<p>Michigan has always been my first choice for school. It's hugh money out of state and I can go Miami for less than I can go to Illinois. I'm planning majoring in business. I know all the great things about Michigan & Ross, I also know Miami's business program is not even on the radar. I do plan to go to grad school. If I go to Michigan I will need to take out loans (parents will pay first 2/3rds), at Miami it's no burden on me or my parents.</p>
<p>I dont see what your asking. I am going to go ahead and assume that you prefer to go to Michigan over UM and UoI, but money is holding you back. Education should never be hindered by financial concerns, at least thats the way I feel about it. If you really truly want to go to Michigan, you wont mind having to pay back those loans - because eventually, you'll be able to pay em all back and realize it was all worth it</p>
<p>yeah i agree.. dont worry abt the loans.. infact it will moivate you to work harder.. thats what life is all about.. strive for the best.. dont give up on your dreams just for financial concerns.. i think you know how much more value michigan has over miami..</p>
<p>Thanks for the input. If I didn't receive any money from Miami it would not even have been on my list. - We are visiting Illinois and Wisc next week (Texas was in the mix - but the tuition hike it's the same money as Michigan in 2007-08).
May 1st is coming quick - can I make deposits are a couple of schools?</p>
<p>no you cant.. atleast i think so.. if u make a deposit to a school it means your gonna attend for sure..</p>
<p>I agree with the above that in a wonderful, perfect, happy world education would be worth it, but I operate under a more pragmatic approach. If you are HAPPY at both schools, then the slight opportunity cost of Miami being "lesser" than Michigan might be worth it due to the money saved, especially if you plan to go to gradute school. As an OOS student admitted to Michigan, you are clearly a smart kid. You will do VERY well at Miami and that will bode well for a future career. A few years later you are looking at an MBA and that too will cost money. However, in this situation, it depends what you want to do. If you're looking at investment banking, although I hardly feel any 17 year old knows what they want to do when they are 22, then Ross is worth the loans. For other things that may matter slightly, but not as significantly where you went to UG, like law school for example, you want as high of a GPA/LSAT as you can get. In my case, I wanted to go to Michigan as a high schooler but turned it down for Wisconsin (no debt vs 40K in debt for Michigan) because I realized that not only did I feel happy on both campuses but that the academics were so similiar, the 40K was not worth it.</p>
<p>I now down to my final schools. I visited Madison and Illinois this past week. Madison has a beautiful campus, Illinois campus was ok. I met with a Dean of the business school at U of I and was vey impressed with the program.
Overall Illinois and Wisc were very close so I would choose Illinois (in state) still debating the cost OOS for Michigan or if I want a completely different school being Miami.</p>
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I also know Miami's business program is not even on the radar.
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Miami's business school actually is good. It has a fantastic regional reputation and graduates get great paid internships in the area. US News doesn't rank it high, but area employers think highly of the institution, and other rankings have it up there. Check out Career Journal, they do interesting rankings, and Miami is in the top 30 I believe.</p>