<p>You have all, for so long, relied on US News as your only source for rankings. They are just one ranking!</p>
<p>K. UConn isnt a top 15 school. Sorry.</p>
<p>Thats fantastic... I don't care.</p>
<p>Obviously you did before or you wouldve let it go...</p>
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<li>UC Berkeley</li>
<li>U Virginia </li>
<li>U Michigan</li>
<li>U North Carolina</li>
<li>W&M</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>U Washington</li>
<li>U Wisconsin </li>
<li>U Florida</li>
<li>U Texas</li>
<li>Georgia Tech</li>
<li>U Illinois</li>
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<p>What are some key advantages of going to a public institution as opposed to a private one? I am interested in UCLA and Pepperdine.</p>
<p>UConn alums sure seem to have alot of faith in the administrators running the joint. In Texas, we call that drinking the KOOL-Aid. This is when you blindly accept all the propaganda that they are serving. </p>
<p>Seems like these guys are drinking gallons of it....</p>
<p>As much as I love UF, it's pretty interchangeable with UT. I'd probably put UCLA over W&M and Michigan over UVA.</p>
<p>Chill out loslobos71.</p>
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As much as I love UF, it's pretty interchangeable with UT. I'd probably put UCLA over W&M and Michigan over UVA.
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<p>I think Michigan is better than UVA and UCLA is better than W&M, but this is a USNWR prediction, not an opinion.</p>
<p>In terms of just pure faculty strength and academic programs, I think UTexas is a top 3 public, along with Berkeley and Michigan.</p>
<p>over Virginia and Wisconsin? Why is UT better?</p>
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Chill out loslobos71.
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<p>No thanks.</p>
<p>Awww... did I strike a nerve by briefly discussing UConn? Get over it.</p>
<p>What are some key advantages of going to a public institution as opposed to a private one? I am interested in UCLA and Pepperdine.</p>
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Sakky, Michigan's two other campuses (Flint and Dearborn) hardly share any of that $5.65 billion.
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<p>This I would like to see. I have not found any data that actually breaks down the Michigan endowment by campus. If you have some, by all means, post it. </p>
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In other words, the Flint and Dearborn campuses don't compare to any of the UC campuses.
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<p>I don't know about that. Both Flint and Dearborn are each several times larger than, say, UCMerced.</p>
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Really? How so?</p>
<p>Frankly, I always thought of Chicago as the weakest M7 member... either way, Haas has a ways to go before it is equal or better than HBS, Wharton, Stanford GSB, Columbia, Kellogg, MIT Sloan and Chicago - it's just not Top Tier league.
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<p>Well, I don't know about that. Again, I'm talking about the lowest end of the M7, which I generally take to be Columbia. </p>
<p>To wit, consider the USNews MBA rankings:</p>
<p>Overall ranking - Haas beats Columbia (#8 vs. #9)</p>
<p>Peer Assessment - Haas beats Columbia (4.6 to 4.2)</p>
<p>Recruiter Assessment - tied (both 4.2)</p>
<p>Student Selectivity - either tied, or one can say that Haas a slight edge (Haas GPA is 3.52, Columbia is 3.4, Haas GMAT is 707 Columbia is 708, acceptance rate at Haas is 17.5%, at Columbia 17.2%) - the GMAT and acceptance rates are negligibly different, but Haas has a clear edge on GPA</p>
<p>Employment results - probably tied. Columbia MBA's make more (119k vs. 113k, although most of that is probably due to the cost of living in NYC), but Haas grads are more likely to be employed at graduation and 3 months after graduation. </p>
<p>Now, if you don't like USNews, then consider Businessweek. Once again, Haas beats Columbia (#8 vs. #10). </p>
<p>So the point is, the 2 most respected MBA rankings now consider Haas to be better than Columbia. Now, granted, rankings are volatile, and so I don't take that to be a conclusion that Haas really is in fact better. I am willing to go along with the more conservative conclusion that Haas and Columbia are basically now tied. </p>
<p>Now, it is true that other rankings out there rank Columbia higher than Haas. But I don't give particular credence to those rankings. For example, the FT ranking places Northwestern Kellogg as tied for #19 in the world, and ranks even UCLA higher than Kellogg. That's highly dubious to me.</p>
<p>rankings aside (which aren't really conclusive as you've stated some have Haas slightly higher and others have Columbia higher) -- there are two major advantages for CBS:</p>
<p>1) its an Ivy
2) its location smack in the middle of the world's business capital - NYC</p>
<p>I agree</p>
<p>CBS > Haas</p>
<p>I do not agreee......</p>
<p>Sakky, hardly any of the income distribution from the UM endowment goes to the other campuses. If you look closely at their budgets you will see this.</p>
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This I would like to see. I have not found any data that actually breaks down the Michigan endowment by campus.
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US News lists the following endowment figures for each of the Michigan campuses in 2005:</p>
<p>Ann Arbor - $4,931M
Dearbourn - $21M
Flint - $55M</p>