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I did get my acceptance letter and all of that good stuff yesterday.
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Awwwwwww, so jealous, everything I get from Michigan comes in small envelopes saying "sorry, you're in-state, we don't want you".</p>
<p>I also don't think Ross is $80K better than Kelley, I am arguing that w/o financial considerations UM is far better. If its a substantial financial difference IU makes sense, a standout student at IU will get great offers as well.</p>
<p>Lol. I kind of slightly resent the fact that Michigan accepted me. Things would have been so much easier.</p>
<p>I also don't think Ross is $80K better than Kelley, I am arguing that w/o financial considerations UM is far better. If its a substantial financial difference IU makes sense, a standout student at IU will get great offers as well.</p>
<p>I'm not doubting it's better, but far better? No F'ing way.</p>
<p>The difference between the #1 and #5 (Wharton and UNC) b-schools is night and day, just like the difference between #3/4 (Michigan) and #11 (Kelley) is huge. B-schools fall down in quality/ recruiter quality very fast, much faster than undergrad schools in general.</p>
<p>I honestly dont think theres that huge of a disparity between UMich and IU, but w/e.</p>
<p>"And your barometer is number of people you know working in NYC?</p>
<p>Mark Cuban--one of the richest and coolest guys around went to IU."</p>
<p>If your going to cite Mark Cuban going to IU means its a top b-school, well then. Buffet going to Nebraska must mean Nebraska has the #1 b-school in that case.</p>
<p>If you dont think IU is a top B-School, then well, you're an idiot. ;)</p>
<p>Hands down, IU is a great b-school, I'll give you that. But if your going to compare IU and Michigan, no doubt Michigan is stronger by a decent margin. If you don't believe me, take a look at this list. I'd copy and paste but there's just too many people.</p>
<p>Now take a look at Indiana...
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_University_Bloomington#Business%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_University_Bloomington#Business</a></p>
<p>Ahhhh... lets not jump the gun. Nearly all those people have MBA listed next to their name. He's asking about his undergraduate education, which is a degree that isn't even looked at except in grad school admissions and internships.</p>
<p>Lets just say this, it comes down to the college you feel most comfortable with. If you think IU is more your style, go for it. If you think Michigan is your place go for it. Only you can choose it, this is the sorta place where we can't really help too much.</p>
<p>^ Yeah I agree. </p>
<p>I'm just looking to see if some one can provide a hook that would make me want to go to one school more than the other.</p>
<p>Slippery Rock State University is an academic mecca. How's that for a hook? Just funn'in ya.</p>
<p>Lol, preferably a hook related to one of the two schools I'm deciding upon.</p>
<p>I really think IU is getting an undeserved slamming. Indiana, while the least competitive of the Big 10, has a number of programs that are among the best in the country. By no means is IU a 'joke', especially if you're in any one of these schools</p>
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<li><p>Jacobs School of Music is the best (yes, #1) school of music in the country. Even ahead of Juilliard, Oberlin, Peabody, etc.</p></li>
<li><p>Kelley is in or around the top 10 business schools in the country.</p></li>
<li><p>The School of Public and Environmental Affairs is #3 in the country, behind Harvard and Syracuse, and #1 in the country for something like 6 or 7 specialties (non-profit management and policy analysis are top in the nation).</p></li>
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<p>THIS brings students from all across the country to IU. I'm not saying that Michigan doesn't have OOS population, I'm just saying that Indiana does too. Also remember that there's no engineering or medical school, so it's very much a school for either business types or arts/social sciences types. The environment is less nerdy than Michigan, which has too many biochemical engineering, etc types of majors.</p>
<p>Bloomington is on par with Ann Arbor in terms of a fun town, and while Ann Arbor isn't far from Detroit, Bloomington is only about an hour from Indianapolis (about the same time that Ann Arbor is from Detroit).</p>
<p>I'm just trying to level the field here. Michigan is an amazing school that I really hope I can get into, but Indiana is realistically not that far behind. They're both Big 10, IU has a prettier campus, Michigan has a more competitive student body, but IU has less nerdy people and a better social life if that's what you're into. But calling IU a party school isn't exactly right, either - there are a ton of hardcore academians in SPEA and Jacobs. I have a bunch of friends in the music school who haven't had a single drink while at IU. It's not like Bloomington has nothing to do; there's a ton of ethnic restaurants, live music (OH this is a good point - if you enjoy live music, IU is THE place to be, nowhere better in the country), bookstores, etc.</p>
<p>I don't think you could go wrong with either school.</p>
<p>^^^ God bless your soul, dearie!!! I absolutely agree.
No need bashing and critizing IU. Michigan is good too but you can't say that IU is far behind.</p>
<p>I was backing Indiana and I don't have any affiliations with the school. I think we can all agree that Ross is better than Kelley, but considering the opportunities this person has at IU, It wins. And I just saw a lot of Michigan backers state that they weren't considering IU honors, or the money. Wasn't that the point of this thread? Did people need to come in and argue about the obvious?</p>
<p>dude, the difference between wharton and UNC is far larger than the difference between kelley and ross. don't even mention wharton, it's too special. Kelley is a great school in term of recruiting. Both Business Weekly and US News rank Kelley around top 10 in the nation--it's got potential.</p>
<p>"Your friends who you don't think are intelligent must have not been accepted to KSB. KSB direct admit acceptances must have at minimum a 3.5 GPA and a 1270 SAT (29 ACT). And you are in honors, which is a minimum of 1350 SAT (31 ACT) or kids in the top 5% of their class. These kids you aren't going to be in the classroom with, you'll be taking honors classes, getting one-on-one teaching, small discussion groups. At Michigan, you'll just be one of the crowd."</p>
<p>Those stats arent that awesome. The guy going to IU(he did get into the the b school) is probably in the middle range of my class grade-wise(private school w/ about 50 in senior class). He might be relatively smart compared with the rest of the country, but with him compared to the guy going to UMichigan, there is a huge difference. I'm sure there are a lot of motivated students going to IU business, but this has just been my experience</p>
<p>I did have a 1410 (Old SAT) and a 3.8 GPA (until senior year lol). I have no doubts as to what I can and cannot do.</p>