<p>OK Financially I'm sittting here w/ three awesome business program:</p>
<p>University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Direct Admit) (Reciprocity-20Kish)</p>
<p>University of Wisconsin-Madison (Apply as Sophomore)...I'm afraid i can't make it into business..18K (In-State)</p>
<p>Indiana University-Bloomington (Direct Admit+Honors College)...Awesome job placement, ranks very high but it's gonna cost me like 24K..after scholarships</p>
<p>I get no financial aid at alll so forget about tht damn FAFSA!</p>
<p>All 3 are great business schools, and I would even say that the cost isn't a big difference in all of them. For $10,000 more, Minnesota gives you direct admit status. For $20,000 more, Indiana gives you direct admit and honors status.</p>
<p>I would visit each campus and figure out which school you feel is best for you. Minnesota is very urban and in a big city. Indiana and Wisconsin are in great college towns. Just go where you want to.</p>
<p>I'd go with Wisconsin because it's the cheapest. I wouldn't be discouraged by the fact that you weren't accepted into the business program, because a year or two from now you might not even want to be a business major. Worst case scenario, you don't like Wisconsin and then you can always transfer to the other two.</p>
<p>See, and I think the worst case scenario is the original poster goes to U of WI - Madison, finds a great group of friends and gets settled, only to find he didn't get into the business school. </p>
<p>The high school graduating class of '08 is larger than previous years and competition is stiff. I'd knock that one off the list and then do as Wolves suggests - visit the other two. </p>
<p>But then, I'm a parent and I'm saying this because I've heard horror stories about kids not getting into the schools they thought they'd get into.</p>
<p>Like Aim High, I'm a parent and thus am considering cost a bit in addition to "fit". </p>
<p>If you do choose Indiana or Minnesota and are worried about the cost, you might also consider the possibility of finishing within 3 years (a person who qualifies for the honors program could probably handle 6 courses (instead of 5) for the first three years during the regular Fall and Spring semesters and then take some transferable general education courses during the summer before the freshman and/or sophomore years (or transfer some college credits for AP/IB courses taken during high school).</p>
<p>Consider this, and then ask your college counselor for some help in putting together a program that would allow this (A2Wolves is finishing in 2 1/2 years so he'd be the expert for an Indiana University program like this--but I don't know if he has the time to help you or not). </p>
<p>Anyway, such a program would probably reduce your IU cost to $81,000 and your Minnesota cost (if it's possible to transfer courses similar to IU's program) down to $72,000 or so. (this presumes the $20,000 reciprosity is $5,000 per year). Thus, both of these "business" programs then become competitive with Wisconsin's non-business program.</p>
<p>Good luck with your decision.</p>
<p>P.S. I should point out that you could probably do this and still qualify for honors designation upon graduation from IU--but you probably wouldn't be able to qualify for some special programs--for example, the Investment Banking program.</p>
<p>A couple of things to keep in mind if you are considering transferring credits: </p>
<p>A certain number (sorry, I can't tell you the number, but I know it's in the bulletin) of your final credits must be done at the Bloomington campus.</p>
<p>Last week the Bloomington paper had an article about a proposal from the Faculty Council limiting the number of transfer credits from community colleges to 64 or so. This is not finalized yet, but I think important to keep in mind if you take a summer course at a cc.</p>
<p>I don't see what the debate is here. Basically, you shouldn't go to Wisconsin because you're taking the risk of not getting into B-School. Why would you ever do that? Next, Indiana is a much better B-School than Minnesota, definitely worth the extra $$$. Plus, no matter how you slice it, college will be expensive. You'll be paying your education off over a long period of time (I presume?), so you might as well just go to the best one. Also, think of it this way: You'll probably make more money graduating from Indiana than Minnesota, which in turn will pay for the extra tuition costs. Good luck and congrats.</p>
<p>The certain number of credits that must be done on the campus varies from school to school. Kelley (the business school) requires either 27 or 24 of your last 30 to be on campus. The school of HPER requires 30 of the last 60. </p>
<p>Currently, you can transfer 90 credits to IU. That is about 30 more than most schools. If you are indeed looking to keep costs down, then take summer classes and graduate early. For all of these schools, you can take classes at a local community college that fufill the first 2 years general education requirements and graduate early.</p>
<p>I would disagree with the statement that Indiana's business school is much better than Minnesota's. They will both be seen as relatively the same degree to most employers, same with a UW degree.</p>