In What Aspect of Recruiting does Ross>LSA?

[giants92]

<p>Disclaimer: finance is my area. I am speaking largely to finance.</p>

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What I’m saying is that a strong student can more easily get straight As pursuing a major in LSA than in Ross where grading is harsher in a few courses and great students are likely to get a B or two. Are you disputing this?

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<p>I am disputing this. Decision-makers will not be impressed with a 4.0 Psych major. If you want to get noticed you will want to major in Econ, Math, Engineering, etc. Those majors are harder to get straight As in than in Ross, where in electives, 60% of the class is guaranteed an A- (not to mention the A+=4.4, B+=3.4).</p>

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Additionally, those GPAs are unbalanced as Ross gives 4.4 for an A+, which is the most redundant and useless thing I’ve ever seen. An A+ isn’t more valuable to a recruiter because Ross decides it is. What if LSA decided that Cs were worth 4.0?

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<p>Most firms will not request a transcript in order to grant a first round interview. Decision-makers (note I say decision-makers, as recruiters do not choose who gets interviews, professionals at the firm do – i.e. bankers or consultants) will only see GPA on the resume, in which A+s can be hidden. </p>

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Regarding this “clicking a button” which you keep bringing up, when I talk about degree of “easiness” I’m referring to ability to obtain similar results with similar credentials, not the amount of physical effort you need to exert…

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<p>You missing the point. Results are not solely determined by credentials (grades/extracurrics/internships). Ross kids have an easier time because they can drop their resume on iMpact and automatically be considered for a finite number of interview slots. Those LSA students with similar credentials need to network in order to EVEN BE CONSIDERED for interviews. I have been over this topic so many times.</p>

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So you’re arguing that YOU would be unable to find an equal or better opportunity through your own research, even if that research involved finding out who was coming to Ross, if Ross didn’t allow you to “click a button”.</p>

<p>If your answer is no, you are certainly not the proactive student that I’m talking about.

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<p>No. You clearly have poor reading skills. I specifically said “LSA student” not “I”.</p>

<p>I was able to network my way into Summer Analyst interviews with a much greater level of effort than was put in by my friends in Ross with less than or equal credentials.</p>

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Any of the quotes that speak to something like “why consider LSA students when you can have one from Ross?” is misguided. Note how many schools without undergraduate business programs end up with equal or better recruiting. It just makes sense that if recruiters have limited resources and they come to Michigan, they would start at Ross because they’ll find more people interested. They aren’t intentionally preferring Ross students to those in other colleges because they like them more.

Harvard and Princeton don’t have B-Schools to hog all the recruiting. All the (smart) kids are on equal footing. All have equal opportunity to be considered for interviews (clicking a button).

I’m not sure I understand this response. I understand what it means, but I don’t get how it addresses the point you quoted. I basically said that a business program in and of itself doesn’t make one more or less recruited. HYPS and the like are recruited more than Ross students are and they don’t follow a path in business education.

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<p>Ross vs. LSA and Harvard vs. Ross is not apples to apples. I am well aware that having a business program in and of itself doesn’t make on more or less recruited. HYPS and the like are obviously recruited more than Ross students. But Ross students are significantly more recruited than LSA.</p>

<p>I do not want nieve freshmen to be mislead. You can get interviews, but you have to put in the work.</p>