Ross minor

[Alexandre]

Anyone know how selective the Ross minor will be? And will Ross minors have access to the same recruitment options as Ross BBAs?

[brantly]

If minors had the same recruitment access, that would be IDEAL. Students would not have to apply to Ross as a major solely to get access to the recruitment (when they really feel ambivalent about getting a BBA). To me, majoring in, say, Classics, and minoring in business would be very, very cool.

[ForeverAlone]

here’s an email i received about the same question

Minor in Business students have view-only access to job postings by companies recruiting through the Ross School of Business. Students will be able to independently reach out to recruiters and companies through contact information provided by these postings. Students are also able to attend select workshops and seminars.

Students may enter resume information in order to generate an iMpact resume. Company recruiters may message students or invite them to presentations. If a company recruiter identifies you as a potential candidate, the recruiter may work with Ross Career Services to schedule an interview.

Students are encouraged to continue to work with their career resources in their home school/college, as these offices are best equipped to understand degree programs and career opportunities. The U-M Career Center is a campus-wide resource for all students. Students will have some access to walk-in career advising with peer coaches within Ross Career Services.

Students do not have access to the interview bidding system, nor do they have access to schedule appointments with career consultants.

Sincerely,

Minor in Business
Office of Undergraduate Programs
Stephen M. Ross School of Business
University of Michigan
701 Tappan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234
http://www.bus.umich.edu/MinorInBusiness

[Alexandre]

Thanks ForeverAlone. This is very helpful.

[brantly]

Very good to know.

[Wolverine19]

As of this academic year, the Ross minor only accepted 50 students. There’s no official statistic on it, but the acceptance rate was rumored to be under 5%. As a BBA, you’d get to the gym and most of the recruiting, but like the email above states, the business school itself won’t spoon feed you recruiting events. It’s a shame too, it easily has enough resources to help more people than are in its program

[yikesyikesyikes]

The minor does provide some of the same career resources and perks, however:

https://www2.bus.umich.edu/MyiMpact/academics/businessminor

[ForeverAlone]

Academic Advising

Eh, I guess you could just ask Ross BBA friends for advice

All undergraduate Ross courses, even those that don’t count toward the Minor in Business, including Ross Global Initiatives (study abroad) offerings. Note that registration in some Ross courses may require instructor consent (to ensure prerequisites are met, and seats for Minor students may be limited).

A bit better. Non Ross students take Ross classes all the time, but the the minor gives slightly higher priority seats and access to all. But not at least equal priority to BBA sophomores.

All Kresge Library Resources, including Course Syllabi Archive, Faculty working papers, business databases and periodicals, and job search engines such as WetFeet.com and Vault.com

A lot of faculty papers and periodical are posted publicly and can find via google. Neither WetFeet nor Vault use Single-Sign-On with UMich to verify Ross affiliation. For example, box.com and gmail.com does because they forward you to the UMich kerberos login. So you can get the same benefits without having the minor.

Access to the Career Resources tab on iMpact (http://www.bus.umich.edu/MyiMpact/Career.aspx), including
Using online tools for self-assessment, developing a resume and brand, networking, interview preparation, negotiation, and career exploration.

See above email post

Creating a resume in the Ross iMpact site

Did they really just list this twice?
They use a very common templates that can be found publicly.

Viewing job postings, networking hours, and recruitment events
Receiving iMpact messages from recruiters
Corporate presentations, networking hours and recruiting events at Ross
Career workshops and information throughout the career and search process conducted by Career Services Staff

Refer to my email post.

You can see a lot of their events here
https://www.bus.umich.edu/impact/Calendar/displayCalendar.asp?layout_mode=0&layout_view=1&query_ord=2
Maybe you get access to events not shown here?

Drop-in counseling with a MBA or Senior BBA Peer Career Coach

Again, you can just one of your Ross friends.

Printing allocations
Reserving available study rooms throughout the Ross building

ok

Membership opportunities for select Ross student clubs

You can join many of these as a nonRoss major/minor. Most aren’t much more beneficial than any other clubs around campus. A lot of these are overrated though, the most legit ones are MBA member only anyways.

Overall, I think the biggest advantage is just listing the Ross minor on your resume, access to more courses, viewing posts, and interview prep. A lot of that list is kind of filler though and necessarily Ross exclusive.

Not too shabby, probably still worth the time and application.
Just wanted to show that you can still get some of those benefits if you’re not Ross major/minor.

Does a minor get 4.4 on A+ and 3.4 for B+ is that only for BBAs?