<p>Please tell me about the Business college.
Daughter is deciding between U of Wisconsin Madison and Iowa.</p>
<p>Crete - I see that you’ve posted on the UW blog as well. To be honest, I don’t have significant level of personal insight into the respective business schools at the U of IA or UW Madison. Our S is a jr in engineering at Madison and raves about his program. Two of his roommates / best friends are in the Business School and are very happy there. Our D is a freshman at the U of IA but will not be going the business route. Both of our kids love each of their respective schools and good-naturedly kid one another about which school is best.</p>
<p>In most of the ranking services (US News, BusinessWeek etc), Madison has a somewhat stronger/higher business school ranking versus Iowa particularly in insurance, actuarial science and real estate. One has to apply for admission into both the U of IA and Madison business schools and, according to many at Madison, admission into the business school there is getting tougher each year. It certainly isn’t a slam dunk.</p>
<p>Iowa (the Tippie College of Business) also has a very well-regarded business program. Having worked in finance for many years in the Twin Cities, MN, I know that we hired many solid finance/business graduates from each school along with numerous grads from the U of MN’s Carlson School. In fact, IMO - pound-for-pound, the U of MN’s Carlson School is probably one of the best in the Big 10 after Michigan and Northwestern. Indiana’s Kelly School is also very strong.</p>
<p>Hard to go wrong with either choice. My speculation is that sophomore admission into Iowa’s Tippie School may be a tad easier than getting into UW-Madison’s program.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Crete, I agree with all of the points made by Big10Padre. </p>
<p>My husband graduated from Madison’s School of Business in the 1980’s and works in finance in Chicago. It was tough to get into the business school back then and is even harder now. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that Iowa and Madison are both good schools and businesses recruit heavily from both. When it’s time to get a job employers will look at where you got your degree and your GPA, but, they will also care about how personable you are and how well they think you will fit into the culture of their organization. </p>
<p>You have to spend four or more years at the school you choose. Think carefully about the school’s culture, how comfortable you think you’ll be living on the campus and in the city, and how accessible the administration is to its students at each school. All of these things will matter in regards to your college success. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>