Daughter deciding btwn Univ of Michigan LSA (Not Ross school) - she did not apply or IU Kelly School of business. She is thinking business most likely but possibly law school too… If she pursues business, is a Michigan Econ degree just as good as a business degree from a business school? Could she still apply to Ross after entering Michigan? She did not apply to Ross at all.
Thoughts?
Is one in state ? Econ is not business. One is more theory. One is pre professional. You could do a minor at Ross though.
Depends on what she wants to study. And costs.
For law school or MBA, neither matter. But they cost so saving $$ is always a good thing.
As for transferring is, there is a process which requires certain pre reqs to be met including calc, Econ, and writing.
Thanks for your reply. Out of state for both. Cost is not an issue. I think you have to apply for a minor at Ross and no guarantee she would get in. She could also apply to Ross as a freshman since she never applied but once again not sure if she will get in. So assume Econ or Philosophy, Politics and Economics major — She doesn’t know much yet about what she wants to study yet! She has not taken much business classes at all!
She would also have to apply for the PPE major at Michigan.
Lots of kids of all majors go into business without majoring in business. I know an Econ major at Michigan who is graduating and starting a consulting job with a top consulting firm. There are tons of similar stories of kids who majored in Econ, organizational studies, minored in entrepreneurship, etc., and have gotten business sector jobs.
Does she have a preference of schools? If she wants Michigan, I wouldn’t worry that she isn’t in Ross. If she is set on studying business, then I would choose IU. It’s a great program and it’s a guarantee.
Well - at IU she’s in at Kelley. So she’d have to transfer out which typically isn’t a big deal.
So she doesn’t really know about business? For law school, saving money is most important even if you can afford undergrad…unless your last name is Bezos or Buffet.
Both are fine schools - and she should study what she wants.
Even if she had applied to Ross as a HS senior, and been rejected, she could still apply to Ross and be accepted. Though it’s a far more difficult path since Ross prioritizes cross campus transfers that haven’t been previously rejected by Ross and transfers from other universities.
Just depends on the demand to transfer into Ross each cycle.
I’m biased, but I’d rather have a degree from Michigan LSA, since nearly every department is a Top 10 program. So, if she changed her mind and wanted to study Sociology, for example, that’s a top program in the US.
Your D cannot count on getting into Ross (even for a business minor). IMO it is important to understand that economics and an undergrad business degree are very different paths. Economics is a liberal arts course of study and gets very theoretical at the upper levels. In contrast with an undergraduate business school your D will take a business core with introductory classes in subjects such as accounting, finance, IT, marketing etc. and then will major in one of those disciplines. I’m not saying that one path is better than the other, but they are different. I would have your D look at the coursework (can be found online) for both a b-school degree and an economics major and see if one path is preferable.
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