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I want to say Brandeis is a good option too, but I don't know as much about Brandeis besides the fact that it is Jewish and probably has ties to NY and LA when recruiting.
Note: I went to Brandeis as an undergrad, now work in the alumni relations office, and am pursuing an MBA in nonprofit management in Brandeis's Heller School for Social Policy.
Brandeis is a great option if you want to go into law, medicine, or nonprofit work, but is really not a school for business. However, it is more prestigious than BU and BC - on par with Tufts. In the past, many Brandeisians went from a background in economics or math to work on Wall Street, but I think that's less common in these economic times.
Brandeis only had a business minor when I graduated from college in 2010. Now there is a business major that many students pair with the 5 year MBA program in our international business school (which is a very well regarded program). I think there might be a new finance major as well?
One of Brandeis's central tenets is social justice, so you don't find a crew eager to go into business - outside of social entrepreneurship - attracted to that environment. The alumni network is strongest in Boston, NYC, and DC in that order, with a handful of people every year heading out to Chicago and San Francisco. While LA has a lot of respect for the Brandeis name, not all too many alumni end up there.
Just thought of something that qualifies the 'rep' of BU in the eyes of the snobbish Ivy elite.
Watch the first scene of the Social Network. Lol.
-- I was just about to post this but did a search first. For those who don't have access to the movie, Mark Zuckerberg is in a bar with his girlfriend at the time and she keeps saying she can't talk to him anymore, she had to go study, and he keeps on talking and saying "You don't have to study" with every rejoinder and finally, exasperated, she says "Why do you keep saying I don't have to study?" and he replies "Because you go to B.U."
It's a decent school... especially great for research. However, it hasn't been able to keep up with other schools in the area... including Harvard, MIT and Tufts. None of my classmates or colleagues would be impressed in terms of prestige with Boston University. But that doesn't make it a bad school.
i've always thought BU is doomed due to geography. Harvard, MIT, Tufts, BC all overshadow it. put BU somewhere else geographically and from out the shadow of those top notch schools and the prestige award would increase.
the school in boston i feel worse for is Northeastern. Imagine trying to pick up girls in boston with the line "I go to Northeastern" haha. especially in a bar filled with MIT, Harvard, BC Tufts and BU kids.
Having had a daughter who attended BU (she was in the top 3% of her hs class and CHOSE NOT to go to an IVY league - pressure cooker). BU is a great research institution. They do not inflate grades, you will have ALOT of programs from which to choose (the most important thing in any school) and depending on your personality, will do well (or not) regardless of any university's prestige.
Like SOO MANY colleges, their advising falls short. You may end up hiring a private career coach at some point in your life if you find yourself not really knowing what you want to do. The tuition and living expenses are high. It is in the Northeast after all, AND it's in the city. To find affordable housing in your upperclass years, you may wind up in the more 'affordable' city of Allston (a slum).
Let cost of tuition be your #1 guide, then academic offerings, then location, in that order.
I'm not sure if I posted it earlier in the thread, but the couple of people I have personally known who have gone to BU have been white, come from well off families in the East, are quite attractive, and have a preppy type demeanor and goals.
It is only recently that Boston University (and NYU) have become prestigious.
Since the odious advent of "destination school shopping", both have jumped in their rankings.
In the 60s,70s, and early 80s; they were often used as "safety schools". I was surprised when sometime in the 90s, both schools jumped rank from "very competitive" to "most competitive".
Previous to the huge interest in attending schools at "happening" urban cities, they were above average colleges, and nothing more.
I think Syracuse University, which historically attracted a similar pool of applicants did not experience the same "bounce: in applicants, because it happens to be in a city that is perceived as dreary and snowbound.
The biggest laugh of the "destination colleges"? Northeastern University. Once a college designated for first generation college attendees and commuters and a fall back for any student who had heart set on Boston that college now ranked as "highly competitive" by Barons?
It is only recently that Boston University (and NYU) have become prestigious.
Since the odious advent of "destination school shopping", both have jumped in their rankings.
In the 60s,70s, and early 80s; they were often used as "safety schools". I was surprised when sometime in the 90s, both schools jumped rank from "very competitive" to "most competitive".
Previous to the huge interest in attending schools at "happening" urban cities, they were above average colleges, and nothing more.
I think Syracuse University, which historically attracted a similar pool of applicants did not experience the same "bounce: in applicants, because it happens to be in a city that is perceived as dreary and snowbound.
The biggest laugh of the "destination colleges"? Northeastern University. Once a college designated for first generation college attendees and commuters and a fall back for any student who had heart set on Boston that college now ranked as "highly competitive" by Barons?
PLEASE!
Tufts was Elaine Benes' safety school.
Oh how the times have changed.
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-- I was just about to post this but did a search first. For those who don't have access to the movie, Mark Zuckerberg is in a bar with his girlfriend at the time and she keeps saying she can't talk to him anymore, she had to go study, and he keeps on talking and saying "You don't have to study" with every rejoinder and finally, exasperated, she says "Why do you keep saying I don't have to study?" and he replies "Because you go to B.U."
