undergrad business

Parents Forum
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<p>Looking for an undergraduate business program
I am from New York and am looking to enroll in an undergraduate business program.</p>

<p>Colleges I’m looking at…

  • SUNY Binghamton
  • SUNY Albany
  • Bryant University
  • Bentley University
  • Northeastern University
  • University of Delaware
  • Quinnipiac
  • Hofstra University
  • James Madison University
  • University of Richmond</p>

<p>SAT- math= 640
writing= 670
reading= 610
total= 1250/1600
1920/2400</p>

<p>H.S.

  • Weighted average is over a 4.0
  • Took all honors classes and college level classes throughout high school
  • Taking two a.p. courses and the rest college level courses in senior year</p>

<p>Extra

  • Tennis, basketball, badminton, track
  • vice president of business club
  • national honor society
  • foreign language honor society
  • french club</p>

<p>Intended major= business (accounting, finance, marketing, etc.) or international business </p>

<p>Please comment if you know anything about these colleges! Or if you attend them! Opinions are welcome.</p>

<p>If you want to suggest any other colleges, please let me know also!</p>

<p>Thank you</p>

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<p>SUNY Bing & Albany both very good business programs at a good price for NY resident. I know a graduate from each(Bing Science,Albany Business) that are doing well. Hofstra has a good business program but is expensive without any benefit over SUNYs IMO. Can’t speak to the others except they will be more expensive if full pay but very different re locations( city vs suburban vs rural), sports/school spirit aspects ect.</p>

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<p>I agree with Cokat. As a NYS resident when you consider the cost for you to attend all of the other schools, none of them are going to give you the advantage over SUNY(especially if you return back to NY). If you are a NYC resident, Baruch should definitely be on your list.</p>

<p>If you HEOP eligible, as a NYS resident I would tell you to consider the AEM program at Cornell or NYU Stern (both will be a bit of a reach if you are not). If you are female Barnard would be a bit of a reach, but worth tossing an application at (If you are HEOP eligible, you would definitely be in the range).</p>

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<p>I’m coming at it from a different angle. Why undergrad business? Would it be in lieu of an MBA, or do you see it as a sort of pre-MBA? I have an MBA from a top tier school. Neither I nor most of my classmates were business undergrad majors. If this is what you really are set on, that is fine, but don’t do it as an attempt to be a more attractive grad school candidate.</p>

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<p>I am not HEOP eligible</p>

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<p>I agree with 2kids. A liberal arts degree, followed by a couple years of working, then an MBA is a more likely route to a successful business career than is an undergraduate business degree. And don’t swallow the nonsense about liberal arts grads being unemployable. Find your passion, work hard, get a great GPA, do an internship, and you’ll be very much in demand.</p>

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<p>I agree with the last few posters. Many top schools don’t even offer a business major, because it is vocational. You may find opportunities limited in the long run by doing undergrad business versus liberal arts, for instance. I know it is now the most popular major, so perhaps things are changing, but I would look into it and think about it before jumping in.</p>