<p>All things being equal (financially), which school would you recommend a finance major? I know that the rankings place UMich at ~3rd and Georgetown ~11 but looking at the data, the starting salaries and recruiters look about the same. As a top student, would my employment opportunities be hindered more at one school than the other?</p>
<p>For finance, Ross has the edge both in terms of academic quality and job placement.</p>
<p>I agree with the above post. I can't comment on the academic wize, but I know job placement at Ross is better than GT at the moment.</p>
<p>Michigan also has about 20,000 more students than Georgetown does. I think that if you compared the recruitment based on the ratio of students then Gtown would have better placement.</p>
<p>Both are excellent schools, don't let the fact that you will have a 3% better chance of getting into IB(which is very unrealistic but you get the point) decide what school you go to.</p>
<p>But Ross has only has ~350 per class, so it's like you get a big university but a small school at the same time. Ross is definitely a better bschool overall than GT, esp in terms of employment opportunities.</p>
<p>I would go to Georgetown... I think better campus and the student body is not huge like UMich... and I think job placement is about same... when ppl say "edge" they are exaggerating a bit... an edge is more like an excellent internship or 4.0 GPA and leadership in ECs</p>
<p>Ross IMO is better.</p>
<p>"Ross is definitely a better bschool overall than GT, esp in terms of employment opportunities."</p>
<p>says who? you have absolutely NO evidence to back this up and I think you should stop spreading your ignorance around.</p>
<p>Georgetown is a great school, neither is going to hold you back. You're not choosing between Ross and Harvard or Wharton here, just go with which school you think you will be happier at. Too many kids who want to get into IB think only about rankings and employment opportunities instead of an actual education, I guarantee you that you have almost the same chance of getting a job in consulting, IB etc. at Georgetown as you would Ross. </p>
<p>Your institution only gets your foot in the door, after that it's all up to you.</p>
<p><a href="http://www3.georgetown.edu/career_center/explore/seniorsurvey/MSB%20Book.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www3.georgetown.edu/career_center/explore/seniorsurvey/MSB%20Book.pdf</a>
<a href="http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentProfile2006.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.bus.umich.edu/pdf/EmploymentProfile2006.pdf</a></p>
<p>Senior employment surveys for the Class of 2006 for both Ross and MSB...there doesn't seem to be much difference in stats, I think.</p>
<p>I say Michigan and Georgetown (and Virginia I might add) are all equal in terms of recruitment. From there, it's just up to the individual.</p>
<p>Thanks guys. I'm choosing between the two schools and I'm leaning toward GT. I grew up near the U of M so I'm somewhat disenchanted by it. Plus I like the Northeast and the idea of DC. I just wanted to make sure that if I chose GT I wouldn't be screwing myself over.</p>
<p>GT is a good choice. It's definitely a heavily recruited school. Don't trust undergrad business rankings when it comes to McDonough. For some reason, rankings always put it below what it deserves. I don't think the MBA program is as good as many others, but the undergrad is definitely up there. Depending on who you ask, Georgetown is generally one of the most well-represented schools on the Street after HYPSW. Some say Georgetown. Others say Duke and Uva. But it doesn't matter at that point. The bottom line is that you're making a good choice.</p>
<p>GTown and Ross are on par. Check the stats posted above. I wouldnt put it after HYPSW (because MIT+other ivies-dart, brown, columbia+Duke are more recruited). You can't go wrong with either...they are great places with solid recruitment (I applied and got into Gtown and seriously considered Mich but realized I couldn't bear weather thats colder than that in NYC).</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I'm not being biased against Ross either. If that was the case, I wouldn't be there!</p>
<p>georgetown would be my choice..smaller school..beautiful campus..much better location than ann arbor in terms of access..great recruitment and a solid program</p>
<p>I'd say Duke and Georgetown are on par in terms of Wall Street, Duke feeds more to the south... I turned down Duke's Arts and Sciences for MSB...</p>
<p>I have to say I totally disagree with you sophomore, Duke is an all around better school than GU. There may be a few areas that they have Duke beat (SFS) but wall street placement is definitely not one of them.</p>
<p>Duke places tons of kids into Morgan Stanley(arguably in the top tier of BB's right below GS), almost on par with Harvard and Wharton and is pretty close at every other BB bank.</p>
<p>I'm not trying to say that GU is a crap school or anything, in fact I'll be applying to transfer there next year, but I do think that almost everyone would agree that Duke has significantly better placement into coveted Wall Street positions.</p>
<p>in my opinion, georgetown and michigan's business programs are relatively equal in terms of quality and placement.</p>
<p>in a bigger picture, i think the georgetown name is more prestigious than university of michigan, but who am i to judge that. anyway, i think the biggest difference is DC and Ann Arbor. if you like the urban feel, definitely go to DC. also, since umich is a state school it has a totally different atmosphere.</p>
<p>i was a student at ross and didn't end up liking it because i preferred to be near a major city. the closest major city to ann arbor is detroit, and that's too attractive is it.. heh.</p>