@MYOS1634, sort of agree. not too bad. More will come out of our pocket.
@preppedparent Good call, my DD got her Haas admission today. Our daughters may end up becoming friends!
Getting into Haas is pretty difficult, the admissions can seem almost random sometimes haha.
@Capecodder2014 I was out in LA this weekend with my daughter who came down from Berkeley. She told me Haas acceptances were coming out Friday/Saturday. Congrats!
D is not a pre-Haas major (STEM, at this point), but is in the competitive marketing club, which is mostly pre-Haas and Haas students. Crazy competitive to get in. Kids scrambling to get into business fraternities to bolster their resumes, etc. If S doesn’t get into Haas, the fallback is Econ. If the cost is considerably different when all the dust (financial aid, scholarships, etc.) settles, I’d do in-state at Cal.
@BigPapiofthree I am in the same boat. I was admitted to Ross (pre-admit) and UC Berkeley. Also consider that Ross is a 3 year BBA program (more time for student to prepare and practice business). Furthermore, at Ross, you need to have a 3.3 GPA freshman year, then your GPA RESETS when you attend Ross Sophomore year. Yes, RESETS. Thus, allowing the student to network more freshman year and get acclimated to the college experience. Not to mention the amazing GPA curves Ross has.
On the other hand, Berkeley is a risk. Haas is hard to get into and it is super competitive (saturated with Asians). Hard to maintain high GPA. Only pro I see is weather.
Honestly, both rank similarly for placement in NYC and BBs, but Ross literally has NO RISK.
I am leaning towards Ross.
This year, Ross is giving an option to join Ross 1st year itself. But, not sure if that is better than joining Ross in the second year after spending first year at LSA.
@carment Ross does not intend to take UM cross campus transfers next year. They will take external transfers, but not from LSA, CoE, etc. This spring is the last class that will apply for “regular admission”, as only a small % where taken in preadmit for the kids who just finished freshman year.
My S is one of those last few. He finished with a 3.72. Fingers crossed.
From now on, you get a straight up yes or no before you even commit to UMich.
I should add, if you never applied before, you may still be able to go from LSA to Ross. But if rejected preadmit, you cannot.