<p>I DID search this for hours/see the recent "UMich vs. Nd" post in this particular forum...and feel as though i'm searching in circles..</p>
<p>I got into Umich's LSA- economics, and of course plan to apply for Ross after my freshman year. I also got into ND..which means automatic admit into Mendoza after my freshman year.</p>
<p>The thing is, Ross is not guaranteed, while Mendoza is. AND, if i attend ND, i could always transfer into a better business school if i do well my freshman year.</p>
<p>So would going to UMICH for econ...with the chance of getting into Ross outweigh ND/Mendoza...</p>
<p>how would you rank UMICH-Econ, UMICH-Finance at Ross, ND-Mendoza?</p>
<p>I'm really only concerned about job security after my 4 years. I fear if i dont get into Ross after my freshman year (stuck in economics), the opportunities wouldn't be as great as being at Mendoza.</p>
<p>The problem with ND for me was that it was way to expensive, so you may want to consider that as well. After all, you’ll definitely have more to worry about in 4 years with an extra 20k in debt.</p>
<p>So, you’re “guaranteed” in at ND but not pre-admit to Ross, yet your confident you’ll do well enough freshman year at ND to transfer someplace better but aren’t sure you’ll do well enough at Michigan to transfer into Ross. Does that sum it up?</p>
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<li><p>There is a process of applying to Mendoza during freshman year, while it is for the most part a formality, it would be inaccurate to characterize it as a “guarantee”.</p></li>
<li><p>Both Ross and Mendoza are consider top 10 if not top 5 undergraduate business programs, just where do you plan on transferring to that is so much better?</p></li>
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<li><p>I think his point was that Mendoza is a lot easier to transfer into than Ross.</p></li>
<li><p>Ross is top 5, but only BW would consider Mendoza to be top 10. Their numbers really aren’t quite there, so he does have some room to move up in between the two. The hassle of transferring might be a turn-off, but the money you would save going virtually anywhere else would make up for it imo.</p></li>
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<li>What schools would you say fall in between Mendoza and Ross?</li>
<li>Are the job opportunities for a Ross student vastly greater than the ones for a Mendoza student? and what about Mendoza as compared to UMICH-Econ?</li>
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<p>I sitll have noooooo idea which school to go to.</p>
<p>From what I have read here on CC, business is one of those areas where employers become prestige freaks. This is especially true for front office jobs.</p>
<p>I agree that you might as well just try and transfer into Ross. It doesn’t really make sense to go to one of the most expensive schools in the US for a year if you plan on transferring, and if you don’t make it into Ross, you could apply for a transfer from Michigan to another business program just like you could from ND.</p>
<p>I would definitely apply to Wharton and Sloan because those are the kings of undergraduate business and after your first year, you will be competing with other people’s first year accomplishments, so if you weren’t good enough to make it from high school, that doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>I would advise you to blanket the top 10 programs posted on the link earlier in this thread if you can, or pick a handful of them that you think you would like to attend. You may find that you are pretty busy since you will be trying really hard to be good enough to transfer, so blanketing them might not be worth the effort if it takes away from your performance in school.</p>
<p>i think i will go to UMICH…and try and get into ross…while applying for other business programs as well during my freshman year…</p>
<p>skittles, what do you mean by blanketing? like taking courses at UMICH that cover the requirements of the other programs?</p>
<p>and while i think about transferring…if i happen to transfer into a 4 year business program, during my sophomore year, won’t i have to be in college for a total of 5 years assuming there is no accelerated program…thoguh i may be getting ahead of myself</p>