<p>I am in a tough decision making process right now, so I want to see different perspectives that I might get from making this post. I was admitted to University of Michigan and I am expecting to get pre-admitted to the Ross School of Business. I was deferred from Georgetown Early, but I know for a fact that I will get in Regular Decision (I have a hook and I don't really want to explain this too in depth) into the McDonough Business School. So basically I really want opinions on what should I do. I think the GU is much more prestigious and it is much harder to get As, but Ross is higher ranked in terms of business and is easier in terms of the curve. I know that both schools are hard and I don't want to come off as one is so much easier than the other, or that one is more prestigious therefore it must automatically be better. I just want to know that if you were in my position what would you do, GU MBS or UMich Ross.</p>
<p>Go to Georgetown since you think it is so, “much more prestigious.” You are sure to gain admittance to Ross since you “expect it.” Michigan is so easy to get into so therefore it is so much easier than McDonough. In your position, and with your attitude, please don’t lower your standards…</p>
<p>I too think you should go to Georgetown as you believe it is more prestigious. You might have second thoughts if you end up going to Michigan</p>
<p>Considering that the undergrad program at Ross is ranked #2 in the nation by US News, I fail to see how it is less prestigious in any way.</p>
<p>I have a question similar to OP. My son was accepted to both Georgetown (College) and LSA in UMich. He didn’t apply for preferred admission to Ross, but he is really interested in it and if he chooses Michigan, it is very likely he’ll decide to apply to Ross during freshman.He knows he likes Michigan and he can imagine himself studying there. He thinks he likes Georgetown too, but he does not know as much about it as about UMich (we do have a lot of connection to Michigan).<br>
The question is, if he goes to Georgetown and then decides to transfer to UMich during his freshman year would he loose his chance to get into Ross?
Any thoughts?</p>
<p>Honestly, I would chose the one that you WANT to go to the most. In terms of prestige, some here may disagree, but I say these two are comparable. Where can you see yourself most? Where do you think you may want to work after graduation? Is $ an issue? If so, which will be more expensive to attend? I don’t think you could make bad decision deciding between these two schools.</p>
<p>Vesta14. You’re assuming it will be easy to transfer into Michigan if things don’t pan out at his first choice school. That is not the way to choose a college. Encourage your son to attend a university where he will be happy and hopefully thrive. Both schools offer superlative educations and opportunities, its just a matter of fit.</p>
<p>@rjk
The thing is that my real question is a little broader. I only posted the part of it that might have relevance for the OP. My son has a lot of experience with Michigan. He’s been there on multiple occasions, a lot of his good friends are students there, and we have every reason to believe that should he choose to go to Mich he’ll hit the ground running and do really well. So the question really is should he choose a college that is really good and he is familiar with or a college that might be better, but he is less familiar with. I guess I am looking for a way to make a choice without really making a choice 
FYI Michigan accepts about a thousand of transfer students each year, while Georgetown only a dozen.</p>
<p>@VESTA14 In my opinion it’s a bad idea to attend a university where you think there’s a significantly higher chance of transferring out of (except in some financial situations). That attitude makes the social side of college life a lot harder.</p>
<p>I’m also a bit confused as to why there seems to be an understanding that Michigan’s programs are not as good as Georgetown’s. In fact it’s usually the opposite and it’s definitely not the case when it comes to business. Michigan’s undergraduate business program is ranked second in the country only behind Wharton.</p>
<p>Also, it’s worth mentioning that while Michigan does accept more transfer students than private universities, transfer admission at Michigan is extremely competitive since thousands upon thousands of applicants apply. The acceptance rate for transfers at Michigan in 2011 was below the acceptance rate for freshman. It’s a very bad idea to just assume guaranteed admittance as a transfer to Michigan in the future. To do so is a recipe for disappointment.</p>
<p>I agree with you 100% about the business school. This is why there is no question in my mind that if he does choose to go to business school it should be to Ross. Right now though he is going to College (business school is a relatively recent idea) and I am not sure how other majors, such as economics and poly science compare between the two schools. It deserves a separate thread though, which I’ll start once I have enough posts.
