UW-Madison(Finance)or U MICH(ECON)

<p>Hi everyone i applied to U MICH and got in for the spring 2007...since im a transfer im not sure if i will get in to ross for the fall 2007 application.. cuz ross will have no idea how i did in u mich before they make a decision. </p>

<p>Im currently a sphomore in UW-Madison and hopfully i will get into Business school with a major in Finance...</p>

<p>So i want to get into I bank after grad...</p>

<p>should i stay in UW or go U mich since U mich are more famous</p>

<p>If Wisconsin is your home state, I would stick with Wisconsin. If you are paying out of state tuition for either one, Michigan is a much better name, not to mention has a lot of alumni support.</p>

<p>My vote goes to Umich Econ. they have some very good alumni just ask alexandre. You can quite easily get into investment banking and finance in general with an econ degree from Umich and generally has a better name is more renowned throughout the Unites States while Uwisc is more midwestern. Again this is just my opinion and also an econ degree would be something new you could learn if yo uwant to get an MBA. I really see no point in majoring in business twice. If money isn't an issue or at leasta minor one I would definitely choose Umich. Best of luck</p>

<p>Michigan does not have a much better name nor is it ahead in alumni support. UW has far more major company CEOs and has far more grads managing major mutual funds in the US. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.news.wisc.edu/12947.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.news.wisc.edu/12947.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>According to Morningstar data, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's graduate program ranked #6 in placement of investment professionals at Morningstar-rated funds. This is evidence of the school's long and rich tradition of training investment managers.</p>

<p>Graduate Degrees of Investment Professionals at Morningstar-Rated Funds
Rank Count Graduate Studies Index
1 1 University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School 100
2 2 Harvard Business School 46
3 3 New York University - Stern School of Business 45
4 4 University of Chicago Graduate School of Business 40
5 5 Columbia Business School 35
6 6 University of Wisconsin - Madison 31
7 7 University of California at Los Angeles - Anderson School of Business 20
7 8 Stanford Graduate School of Business 20
9 9 Northwestern University - Kellogg Graduate School of Business 18
10 10 University of Virginia - Darden School of Management 17
11 11 University of Southern California 15
12 12 University of Michigan School of Business 12
12 13 Cornell University - Johnson Graduate School of Management 12
12 14 Indiana University 12
15 15 Dartmouth College - Amos Tuck School of Business 11
15 16 MIT Sloan School of Management 11
15 17 Oxford University 11
18 18 University of California at Berkeley Haas School of Business 9
18 19 Carnegie Mellon University 9
18 20 Duke University - Fuqua School 9
18 21 Cambridge University 9
18 22 University of Texas at Austin 9
23 23 University of Minnesota 8
24 24 University of Connecticut 7
24 25 Case Western Reserve University 7</p>

<p>Top Fund Raisers, 2004-5
Top institutions in total support
Stanford University $603,585,914
University of Wisconsin at Madison $595,215,891
Harvard University $589,861,000
University of Pennsylvania $394,249,685
Cornell University $353,931,403
Columbia University $341,140,986
University of Southern California $331,754,481
Johns Hopkins University $323,100,408
Indiana University $301,060,946
University of California at San Francisco $292,932,382
Yale University $285,706,955
University of California at Los Angeles $281,552,472
Duke University $275,815,542
University of Minnesota $265,498,507
University of Washington $259,118,639
University of Michigan $251,353,272
New York University $247,126,717
Massachusetts Institute of Technology $206,007,428</p>

<p>Be advised: tuition and fees at UMich for out of state residents is $31,000+. This is just for tuition alone. Frankly, a solid private school is cheaper. Before you blandly go off to Michigan and pick it over Wisconsin, I would weight the very high tuition for a state school! If you add the fees and misc, you are looking at total tution and fees close to $33,000 PLUS room and board. </p>

<p>Michigan may be a good school for many majors,but is it worth $33,000 per year in tuition and fees to attend a state school when many private schools, including all ivys, are cheaper?</p>

<p>Taxguy, Michigan is better than most private universities. Only the Ivies and a handful of other privates can match Michigan's academic excellence or resources...and Michigan is actually cheaper than most private universities.</p>

<p>This said, I agree that it is not worth paying over $30,000 for any university, including the Ivies, if one has access to Wisconsin-Madison for less than half that amount.</p>

<p>i am not a resident of both wisconsin and mich!</p>

<p>Ok, I just looked up tuition and fees for Wisconsin. It is around 20,000 vs. $33,000 for Michigan per year. Is it worth an extra $13,000 per year to attend Michigan?</p>

<p>yes, it is worth an extra 13,000 per year to attend michigan.</p>

<p>Actually, in terms of total cost of attendence, Michigan costs $41,000/year compared to $31,000 at Wisconsin. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.admissions.wisc.edu/costs.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.admissions.wisc.edu/costs.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www.finaid.umich.edu/Financial_Aid_Basics/cost.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.finaid.umich.edu/Financial_Aid_Basics/cost.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>So Michigan is more like $10,000 more expensive, not $13,000. 10K is a significant amount to be sure, but if money isn't a major factor, then the OP should focus on other factors. Michigan may serve him better than Wisconsin...or it may not. It really depends on the individual.</p>

<p>Not that Wisconsin is bad or anything... but all else being equal I'd take Michigan. They're both expensive for out of state. The real comparison here is that a $10k cost difference will be forgotten five years after you graduate, while the Michigan brand name will last for the rest of your life.</p>

<p>it'll be 30k more since you'll be there for 3 years.. i think its worth it.</p>

<p>you guys seem to be discounting the alumni network and prestige the wisconsin carries. If investment banking is what you want, get a 3.5GPA and apply to their investment club. 90% of all those selected get into ibanking at firms ranging from bofa to credit suisse. I have talked to many of those alum who are now recruiting for their banks at wisconsin and they will surely go out of their way to help you, which is humbling compared to alum from other schools i have talked to. One talked to me on the phone for an hour and a half to explain the industry to me, granted i am not even a wisconsin student, i was merely a prospective one</p>

<p>I would stay at U-Wisconsin, it is a good school for finance/accounting disciplines.</p>