Risk vs Security?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Indiana University - Bloomington
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<p>Im in a bit of a fix. </p>

<p>I have been granted direct admission into the Kelley School of Business with scholarhsip. I have also been admitted into the College of LSA at University of Michigan and will have to apply to the Ross School of Business in 1 year. </p>

<p>However , getting into the Ross School is very difficult , but it doe have a better ranking and Ann Arbor is a great college town. Kelley however gives me the security of a business education which is what I want. </p>

<p>I am trying to come to a decision. What would you reccomend I do?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>This kind of depends upon your assessment of your ability to get into the business program at Michigan and upon what you wish to major in.</p>

<p>If you look at this website from the Ross school at Univ of Michigan:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.bus.umich.edu/Admissions/Bba/2006BBAthreeyear.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bus.umich.edu/Admissions/Bba/2006BBAthreeyear.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>You'll see that they had 766 applicants for the school and admitted 358 (or exactly 50%). And I'm presuming that number doesn't include the number who were offered "Preferred Admission" as freshman, because if it does then that means that fewer than 50% were granted admission following their freshman year. Also note that the average GPA of those admitted was 3.6 from within Univ of Michigan, with the lowest person having a 3.3 GPA (this is according to the discussion thread on the umich.com website). Note that this number also includes people transferring from other schools--who will probably only be admitted with GPAs of 3.7 or better.</p>

<p>Also, note that at Michigan you major in Business Administration only--there is no concentration granted. This means they have no separate finance, business law, marketing, or operations management programs.</p>

<p>On the other hand, their program is considered to be extremely strong in management and finance and ranks highly in both of these areas.</p>

<p>So, it comes down to this: Can you get at least a 3.6 GPA competing against a group of students who all came into the school with an average 3.6 GPA already--and where the university's average GPA is around 2.9 to 3.0? And do you want to focus on management and finance, or are you likely to want to major in something like marketing and business law? </p>

<p>If the answer to either question is no, then you should go to Indiana. If the answer is yes to both questions, then go to Michigan.</p>

<p>The only other consideration, of course, is risk. Do you want to take the chance that you won't get admitted? Then you need to consider how happy or unhappy you will be at Michigan having a different major. I suppose you could try to transfer to Indiana then, but you will have ruined your chances to get into the Honors programs or advanced programs (like Investment Banking Workshop) at Indiana in that case.</p>

<p>It is your decision. Good luck with it. I suggest you talk to your parents and school counselor and get their views as well. They might help you clarify what is most important to you going forward.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>Thanks Calcruzer for the info!</p>

<p>Its quite a difficult decision to take - i am inclined towards Michigan right now. Have to work a lot in that freshman year! And I hear that even if u dont get into the business school , an economics course at LSA is also pretty decent!</p>

<p>Thanks for the post and your time . Its much appreciated.</p>

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<p>Ok I live just outside Ann Arbor. While their business school may have a higher ranking, honestly think about the attitudes around the U of M campus. My mom is graduatng from there in 2 weeks (thank god) I have been around both schools (actually lived withing 1 hour of each). Both schools have a great college atmosphere, it honestly depends on what you want Ann Arbor is very liberal and VERY academically based. Ya know those people who continually go to school. IU is more small town ish. I don't know if that helps but hey...</p>

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<p>Hey - Ive been to the Ann Arbor campus - not the Indianna one. Im an international student. Ann Arbor is one of the great college towns and that coupleled with the fact that the acadmic atmosphere will be conducive to studying (and getting a good GPA) means that I get the best of both worlds!</p>

<p>I got accepted to Virginia too and am currently debating between that or Michigan</p>

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<p>GOmez95- wow. If you're not going to IUB, don't turn down University of Virginia. My grandparents live right near the campus and it is gorgeous. Thomas Jefferson knew architecture and land design. UVA has an incredible rep. for academics and just for being a prestige college.</p>

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<p>Even though I am going to go to IUB, I would recommend Michigan for you.</p>

<p>I couldn't afford out-of-state tuition costs for Michigan.</p>

<p>Good Luck.</p>