<p>Hey, i am in a great dilemma right now deciding what to enrol in. I got into UIUC liberal arts and sciences school but rejected from the business school. So i have to do two years of liberal arts and then apply to the business school again in junior year. I plan on applying to both Michigan's business school and UIUC's business school junior year. But i also got into Indiana University. They offered me direct admission to their Kelley school of business AND honors college. And finally i got accepted to Purdue's Krannert School of Management. So if i go to Indiana or Purdue, I can go straight into the business school and take business courses first year, but for UIUC id be taking two years of liberal arts but then applying to Michigan's business school junior year and UIUC's business school. What is better...to go directly into one of the two direct admission business schools or doing 2 years of liberal arts and go to a much better business school and a much better college like UIUC or michigan.</p>
<p>You won't really be taking advanced business classes even if you were admitted directly into U of I's business school. There are a bunch of core business courses that business students at U of I have to take before they can start taking advanced classes in their specific business major. These core business classes are open to pretty much all students, so you really won't have had much of a different experience than other students who were in the college of business from their freshman year. I have a feeling that it’s the same way at Indiana and Purdue, but I’m not that familiar with the business programs at these two schools. </p>
<p>These are the classes you'd have to take to transfer into the college of business:</p>
<p>Econ 102 (Intro to Microeconomics), Econ 103 (Intro to Macroeconomics)
CS 105 (Computer Class based on Excel, VBA, and Databases)
Econ 202, Econ 203 (Economic Statistics courses)
Accounting 201, Accounting 202 </p>
<p>You choose one of three Math requirement sequences:
1) Math 125 (Elementary Linear Algebra) and Math 234 (Business Calc. I)
2) Math 220 (Regular Calc. I) and Math 125
3) Math 220 and Math 230 (Regular Calc. II)</p>
<p>Those above classes are classes that all business students generally have to take during their freshman and sophomore year unless they have prior credit for some of those classes. You can take most of the introductory and business core classes that all business students have to take even though you're not in the business college. It's just a matter of doing well in them and getting involved on campus so that you can transfer into the business college. </p>
<p>I think I should inform you that if you want to get into the business school at Michigan, then you should really just attend Michigan. I say this because roughly 96% of the students admitted into the Michigan business school are students who were already enrolled as a Michigan student. So I would assume that the remaining 4% of the students admitted from outside schools are really exceptional students coming from academically rigorous private and public universities.</p>
<p>But to really get a good idea of which school you want to go to, you should really visit each of these colleges to see which one fits you the best. Try not to let rankings and prestige control your decision. See which school fits your personality and needs. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>thanx a lot harri, you are absolutely correct about UIUC and i was thinking the same thing. Thanx for the reply :)</p>
<p>I should add that if you apply to UIUC Business as a junior, the cutoff GPA has historically been around 3.2 to 3.3.</p>
<p>but if u have around a 3.3-3.5 are u almost guaranteed in?</p>
<p>Eh, I wouldn't be able to give you a positive answer for that. But the way I see it is that the College of Business isn't going to flat out deny someone who demonstrates great academic ability. So you shouldn't have any worries if you can keep your GPA up around 3.6 or above while being involved in some student organizations, or even better, assuming some leadership roles in the organizations you get involved in. Plus, acquiring some sort of valuable internship related to business would help out a lot. But if it turns out that your GPA is on the lower end of the cutoff, then leadership, campus involvement, and your application essays will carry more weight. </p>
<p>Would you be an out-of-state student for each of the colleges you're considering?</p>
<p>yes i am out-of-state. im from ny and im a URM also (indian)</p>
<p>wow parma your from ny, your the only ny i have seen that got into uiuc. im from ny also and everyone i talk to says "huh, Uiuc where is that" but they dont know its a top ranked school and thats all that matters.</p>
<p>I don't know how much of an issue money is for you, but U of I started a tuition guarantee program this year. That means that the tuition you pay as a freshman is frozen for all four years that you attend U of I. However, the the tuition freeze doesn't apply to room and board, books, etc. </p>
<p>I don't know what aspect of business you want to study, but if you want to get into accounting, then you should hands down go to U of I. To tell you the truth though, Michigan's business school would probably provide you with the most opportunities in terms of recruitment by the top consulting, i-banking, and financial firms. But of course, it's considerably harder to get into Michigan's business school compared to U of I's.</p>