Your point about transferring is well taken.</p>
<p>If you didn’t get into Georgetown EA then don’t be so sure you’ll get into Ross pre-admit… I believe they have rather similar acceptance rates.</p>
<p>Also what may affect your decision is that the Ross BBA is only 3 years (first year in LSA), while McDonough’s is 4 years.</p>
<p>lol at expecting to get into Ross but deferred by georgetown.
lol at thinking mcdonough is more prestigious than ross.</p>
<p>Ross PA acceptance rate is lower than McDonough and average ACT for PAs is higher.</p>
<p>FYI: Transferring into Ross from another school is extremely more difficult than it is to transfer from LSA (the common method) after your freshman year. They only accepted like 5 kids from other universities last year into Ross.</p>
<p>GTown is not much more prestigious. Ross is a world-class business school and hardly anyone even knows what Georgetown’s business school is called. </p>
<p>Regardless of what you may think qwertyzxc, Ross is not a household name nationwide either and both these schools will have the strongest pull in their respective geographic regions.</p>
<p>Georgetown places more graduates in I-Banking than Ross but does not do nearly as well in Management Consulting.</p>
<p>^^^Regardless of what you may think goldenennisthemenaceboy, Michigan/Ross is a “household name” to the people who matter, your future employers!</p>
<p>“Regardless of what you may think qwertyzxc, Ross is not a household name nationwide either and both these schools will have the strongest pull in their respective geographic regions.”</p>
<p>While I agree that neither is a household name (both schools changed their names less than 10 years ago), it is not quite true that their strongest pull is in their respective region. More Ross students end up in the Northeast than in the Midwest and more McDonough students also end up in the Northeast than in the Mid Atlantic. Clearly both programs are “household names” in the corporate setting.</p>
<p>“Georgetown places more graduates in I-Banking than Ross but does not do nearly as well in Management Consulting.”</p>
<p>Not according to their respective placement reports:</p>
<p>ROSS
JP Morgan 16
Goldman Sachs 8
Morgan Stanley 6
Citi 3
Barclays 2
TOTAL 35</p>
<p>McDonough
Credit Suisse 15
Citi 8
JP Morgan 6
Morgan Stanley 6
Barclays 5
TOTAL 40</p>
<p>Overall, 24% of McDonough students go into IBanking compared to 23% of Ross students. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.georgetownmeansbusiness.com/ugnews/WebsiteMaterials/2012MSBEmployment%20Survey.pdf”>http://www.georgetownmeansbusiness.com/ugnews/WebsiteMaterials/2012MSBEmployment%20Survey.pdf</a></p>
<p><a href=“https://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentData2013.pdf”>https://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentData2013.pdf</a></p>
<p>Alexandre, those reports don’t specify what functions graduates are working in at those financial institutions. I have it on record that JP Morgan doesn’t consider Ross to be a “core school” for its Investment Banking Analyst program so a lot of Ross alumni must be working in Private Wealth Management, Research, Asset Management, Business Support, Compliance, etc. These are all great jobs but it’s disingenuous to use that 16 figure for JPM that Ross puts on its placement report as a marker of IBD placement since most if not all of the Ross grads are doing other things at JP Morgan.</p>
<p>That is great news that you have it on record, Ennis/golden/bluebound/Flintstone .</p>
<p>Cite, please? It seems odd that companies and schools would publish false information, but you have the link to the real story. </p>
<p>So, cough it up. Thanks in advance! </p>
<p>ennisthemenace, JP Morgan does indeed consider Michigan a core school for its IBanking analyst position, as do all IBanks. I have no idea who told you it does not, but feel free to share the source. </p>
<p>Obviously, not those who join those firms do so as IB analysts, but many do. Then again, the same can be said of any Business program placement reports. </p>
<p>Out of curiosity, how is posting the figures for Ross placements disingenuous, but posting the figures for McDonough not?</p>