<p>Hello, I am deciding between Tepper, Ross, and Stern. One concern I have is my little interest in the technology/quantitative aspect of business, and the huge emphasis Tepper places on that compared to Ross and Stern. Is it true that most of the Tepper grads are involved in quantitative and math-based business, working in the back-office (Albeit making good money there) while the other grads work in the front office doing less quantitative/math based analysis?</p>
<p>Thank you for your input in advance</p>
<p>“Ross” and “quantitative” should not be mentioned in the same sentence.</p>
<p>^ Why do you say that? I always thought Ross was decent in finance and quantitative analysis.</p>
<p>^Because the BBA program is not quantitative in the least. If you want a quantitative grasp of finance you’re going to need to throw some math/stats/CS classes into your undergrad education. If you actually want to pursue quantitative finance as a career, major in math/financial math/CS then go to grad school for financial engineering/financial math/quantitative finance etc.</p>
<p>Hey giants, what would you say Ross is most known for? What fields tend to be the most popular with BBA graduates?</p>
<p>I don’t think Ross is really known for anything terribly spectacular academic-wise – it somehow has great recruiting though. I would say a plurality, if not a majority, of Ross students have a “focus” on finance (all you need for a “focus” is three classes) within their degree. Marketing and Strategy are fairly popular. Overall, most of the classes are bull****.</p>
<p>If were are talking specifically “finance” then i recommend stern, because that is their speciality. Not being th best at finance does not mean they should be overlooked. Michigan’s BBA is very well balanced. Ross’s strength is in management. That does not mean that the program is mediocre either. If you are a capable student there is no reason why you wont be able to take up rigorous math, statistics and even economics modules. You can double major alongside the BBA. It’s a frigging college, the programs were designed in such a way for a purpose. If you are bright and do not feel challenged, it’s your responsibility to seek more challenging modules. Giants, ever thought of the international students entering michigan? Your “APs”, SATs and even first year in most colleges are a joke by international standards (meaning students who hold international high school diplomas from the likes of england, singapore, india, etc). That is why most of us cruise in american universities. But we don’t sit around condemning universities/their programs.</p>
<p>Recharge, in the end of the day, the Ross name will only carry you so far. The rest is up to your own initiative and hard work. Think about the 108358457427824 people benefitting from the name- they’ll all have to prove themselves after college. Some make it, and some don’t. I’m sure Larry Page wasn’t wasting time with such thoughts and actually used his time constructively at Michigan.</p>
<p>I was not “condemning” Ross as an institution – it will get a lot of people where they want to be (mostly due to the recruiting). My intention was to inform the OP that the classes at Ross by themselves will not even come close to setting you up for quantitative finance. Obviously a capable student could couple his BBA with math/stats/CS if he wanted to venture down a quantitative path.</p>
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<p>Regardless of whether that is true, you do not attain a management position in a company because of your education; you attain it through experience. You especially aren’t going to get anywhere near a management position as a 22-year-old fresh out of college.</p>