<p>I second Raezin. For the preferred admits, I know they stressed to us that the extracurriculars, specifically business related, are what matter more than GPA (at least over a certain level like 3.5 or 3.6 LSA and 3.2/3.3 Engineering). </p>
<p>I’m not at all sure, but I would guess that they would apply that to regular as well.</p>
<p>Well if I can get a future employer to pay for my MBA that would be cool. </p>
<p>I think in general, a degree in engineering + MBA is more attractive than you BBA + MBA.</p>
<p>To the guy talking about women having an easier time and worrying about being PC. I’M IN ENGINEERING. Haha. I’m pretty used to it. </p>
<p>And that IS student that got credit fir econ 101. Luuuuucky. I got a 5few on both AP Econ exams and got departmental credit.</p>
<p>I didn’t get in either.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.7
Econ 101: A
Math 285 (tested out of Calc 1 and 2): B+
English 125: B+</p>
<p>whatever</p>
<p>In general, a degree in engineering + MBA is more attractive than BBA + MBA. I would agree with that.</p>
<p>I think so to, but I think at that point, prior work experience would outweigh the specific degrees you have. After all, outside of quantitative finance, the math involved in business isn’t particularly difficult. A BBA student who worked in Bain Consulting prior to an MBA is more attractive to HR than an MBA who worked as an engineer at Boeing.</p>
<p>Well I’m not looking to eventually do all business. I still would like a mix of business and engineering. But that’s me and I’m kinda taking the thread off topic. Plus I would need to probably have an employer help with the cost though. And I hopefully would have co op experience, but that’s not very businesses-y</p>
<p>have the average stats of admitted ross students been released for this year? i’m curious if they went up or not from previous years</p>
<p>Nope not yet. You’ll have to wait at least till towards the end of this month. Maybe even into the next one.</p>
<p>I got accepted, and I didn’t take nearly as hard of a schedule as many other students. There is something wierd about ross admissions, my friend had straight A’s in harder classes and didnt get in.
Decesion: Accepted</p>
<p>1st semester:
English: A
Coral Reefs: A
Dinosaurs: A
Calc 1: B+
Problems of Philo: A</p>
<p>2nd Semester:
Econ 101: B+
English 225: A
Linguistics 111: A-
Intro Pysch: A</p>
<p>Total GPA: 3.775</p>
<p>I took some of the easier electives, so I think being a varisty athlete/writing good essays is what got me in. I do feel bad for the kids with harder classes and amazingly good grades that didnt get in, the admissions system seems somewhat random.</p>
<p>Matt your post is gonna make a lot if people go “what the fu–”</p>
<p>@MLDWoody Haha I can understand that off the bat, but being heavily involved in athletics made it easy to write a great essay. </p>
<p>You always hear people stressing the importance of the essays, and I can see why. My best piece of advice to Ross hopefuls would be to get involved heavily in one club or organization and spend a large amount of time writing/rewriting the essays. Sure a bunch of A’s in hard classes may look good to the adcom, but a sincere and well developed essay will make or break your chances. Oh and stray away from writing a generic “I want to be in finance because it’s competitive and I’m a competitive person” essay. I wonder how many hundreds of essays the adcom reads with that theme. I know all of this has been said many times before, but students who apply continue to make these mistakes.</p>
<p>Thank god I am in engineering and essays don’t matter near as much…</p>
<p>@matt321… Congrats
@MLDWoody…you are lucky in engineering where essays don’t matter near as much…
I am class of 2013 from LSA Honors
GPA:3.9+
Econ 101,102 A,A+ English Honors A,A-<br>
EC: Athletic (non varsity but competitive)</p>
<p>@Infinit
and @Goldenglobe:</p>
<p>I want to dual EE and financial-math. Would that be a waste of time? (I know it is hard but I really love both of them) Or should I dual economics? </p>
<p>Suppose all my plan is doable and I am interested in IBs.</p>
<p>I got in:</p>
<p>GPA: 3.9
RC Core 100.003 (equivalent to Eng 125): A
Econ 101: A
Math 115: A</p>
<p>Wrote essays about helping people start their own businesses in developing nations and how my blueLAB project has taught me the complexity that comes with doing social research from a distance</p>
<p>Involved with a blueLAB project doing social research, Navara Foundation, Best Buddies, and SHEI</p>
<p>I’m gonna be a junior in Ross this coming year, but here were my stats when I got it:
GPA: 3.3
English 125: B
Math 116: B+
Chem 125/126: C+
Econ 101: A-</p>
<p>Math 215: B+
Physics 140: B+
Physics Lab: B+
Engr 101: A-</p>
<p>My main activity was being in a fraternity. I was in LSA my freshman year, deciding between engineering and business, but eventually just did Ross.</p>
<p>@EEatPurdue</p>
<p>Here are few things I would take into consideration:</p>
<p>1.It’s great that you like EE and FM. But both of them are one of the hardest majors in their respective colleges (EE for engineering and Financial Math for LSA). If you do take both majors, you have to realize you won’t have much time to do anything else. </p>
<p>2.EE is not by itself at Michigan. It comes with CS and the major is EECS. This could be a good thing or a bad thing. If you are good at programming and it comes natural to you, then great. If not, then the major will be tough. </p>
<p>3.For investment banking, a 3.5+ GPA is a must. Not saying it’s impossible, but hard is an understatement. For all engineers, the average first year GPA is a 2.9. And with Financial Math double major, it won’t get any easier. That being said, if you do it, you will get amazing recruitment (maybe even to some quant. hedge funds if you’re into that).</p>
<p>4.EECS with econ will be easier, but still hard. Again, remember that a 3.5+ is what you need to aim for. Since you want to get into banking, I would recommend sticking with either Financial Math or Engineering (not both), then applying to Ross. While LSA and Engineering gets recruitment (especially with networking and high GPA), Ross gets much more recruitment for banking than LSA or Engineering so your best shot will be through Ross. Otherwise, if you want to stick with Engineering (or FM) or like engineering more than Business, then stick with that and network your way into banking.</p>
<p>Pretty much what I’m saying is that EE and FM double major will be extremely hard and keeping the GPA at a 3.5+ can potentially be difficult. Just some points to consider.</p>
<p>Makes absolutely no sense to do EECS (or any type of engineering for that matter) or financial math if you already know you want IBD.
Even the most complex stuff on the private side (like structuring risk products from private clients, an example would be RSG under BarCap IBD) are simple and vanilla.</p>
<p>However, if you were to choose between FM and EECS, go with EECS. More banks recruit COE for front office than LSA.</p>
<p>@Goldenglobe and @bearcats:</p>
<p>Thank you for your advice.</p>