<p>I'm an incoming freshman to the class of 2016. I will be majoring in ChemE, but am still pretty undecided about whether or not I want to get an engineering job, or business/finance related (IB, consulting) job at graduation. I was just wondering, if I major in engineering and do well, will I be able to get recruited by top consulting firms and IB? Or, do all the top job go to Ross graduates? Basically my question is, two high-achieving students..similar resumes but one from Ross and one from CoE, who would get the top business job?</p>
<p>The limiting factor would not be which school either student went. With two similar resumes, the job will go to who ever interviews the best.</p>
<p>what i mean is…will it be hard to get the interview and to get recruited as an engineer? i understand its a level playing field once one gets the interview.but how about getting the interview in the first place?</p>
<p>If the engineer showed interest in Business via activities in his/her resume, then both the business student and the engineer would get an interview.</p>
<p>Okay…how could an engineer show interest in business on his/her application?</p>
<p>Clubs and other activities related to business (MII, BOND, Nexecon, Accounting club, Marketing club, etc.).</p>
<p>Oh awesome…does Michigan have anytrading clubs for stocks? For these clubs.is one expected to be knowledgeable coming in or would they learn through the club</p>
<p>Also…are engineers allowed to join business clubs? Or are those limited to only Ross students</p>
<p>PM a Michigan grad named Bearcats. I’ve seen his posts before and he will know this stuff inside out.</p>
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No, for some companies you will only be able to drop your resume to be considered for the job if you’re in Ross. You might be able to get shortlisted if you do some outside networking however.</p>
<p>^I was using the hypothetical scenario that both resumes were in the same pile. I.E. I was demonstrating that merely a BBA will not give one preferential treatment for almost all jobs. The only exceptions being boutique banks.</p>
<p>So basically opportunities are not equal to Ross grads and engineering students</p>
<p>EGL students have access to the ross resume drop site, i think.</p>
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<p>Probably not, or else no one would bother go to Ross and to a BBA. There’s also some other differences. For example, a high-achieving engineer will have a much lower GPA than a high-achieving business major. The latter would probably have above a 4.0 GPA.</p>
<p>Look into the EGL program if you are interested in consulting.</p>
<p>I strongly recommend you consider the Engineering Global Leadership Honors Program. You can view info on it at [Program</a> Overview | Michigan Engineering](<a href=“http://www.engin.umich.edu/egl/program-overview]Program”>http://www.engin.umich.edu/egl/program-overview)</p>
<p>That looks good…but how much of an impact will that make when applying for top consulting or business jobs? I’m not looking to work internationally</p>
<p>Also…it says one must have a 3.6 to be accepted and maintain a 3.4…isn’t that quite difficult in the COE ?</p>
<p>if you can’t maintain a 3.4 you probably aren’t getting “top consulting or business jobs” anyway.</p>
<p>Consulting firms love EGL grads.</p>
<p>If working for an IBank or Strategy Consulting firm is your goal, go for Ross. Although most major IBanks and Consulting firms recruit at the college of Engineering, the odds are significantly better at Ross. The reason is simple; those firms are small and recruit very few undergrads. They would rather concentrate on small programs within larger universities (i.e., Cornell’s AEM, Wharton, Ross, Northwestern’s MMSS etc…) than on the whole university. Harvard, Princeton, Stanford and perhaps Yale are the only exceptions. Those firms obviously recruit the general student population at all elite universities, but the numbers placed as opposed to the number of applicants is very discouraging.</p>