I am hearing what you guys are saying, my situation is unique in the fact that, I am going to OWN the business pretty much right out of college, and I will have my dad there to help with anything I need. It is a construction company, the job of marketing itself has very little to do with math, I do not need to know calc two in order to market a business.
P.S. I am taking statistics and im not sure about business analytics.
On the other thread, you said you havenât been accepted to TCNJ yet. How do you know youâre getting $3k back from them if youâre not accepted yet?
^Then in that case youâre talking about advertising/promoting which doesnât require math. Not marketing.
Marketing covers the basics of advertising, the definition of marketing is âthe action or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising.â, that is what I will be learning. The degree is called a bachelorâs in marketing.
I am assuming/hoping 2-3k of merit-based on other students that have been accepted with the same stats as me.
unlike the average person, I am going to college to learn the material and build a solid base for my dadâs business. That is why I believe TCNJ is better than Rowan for me because it is a smaller school, I can have a closer relationship with teachers so that I can ask questions and interact with them on a better level.
@TCNJApp One could argue that a degree in Construction Management might be a better fit if your long-term goal is to manage a small construction business, isnât it?
Yes, but a construction management degree is more general, I have been working around construction since I was 10, I know how to manage guys and do the work, I obviously still have a lot to learn, but one thing I never learned was how to market my business.
As a business owner, you can market your business tremendously and go belly-up right quick. How do you know which bids to submit, how to cost them profitably, how to create binding contracts, how much credit to extend, and how to collect from deadbeats? Delivering > Selling. Cash flow > Revenue. Once you have cash flow under control, the marketing target will emerge.
Listen to the Engineer Dad. And learn to love spreadsheets.
I may do business management as a minor, would that help?
Also, does Rowan or TCNJ even have construction management?
@SpacemanEd Yeah, I asked and TCNJ does not have it but rowan only has it online, those are pretty much my two school options.
You know, if you go to TCNJâs website they say âTCNJ is proud to invest in students who have shown strong academic potential, as evidenced by their transcripts, standardized test scores, and co-curricular involvement.â, That is why they are only giving about 15-20% of what Rowan is. TCNJ may be a slightly better school, but is it worth all the extra money after merit is applied. I am getting 10k per year from Rowan, and people with my stats are getting about 2k from TCNJ.
TCNJ is the better school but if what you say is correct and you will run the business you should not really care which school has a better rep, now if you go and get a MBA, than you do care what under grad you went with and TCNJ becomes the better school for a reason, it will be easier to get into a better MBA program. I think as others have said the math part will cause you issues, at TCNJ. TCNJ does not give a lot of merit aid as you know but they tend to take a student with higher scores than Rowan. Rowan is trying to build their ratings and offer a better package to get a better student. TCNJ is ranked IIRC #4 in regional University and Town is like 166 in national university. No rankings are not everything but that is a big difference.
Yes, but TCNJ is only slightly better, like b+ vs A, My school of choice is TCNJ but for me with my situation, it does not make sense to give up 8k of extra merit for a slightly better school.
TCNJ is also about 1/2 the size of Rowan. Rowan has had 10âs of millions of dollars of donations which has allowed them to expand the school and their merit to attract better students. Merit was much better at Rowan a few years ago.
Yeah, it may have been better, Iâm sure it was. But, 10k scholarship for a 1390 SAT and 3.7 weighted gpa is still really good. Especially since undergrad only cost 14k per year.
$10k is definitely good for a state school. Rowan is more than $14k/year tho - unless youâre commuting. But S17 lives off campus now and we pay under $20k now all in with no merit, so $10k is great. Hoping D21 gets that next year!
I donât think you can quantify âbetterâ in this context especially with respect to your intended major. What you can quantify is âfitâ. Tour both and spend a day at each. Go to accepted students day at each school. Without minimizing the difference in aid packages you apparently have been offered, thereâs much more at stake than $8k, especially, as intimated earlier, if this is in essence a refund to you.
Yeah, I am commuting, I live like 35-40 minutes away, so, Iâd rather pay for the gas.
The reason TCNJ is better for me, (other than being a better-known school which really does not matter to me), is because I go to a private school and almost all of my friends and family are going to TCNJ, and I would rather be with the people I know, just in case I ever need anything. @oldchief78