@denydenzig I’ll be consulting a bunch of people regarding this decision. Thank you for your input
@TheShortSon Good luck and take some time to celebrate your wonderful success!!
@denydenzig @JBStillFlying What I have learned so far: Ross is a 3 year BBA program (more time for student to prepare and practice business). Furthermore, at Ross, you need to have a 3.3 GPA freshman year, then your GPA RESETS when you attend Ross Sophomore year. Yes, RESETS. Thus, allowing the student to network more freshman year and get acclimated to the college experience. Not to mention the amazing GPA curves Ross has.
On the other hand, Berkeley is a risk. Haas is hard to get into and it is super competitive (saturated with Asians). Hard to maintain high GPA. Only pro I see is weather.
Honestly, both rank similarly for placement in NYC and BBs, but Ross literally has NO RISK.
I am leaning towards Ross.
@TheShortSon - this is a hard one. As someone who did her college in the Bay Area and attended Berkeley for summer classes, I can see the draw!!! It’s a wonderful town. If you choose Cal, you should have a plan B in case you are not admitted (economics with a business or finance minor, that sort of thing). Is there an opportunity to re-apply if you are not admitted first time? So consider all of that. If your heart is set on business and Ross seems to be a great fit, that’s going to be a huge advantage right there due to the pre-admit.
Look at career placement stats of Ross vs. Haas vs. Cal-Econ (undergrad) as that’s a crucial factor (IMHO). All else equal, it’s better to do the pre-admit because you are focused on the business track right away even if you don’t take business courses yet (you will probably fulfill prereqs at either school, and should you not be admitted to Haas those pre-reqs are obviously going to help you fulfill whatever backup major you choose there).
The weather in Ann Arbor is NOT like it is in the Bay Area. But you have your entire life ahead of you and Ross is a nationally-recognized program, so I’m guessing if the Bay Area is where you have your heart set, you will end up there regardless of where you attend your college.
Good luck to you!
Does anyone know how to access the schedule for the upcoming Admitted Student Overnights?
@fbsdreams Yes, through the admissions portal there is a tab at the bottom with “Admitted Student Website”…then click on the middle option for “Engage with us”, then click on the schedule
@fbsdreams my D just got an e-mail about that today. She’s out now but is selecting her classes when she returns. The e-mail says that the sign-up is a “one-time” access or something like that (maybe one-time registration) so she’s not hitting the link till she can sit down and go through it and confirm some choices.
My kid signed up for the tour of Integrative Sciences, and I hope that it will include a tour of the geophysical sciences dept. since that is what she is interested in. She told me that the instructions told her not to navigate away from the page before choosing a tour.
@JBStillFlying @Sam-I-Am Thank you, I’ll make sure he knows which he wants before starting the registration process.
We received a letter from parents of fourth and first years today. Outlining their decision to select UChicago and how happy their son’s were at their growth.
Perfect timing IMO as this has been a grueling process.
Overnight agenda:
https://prospects.uchicago.edu/www/documents/Final_2017_April_Overnight_Program_Schedule.pdf
Hi I am a senior applying to Uchicago early decision II this year, and I am looking for advice regarding admissions. Is it possible you can fill me in on things like essays, scores Gpa, ECs and awards? Thank you! Uchicago is my top school
Assuming you’re applying somewhere else ED1…otherwise recommend ED1 over ED2 …you will help your odds of admission and give yourself optimal housing placement next fall
Be at least in the middle 50% score and GPA wise, spend a lot of time writing your essays.
I see so many people think that their kids are in range if their stats are in or near the “middle 50%.” Remember that range goes down to the bottom quarter of the class. And that lots of applicants with scores and/or GPAs above that range get rejected.
@exacademic Agree completely. We knew of a few “perfect” standardized testing rejections at UChicago and other HYPSM/UAA schools as well.
IMO the EC’s are basically the same over the pool, leaving the only differentiator as the essays and a strong hook.
And recommendations, but of course applicants have limited control over/knowledge of those. That said, having done grad (PhD) admissions, having been on fellowship selection committees (one involving HS students, another college) and having written lots of letters of rec myself, I can tell you that the same stats can be accompanied by wildly different narrative assessments of the applicants’ abilities and that choices are routinely made based on such evaluations.