<p>I have posted this in Indiana forum - posting here again for more visibility.</p>
<p>My S (international student) is intending to join a business school and major in finance. She has received offers from both Indiana & Wisconsin.</p>
<li>Indiana - $1,000 p.a. scholarship (not worth consideration as being international, she will be paying approx. $35k p.a., $1k doesnt mean much), no direct admit</li>
<li>Wisconsin - no scholarship, no direct admit</li>
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<p>As I can see, Indiana’s business school is ranked slightly higher than wisconsin, whereas wisconsin seem to have a higher reputation.</p>
<p>We are torn between the two, what to select. I would appreciate the view of others.</p>
<p>We know several students at IU (all out of staters), and they all love it there! My son was accepted last year. He wound up at a liberal arts colege in the East which was closer to home and offered the combination of international business/East Asian studies that he was looking for. However, I can tell you that when visited IU for an accepted students event last year, we had a tour guide from the business school who was getting TONS of interviews as a marketing major. The campus is beautiful. We were also impressed that a couple of faculty members took time out of their day to meet with us individually.</p>
<p>thanks for your comments bxian. even we know 2 indiana business school past students and the feedback has been great. but we dont know anything about wisconsin. we just want to make the best decision and go for the better opportunity out of the two.</p>
<p>Wisconsin is a wonderful school that I would recommend to just about anyone. Madison is a very vibrant community. That being said, please be aware of the fact that at UW, students do not get accepted to the business school until fall of junior year. They start in the colleg of Letters and Science and complete a pre-business compliment of classes. They then apply to the business school during sophmore year and are evaluated mostly by their GPA and how they have done in the pre-business classes. Just something you should be aware of before you make the decision.</p>
<p>The acceptance rate into business at UW runs around 70%. Pretty good odds if you keep a 3.25 gps or so. UW has much newer and nicer facilities and the school is much smaller than IU's. It is on the rise while IU is stagnant.</p>
<p>Graduation & Retention Rank
Indiana U: 70th U Wisconsin: 49th
-% of Students expected to graduate in 6 years:
Indiana U: 57% U Wisconsin: 73%
-% of students who do graduate in 6 years:
Indiana U: 72% U Wisconsin: 78%</p>
<p>Faculty Resources Rank:
Indiana U: 136th U Wisconsin: 69th
-% of classes with 50+ students
Indiana U: 19% U Wisconsin: 18%
-% of classes with <20 students
Indiana U: 41% U Wisconsin: 43%
-Faculty/student ratio
Indiana U: 18/1 U Wisconsin: 13/1</p>
<p>Student Selectivity Rank:
Indiana U: 166th U Wisconsin: 44th
-Average SAT/ACT:
Indiana U: 990-1230 U Wisconsin: 26-30 or 1160-1370
-% of students ranking in top 10% of high school class
Indiana U: 25% U Wisconsin: 56%
-% acceptance rate
Indiana U: 85% U Wisconsin: 68%</p>
<p>Financial Resources Rank:
Indiana U: 160th U Wisconsin: 47th </p>
<p>Alumni Giving % and Rank:
Indiana U: 14% (118th) U Wisconsin: 14% (109th)</p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE DATA</p>
<p>Peer Assessment:
Indiana U: 3.8 U Wisconsin: 4.2</p>
<p>Based on the numbers, U Wisconsin would appear to get the better of the comparison in nearly every category. On average, the students are stronger, the resources dedicated to students and faculty are deeper and the reputation of the school among academics (as measured by the Peer Assessment) is modestly stronger. However, Indiana's business school is known to produce many high quality graduates and this departmental specialty may trump the advantage of the overall school strength that Wisconsin appears to have. Madison is generally considered to have a strong and varied social environment and a liberal political reputation. Indiana is comparatively more conservative, both socially and politically.</p>
<p>shennie, i am aware of the fact that at wisc, 2 years are spent outside the business school whereas it is only 1 year in case of indiana. assuming that S will be able to make to the business school in both the cases, does it matter that she would have attended only 2 years of proper Bschool (meaning less business exposure) in case of wisc compared to 3 years of bschool at indiana (meaning more business exposure)?</p>
<p>also, if after 2 years, she wants to transfer to a better university - will indiana general courses provide her better opportunities to move out or will wisc provide more chances?</p>
<p>barrons - the link suggests that the new campus will only benifit the mba students. wisc being a large university with a small intake in business school - does this fact mean that despite an above 3 gpa, she will face more competition to get into the business school compared to indiana where the bschool intake is high?</p>
<p>By moving all the MBA students into the new building the UG will have all of the original building meaning more room for them, more classrooms etc. All schools with approved business majors have about the same required classes whether it's in four, two or three years. Many of the required classes are not in business like calc, stats, econ, social science, etc.</p>
<p>Heck - the original building is beautiful and pretty new anyway! I also agree with Barrons that being in B school for 2 years instead of 3 is not an issue.</p>