<p>Alright I'm a little confused on which to choose. I recently got accepted the business school at UT Austin but not their honors business school. Likewise, I got accepted into the honors college at umich but not their business school. I've always wanted to do business and I'm a little bit confused on which to choose. I live in Michigan so of course its a little bit cheaper to stay in state but completely disregarding money which do you think would be the better option for me? I want a business degree but I think I want to practice law as a career. If I go to umich I'm not guaranteed a spot in business but then again its a better college whereas UT i'm in for sure. I'm not 100% yet which college is the better pick for me so any help is appreciated. Thanks!</p>
<p>If you were smart enough to get into Michigan's honors program, you should be smart enough to enter the B school as a sophomore. Go to Michigan. Look at it as a real life experience for future opportunities. If you're going to be seeking a job in business in the next few years, you might as well get used to the competition sooner than later. If you want to be a lawyer, you can major in other areas as well, with Michigan being a bit more prestigious overall which should aid your choice in attending a top law school.</p>
<p>I'd go with Michigan.</p>
<p>Overall, both are excellent universities (peer institutions), but Michigan is slightly better and more well recognized.</p>
<p>In Business, both are excellent, but Ross has the edge over McCombs.</p>
<p>In terms of Law school placement, both do a great job but since universities generally feed into their own professional programs, and Michigan has a slightly better Law school than UT-Austin, I would say Michigan has a slight edge over UT-Austin.</p>
<p>Finally, in terms of on and off campus life, both schools are awesome. </p>
<p>Overall, I think Michigan is just a tiny bit better than UT-Austin and since you are in-state at Michigan, I think Michigan makes more sense.</p>
<p>Did you actually compare in-state vs. out of state tuition at the two universities? I was in your same situation 3 years ago (except I was going into architecture and it was for my Master’s) and I found that even the out of state TX tuition was LESS than in-state MI tuition. I was even able to get in-state tuition for my second year (they give in-state tuition if you student teach or get a university job), saving me thousands over UM. That along with the great weather and incredible city helped make my decision to go south. Either way you will be happy, but I wouldn’t be so quick to assume UM is cheaper than UT.</p>
<p>UT OOS = $32,000-$44,000/year
UT IS = $22,000-$25,000
[FINANCIAL</a> AID: 2008-2009 Undergraduate Cost of Attendance (COA)](<a href=“http://finaid.utexas.edu/costs/080undergradcosts.html]FINANCIAL”>Cost & Tuition Rates - Texas One Stop - University of Texas at Austin)</p>
<p>Michigan IS = $23,000/year
[University</a> of Michigan Office of Financial Aid: Cost of Attendance](<a href=“http://www.finaid.umich.edu/Financial_Aid_Basics/cost.asp]University”>http://www.finaid.umich.edu/Financial_Aid_Basics/cost.asp)</p>
<p>I don’t think Texas can be cheaper than Michigan, even if the OP were to extablish residence after 2 years. Afterall, UT is as expensive as Michigan for IS students. Of course, if the OP gets a nice scholarship from UT, that’s an entirely different story.</p>
<p>I apologize, I guess it is quite different for undergrads. But in my case, as a grad student, and a resident of MI, UofM tuition was $16.6K per semester versus UT, which was only $11K for OS tuition (both based on 15 credit hours). Once I got Texas residency status, tuition went down to roughly $5.7K, almost a third of UMich. So to me, it’s a no brainer - 2 years at UofM as a resident would have cost me roughly $66K where 2 years at UT (1 as non-res. 1 as res.) cost me around $22K–almost 1/3 the cost!! Not to mention, at the time Texas grad. arch. program was ranked higher than UofM, though now I don’t think that’s the case.</p>
<p>UMICH
<a href=“http://www.finaid.umich.edu/media/pdf_other_forms_and_flyers_autogen/studbudg0809_actual.pdf[/url]”>http://www.finaid.umich.edu/media/pdf_other_forms_and_flyers_autogen/studbudg0809_actual.pdf</a></p>
<p>UTEX
<a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/business/accounting/pubs/tf_gradsem0910.pdf[/url]”>http://www.utexas.edu/business/accounting/pubs/tf_gradsem0910.pdf</a></p>
<p>Don’t get me wrong, I think UofM is an excellent school, it was just overpriced in my case.</p>