I recently started school at Michigan State University as a Freshman. I was wait listed than denied from University of Michigan, however I was offered free Sophomore year transfer without having to apply as long as I hold a 3.0 gpa at my university (which I can do easily).
University of Michigan is a near dream school for me, but I’m incredibly conflicted as to whether I should go through with it, mainly because I’m interested in a Business undergrad. At University of Michigan, I would like to graduate from Ross Business school, however, transferring sophomore year would not allow me to apply until Junior year. Since Ross is a three year college, this would make it so that I would have to take 5 years to get my undergraduate degree. Another option I would have at University of Michigan could be to just get an LSA general business degree (in which case I could graduate in four years), or possibly an Economics degree from the LSA college.
If I DON’T transfer, I would likely just graduate from Michigan State’s Broad College of Business in four years in a major such as Finance, economics, accounting, or something of the sort (I’m currently undecided business).
So, my main question is should I transfer to the University of Michigan next year, and why?
Ross is one of the best undergraduate business schools (around rank 3 for undergraduates), while Broad’s business school, while not bad, is not quite up to the prestige of Ross (typically ranked anywhere from 30-50 for undergraduates). Also note that I’m almost definitely going to continue schooling after my bachelor’s degree, and hopeful to get an MBA at a top graduate school. Is Ross worth the extra year of schooling? Or is a LSA general business degree or an LSA Economics degree possibly more prestigious than a Broad College Degree?
As far as fandom, I’m pretty impartial right now. I still feel like I’m a bit more of a Michigan fan than an MSU fan (although that’ll probably change as the year goes on), but I could switch back easily. I have many friends from high school going to both schools, however probably more at University of Michigan than MSU (not that this is a huge influence; would like to meet new people as well). So far I think Michigan State is a lot fun and has almost anything you can imagine to offer, but it’s still not the spectacular college experience I wished were possible.
I really want to make the decision ASAP. I’ve already spent the last 12 months of my life not knowing what school I was going to and have just been told to keep waiting (I got my denial decision from Umich in July. I kept waiting because my Umich advisor told me to stay positive and that I still had a good chance). If you have any questions I’ll be sure to answer them. Please try not to be too biased in your answers, but I will appreciate any feedback. Thank you!