I just finished my freshman year at Baruch College studying Accounting. I got accepted to both USC and Boston College for spring of 2019 into their respective business schools. After graduation, I want to work in NYC. I know Baruch College has good NYC placement but I want to experience a new city as I grew up here in NYC and commute from my parent’s house. Baruch is a commuter school and has very little school spirit (no campus also). And also wouldn’t BC and USC would be more prestigious?
Financial Aid:
Baruch College: I actually get about $3.5K annually as a refund so I am actually getting money.
USC: Would have to pay about $10K - 11K a year.
Boston College: Would have to pay about $13K - 14K a year.
I know Baruch sounds like a sweet deal but the prices for USC and Boston College are also a bargain!
–Can you afford BC and/or USC?
–Jesuit colleges typically have large core curriculums – have you checked to be sure you can finish the core and your business requirements and graduate on time?
What about staying at Baruch because of the NYC network, but taking a semester or two exchange to a college or university in a different part of the country? If you can exchange for two semesters, you could even do it in two different places.
If USC in LA it is your best deal - if USC Columbia then Boston college orbsc Columbia depending on what sort of college you like (BC will have a big core with Philosophy and theology, USC Columbia has a very strong business school but its top program is international business). Both USC and Boston college at this price would have an excellent ROI and with the federal loans of 6.5k you’d be able to pay the rest with a summer job and small parental contribution.
The only caveat is if you’re very low income and can’t find the money.
BC’s B-school has a different Core curriculum than Arts & Sciences:
Management Core Courses
Note: All courses are 3 credits
PRTO1000 Portico (freshman, fall)
OPER1135 Business Statistics (freshman)
ECON1131 Principles of Economics I—Micro (freshman or sophomore)
ECON1132 Principles of Economics II—Macro (freshman or sophomore)
ISYS1021 Digital Technologies: Strategy and Use (freshman or sophomore)
ACCT1021 Financial Accounting (sophomore or freshman, spring)
ACCT1022 Managerial Accounting (sophomore) Beginning with the class of 2022, Managerial Accounting will no longer be required except for students concentrating in Accounting.
OPER2235 Modelling and Business Analytics (sophomore)*
BSLW1021 Introduction to Law (sophomore or junior)
MGMT1021 Organizational Behavior (sophomore or junior)
OPER1021 Operations Management (junior)
MFIN1021 Basic Finance (junior)
MKTG1021 Principles of Marketing (junior)
MGMT3099 Strategic Management (senior)
4–6 CSOM concentration courses (junior, senior)
12 credits of MCAS Electives
@bluebayou Just for clarity, the core I referred to in post #2 is a set of 15 liberal arts requirements that must be taken by ALL undergraduates including those in the b-school. Most Jesuit colleges have a large core curriculum. Business school students must complete the general core, the business core, as well as the requirements for their major. This long list of requirements is why it can be hard to transfer into BC and graduate on time. It is just one of many factors the OP might want to consider before transferring to BC. https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/mcas/undergraduate/core-curriculum/core-requirements.html
Thanks for the reply guys. I decided I won’t be going to Boston College.
I’ll be soon deciding between USC or Baruch. I’ll either go into Accounting into both schools or do finance (or specialize in finance). At this point, for USC, Money isn’t the deciding factor for me. If you have any more suggestions, I’d love it.
USC is a school targeted by the Big 4 accounting firms in the LA area and you can always interview on the USC campus and tell them your interest is NYC. Compared to the other schools you mentioned, USC’s undergraduate business is ranked around #10 by USNWR. USC’s accounting program is top 10 ranked, which is why they are a targeted school by the Big 4. For finance, other big employers and investment banking firms recruit at USC.
Speaking more generally,I’m not familiar with Baruch, but if you can swing it financially, you’ll never regret attending, and subsequently graduating from USC. Fight On!
Baruch is not even in the National Rankings. If you want to be competitive in New York, then you should at least go to a top 50 school. Location wise BC is desirable, however, it is not worth adding a semester or more. You have to consider that an additional year is a very high opportunity cost. USC, on the other hand, is pretty straightforward for transfers, which is why I chose it over schools like UNC-CH.