I want to study business and go into a business field when I graduate. If I don’t get ross pre admit at Michigan what should I do. I’m not so interested in Econ but Michigan is a great school. They cost the same amount so unless I get merit money it is not a concern.
Actually businessminded, Miami is roughly 10% more expensive than Michigan.
The real question you need to ask yourself simple; if you do not get in preadmit, how do you like your chances of getting in once at Michigan, and are you willing to take the chance? From a more pragmatic point of view, is there any door that Miami Business can open than Michigan LSA cannot? Probably not. However, there are plenty of doors that Ross can open than Miami cannot.
I would also recommend that the OP attend Michigan. Since costs are the same, Michigan offers more bang for the buck. Study hard and get into Ross your sophomore year.
Since there are so many qualified ross candidates if I were to apply freshman year, there is no guarantee I would get in. My other concern is socially, the “scene” that both schools have. But my major concern is how much a 4.0 at Miami business is worth in comparison to a 3.5 at Michigan LSA to companies come graduation
The admission rate for Ross sophomore year is around 40%.
So it’s far from a guarantee right? Since most u of m students ar qualified and ross students self select?
That is correct. I would not go to Michigan if Business is your only choice for a major.
Can anyone speak to the business oppertunities at umich to non business majors? Like programs to start business and join student investment funds? Are they only for Ross students or are they open to any student regardless of major?
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Bump again. If you don’t get into Ross, what are your options with say an Economics degree?
google search site:linkedin.com university of michigan economics
you can also substitute that for PPE major too.
As you might notice, there’s a huge discrepancy between Ross and Econ undergrads.
If you’re still interested in business, you’ll probably want to pair that Econ major with a math/stats/computer science minor. If you suck at technical stuff, then achieve substantial fluency in some language. Don’t do Swahili and American Sign Language because that’s useless or Swedish many can speak English there. Something like Japanese, Chinese(especially if you’re white), or Arabic are good choices.
Plus, you’ll have to get quite involved in a few relevant extracurriculars that meaningful in an action-based way and valuable networking opportunities.
just took some time to do
google search site:linkedin.com university of michigan organizational studies
apparently do noticeably better than econ majors, I was quite surprised
Thanks!
Michigan has many excellent options. There is the school of Information that is also excellent, as is the school of Public Policy. Ross now offers a minor, which I assume gives students accept to Ross’ career center. I do not believe any of those options is particularly selective once you are admitted into Michigan.
Econ majors do not have it bad by the way. A degree from Michigan, regardless of major, will open doors. But specific programs will obviously have varying degrees of success placing students.
One thing I often tell students considering Michigan but are concerned about their odds of getting into Ross is that if they cannot get into Ross, it generally means they will not have the academic record to be placed in one of those companies that recruit exclusively at elite universities and programs like Ross. Companies like McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, etc…only recruit students with 3.7+ GPAs. If you maintain a 3.7+ GPA your first year at Michigan, it is likely that you will be admitted into Ross. If you have a sub 3.5 GPA, you will probably not get into Ross, but then again, you probably aren’t GS, McKinsey or Microsoft “material”.
@Alexandre -The Ross thing scares me because on of my friend had a 3.9ish GPA, with some extracurriculars- and yet was turned down by Ross for Sophomore Year admission (he was a Computer Science Major in the School of Engineering)
That is unusual, but it can happen. Perhaps he did not articulate his desire to study at Ross adequately. Still, your friend will not be hurting for employment opportunities. A student with a 3.9 GPA in CS from the CoE will probably have high paying offers from many very appealing companies.