<p>Last time I checked, the mean SAT at Stern was 1410. I am not sure where you got the upper 1400s from. </p>
<p>Secondly, the FT is not that accurate. I could just as easily claim that the WSJ rankings are the best, and they ranked Michigan #1 in Business...but the WSJ isn't that good either. At the end of the day, as imperfect as they may seem, the USNWR and BW B-School rankings are the most accurate.</p>
<p>As for job placement, Stern does not give as much information as Ross. The mean starting salary is $49,000 at Ross and $50,000 at Stern, but obviously, cost of living in NYC (where most Stern grads end up working) is significantly higher than the cost of living in the Midwest (where half of Ross grads end up working). So I would say in terms of starting salaries, they are the same. I still do not see how Stern has better placement than Michigan.</p>
<p>As far as the business school class profile, I think SATs are insignificant. More telling is GPA. The average GPA of admitted b-school students is 3.6. Earning a 3.6 during the first 2 years at Michigan is very impressive, moreso than getting a 1450 SAT. The pre-business classes are extremely rigorous. Calculus I and II, Econ 101/102, and accounting all have unfavorable curves (average is c+/b-), so if you can pull of an a- average in those courses, you are definitely qualified. I know stern is very competitive, and I congratulate the original poster on getting in, but I would personally go to Michigan and try to transfer in. In all US News rankings, Michigan ranks higher than NYU. In fact, the only school of NYU that is ranked higher than Michigan is the law school (NYU #5 and Michigan #7). Again, why would you want to be a violet rather than a WOLVERINE???</p>
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<p>Actually, we still won't know when Ross starts offering freshman admissions, because it's not a 4-year program and it will only be offering a very small number of promised pre-admit slots to freshmen. </p>
<p>Most students will still be applying as Freshmen, not as high school seniors.</p>