<p>i have been accepted into Michigan University but not the Ross School of business..i also was accepted into Maryland (direct into business school) which one is a better choice academically, future wise, experience wise, difficulty etc.?</p>
<p>I’m in the same situation. Ross is definitely better but you can do fine with a degree from Smith. Did you get into honors or scholars at Maryland?</p>
<p>Depends on what you want to do. Ross is a target school in that the top finance and consulting firms come to recruit here. Even if you don’t get into Ross, if you get good grades and are able to land good internships, you will be able to reach out to the recruiters who come here for Ross and have a shot at interviews with those top companies. Nothing about Maryland is a target school for the most competitive jobs, I don’t believe.</p>
<p>Michigan is better academically and thus, combined with the above reasons, future-wise. Experience depends on the person, but any type of person can have a great time at Michigan. Michigan will be harder. Maryland gets you basketball though!</p>
<p>I don’t know how you can say that nothing about Maryland is a target school. I was just comparing the two BBA employment profiles and just for reference, JP Morgan hired 9 Ross BBAs and 8 Smith BBAs last year. Also, Ernst & Young hired 7 BBAs from each school. They seem pretty comparable to me.</p>
<p>Michigan University lol…</p>
<p>9 Ross BBAs and 8 Smith BBAs</p>
<p>front office vs backoffice my friend</p>
<p>Yea - you really have to look at what types of jobs they are landing. Front office vs. back (or possible middle) office, as bearcats said.</p>
<p>There are way more fields than investment banking out there.</p>
<p>^Not on CC there aren’t.</p>
<p>“JP Morgan hired 9 Ross BBAs and 8 Smith BBAs last year.”</p>
<p>norcalryan, you made two mistakes in your analysis:</p>
<p>1) You took Smith’ placement data from 2008 (before the crash) and compared it to Ross’ placement data from 2009 (right in the middle of the worst recession in years). You really should look at Smith’ placement data from 2009 or at Ross’ placement data from 2008 because 2009 was by far the worst recruiting season for Business graduates in over a decade. Below are some comparisons from 2008:</p>
<p>JPMorgan:
Ross: 13
Smith: 8</p>
<p>UBS:
Ross 11
Smith: 0</p>
<p>Credit Suisse:
Ross: 10
Smith: 0</p>
<p>Lehman Brothers (they no longer exist, so in this case, Smith students were better off!):
Ross: 9
Smith: 2</p>
<p>Deutschebank:
Ross: 7
Smith: 0</p>
<p>Morgan Stanley:
Ross: 7
Smith: 8</p>
<p>Bank of America:
Ross: 5
Smith: 2</p>
<p>Citigroup:
Ross: 5
Smith: 0</p>
<p>Lazard:
Ross: 2
Smith: 0</p>
<p>McKinsey:
Ross: 4
Smith: 0</p>
<p>Bain:
Ross: 3
Smith: 3</p>
<p>BCG:
Ross: 0
Smith: 0</p>
<p>Booz:
Ross: 0
Smith: 5</p>
<p>Oliver Wyman:
Ross: 2
Smith: 0</p>
<p>TOTAL:
Ross: 78
Smith: 25</p>
<p>2) Smith is twice larger than Ross. Smith has 700 students per graduating class, compared to 350 students per graduating class at Ross. So, adjusted for size, roughly 20% of Ross students are placed into those top companies, compared to 3% of Smith students. That is a significant difference.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentProfile2008.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentProfile2008.pdf</a></p>
<p>[Career</a> Management - Robert H. Smith School of Business - University of Maryland, College Park](<a href=“http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/career/students/undergrad/stats.aspx]Career”>http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/career/students/undergrad/stats.aspx)</p>
<p>Barcap absorbed the whole lehman class so it didn’t really matter</p>
<p>the bear stearns class on the other hand got the boot</p>
<p>Qwerty, target school does not only apply to investment banking. It applies to sales & trading, investment management, consulting, etc.</p>
<p>That said, Alexandre’s stats don’t even take into account exactly what type of jobs the Ross vs. MD grads took (aka front office vs. back office).</p>
<p>^ What are you guys talking about??!!! </p>
<p>Smith gets recruited HEAVILY from all these banks…for customer representative positions in PWM and for butlers who serve Ross bankers food.</p>
<p>I’d like to hear Number 1’s input on this.</p>
<p>norcalryan, I think you should go to Smith. With the ■■■■■■■■ brain you have (clearly demonstrated by comparing apples with oranges, inability to distinguish BO from FO, and taking class size into consideration), you’ll get ****ted on at UMich. I’ll certainly do. Might as well go to Smith and get an easy A. At least you’ll have a shot at becoming a HR guy at Goldman Sachs in 5 years.</p>
<p>^Oh awesome, a ■■■■■ just joined</p>
<p>“I’d like to hear Number 1’s input on this.”</p>
<p>You haven’t been a member since the last time he logged in.</p>
<p>what about a non Ross graduate cmopared to Smith graduate</p>
<p>^ Great Question!</p>
<p>“You haven’t been a member since the last time he logged in.”</p>
<p>You should join norcalryan in Smith.<br>
YOU CAN READ CC W/O BEING A MEMBER. No wonder # calls u guys stupid.</p>
<p>^Wow this guy sucks</p>