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Best Business Departments

REAL ESTATE (Ranked in 2001) (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankbusiness_brief.php)

(Below are links to the departments' websites!)

1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) (http://rider.wharton.upenn.edu/~wred/)
2. University of California--Berkeley (Haas) (http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/realestate/Fisher/fisherinfo.asp)
3. New York University (http://www.stern.nyu.edu/fin/)
3. Ohio State University--Columbus (Fisher) (http://fisher.osu.edu/fin/real2/)
5. Univ. of Wisconsin--Madison (http://www.bus.wisc.edu/realestate/resources/academic.htm)
6. University of Georgia (Terry) (http://www.terry.uga.edu/realestate/)
7. U. of Illinios--Urbana-Champaign (http://www.business.uiuc.edu/finance/realestate.asp)
8. Georgia State University (Robinson) (http://www.cba.gsu.edu/realestate/index.html)
8. Indiana University--Bloomington (Kelley) (http://www.indiana.edu/~cres/welcome.htm)
8. University of Connecticut (http://www.indiana.edu/~cres/welcome.htm)
11. Univ. of Southern California (Marshall) (http://www.marshall.usc.edu/web/FBE.cfm?doc_id=1454)
12. Penn. State U.--University Park (Smeal) (http://www.smeal.psu.edu/ire/)
12. University of Texas--Austin (McCombs) (http://cref.mccombs.utexas.edu/index.htm)

So, these are the best in Real Estate or what?

Id never expected those ones up there, except New York.

So, these are the best in Real Estate or what?

Id never expected those ones up there, except New York.
Yes, these are the BEST, of the few, Real Estate departments in all of the land.

Not even the infamous Wharton or Haas?

I believe Donald Trump went to the top one, Wharton. He went into the school of finance there though.

I believe Donald Trump went to the top one, Wharton. He went into the school of finance there though.
Yeah, he transfered from Fordham, in Manhattan, to Wharton. A lot of developers major in Finance b/c it's closely related to Real Estate. One of the fundamental goals of Real Estate to achieve an internal rate of return (IRR), which is the same for Finance. When people really want to specialize, they opt for a Real Estate major. When people want some flexibility and not are sure about their prospects of a career in Real Estate, then, Finance is chosen.

My advice- if you want to understand the latest trends in real estate, just use this forum! We already know what places are hot!

Oh, and James, your plan seems pretty similar to mine, and I'm going to college in NC too. Maybe we should form a partnership. :)

Oh, and James, your plan seems pretty similar to mine, and I'm going to college in NC too. Maybe we should form a partnership. :)
I don't do business with Blue Devils. J/king. ;)

James, I'll send you a PM about my plans.

Cool.

Im planning on going to Wharton, if not, New York. Is there any information that I need to know before applying for this university? I live in Canada right now, and there must be a different university system in the US. I already know you have to take the GRE General Test, but are there any similar things that I should know.

I would really appreciate your help!!

I'll make two payments of thanks.

Here is my deposit:
THANKS!!!

You'll get the other one after I get an answer, please! :hi:

NYU is a tough, tough school to get into if you're going undergraduate plus really expensive.

I see that it is tough, but I wanna know what tough is. "Tough" is different between many people these days!

So what are the requirements, prerequisites, tests of both NYU and Wharton, if anyone knows.

Rapid, I started a thread called Applying to Grad School in the US (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=2309450#post2309450). I'm assuming you're interested in grad school since you mentioned the GRE. I asked you a few simple questions on the thread. If you answer them, I'll see if I can help you out.

Thanks!
To both of you guys I guess.

Wait, do you just want to take a couple courses or earn a degree? Do you already have a Bachelor's? If you just want to take some courses I don't think it's worth going all the way to Wharton or NYU. Canada has plenty of good public schools for a lot less. If you're moving to Philly or NYC and just want to take a few courses, then by all means. Otherwise, it's not worth it. You might want to consider one of Univ. of British Columbia's online Real Estate programs. UBC offers a Bachelor's and various certificatesin Real Estate.

http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/images/sauder_sub_logo.gif

http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/realestate/programs/index.cfm

wow, USC MBA rank higher than Anderson school (UCLA).

wow, USC MBA rank higher than Anderson school (UCLA).
These rankings are just for Real Estate departments/faculty not MBA programs.

No, see i was wrong. I want to earn a degree, not just for courses! Ok, so can you simplify how to get a degree in Wharton?

Bump

Wait, do you just want to take a couple courses or earn a degree? Do you already have a Bachelor's? If you just want to take some courses I don't think it's worth going all the way to Wharton or NYU. Canada has plenty of good public schools for a lot less. If you're moving to Philly or NYC and just want to take a few courses, then by all means. Otherwise, it's not worth it. You might want to consider one of Univ. of British Columbia's online Real Estate programs. UBC offers a Bachelor's and various certificatesin Real Estate.

http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/images/sauder_sub_logo.gif

http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/realestate/programs/index.cfm

Online classes are a joke. You won't believe how many incompetent people we had to fire who earned their entire Bachelor's degree online.

Online classes are a joke. You won't believe how many incompetent people we had to fire who earned their entire Bachelor's degree online.
Where did they earn their degrees from? Where do you work at? How were they incompetent? IMO, it really depends on where you earn your degree from, respected state and private universities offer reputable distance ed, and the individual.

What about Mcgill university of Montreal?

Anyone who attends McGill is probably garanteed a job anywhere. No worries for any McGill students.

I'm only part-time while I attend school and I don't work in HR. However a memo was circulated, and HR will now "diplomatically" find out how much of the applicant's degree was earned through distance learning. Unless they have significant work experience, they're basically disqualified. Internally it was concluded that those who had physically attended college were more qualified than those who earned their entire Bachelor's online, based on our own workforce and regardless of the institution.

We had to fire a bunch recent grads in the past few months, and this was costing the company crazy money to train them then let them go. I guess upper level management had enough and online degrees are now frowned upon. I'm sure there are a few exceptions like McGill or Harvard. I know a Masters is perfectly fine.

It would be interesting if anyone else has a similar problem with online dergees at their company or if this is just an oddity.

Hello Rapid,

Am not sure if this is still relevant for you but if you want to go to Wharton,let me ask this of you first are you referring to the Biz school for an MBA or an undergraduate degree. The requirements are quite different from both. YOu need the SAT's, your secondary school equivalent transcript, essays and a lot of other "soft" stuff for the evaluation. For the MBA you need GMAT's, Transcript from college, some good work experience.

You should check out www.wharton.upenn.edu for more info