Which top tier undergrad business schools provides the best overall experience in your opinion?
With regard to the academics, social life, location, reputation, networking opportunities, etc, which school provides the best undergrad business experience for someone that wants to get into finance and potentially real estate? I’m from NY so state school tuitions at places such as UMich are still costly. My ultimate goal is to have a ton of fun, never be bored, put in hard work, and to eventually come out of school without feeling as if getting a job is harder for me due to lack of name recognition and strength alumni network wise.
I have relatively strong stats so I’m open to any school but don’t want a completely competitive and pressure filled experience.
Georgetown. From a professional perspective, it has top notch placement, a great location with a plethora of networking opps, and a strong brand name. A Georgetown kid that puts in the work has every opportunity on the street available to him/her, with a general reputation on the street of producing technically prepared yet well-rounded and personable students. Also, the Steers Center for Real Estate is growing fast, and there’s even a Public RE Fund you can join as a student.
In terms of experience: while GU’s club culture isn’t for everyone, there’s no shortage of fun things to do on the weekend once you find your organizations on campus. In addition to parties, it’s easy to explore DC’s great bars, restaurants, and landmarks. Like every school, the experience is what you make of it, but Georgetown’s gated campus within a larger and vibrant city gives you both campus life and city life.
Hope this helps!
What did you think of dc as a city?
I've loved it so far. Like I mentioned, there's no shortage of things to do and explore during your time there. While there are some attractions that are fun but not unique to DC (awesome restaurants/bars, concerts from every touring artist, or catching an NBA game), the city is largely unparalleled in the amount of history/culture to explore. Nearly every major museum/landmark is free/reduced-cost for students, so if you're intellectually curious and want to grow as a person on top of chugging beers, DC is a pretty great place to be.
Second this. Georgetown finance recruiting across all verticals is excellent, including for both investment banking and real estate finance. The club culture can be competitive but you do not need to be in any of the selective pre-professional orgs to enjoy your time there or succeed during recruiting season (know several classmates in my BB IB Analyst class who never even tried joining the super selective investment/consulting clubs).
Think GU has the best balance of being in a metropolitan location like a Stern/Wharton while still preserving that strong school culture akin to a Notre Dame/Michigan.
UVA and Georgetown seem to provide a great experience. They don’t place quite as well as Berkeley/NYU/UMich, but I’d say the culture is more relaxed, so they’d be a good fit for you
Is UMich regarded as better than UVA? I thought UVA was better overall for both undergrad and grad programs
Darden is better than Ross at the MBA level, but Ross has better placement than McIntire at the undergrad level. At any rate, the margin is pretty small and I’d say that McIntire and Ross belong to the same tier (i.e. Tier 2 targets)
Placement will not differ between georgetown, uva mcintire, and michigan ross
For NYC, Georgetown places much better than UCB, Ross, and Stern, especially when you consider buy-side opportunities...
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UVA is above par than UMich or Georgetown if it comes to wall street representation
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Disagree with this based on personal experience and LinkedIn representation. Michigan and Georgetown are two of the top five most represented schools in BB IB Analyst classes. On a per capita basis, UVA is probably in line but definitely not "above par".
University of Florida -- Warrington. Here is my rationale.
https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/mba-r…
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Disagree on the difficulty to get a “Wall Street” job. Would say that you have a great opportunity if you go through the MsF program. Personally know a handful of people who are currently / were at Evercore.
Dartmouth.
Northeastern fratty, rich party school with sellside and buyside placements really only rivaled by H/W
They place lights out, but they don't have an undergrad business school, which makes it ineligible for this question.
Pyle.
Said very difficult, not impossible. My class had 6 NYC Wall Street guys and 7 zoologists! Those guys / gals were like the rock stars of the Career Center!
What I mean is that it is harder from UF than Stern, Wharton, etc. Of those 6 in my class, 3 went back to the street. Two of us took up commodity trading and asset building, etc. and one went Corporate Finance to a F500
Given you are from NY, Cornell Dyson falls under land grant so your tuition would be around 34k as opposed to 50k. Cornell is a great uni. Very strong target with kids going basically everywhere but CVP, PWP for the most part. Greeklife is dying but still plenty to do in Ithaca and surrounding area.
If we're just talking undergrad business schools so taking out most ivy leagues, etc, then I would put Georgetown up there. I am a Gtown student and the only undergrad business schools I would probably want over it are Wharton (definitely) and Cornell (maybe). Michigan sounds like it could be fun and has that large state school vibe along with great placement too so maybe the same level as Gtown to me taking everything overall into consideration. Maybe UVA as well. Don't think I'm really missing any others that have strong placement but also a good campus experience.
Notre Dame
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Also, addressing the fun part... if you're looking for a top academic school that also competes in the college football playoff, there are not many. You can hear the stadium all the way from Canada on Saturdays.
UT Austin - Place several kids at great firms every year (P72, GS, MS, JPM, EVR, MOE, PJT, BX, etc.) and the social scene is top notch
Junior at Ross—it's a great school environment with Michigan tailgates, social scene, downtown AA. And the academics are pretty good as well, my friends and I all placed into BB/EB and the alumni school spirit is insane
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