<p>i spelled Marshall wrong sorry</p>
<p>Funny you should mention this question, because my son had the same choice to make--and he decided not to even apply to Illinois (he's now a freshman at Indiana University). The reason for his choice related to there being nothing to do in Urbana while Bloomington seemed more active. Also he's definitely interested in moving on in finance and investment banking--and the IB seminar program at Indiana is tops--and such a program doesn't even exist at Illinois.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.kelley.iu.edu/ibw/%5B/url%5D">http://www.kelley.iu.edu/ibw/</a></p>
<p>Now, don't get me wrong--Illinois is a great school, too--and if you are going into Engineering (which isn't even offered at Indiana) it's a good choice. But for finance and business, Indiana seems the better choice to me (and to my son). It's kind of like comparing John Hopkins for medicine with other schools--everyone knows that John Hopkins is by far the best and only a few others come close (Duke and Boston University come quickly to mind here).</p>
<p>P.S. In addition to the awards Qwertip mentions above that Indiana Univ has won, it should also be noted that earlier this year the Princeton Review rated the business professors at the Kelley School at Indiana University #1 nationwide at the MBA level--ahead of those at Harvard, Stanford, Chicago, UC Berkeley, Duke, Northwestern, UCLA, etc. To me that's an honors that outweighs pretty much all the others. And if you check out the MBA rankings for the two schools in question, you'll see that Indiana far outweighs Illinois at this level as well.</p>
<p>I wouldn't say B-town is more active - They're pretty much the same, but I might even say Cahmpaign because everyone over 19 can enjoy the bar scene</p>
<p>Don't get me wrong--Illinois is a good school, too--although I wouldn't compare Champaign to Bloomington--but then I wouldn't compare Bloomington to someplace like Westwood (UCLA's hometown), so everything's relative.</p>
<p>Indiana University's main problem is that the Indiana University system decided to take the engineering school and separate it out and call it Purdue--a decision that was made many decades ago. </p>
<p>As a result, both Purdue Univ and Indiana Univ are ranked lower overall than they would be if the academic programs were all combined in a single campus. Separately they are ranked as the 25th and 30th best public universities. Combined they would definitely be in the top five public universities. </p>
<p>On the other hand, since Indiana University (Bloomington) offered over 5,000 classes this semester, and Purdue (West Lafayette) about 3,000--I can see why there might have been (and would be today) a bit of concern in trying to combine the two schools at one location.</p>
<p>Kelley is better for Finance and if that's what you want to do, then great, apply there. UIUC will garuntee a good stable job, but IU-KELLEY can give you a better shot at the really top amazing jobs. Don't get me wrong they are both great, but IU-Kelley is great-er.</p>
<p>This is the easiest question in the world to ask.</p>
<p>If your going to financing to to Indiana, if go into accounting fo to UIUC. UIUC is also more expensive and uglier campus, but the pro side to it is that it has more recruiters each year. If I were you I would seriously take a look at visiting both and then deciding.</p>
<p>When I was deciding I chose IU over UIUC. But then I got into Mich. Personally, I feel IU is a better school for business.</p>
<p>I chose UIUC over IU last year mainly becos other than the quality of the business schools,I also consider the overall prestige of both schools.</p>
<p>My boyfrd goes to IU so I go there a lot too and what you can do is pretty much the same.UIUC is more convenient for students becos the downtown is right beside the campaus.But I have to admit IU campus and its environment is better.There are many families and kids living in bloomington outside the campus area,while in Chambana is really ugly and its ghetto</p>