<p>I still can’t decide…But does [William</a> E. Macaulay Honors College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Macaulay_Honors_College]William”>William E. Macaulay Honors College - Wikipedia) have any reputation or network on wallstreet? Will it be hard to transfer from this to say, Harvard Princeton Columbia etc?</p>
<p>hoveringmom, the debt point is definitely a good one. If it’s going to kill you financially, it certainly may be the wrong decision. However, if you can afford to take out a certain level of loans, the job opportunities that UM provides will be far greater than the others.</p>
<p>So you were a professor here? Might I ask which subject you taught?</p>
<p>UMich Ross</p>
<p>you can’t go to baruch and realistically expect to get into banking. consider this before making your decision.</p>
<p>So you’re saying there is 0% chance from Macaulay Honors at Baruch (NOT REGULAR BARUCH) of getting into IB no matter how hard one tries?</p>
<p>^jackstile</p>
<p>Honestly, you should not be basing your decision off of statistical crap others say on this site.</p>
<p>Instead, contact one of the advisers at Macaulay (they are both very helpful, though I’ve only met one) and ask them about previous students in the field you are interested. If that fails, contact Baruch’s Career Center directly. Realize that the people at Macaulay (actually all of CUNY) want, rather need you to succeed (for your reputation and theirs) and they will do most anything to ensure that possibility.</p>
<p>Use common sense. UMich Ross is a target for all banks. I have heard of Baruch but not of this Honors program. Yes you can possibly get in from this other school but it obviously does not have the opportunities that Ross offers. Risk/Reward. You decide how risky you want to be.</p>
<p>Ross = opportunity to be recruited by all the bulge bracket banks + the top boutique banks (Lazard + Greenhill + Evercore) + everyone else.</p>
<p>Baruch? = I’ve really never heard of them doing well. Do they actually place into some sort of facet of financial services? Perhaps no-name low end boutiques? Maybe.</p>
<p>I guess this always goes to the battle between brand name and financial reasons. It sucks to be the middle class student who has to pay a hell load to attend a target or semi target or go to a non target such as Baruch. </p>
<p>The best chance a middle class student who is a top tier student is to make an ivy where they pay affordable amounts.</p>
<p>BARUCH IS NOT A TARGET. Go to Michigan. OP, Trust me. </p>
<p>I grew up in NYC, currently work on Wall Street, and have had people who went to my High School, pulling 3.9+ at Baruch Macaulay Honors College, but can’t get a Front Office position and tell me that the school is not very respected on the street, if at all. They also tell me that Macaulay, as a program, is not rigorous at all.</p>
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<p>Yes, exactly.</p>
<p>Jackstile, the key question to answer is not how much is money is Michigan worth paying for, but rather, how much debt is it worth getting into. If you go to Michigan, will you get into much debt? $20,000 or $30,000 may be worth it if you make the most of Michigan (study really hard, get into Ross and aggressively pursue job opportunities), but significantly more than that is never worth it.</p>