<p>My daughter is accepted into these great undergrad business schools, honors. She got into highly selective honors program in UIUC business school, went through interviewing process, got merit aid. (We live in Chicago suburbs, U of I is our flagship, and is closest to home.) </p>
<p>Waitlisted in Wharton and Duke. </p>
<p>She is interested in business, primarily consulting/finance, but would like to try other options available in the undergrad business school and see what she might like better. Summer internships opportunities are important too. Planning to work after graduation. Not sure about graduate degree at this point.</p>
<p>Finances aren't an issue; fortunately, we allocated money for her undergrad education.</p>
<p>We've been going through pros and cons of each university, visited all of them this month, and need your help deciding! Greatly appreciate any suggestion/idea/input.</p>
<p>Ross! and this is coming from a kid enrolling in Tepper '14 XD</p>
<p>UMich was the one school I regretted not applying to, and I believe if I had gotten pre-admit status to Ross I would’ve accepted just on sheer basis of costs at each school. Ross has the recruiting advantage in consulting and finance, and might be cheaper depending on your financial situation.</p>
<p>Tepper is a great school as well, and I’m planning to do a finance+quant path so CMU suits me well anyway.</p>
<p>as for UIUC…eh, I haven’t heard much, but I see Ross as a step above Tepper and Tepper a clear step above UIUC in terms of representation in financial services.</p>
<p>I know Texas’s Business Honors program is actually a target at top-tier firms so if UIUC’s is anything like that then I wouldn’t discount it right away.</p>
<p>Ross it the best for Consulting/Finance of these, and Tepper is the next best. Unfortunately, UIUC isn’t quite like Texas, and recruiting for these fields is not as high. These are all good schools, but if you’re admitted at all of the business programs and money is not an issue, Michigan is definitely your best choice and UIUC is definitely your worst here.</p>
<p>We just visited each school. Believe it or not, it only added more variables into the equation, rather than making things clear. </p>
<p>We did Sleeping Bag Weekend at CMU, supposedly the best option on the table. The engineering/computer science students DD saw and talked to, told her that she was way too advanced, compared to them and their own admissions results! Administration screwed up almost every scheduled event, one way or the other. Meal plans/fitness facilities appeared to be questionable quality.</p>
<p>UIUC, supposedly the weakest option, had blown me away. Very enthusiastic students, highly attentive staff. Business school has new (2 years old) beautiful building. Housing options, meals plans, recreational facilities, transportation beyond any reasonable doubt are excellent. They just set up Margolis market information computer lab [College</a> of Business > University of Illinois](<a href=“http://www.business.illinois.edu/marketInfoLab/]College”>http://www.business.illinois.edu/marketInfoLab/), similar to the ones Wharton and Ross have. This will probably boost their rank in finance quite a bit. Some of the very best kids from our HS go to UIUC.</p>
<p>Both UIUC and UMich will provide well-rounded college experience. UIUC is generally more known for accounting while, on the other hand, UMich has the advantage in finance. If you are a IL resident, UIUC $ might be hard to beat.</p>
<p>While UIUC is definitely known for accounting, and Michigan is known for finance, I must agree that in-state tuition could make up for the difference.</p>
<p>Honestly, I would probably have ended up in UIUC if I were in this situation simply because cost was a huge factor for me and it’s not like UIUC isn’t still a very good program.</p>
<p>After much consideration DD chose Ross and stays on WL at Wharton and Duke.</p>
<p>Wailists! Even though very small chance, we’re still hopeful. I pray for her to get off the WL. Have to admit, never wanted anything so badly in my entire life…</p>
<p>Interesting discussion. My daughter is trying hard to choose between CMU Tepper and UMich Ross too. Financially, they are about the same to us, since we are non-Michigan residents. </p>
<p>Going to UMich seems to be a bit risky, since she has not been accepted by Ross’ Preferred Admission, and she will have to apply to Ross during her freshman year. We have identified to following pros and cons of Ross vs. Tepper:
Big School vs. Small
Public vs. Private
3-year vs. 4-year
Well-rounded vs. quantitative</p>
<p>If you can give us some input, we would really appreciate it. Thanks.</p>