<p>I was accepted into University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management which offers freshmen into their program. I was also accepted into University of Wisconsin's School of Letters and Science. Wisconsin's business school admits students after their freshmen year in college. </p>
<p>My question is, how important is getting into a business school in your freshman year? I'm worried about the chance that I will get rejected into Wisconsin's School of Business.</p>
<p>Should this dilemma be a big factor in choosing a school?</p>
<p>It would be an advantage to know that you are officially into the program already because it’d give you some relief and not worry so much whereas if you don’t get in until after freshman year you will need a back up plan should it not work out. Research more into Wisconsin’s process of admitting students to the major and it can probably give you a better response of how their process works because it could turn out to be easy or hard to do.</p>
<p>Ask what other advantages you might receive as a direct admit to the business school - there likely are many. At my son’s school as a freshman direct admit he receives priority registering for classes and business program abroad trips, access to business department seminars, business specific career opportunities (internships, specialized resume writing), and many other things that are not open to students of other majors. Getting into the business department as a freshman isn’t mandatory at all but he’s able to take advantage of many things that he wouldn’t not have had access to until after his sophomore year - when non-direct admit students apply to the business school.</p>
<p>You need to ask what GPA requirements are necessary, if any, to get into the business school. Some schools require a GPA or 3.0 or higher,which is a high requirement. If the requirement isn’t high, take either school. If the requirement to get into the business school is to have a fairly high GPA, you might be better off going to the school that will admit you as a freshmen. Believe me, I know people who weren’t admitted as freshmen and didn’t meet the required GPA cut off necessary for admission to the business school. Even worse, since they didn’t get a decent GPA, they couldn’t transfer elsewhere to other schools. Thus, they were stuck!</p>
<p>Schools that are very selective for their accounting programs offer better employment opportunities? Mizzou’s accounting program is very selective and it has a cap on its enrollment. Do it really matter what COB’s accounting program you attend, as long as the degree is AACSB & regionally accredited?</p>