Hello! I got accepted to Cornell and Michigan for business and I don’t know which one to commit to. I’ve heard pros and cons for both, especially that Cornell is great for finance job placement in Boston and NYC whereas Ross is great for Chicago. Let me know what you think!
Which school do you like better from a fit perspective…size, geography, setting, sports, etc.?
Which business curriculum appeals to you better?
What type of job do you want when you graduate? The respective career placement offices should be able to give you data by job, salary, and geography…don’t rely on what you have ‘heard’…go right to the actual data source.
Are they both affordable? What are the relative costs?
Agree with all of @Mwfan1921’s points, and will add one small one: if in every other dimension they still are equal to you (not very likely, but you never know), Dyson is going through re-structuring. That can be great! or it can be great! when it is done, but ime as a student, watching as a parent, and living through a re-org at another university- there may be wrinkles still being ironed out.
Michigan-Ross.
Back when D2 was attending I used to read the “Life on the Hill” blogs they had at the time.
This former “life on the hill” blogger describes some features of AEM, that may interest you:
https://blogs.cornell.edu/david/2014/05/02/6-reasons-why-aem-was-the-best-move-of-my-cornell-career/
Personally I doubt this restructuring will impact students very much. Not negatively anyway. Just my guess.
I thought Ross admit was only later on, and not assured. You got in straight away?
I think Ross is ok for good east coast jobs too. But I would agree Michigan is definitely well represented in the Midwest. Or at least in the two midwest cities I lived in.
I would say go to whichever one you like better. In all respects, not just hypothetical results of a business major you haven’t even started yet.
Personally I would pick Dyson, based on everything I’ve read abut the program in recent times. Much of which was along the lines of my link.
Its students really like this program, is what I consistently get.
Just a note here for those not ‘in the know’. Dyson is NOT going through any restructuring, nor did it. Dyson and the Hotel School and the Johnson School (Graduate School of Business), merged under the same umbrella of the Johnson School of Business- several years ago, but that was it. It has been in CALS (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) since its founding 100 years ago as an agricultural business powerhouse, but it has been a ‘traditional’ business school for over 40 years! There are no other changes coming and there was no ‘restructuring’. There is a lot of misinformation about this out there. Neither are there any plans to add additional seats to the school- presently standing at around 750. It remains the most competitive school in the Cornell system (all undergrad and grad programs) and has a lower acceptance rate than Wharton. It provides a phenomenal business education.