<p>So I know for sure that I want to pursue a business degree at Michigan. I applied PA to Ross, but I'm really not expecting to get in. I'm worried that if I go to Michigan, apply to Ross after my freshmen year, and don't get in, I'll be screwed. Is there any way of achieving a business degree at Michigan if I don't get into Ross or what do you think I should do? Any input would be greatly appreciated</p>
<p>It is definitely possible to land a good business job from Michigan without a BBA degree. You can get an ECON degree and join a lot of business related clubs for example. My recommendation would be to come here and get good grades and do everything right, and really focus on school your first year.</p>
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No, the BBA degree is only offered through the Ross School of Business. It doesn’t sound like it’s too hard to get in after freshman year if your grades and EC involvement are good though. This might change though since everyone on this site seems to want to go to Ross so maybe it’ll get more competitive in the coming years.</p>
<p>Let’s say my major was Statistics in LSA, then if I’m accepted to Ross, does my major automatically change to Business Administration? Can I keep Statistics? If not, how easy would it be to do double majors in Ross?</p>
<p>Also if I do not get in, is doing Pre-Business any worthwhile?</p>
<p>About 1/3 of Ross students dual degree with either LSA or CoE. Ross is only 45 credits, usually dual degrees with Ross can finish in 8 semesters if they know what they want to major in. I’m not exactly sure how the process of declaring a dual degree works, but Nubswitstubs should be able to help you. </p>
<p>And there is no such thing as a pre-business major at umich. Even if there were, doing one would just say to employers that you weren’t good enough to get into the business school. Don’t give that impression.</p>
<p>Forever alone…u mentioned that a lot of COE students dual degree in Ross? I have heard that is extremely difficult to do…how do they manage that? Does it take a fifth year</p>
<p>^ a lot is an over exaggeration. i only know a few kids out of the entire class that are dual majoring with COE. COE + Ross is a lot of stuff on one plate.</p>
<p>Zier, I don’t know if you actually meant me, since ForeverAlone didn’t say anything of the sort. But I know in the range of about 15 people doing or have done a dual with CoE and Ross. I never claimed it’s common, but it’s done. I would guess there’d have to be at least twice as many that I just don’t know. However I was told that about 1/3 of students in Ross dual with either LSA or CoE. It seems like a lot dual with Math.</p>
<p>The CoE and Ross combo is rare. I would estimate 5-10 graduate with such a double major annually.</p>
<p>No one really addressed the OP’s question of what do you do if you don’t get into Ross after freshman year? I do think it is quite competitive to get into Ross. I think the acceptance rate is something like 35-40% which means 60-65% don’t get in and have to make alternative majors.Will an Econ degree from Michigan help you get a job over a business degree from a school like UIUC who has a direct admit program?</p>
<p>A lot of it is you, the person. Not the university. Not the major. The person.</p>
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<p>I think you’re underestimating it by quite a bit. I alone know more than 5 from each class of 2013 and 2014, and I’m sure I don’t know half of them. 15 a year seems much closer.</p>
<p>15 a year out of 4000+ just emphasizes how crazy the double major is. Why not just get a degree from CoE than an MBA, its the same thing.</p>
<p>Vladen, it could well be 15. Either way, it is not very common.</p>
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<p>Well, it’s about 4-5% of BBAs… When you put it in the appropriate scope it’s sounds a lot more common.</p>
<p>Actually Vladen, at Penn and MIT, the figure is closer to 10%. Ross’ 4% is pretty uncommon when taken in context.</p>
<p>I would say the majority of the people pursuing a dual degree are either majoring in Psychology, some form of behavioral psychology, or a foreign language. Some people I know SAY that they’re doing pre-med and Ross, but I have no idea how that would work out - seems like a great way to destroy your GPA. I know of two people who are dual-degreeing through COE and their GPAs are sub 3.3. It is definitely not difficult to get a dual degree if you come in with 20+ AP credits.</p>
<p>It’s definitely not difficult to get a dual degree in LSA* if you come in with 20+ AP credits. Ross and LSA also isn’t too difficult, but Engineering and anything is 180 credits I’m pretty sure.</p>