<p>I am interested in business, more specifically finance. I really want to go to michigan and it has a really good undergrad business program. But I'm from illinois so i have to pay out of state tuition. All 4 years at uiuc (university of illinois at urbana champaign) cost me $70000 whereas at umichigan it costs me $170000. Is it really worth it to go to michigan?</p>
<p>depends on what you wanna do in the future. for accounting, UIUC is fine.</p>
<p>but if you want to be an investment banker, umich will give you a better chance.</p>
<p>Untilted, You think so? I don't think the difference between UIUC, and Mich will be much of difference. Mich is obviously a higher ranked school, but UIUC isn't a slouch, everybody that recruits at Mich, also recruit at UIUC. Likewise, it's about the student, If students A iwas smart enough to get a job at say Lehman Brothers, and he attend Umich, whats the difference, he is still the same person. I think thats kind UIUC is acceptable to do anything. Now when nobody recruits on your campus, thats a different story. When you factor in 100k extra I say go with UIUC.</p>
<p>There's a very SLIGHT visible difference in recruiting opportunities, I agree.</p>
<p>Michigan will be more competitive, but it would also benefit you in term of networking opportunities.</p>
<p>I suggest you choose based on fit.</p>
<p>Any investment bank or consulting firm that recruits at UMich will also recruit at UIUC; for accounting, UIUC is ranked #1 (can't beat that).</p>
<p>I would go with UIUC, cheaper (you pay the same price all four years - Illinois law) and has about the same recruiting opportunities.</p>
<p>UMich, better name recog.</p>
<p>how bout between wash u and uiuc?? (same price differenece, 100 grand)</p>
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<p>Umich definitely. You will make up for the money in a very short time and make much more over it. Umich will be worth it.</p>
<p>I don't think it's worth it, UIUC biz school gets sooo many recruiters. Do well at UIUC, you'll be paying less and still have great job-ops. Maybe not quite AS great as umich, but the extra $100,000, aren't worth it in my opinion.</p>
<p>EDIT: and WUSTL neither</p>
<p>dude I don't know if you guys realize it but if you go to UIUC you're going to need about a 3.8 or higher to be set for those banking positions.</p>
<p>Well how much will you need @ WUSTL or umich?</p>
<p>Coming from Ross you'd at least have some room to breathe. I don't know why everyone's getting a hard on over UIUC's placement stats. Look at the resumes on those kids, they're pretty stacked. Many 3.9ers over there. The kid with a 3.7 ended up with a PWM positon.</p>
<p>Well thats just me I dont think undergrad should cost $170,000</p>
<p>If you can afford it then fine, still I would save for grad school</p>
<p>look, if you're someone who wants to get into investment banking, a career that's probably the hardest to get into after undergrad, you've gotta think of the long term and focus on getting any edge you can get. Fact of the matter is that if you can get that job you'll be set in terms of opportunities. Landing an analyst position can open up many doors later on. </p>
<p>You talk about saving it for grad school, you can have an easier time getting into grad school with the analyst stint, or with your analyst stint you can even just bypass the need for an MBA all together since that's the ongoing trend.</p>
<p>if it cost me 300K worth of debt to go to Harvard or Wharton, i'd take it in a heartbeat.</p>
<p>I'm is the same situation - I will more than likely go to U of I for business. I got in to Michigan and UT McCombs for business and my parents are having a hard time qualifing spending the additional money for those schools with their high OOS tuition.
I have always been a straight A student I don't plan on changing in college.
I did apply to MIT Sloan didn't get in, my parents would have payed for that!</p>
<p>Go to Umich it is a no brainer. UIUC does not even come close to placing as many people into Investment Banking and Consulting as Umich does. This is one of the very few times that your college degree actually makes a huge difference.</p>
<p>i'm actually kind of leaning towards wash u right now just... how strong is their business program and their recruitment opportunities??....esp in comparison to umich</p>
<p>I would say the go to WashU because even though Washu's program is randed lower, in my opinion the school's overall prestiege makes it much easier to get an Ibanking job. Trust me unless there is a major reason why shouldn't go there, your decision should be:</p>
<p>Washu > UMich > UIUC</p>
<p>Transvaal to the rescue again, you guys need to learn how to use websites of the universities you are interested in.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.olin.wustl.edu/wcc/stats/bsbaFT.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.olin.wustl.edu/wcc/stats/bsbaFT.cfm</a>
Investment banking = about 20%
Consulting = 19%</p>
<p>Classes are a lot smaller at WashU, and you would have a better chance at getting a lucrative job there than at UMich or UIUC. If you look at the stats, almost about half of the class goes into consulting or investment banking.</p>