As a graduate of UofM Dearborn, I can say that that school of management is top notch. Regardless of those that state that Ann Arbor is tougher, it’s a joke. Half the time, the professors coming to Dearborn are professors in Ann Arbor during the day. In fact, you have option of attending classes in Ann Arbor if you don’t go to Dearborn. It irritates me beyond belief that people (half of them that don’t even go to either school.probably because they’re too stupid to get in to either) state that Ann Arbor is tougher. Go to the School of Management in Dearborn and then open your mouth. I know people that went to Ross and said that they though the stuff I did at Dearborn was just as tough, if not tougher. Don’t believe the hype…do what is best for you. You’re getting the same education. Oh, and when you graduate, your degree says, “The University of Michigan”…whether you graduate from Dearborn or Ann Arbor.
Your diploma will say whether it was in Ann Arbor, Flint, or Dearborn.
Plus the AA one says Ross School of Business
Kind of like University of California - Santa Barbra vs University of California - Berkeley.
One is clearly better overall.
If you have the choice between the two, why go to Dearborn over Ann Arbor?
The career fairs and networking at Ann Arbor are way better.
You just sound salty.
Either way Ross MBA > Ross Masters in Management + Dearborn Masters in Management any day.
What debate? There’s never really been a debate about this.
But as someone who went to a CC for two years, I guess I can understand what you mean about taking classes of the same vigor as your peers but having them be seen as “easier” due to the name of the college.
However, the reality is that employers aren’t reviewing each one of your course descriptions and comparing them to other applicants for vigor. They are simply looking at which college you went to, possibly the GPA you obtained and they get their impression of you based off of that information. College brand does matter and a name like AA (with a 26% acceptance rate) undeniably carries international prestige and attests to an applicants abilities off the bat- something that Dearborn (59% acceptance rate) fails to do. And not only do recruiters for large companies like Google and Facebook actively seek AA graduates because of this, but in general there are just a ton more open doors for them due to the vast networking, research and insanely awesome student involvement opportunities available.
You can argue that they are both equally hard and both are still UofMs till you’re blue in the face, but you know as well as I do that AA opens a lot more doors and has an exponentially stronger reputation than the other campuses. And that is not to say Dearborn isn’t a good school or your classes weren’t extremely hard or you’re not as accomplished as an AA graduate- it just means that it’s silly to put them both on the same level if you have the opportunity to choose between the two. That is like saying UC Berkeley and UC Riverside are of equal caliber just because they are both UCs which could not be further from the truth.
And seriously, this does not detract from your own experience and accomplishments at Dearborn. Your education doesn’t have to be equivalent to AA to be a great one. But you are the one that insisted on making the comparison in the first place!
ah, I chose the wrong UCal. You’re right its Riverside, not Santa Barbara. SB isn’t too shabby.
Employers can do a simple due diligence with a easy phone call the the school anyways if you try to play off Dearborn as the better known one.
What debate? Most of us don’t care.
Certain majors are much tougher at UofM - AA due to the grading curve combined with differences in the student body. Business is not one of these, but rigor was never really the point of business.
A degree from UofM - AA and UofM - Dearborn are no more similar than a degree from any two of the UC schools. Sure, it says “University of Michigan.” Who cares. Our diplomas still label the actual college you’re graduating from in the UofM system, and that’s all that really matters.
Even failing this, there’s a reason for the large mean graduate salary disparity between the two schools.
None of this is to disparage the UofM - Dearborn. It’s a good school, and I can imagine many scenarios where someone may want to attend it over the main campus.