Have to pick a University for a year in America
 

I currently study at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany and am applying for a program that would send me to a university in North America for a year.

They gave me a list of possible schools and I have to make a priority list of 3-4. The problem is I know nothing about the schools yet. It will significantly lower my chance of getting into the program if I pick top schools so I'm aiming for something mediocre to good.

I study Business Engineering (meaning business AND engineering departments are of interest to me) and would be enrolled in the graduate program of which ever university I end up with.

I'd really appreciate it if people could give me any information about the universities ("this school sucks", "this one has a great faculty but the parties suck" "you need to be extremely good to be accepted to this one"). Obviously this shouldn't be any work for you but I'm sure some of you know stuff about one or the other.

CLIFFSNOTES: Please rate (some of) these Universities (graduate business/engineering)

Here's the list:
Connecticut- USA
CCSU Central Connecticut State University
ECSU Eastern Connecticut State University
SCSU Southern Connecticut State University
UofC University of Connecticut
Hartford University of Hartford
WCSU Western Connecticut State University

Massachusetts-USA
Amherst University of Massachusetts
Boston University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth University of Massachusetts

North Carolina-USA
Appalachian State University
ECU East Carolina University
Elizabeth City State University
FSU Fayetteville State University
NCSU North Carolina State University
NCAT North Carolina A & T State University
NCCU North Carolina Central University
NCSA North Carolina School of the Arts
Pembroke State University
ChapelHill University of North Carolina
Charlotte University of North Carolina
Greensboro University of North Carolina
Wilmington University of North Carolin
WCU Western Carolina University
Winston-Salem State University

Oregon- USA
EOSU Eastern Oregon State University
OIT Oregon Institute of Technology
PSU Portland State University
SOSU Southern Oregon State University
UofO University of Oregon
WOSU Western Oregon State University

Ontario- Canada
Brock University
Carleton University
Lakehead University
Laurentian University
Mc Master University
Nipissing University
OISE Ontario Institute of Studies in Education
Queens University
Ryerson University
Trent University
University of Guelph
University of Ottawa
University of Toronto
University of Waterloo
UofWO University of Western Ontario
University of Windsor
WLU Wilfried Laurier University
York University

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back when i was applying, i was looking into business schools and i remember ChapelHill University of North Carolina being 4-5.

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UNC-CHapel Hill or BU.


Or go to Central Connecticut and get lots of dumb girls to bang you.

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I would say North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Boston University as a good top two, with North Carolina State and something like University of Connecticut as "safety" type schools. UConn is in the middle of nowhere. If you want to go Canada University of Toronto is a great school (prob UNC-CH/BU level for business, not sure about engineering).

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avoid the ct ones except maybe uconn.

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the more names in a school = the worse it is

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avoid the ct ones except maybe uconn.

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this is true. all third rate schools.

also don't get confused with some.

umass-dartmouth is not dartmouth.

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same goes for Boston University of Mass.. its not BU its UMass-Boston

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same goes for Boston University of Mass.. its not BU its UMass-Boston

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good catch didnt even realize.

UNC or bust.

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UNC yep is the best one,.

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talk.collegeconfidential.com has good information, although the forum is filled with a bunch of overachieving nerdy types.

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Alright, thanks for the info. I definately would have gotten UMass Boston confused with BU and so on...
Picking from this list kinda sucks. I think I'm going to Canada or something...

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University of Toronto is by far the best one listed. Queens University is good too.

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Alright, thanks for the info. I definately would have gotten UMass Boston confused with BU and so on...
Picking from this list kinda sucks. I think I'm going to Canada or something...

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WTF?

UNC-Chapel Hill is a bastion of college sports, smoking hot coeds, and warm weather.

or

Canada??!?!

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Yeah, lol. If you want girls and sports, definitely do NOT go to University of Toronto. If you want the best academic school on the list, then yeah, go there.

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avoid the ct ones except maybe uconn.

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Avoid the Oregon ones except for UofO.

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Yeah, lol. If you want girls and sports, definitely do NOT go to University of Toronto. If you want the best academic school on the list, then yeah, go there.

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who tries to go to a good academic school during their time abroad?


hmmmm a great academic experience or hot drunken college coeds partying it up after the team wins the national championship......hmmmm....

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Boston University of Mass isn't UMASS.

But go to Chapel Hill.

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FLORIDA FTW

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Yeah, lol. If you want girls and sports, definitely do NOT go to University of Toronto. If you want the best academic school on the list, then yeah, go there.

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UoT isn't even the best academic school for graduate business/eng on the list from Ontario.

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UoT isn't even the best academic school for graduate business/eng on the list from Ontario.

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Yeah thats true. Ivey, Schulich, and Queens Commerce are all better for business. But U of T is still best overall.

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ECU has a new "general" Engineering program that I honestly doubt is very good, because it's so new. I'm not sure about their Business school, but their programs for teaching and their medical school are excellent. It's a decent school overall.

NC State is supposed to have a very good Engineering program (I'm going to be transferring them myself next year for AE/ME). I'm sure their business school is at least average.

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Chapel Hill UNC is one of the best schools in the country, in a place with great weather... DO IT

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If these are your choices, this looks like an absolute slam dunk for UNC.

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I go to NC State and it is a great school with a great engineering program, and a nice and up and coming business school. UNC is our rival so naturally I would not recommend them but they do have a good business school, but not engineering b/c they are mostly liberal arts type. At NCSU the engineering school is in the process of transferring most of its classes to our new Cintennial campus which is aimed toward research.

So if you care more about the science then go to NCSU (or VA tech) and if you care about the business school I would recomend UNC. Also I live right next to ECU and have friends who have gone through ECU's business program and done well and they are known for being a big party school so that is another choice.

Basically choosing a school in North Carolina is not a bad choice. Great education, great weather, and great athletic conferences.

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Thanks again for all the information. I was yesterday informed that getting into the Canada and North Carolina programs is going to be very difficult. Since I can apply for 4 different schools (and therefore 4 different programs(=states)) I will obviously still try. I haven't even looked at actual classes that I'd want to take but unless something unexpected happens in that regard my list will look like this:

1. UNC Chapel Hill
2. U of Toronto
3. University of Connecticut
4. UMASS Boston

I am extremely excited to get to live in "Storrs, CT, USA"!

On a sidenote, I might (as in I consider myself an 8 to 1 favorite) get to go to Singapore Management University for at least one semester starting in january which would obviously own hard. I'm getting all the oral sex out of my system while I can.

Edit: Another thing I just thought about: I am exempt from tuition at all of those schools. I wish I was commited enough to check which one is the most expensive...

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i only skimmed this thread... but
"I am extremely excited to get to live in "Storrs, CT, USA"!"


is hilarious