty quickly, but for other reasons.

The other USC (Southern CAL) by contrast has a four year business school, but of course more $$$ as a private university. Michigan used to be similar to Berkeley but I think they now allow some applications for direct admit as a freshman in the Ross business school. I believe they were losing some students to Kelley Business school in Indiana, which has a strong four year undergrad business school, less expensive, and a little easier to get into.

Students who know they want to go into a field, whether business, STEM, Comp Sci, or some other major, should probably consider the programs at universities, as well as the likelihood of being able to study what they want. Many end up changing majors so it is a good idea to choose a school that is not just strong in a couple of areas. And yes, the prospect of being an auto admit to their graduate school/med school or other factors such as cost, may make the State school more attractive. Is it Alabama that is offering the auto admit to Medical school if a minimum GPA is achieved in their UG school?