<p>1.Take the LSA distribution requirements during your 1st and 2nd semester. Course rigor is somewhat of a factor, but its safer to go with pure GPA. </p>
<p>Many do 1 & 2 but don’t really do 3. Ross Clubs are funded from the b-school, but I think only the Club President, Vice, treasure, secretary, etc… have to be enrolled in Ross. Other than that, LSA, COE, and other students are free join. However, I know most are semi-competitive to join through an application process. Joining one shows a bit more aptitude and involvement for business plus he’ll have peers to look over your essay.</p>
<p>Would joining the Umich Honors LSA program help with admission? What about joining the business professional fraternity?</p>
<p>I’ve heard that roughly 50- 60% of your class at Umich will apply to ross, is this true? What GPA would you have to maintain to truly insure a spot in ross?</p>
<p>^That statistic cannot be right because it would mean 3000 kids applying for 500 spots, which is under a 20% acceptance rate (real acceptance rate hovers around 40%). </p>
<p>I personally don’t think Ross would give a **** whether or not you’re in honors, but others may disagree. You’d be better off joining honors for the better housing and then never taking any honors classes to keep a high GPA. I agree with Forever in terms of picking classes. Try to get one or two higher level classes, but put GPA before class difficulty. This means only taking the minimum of the Ross requirements and loading up on Social Science & Humanities classes to knock off some of the LSA distribution.</p>
<p>No GPA ensures your spot in Ross, People with 3.9s are regularly rejected while 3.3s are regularly accepted. Just make sure you hit as much balance in your application as possible, with an emphasis on finding one or two business clubs to join. Doing non-business stuff is fine too though as long as you an tie it into business somehow in your application (not difficult).</p>
<p>Would you say that it is hard to balance doing all the clubs and getting good grades with your social life? Are people who are able to get into ross able to go to parties and football games on the weekend?</p>
<p>^Yes people that get into Ross are able to go to parties and football games lol. Don’t be “that guy” who missed out on his freshman year of college because he needs a 4.0, totally NOT worth it. The best balance to hit if you could do everything is to have about a 3.7-3.8, be involved heavily in 2-3 clubs and a member of a few others, and still make friends/have a social life on the weekends (so either Thursday-Saturday or just Friday & Saturday depending on preference).</p>
<p>^This is absolutely realistic, just balance your time well and if you think you’re struggling in something at school, spend a weekend catching up.</p>
<p>Kyle is correct that you could multitask, but his indication of a social life is phrased as if that’s the only way to be social. Parties (the drinking that goes with it), clubs , and the football games? That is in no way the only means or even the best means to build a college life, certainly not in your freshman year and certainly not underage.</p>
<p>^Most ignorant poster of the night for sure oh my god,</p>
<p>A very large majority of students at Michigan, as well as every other college, will drink. Drinking is the backbone to the party scene at any school, and you obviously can be successful and enjoy college without it, but most students will. Parties, clubs (academic, leadership, networking, sports, etc, etc, etc) and school are obviously not the only 3 things you do, but they are the three big pillars of college life that take up the most time. Football games are the most fun social experience that Michigan has, and it was only brought up as an example and therefore I referred to it as an example. </p>
<p>This isn’t middle school, no one cares if you’re underaged unless you’re being a nuisance to society in some way. The United States is the only country in the world with the drinking age of 21 and beyond the businesses that must comply with that law or lose their liquor license, no one does. The people who don’t drink because they are worried about legal consequences are ignorant to how many more important problems that the police have to deal with. A bunch of 18 year olds drinking is the least of their concerns.</p>
<p>Obviously drinking isn’t the only social outlet, and universities, especially Michigan, give many sober alternatives for students to participate in. I never said drinking, the fact that you brought that up as a topic is incredibly bizarre and enough to make any post you make on this website irrelevant. No one wants to be preached to, go away.</p>
<p>If you’re going to insult me, for gods sake use the words properly.</p>
<p>In any case, the next time you state anything you need to bring some legitimate statistics and metrics. You’re saying things that people agree with, but that aren’t actually legitimate facts. You’re looking at the vocal minority and considering them the majority.</p>
<p>Your lack of adherence to the law, lack of respect for it, and lack of understanding of how social connections form is incredibly clear now. You’re wrong in everything you’re stating and it disagrees with reality in every case and reflects on your intellectual and social immaturity in massive ways… but it’s clear.</p>
<p>If you want to create a connection with people, you need to be able to do something for them. That’s how life works. You don’t get a job because of what you COULD POSSIBLY do, but because of what you WILL do for them. You don’t get friends because of the possibility of being a good one, but because of what they see in you, what you do, or what they see you doing for them. Whether that be some type of admiration, a type of fulfillment, giving them the social communication they need, or being that great sport partner they want… social connection is driven by needs and wants… it doesn’t matter how many clubs, parties, or cheap beers you chug.</p>
<p>Incidentally, you’re actually the one preaching to me. And have you ever heard of drunk driving? It’s an immensely huge issue especially with immature people such as yourself that don’t think before they do something. Don’t tell me what the police thinks is and isn’t important when every statistic disagrees with you.</p>
<p>SO from now on, don’t post unless you have at least 3 supporting statistics that are from reputable sources.</p>
<p>Football games may be the most fun for you, that does not make them so in reality. Again please get some statistics.</p>
<p>If you’re not going look up facts before posting for YOUR OWN BENEFIT much less my own or simply because you’d like to be actually informed rather than a blatant liar… well then that’s something I can’t help you with.</p>
<p>thanks for the input everyone! Another quick questions: What kind of on campus recruiting does ross get? Does on campus recruiting actually help with getting jobs?</p>
<p>Also, what are the average size of ross classes? Are professors at ross focused on teaching undergraduates, or do they spend more time doing their own thing (writing books, consulting, research, etc)? </p>
<p>Are applicants to ross cut- throat? Do they go out of their way to avoid helping each other to maximize their own chances of getting in?</p>
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<li><p>Yup. <a href=“http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentData2012.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentData2012.pdf</a></p></li>
<li><p>The class sizes range, but the largest are around 75 to 80 for cores. The faculty is awesome and they go out of the way to help you. Many are involved with things outside of academia, but its more of a strength because they have a ton of insight to the real world.</p></li>
<li><p>Eh kind of, but for freshman applicants there’s really no way to sabotage another’s chances. Just study hard and get involved. Also, a lot of people don’t just run around screaming I WANT TO APPLY TO THE BSCHOOL so there’s little animosity. Except econ 101… I remember wanting to actually murder people around me to get ahead hahaha.</p></li>
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<p>There isn’t really animosity, even in ECON, because the curves are based on so many kids (like 400-600) and sabotaging one person really won’t get you anywhere. To be honest, it is much more competitive once you’re actually a student at Ross than it is when you’re applying just because you’re competing against a much more elite group of kids for incredibly tight curves. The Ross prereqs are all either massive (MATH 115, ECON 102) or not curved (ENGLISH 125) so people are much more likely to help each other.</p>
<p>Also Ross recruiting is incredible, the amount of companies that come to campus and the amount of opportunities you have is unmatched.</p>