<p>How manageable is the workload at Ross? If you manage your responsibilities and time well how easy is it to stay on top of your grades and remain sane? Can someone tell me all about their experience at Ross from like the way classes are to the grading curve and all things like that? Thanks!</p>
<p>i’m equally curious about this actually xD</p>
<p>I’m a current OOS HS senior, and I got a one-on-one tour with a current Ross student last November. He said the workload was manageable and that most students get As or Bs. You work with a 75ish person cohort and most of your work is done in small groups.</p>
<p>That may have just been an advertising pitch, but it had to have been mostly truthful. He sounded pretty genuine too.</p>
<p>I’m in Ross. Like right now heading into finals its a ton of group projects all due and I find myself spending all day every day at Ross, but for most of the semester it’s not bad. Weekly homeworks, readings, and case studies mostly. The classes are probably a bit harder than my LSA ones were, the competition is definitely much tougher, but the curve is really good so getting good grades isn’t all that bad.</p>
<p>as a recent ross alum, i can say that ross students have a much better social life than most engineers. granted most upper level classes are group work heavy, it is very manageable. plus once senior year comes along, people will all have their full time offers from firms and less and less people care about grades…</p>
<p>As an engineering student I could tell you my opinion of the work load at Ross lol</p>
<p>^…which is exactly why people should do Ross over engineering. Better social life by far, better recruiting, no north campus, state of the art facilities, no Friday classes, etc. People love to give Ross kids s**t but I know a lot that do would jump on the opportunity to do a business major.</p>
<p>You are comparing apples to oranges. He isn’t asking whether he should do engineering or business. </p>
<p>Better social life “by far” may be pushing it. I mean yeah, we have a lot more work to do but you can be social if you want. You probably aren’t going to be a drunk frat d bag though if that’s what you’re looking for.</p>
<p>“Better recruiting”… idk man. I realize Ross is fantastic but this is Michigan engineering. We get about 300 companies up here during career fair. I’m sure Ross has great recruiting too, but I’d be surprised if it is measurably better.</p>
<p>I know a lot of people don’t like North and really its up to them. No convincing here. You can always live on central and take the bus or something but I could see why people don’t like that.</p>
<p>“State of the art facilities”… Ours are pretty nice too, lol. Again though its apples to oranges when you talk about engineering facilities and business facilities. </p>
<p>No Friday classes. That’s pretty nice, lol. Almost impossible to get a day off here.</p>
<p>I can see giving business students s**t, lol. But usually if you can’t handle engineering you drop to business. I mean, if I wasn’t doing engineering I’d probably do business, but if you really are deciding between the two and you really are equally interested in both I would say do engineering if you can handle it and are smart enough. Business majors are super common, engineering, not as much so.</p>
<p>Well I know the OP wasn’t specifically asking about engineering but a lot of people read these forums and I’m sure there are plenty of people wanting to compare the two, you brought it up, whatever. Anyways I know the engineering school here is fantastic and students get great jobs but for people looking to go into high finance or consulting (which is most Ross kids usually) the top firms for that recruit almost exclusively at Ross, so it’s better for what I’m looking into at least. You guys get a great education but it’s a little unnecessarily hard considering the salary outlook for an engineer isn’t going to be better than that of a Ross kid. I wouldn’t say people “drop” to business here, maybe at other places though. It’s pretty competitive getting in so if engineering is too hard you probably have to go to LSA.</p>
<p>The top firms recruit almost exclusively at Ross? Really? Ross is my first choice and I love the school and believe it has great recruiting etc etc, but saying that top firms recruit almost exclusively at Ross is a bit ignorant. Wharton places far better in terms of recruiting to banks/consulting firms. Also, Sloan, Stern, Haas, McIntire, and more are competitive with Ross. I definitely WOULD NOT say that firms recruit at Ross ‘exclusively’.</p>
<p>^I think he meant they recruit exclusively at Ross within the University of Michigan, making the point that they don’t recruit engineers.</p>
<p>Ohhh, I see that now. My bad, that is a fair statement then.</p>
<p>I’ve seen some looking for finance stuff here but obviously they would choose Ross where that’s actually a major. There are some engineers that hop over to finance or consulting because of the quantitative skills they have though.</p>
<p>In my mind business degrees seem super common so I’d say if you’re smart enough do engineering. But that’s just my opinion. Both are obviously great</p>
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<p>Post-Freshman year, it’s pretty easy to get either Monday/Wednesday, Tuesday/Thursday, or Fridays off.</p>
<p>^It’s impossible to get monday-thursday off in ross bc of how the scheduling works. In LSA, anything is possible.</p>
<p>^He was referring to Engineering, I believe.</p>
<p>For every semester I’ve been here so far for engineering it seems like you’re always taking at least 1 MWF class and at least 1 TuTh class.</p>
<p>I’d like a day off though. </p>
<p>Sr year I guess…</p>
<p>I was referring to Engineering. </p>
<p>Most engineering classes are either Monday/Wednesday with a discussion sometime during the week (often on Friday) or Tuesday/Thursday with a similar discussion. Instead of discussion, some classes have labs but the scheduling is similar.</p>
<p>Ross classes don’t require a huge amount of workload, but they do require your respect. Comparing business classes to engineering isn’t a contest, but you have to realize most kids here are double majoring or minoring so it’s a little chaotic. </p>
<p>Hell I’m taking a break from studying for 402 and 453 (which have finals in over a week) even though I have an accounting final less than 8 hours away.</p>