International Business program of USC
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Anonymous
| South Carolina's Sonoco International Business Department at the Darla Moore School of Business has an undergraduate International Business major that has been consistently ranked No. 1 by U.S. News and World Report - better than Wharton? That strikes me as odd, since I don't think of South Carolina as either elite or cosmopolitan. Does anyone know why this program is so great? |
Anonymous
| Maybe they figured out how to get their #s just right to get the ranking they want. Schools play games to get the rankings they want sometimes. You know, like how law schools gave their unemployed grads temporary jobs that maybe lasted a little over six months at their school so they could say a higher percentage of their graduates were employed six months out. |
Anonymous
| DH and I were rather shocked by that ranking when we visited the school with our DD. I'd love to hear the answer, too. |
Anonymous
| Their website gives lots of reasons for "why we're #1" (for 17 years in a row). Most it's a small, selective group (160 students, about 1400 SAT scores), need to maintain a 3.8 to stay in the program, college level language classes, studies abroad, etc. |
Anonymous
Link? I couldn't find it |
Anonymous
| I wonder if prospective employers regard the South Carolina program as #1? I didn't see anything about "outcomes" on the website. |
Anonymous
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I notice that the portion of the program related to Egypt is on hold:
MENA Track, Egypt The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) International Business track is a collaboration between USC and American University in Cairo, Egypt that provides students with the tools necessary to successfully compete in the MENA regional business environment. The program pairs up 20 students from USC and 20 from AUC to form a cohort. USC Students also spend two intensive summers studying Modern Standard Arabic. *Due to the political climate in Egypt, the MENA program is currently not accepting applicants. |
Anonymous
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Not just USNEWS, top ranked by nearly everyone
http://moore.sc.edu/aboutmoore/rankings.aspx |
Anonymous
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The Moore school will have an amazing new 100+ million dollar building for next school year
http://moore.sc.edu/aboutmoore/newbuilding/buildinginformation.aspx |
Anonymous
| This is a comprehensive brochure http://www.moore.sc.edu/UserFiles/moore/Documents/About/DeansProspectus101612.pdf |
Anonymous
| This is becoming a hot school for the B+ students around here -- at least among my high schoolers and their classmates. Although I hadn't heard about the IB program. |
Anonymous
| USC on the whole is for B+ students! but the IB program competes with Wharton. |
Anonymous
| Maybe ask an employer outside of SC if they have even heard of the school and I'd bet most haven't. |
Anonymous
| You'd lose the bet |