Do these schools have any "Prestige"?

[Anonymous]

Before anyone gets after me, I am completely aware that none of these schools are NOT at the level of the Harvards of the world. Our son is interested in attending a D1 school with lots of rah rah spirit. He is a solid student with a 4.0 and 30 ACT score along with the normal load of APs and ECs.

Looking at

V Tech
Gerogia
Wisconsin
Florida
Ohio State
Penn State
and
Alabama as a safety

Assuming he is able to gain admission and attend one of these Universities as a Business major, will future employers and I guess people in general view any of these schools as a good accomplishment or sense of prestige? None of these schools are shoo ins with his stats. Just wondering how these schools are viewed in the real world.

[Anonymous]

Why does he want D1? There are lots of ranking of colleges offering Business :

https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/best-colleges-for-business/?type=private&type=public

https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/2017/12/05/poetsquants-best-undergraduate-business-programs-2017/

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure DCUM is the place to come for opinions from the "real world."

6 of them are in the Top 25 public universities, most are public flagships, and they will all have plenty of recruiters on campus - he will do fine. Consider adding Indiana.

[Anonymous]

Those are all very solid, respectable schools. I would assume, as a default before meeting the individual, that a graduate from one of those institutions is generally bright and capable, and would not be surprised at all if they also attended a top notch grad school. Are any of them super high prestige? No. But they can get your kid anywhere they want to go if your kid makes the most of the opportunity.

[Anonymous]

No prestige. Non of them. But your son will get the education he needs if he tries.

[Anonymous]

Undergrad business majors aren't viewed positively by anybody that matters....they're akin to a trade school degree. And of that list I'd say that VT and UW are the most well regarded but far from prestigious. Your son has solid credentials.....if he is seeking more prestigious schools I'd encourage him to look at colleges that used to be referred to as Di-AA......bucknell, lehigh, colgate, lafayette, etc. Those will at least get him into the ballpark.

[Anonymous]

Thank you so much for all your replies..... I will have him look into Indiana as well and I will have him look at those rankings/list..... Although things vary so much from all these rankings or from all these list. He was the one who came up with these schools based on his research. I thought Maryland would be a good option, but he says "everyone goes there" ... I am sure just you heard that before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Undergrad business majors aren't viewed positively by anybody that matters....they're akin to a trade school degree. And of that list I'd say that VT and UW are the most well regarded but far from prestigious. Your son has solid credentials.....if he is seeking more prestigious schools I'd encourage him to look at colleges that used to be referred to as Di-AA......bucknell, lehigh, colgate, lafayette, etc. Those will at least get him into the ballpark.

I never thought of those smaller schools as prestigious. Solid yes. Probably the title should have been "respectable and solid schools" Outside of the NE, some of these smaller schools do not have the name recognition of alumni network. All these schools will open doors. All of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No prestige. Non of them. But your son will get the education he needs if he tries.

Not everyone can go to an Ivy League. What happens to all those 1000's of applicants with the perfect stats that end up attending these other fine schools.

[Anonymous]

Miami University in Ohio has a better business school than Ohio State. Also Division 1.

[Anonymous]

Wisconsin and Florida significantly better received in DC area especially than the others.

Avoid Penn State.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does he want D1? There are lots of ranking of colleges offering Business :

https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/best-colleges-for-business/?type=private&type=public

https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/2017/12/05/poetsquants-best-undergraduate-business-programs-2017/

Because he wants a lot of school spirit and that usually comes with a D1 school.

[Anonymous]

Roll Tide! Roll Tide!!! (not a good business school though) Out of those schools Wisconsin and OSU have the better undergrad business schools (top 20 in the country) and for sure incredible spirit. Well known all around . Florida would be third. Hopefully he is able to get in and able to afford.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Undergrad business majors aren't viewed positively by anybody that matters....they're akin to a trade school degree. And of that list I'd say that VT and UW are the most well regarded but far from prestigious. Your son has solid credentials.....if he is seeking more prestigious schools I'd encourage him to look at colleges that used to be referred to as Di-AA......bucknell, lehigh, colgate, lafayette, etc. Those will at least get him into the ballpark.

I never thought of those smaller schools as prestigious. Solid yes. Probably the title should have been "respectable and solid schools" Outside of the NE, some of these smaller schools do not have the name recognition of alumni network. All these schools will open doors. All of them.

Colgate and Bucknell are feeders to Wall Street so in that realm they have more prestige also more likely to have an economics major than a straight up business major. I think of Lehigh and to a lesser extent Lafayette for their undergrad engineering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Undergrad business majors aren't viewed positively by anybody that matters....they're akin to a trade school degree. And of that list I'd say that VT and UW are the most well regarded but far from prestigious. Your son has solid credentials.....if he is seeking more prestigious schools I'd encourage him to look at colleges that used to be referred to as Di-AA......bucknell, lehigh, colgate, lafayette, etc. Those will at least get him into the ballpark.

NYU Stern is probably the top WS feeder....Michigan Ross, Texas McCombs, Berkeley Haas, UNC Flagler, etc. all do very, very well with placement to elite firms.