<p>Hey. So I need some advice. I recently was admitted to both University of Illinois (Champagne - Urbana) and Indiana University (Bloomington). Both to the business schools. I love both schools, the campuses, the people, everything. And the distance from where I live is about the same, as is the tuition. As of right now, I plan to double major Finance and most likely Int'l Business.</p>
<p>Which would give me the better opportunity upon graduating? I want to know the better choice of the two, if there is one.</p>
<p>Personally, I think Indiana is known for having a better business program, although I do not know much about Illinois. I know Kelly at Indiana is a very good school though. I am in a similar situation between Michigan and Penn State. It is difficult for sure, but think about what town you would rather be in, what’s the best “fit” for you. Read a lot of reviews and talk to a lot of people.</p>
<p>I go to Kelley and love it. Interesting material (for me at least), and so many oppertunities. Different case competitions to compete in for money, tons of clubs, and a great town (I hated Urbana when I visited). I could be a paid T.A. for a 200 level class next year if I wanted to and an instructor for the same class by senior year. The people at Kelley are definately a work hard/play hard type. If you are fine with being in the regular b school that’s great. If you want to distinguish yorself from your peers (each year there are about 1000 students in the b school), you can apply for the honors program (only accepts about 150 students) and/or the Investment Banking Workshop (only accepts about 50 students). If you want to be an accounting major, Illinois has a better accounting program (although IU is still ranked top ten for accounting programs), but for everything else, I think IU has the edge. Two days ago I went to the annual Pie-A-Professor (only has business professors) where you can purchase raffel tickets and if you win, you get the chance to pie professors and the profits go to the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. Also, IU has a program where you can see how difficult each professor grades before you sign up for the class. They tell you last semester, for the same class, what the average grade the professor gave out and then you can choose which professor you want to teach you.</p>
<p>I went to UIUC for undergrad. Majored in math, and took accounting/finance classes. Worked for me. If you want to do marketing, …</p>
<p>Question: How can they cost the same? You are only in-state for one or the other school. Scholarships?</p>
<p>I think the State of Indiana has a more stable financial situation than Illinois. That may filter down to the Universities in the next year or two.</p>
<p>Everything I’ve heard about Kelley has been amazing. If I lived closer to it, it’d be my number one choice. I also don’t know much about Illinois, but maybe that tells you something. If no one knows it, it must not be memorable.</p>
<p>They were close to the same price for me as well. UIUC has the highest instate tuition of any public university, and Indiana gave me 8k/year so IU was cheaper for me to go to even though I was instate for Illinois.</p>