<p>I am planning on being a business student. I applied to preferred admission to Ross but did not get in. While I think I have a pretty good chance of getting into Ross regular decision it is very hard for me to choose it.
I am deciding between Ross and Indiana (Kelley). Being out of state from both and scholarships from Indiana, it would be way over half the price of Michigan. I am already admitted to their business school, and I plan on going into accounting, which is ranked the same as Ross.
I love the town of Bloomington (although I love love love Ann Arbor) and Kelley seems to be more focused on Undergrads.
So basically, if I am not guaranteed admission to Ross and it is mad expensive, why (besides the fact that Michigan has a better name) should I choose Michigan?</p>
<p>Go to IU. 10 char</p>
<p>if your goal is accounting, go to iu.</p>
<p>I would also go for IU if your goal is to be an accountant.</p>
<p>Both are solid options. If price is an issue for you then definitely go to IU.</p>
<p>Go to IU if cost is an issue for you. If you got scholarships to cover the cost for Michigan I’d recommend choosing Michigan and applying regular decision to Ross.</p>
<p>Maybe you should get into Michigan before you demand that they woo you.</p>
<p>^he did get in, just not into ross.</p>
<p>U of M has ALOT more global recognition</p>
<p>I am in the same situation but was also invited to the honors program. The debate seems to be pretty balanced but do you guys think being in honors would put IU over the edge?</p>
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Not true. Kelley has a much bigger class(1200) compared to Ross(350).</p>
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Only if you are sure you won’t change your mind. I know of quite a few accounting students who ended up in finance or double major in finance.</p>
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If you have to take on more than $40K total in loan, you are better off at Kelley.</p>
<p>Academically, Michigan>Indiana. Financially, it’s up to you.</p>
<p>@Lorenzo92: Interesting that you are deciding between IU and Umich… im stuck btw the two also… except that cost isnt my issue its whether or not i get admitted to umich (i was deferred in dec). Im planning on studying int’l biz either way and have no clue if i will even end up at umich if i get accepted… I have a ton of family in indiana and at IU but live in ohio and grew up in michigan so i am truely spilt. As far as your situation though, if youre going to have to exhast youre self paying the extra $$ for michigan, GO TO IU. No doubt it is an amazing program at Kelley and top 20 in the country, dont get caught up with numbers at umich though, just bc academically over all umich is better, their biz programs are not very far off from each other. Better to save your time and money and spend your time at IU pushing yourself in school NOT at work/penny-pushing etc at michigan. Youll get where you wanna be in life after IU just as much as if you were attending umich. Kelley is a top ranking bschool, especially in accounting.</p>
<p>“their biz programs are not very far off from each other.”</p>
<p>oh yea? You mean the tiny difference that one’s a target and the other’s a sh1t non-target?</p>
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<p>I’ll have to second bearcats on this one. You’re still in high school and clearly don’t know what you’re talking about. While it may not matter which you attend if you’re simply going to go into accounting (may or may not be true), there is a HUGE difference between the schools looking at them wholly. Ross is a “target”, in that the top financial and consulting firms come to recruit students while they do not at Indiana (from my understanding). If you want to have the top finance and consulting options, you would be much better off at Ross. A “top 20” business school? What does that even mean? Only the top few are sought after by the most competitive firms. Once again, I’ll hedge that by saying the difference may not matter much for only accounting, if that’s in fact that only element of the schools to which you were referring.</p>
<p>or in other words, you have a much greater chance of doing god’s work with lloyd blankfein somewhere down the line if you go to Ross compared to if you go to kelley</p>
<p>@norcalryan I also got into the honors program too. That is part of what is making this so hard
The problem for me isn’t finances, the fact that Indiana is cheaper is a beautiful perk but the thing for me is that it is not guaranteed into Ross. I am pretty sure I want accounting, although it is not set in stone. But i KNOW I want business and it seems to me like I have spent all this energy applying to schools to secure my future and then NOT be able to be able to major in what I want because I have to go through this process all over again.</p>
<p>And what I meant by more focus on undergrads was ratio of undergrads to grads</p>
<p>lol I got into Ross pre-admit but I got rejected from honors a few weeks after that…
bye bye mojo :')</p>
<p>If you know you definitely want to study business undergrad and also definitely want to go into accounting, you should probably play it safe and go with IU.</p>
<p>laurenzo92: you should just use my decision maker!</p>