<p>PutschCasusBelli,</p>
<p>My S was just admitted to ND and plans to study business. He was also accepted to UMich honors/Ross pre-admit and I’m trying to compare the two. Do you know much about Mendoza?</p>
<p>@PutschCasusBelli yay!!! thanks for the advice. i’m really excited to go, just need to receive my financial aid stuff. do you happen to the know the approx. percentage that get accepted to med school? thanks a lot!</p>
<p>It’s more difficult for me to evaluate the business side of things, since I majored in physics and minored in Chinese (nothing to do with the business school, really). First off, let me say that Michigan is a great school overall and I really enjoyed my interactions with their faculty and their students. However, something that’s really important to keep in mind is that Notre Dame earned its reputation primarily from its undergraduate program (only law and their business school have graduate rankings of any note. Philosophy and theology are presumably ranked highly from the graduate standpoint as well, but thats immaterial), while Michigan is renowned mainly for its research and graduate programs. I very nearly selected them for graduate school—incredibly impressive. However, that should scare you as a prospective undergraduate because it means that faculty are busy doing other things. </p>
<p>Notre Dame is all about the personalized experience. I picked it over Caltech and never looked back. </p>
<p>I had many friends who were in the business school, of course. A great many people there take advantage of the integration of Notre Dame’s divisions and double-major in other places, often language or a science. As a general rule, majoring in business is not terribly time-intensive and often involves a lot of social learning on the side. A good alumni association can work wonders. Notre Dame and Michigan both have strong alumni clubs. Since I’m not a Mich alum, I can’t really evaluate the Michigan side of things, but I’m living in Minneapolis now and I love our club here. Many doors have been opened for me in just my short time being here. </p>
<p>dabinlee: The acceptance rate for medical school for ND grads is >80%. I’m actually dating someone who was accepted to several medical schools and presently attends the same uni as me. Just please do me a favor and major in something other than “pre-med.”</p>
<p>PutschCasusBelli:</p>
<p>Thank you for your response. We are going to visit ND next week and are really looking forward to it.</p>
<p>dabinlee9858’
The statistics vary each year but the average med school acceptance rate is between 75-85%. Average MCAT around 31 and mean GPA around 3.5.</p>
This post seems to be along time ago, but I really have something to say about this topic.
- Party School? It depends on whether you are a party person. I don't think if you don't like party, people can force you to go to one. If you like party, you can even party in the center of nowhere. So don't ask whether it is a party school, unless you want to go to one to make your party life easier. I got my undergraduate degree from Indiana University, which I have to say is literally a party school because of its relatively huge fraternity and Sorority population. However, in three and half years, I had never been to a party. Really don't worry about whether it is a party school. No one will party in library.
- Ranking? which is the best B-school? Is that the right way to get the answer you want to know? As long as the school has been added to the ranking, it should not be bad. What's the difference between #1 and #20? There are just so many good schools out there. Don't judge a school only by the ranking. Numbers can lie. When you see the stat saying that 90% of the graduates go to IB or have a start salary of 100K per year. Try to ask yourself whether you could work hard enough to get into that 90%. When you look at a B school, you should check how the recruiters and employers say about the school, coz ultimately you just try to at least find a decently-paid job with a B school degree. How satisfied your potential employers are with the students, to some degree, say about how the education is. ALSO, it seems that when people talk about B school, they only know investment banking. HOWEVER, finance is not the only major B school offers. There are operations, supply chain, management, accounting, entrepreneurship, information systems and lots lots. IB is just a kind of service, which relies on those real business, such as manufacturing, e-commerce business and all others.
- Fighting and defending when other people say bad things about your Alma Mater? Being arrogant is not the way you defend your Alma Mater. Also, don't simply say it is not a good school when one of its more than ten thousand students love and defend his school in a less acceptably way.
- I'm going to Notre Dame this August (2016). The reason I chose it over other schools like U Mich or USC or others is that I love their curriculum and its reputation of how its professors invest in its students. ND's idea of Ask More of Business is also what makes its B school unique. Also, ND has a lovely campus and decent football team. They are all good schools. Where you go is really based on your experience with the school and your preference.
Aside from the dumb jocks that got in for football, most will people who go there are very smart and will not party all the time. ND is a very highly ranked school.
@2020classxx As a current, student, you’d be surprised. Success in high school does not always mean success in college academically, including at ND.