Anonymous wrote:Most colleges have a business major and most colleges will accept a student with 3.3. Just not any elite colleges.

You don’t need to go to an elite college to succeed or get a good job. One of my doctor’s twins went to a small Catholic school in PA. They both got great jobs out of college in another state and have moved into other great companies.

Marymount University in Arlington VA has a very good Business program that is geared toward students ending up with great jobs. It's not celebrated here but it is worth checking out.

Anonymous wrote:Majors or academic schools within a university that don't admit their students right away (example: a freshman is admitted to the university generally, but only sophomores are actually in the business school) are usually going to care about the performance _at_ the university. In other words, the freshman year can be very, very important, more so than the HS.

It is also possible, as people have noted here, to choose the institution based on immediate access to the school / major in question.

When you are worried about access and choice, the advice that others have given here to apply early is very good. I would add to that that you should also have some schools on your list that have later application deadlines, so that you can file with them as extra applications if the early answers come back with too many "nos."

There are also many universities that admin SOME students to the business school right away, but then others they don't admit to the b-school but to university as a whole (the College of Liberal Arts usually) and then tell them they can apply after a year. This was the case for my DD at Wisconsin- got admitted to the university, but not the business school, so she elected to go to IU where she got direct admit to Kelley School of Business. Didn't want to mess around having to apply at the end of her freshman year.

Majors or academic schools within a university that don't admit their students right away (example: a freshman is admitted to the university generally, but only sophomores are actually in the business school) are usually going to care about the performance _at_ the university. In other words, the freshman year can be very, very important, more so than the HS.

It is also possible, as people have noted here, to choose the institution based on immediate access to the school / major in question.

When you are worried about access and choice, the advice that others have given here to apply early is very good. I would add to that that you should also have some schools on your list that have later application deadlines, so that you can file with them as extra applications if the early answers come back with too many "nos."

In many of these cases, I wonder if those looking at Naviance, etc. are getting the stats for acceptance for the business school or the university overall?

For the few business schools that I have personal experience with, the gpa for admission to the business school is significantly higher than the gpa for general admission.

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Anonymous wrote:I should also add Univ of Arkansas if you want to go far. DD didn't apply but I met some grads this past summer and the business students do well. Big companies like Walmart are in AK and they like UAk business students.
Your child has lots of choices. Don't listen to these people who say go to Montana or Kansas. We have so many choices right here within 5 hours drive.

UoA is getting pretty competitive. A 3.3 will not cut it.

Sure, Jan.

Anonymous wrote:I should also add Univ of Arkansas if you want to go far. DD didn't apply but I met some grads this past summer and the business students do well. Big companies like Walmart are in AK and they like UAk business students.
Your child has lots of choices. Don't listen to these people who say go to Montana or Kansas. We have so many choices right here within 5 hours drive.

UoA is getting pretty competitive. A 3.3 will not cut it.

Anonymous wrote:Indiana University Indianapolis
Ball State
University of Illinois
Oklahoma State

Not a chance, unless you mean another Illinois state university and not UIUC.

Indiana University Indianapolis
Ball State
University of Illinois
Oklahoma State

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Anonymous wrote:Miami University (OH)
Fairfield
Babson
Butler
Xavier
Belmont
Dayton
Auburn
South Carolina
Ithaca
Providence

Do you have Naviance?

South Carolina and Providence for our school is more like 3.5.

Yes.

South Carolina - Average 3.32/1299 - many accepted at or just below 3.0
Providence - Not much of a sample size for Providence but does show kids being accepted with low 3's GPA

My kids need to go to your HS. Which HS is that?

One of the W HS in MoCo.

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Anonymous wrote:Miami University (OH)
Fairfield
Babson
Butler
Xavier
Belmont
Dayton
Auburn
South Carolina
Ithaca
Providence

Do you have Naviance?

South Carolina and Providence for our school is more like 3.5.

Yes.

South Carolina - Average 3.32/1299 - many accepted at or just below 3.0
Providence - Not much of a sample size for Providence but does show kids being accepted with low 3's GPA

My kids need to go to your HS. Which HS is that?

Most colleges have a business major and most colleges will accept a student with 3.3. Just not any elite colleges.

Anonymous wrote:I just responded in another post and my DD got into these schools with close to 3.3 and NO test:

Temple - EXCELLENT business school
Syracuse
St. Joes - EXCELLENT business school
Penn State
Michigan State

Neither Michigan State nor Penn State offer a direct admission option for their business schools. You must apply after completing a certain number of credits.

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Anonymous wrote:I just responded in another post and my DD got into these schools with close to 3.3 and NO test:

Temple - EXCELLENT business school
Syracuse
St. Joes - EXCELLENT business school
Penn State
Michigan State

We have a beach house in NJ and we're often surrounded by groups of St. Joe's alumni (families with young kids, etc) They seem like the most lovely, successful, tight knit groups. Yes, I'm massively generalizing but I've now watched this dynamic for the last 10 years and it always seems this way.
I know this school doesn't get much press in DC but I have a super positive impression of it.

St Joes would be a reach - average GPA is a 3.5

Well the average GPA at Juniata (which was recommended above) is 3.7, but that means kids above and below that GPA get admitted.