<p>Here on the east coast, UMichigan is quite well known and held in pretty high esteem. Just wondering whether the school overall or just certain subject areas induce / convince OOSers to apply and ultimately attend the university.
Thanks. MJ</p>
<p>Yeah, i would agree with you, but not completely. The Business school is a big attraction though.</p>
<p>Even though there are other good schools in the mid-west with great business schools (UIUC, Indiana, Wisconsin), I only applied to UM because overall its a great university. It's not only famous for its business program, but in every department UM has a big name.</p>
<p>I actually don't think most OOSers come for business school. First of all, it's a pretty small program. And second of all, I think they're more drawn by the LSA and Engineering departments.</p>
<p>i tend to think engineering and business...</p>
<p>LSA is good, but not as much i guess</p>
<p>Over 80% of the OOS students don't apply to Ross. Many of the OOS students that would want to come solely for the b-school get weeded out by the preferred-admit program.</p>
<p>Oh, that 80% thing is for freshman already at UM, I'm not sure what % of OOS applicants applied for Ross preferred admission.</p>
<p>Michigan is a really really good school overall.</p>
<p>Well, LSA is a lot less selective than engineering and business, but I wouldn't say it isn't as good, just has a bigger variety of students.</p>
<p>LSA isnt AS prestigous as business and engineering, but that doesnt mean its worse. </p>
<p>And yes, a lot of OOS students come to UofM for the business school (like me). Honestly, if i wasn't going into business, I would just go to my instate school (UIUC). Theres a ton of ross students are from NY, actually. There is also quite a bit of international students who came here just for the bschool.</p>
<p>I'm OOS (NY) and got into Ross preferred admit...it is definately looked upon with high regard in my town; however, I chose to go elsewhere.</p>
<p>The B-School is fairly small in relation to UM as a whole, although there are a high percentage of OOSers in the B-School. I think the numbers make it clear that most OOSers don't come to UM for the B-School. UM is highly regarded in many liberal arts majors... and, of course, the Engineering school is highly ranked. (See Alexandre's posts for some specifics on the strength of many UM majors.)</p>
<p>Most out-of-staters I came across while at Michigan did not major in Business. There are roughly 9,000 OOS and International undergraduate students at Michigan, of which only 500 or so belong to Ross.</p>
<p>It's just that, in terms of business schools, the only ones that are better than Ross are wharton and sloane. Therefore, it attracts people from all over the world. Not that LSA doesnt, just not as much. Because LSA has more competition with a lot of other great schools in this country.</p>
<p>Sloan is not better than Ross. According to the USNWR, MIT is ranked #2, with a reputational score of 4.6/5.0 and Ross is ranked #3 with a reputational score of 4.5. According the Businessweek, Ross is #5 and Sloan is #6. Starting salaries and placement into elite firms are roughly identical. In short, Ross and Sloan are equal.</p>
<p>The only undergraduate Business program that is better than Ross is Wharton, and even then, it is marginal.</p>
<p>Sloan is the clear leader in the quant-heavy and programming-related disciplines. Ross is better in some of the more popular disciplines like finance, management, and marketing. Both are recruited heavily. I wouldn't say one is better than the other, just different.</p>
<p>I agree with Christine123, the b school is great but I doubt that "most OOSers" come to UM for it.</p>
<p>Most of my OOS friends tend to be Engineers, pre med, or both.</p>
<p>i think most OOS come here for engineering + business</p>
<p>Sloan (and MIT in general) is very quantitative. In fact, a ton of hedge funds and PE shops recruit there out of undergrad, which is impressive. Not many schools send their kids to those fields right out of college. But for "traditional" positions (consulting, IB, accounting, corporate finance, marketing, etc.), Ross probably has better recruiting.</p>
<p>i'm OOS and i came to michigan for the b-school.
if i hadn't gotten into the b-school, i would've just stayed at my state school, rather than go to lsa.</p>