Which oneUMich/OSU/UWisc/UFlor/UWash?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>My D has been accepted to some wonderful colleges and now is time to pick one!
A little bit about my D-Her goal is to go in to corporate law at a Fortune 500 company with a back up plan of working for a Fortune 500 company in Marketing or Management if she ultimately changes her mind about law. She has done well in a competitive Public HS with competitive grades and pedestrian SAT's for all the colleges listed. She will have taken 8 AP courses, strong leadership activity (Editor in Chief of Yearbook and other things), is mature for her age, a hard worker, creative, good writer and decent in Math (B's unweighted/A weighted in honors PreCalcand AP Statistics.</p>

<p>We will have visited all of the colleges before she makes her choice but for this exercise lets assume that she can fit culturally in any of them and that we are willing to pay tuition for whichever one she chooses.</p>

<p>Here are her options:</p>

<p>U Mich-USNWR Overall rank 28, B School rank 3, WSJ Corporate Recruiter overall rank 6 and for Business 1 (obviously the best school with the others one notch below but is it the best one for her?)
D did not get in to Ross direct, will have to apply for sophomore year (about 37% get admitted), daughter is in low end of 25/75% admitted student profile. </p>

<p>Ohio State-USNWR 55, B School 14, WSJ CR 12/Business ranked 2
Direct Admit to B School, honors program and Scholarship $ that will bring tuition below instate Cali costs.</p>

<p>U Wisconsin-USNWR 42, B School 14, WSJ CR 16/not ranked for Business but ranked 5 for Management
Direct Admit L&S honors program but will have to apply to B school while at Wisconsin (60% admitted)</p>

<p>U Florida-USNWR 58, B School 28, WSJ CR 9/Business ranked 23
Direct Admit to B School and honors program</p>

<p>U Wash-USNWR 42, B School 20, WSJ CR overall not ranked but ranked 18 for business
Will have to apply to B school while at U Wash (50% admitted)</p>

<p>So which one do you think and why? Please keep the thread focused on the topic and it will be very helpful to my D as we go through the process.I will post this on the forum for each college on this list.</p>

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<p>Michigan is in a higher tier then all of the other schools on your list. If cost isn’t an issue, UM would be your best choice, especially if she plans on going into business (Ross is always ranked right up with the best b-schools in the nation, ie. MIT, Northwestern, Wharton, etc.</p>

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<p>You’re taking ranking way too far into consideration. What school does she actually like? Have you visited at all?</p>

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<p>Maizeandblue21,</p>

<p>Yes, rankings are important but not everything, U Mich is probably the best school and the others pretty equal. She has been to Florida and will see the others in the next 10 days. So from this point on she is well positioned from a choice standpoint and she will get a feel in the next 10 days as to how she feels about each campus and their vibe. The thoughts I would appreciate from you and others is based on what she wants to do which one might be best for her (knowing that her feelings about a specific campus good or bad will push a school up or down). Does she go for UM because it is the best (or is it a stretch to think she would get in to Ross, or is it even necessary that she has to go to Ross to achieve her goals when an Economics major could work?) or should she go for one of the other good colleges that have offfered her various opportunities such as direct admit to business or honors program or scholarship $, etc. Thanks for your thoughts!</p>

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<p>I don’t know if I have ever seen a “Michigan vs. Ohio” in a help me decide thread before. Perhaps Ohio is the “orelse” in “Collegeorelse”.</p>

<p>If your daughter goes to U-M and doesn’t get into Ross, she could always transfer to Ohio like Justin Boren.</p>

<p>Just having a little fun. Not in the mood for college advice tonight.</p>

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<p>Michigan OOS or UMDCP IS?</p>

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<p>“I don’t know if I have ever seen a “Michigan vs. Ohio” in a help me decide thread before. Perhaps Ohio is the “orelse” in “Collegeorelse”.”</p>

<p>-This is actually kind of true. People that usually don’t get into michigan will go to OSU or UW instead.</p>

<p>In regards to getting into Ross, you completely control your own destiny. This year they added 100 spots to the incoming class of 2015, so the acceptance rate should be hovering around 40-45%, which isn’t too bad, considering many that apply don’t have a chance in the first place. If you need advice on what steps to take to secure a place in the Ross class feel free to send me a private message.</p>

<p>Also while fit and feel is very important, and if she absolutely hates Michigan she shouldn’t go here, I would highly recommend pushing her strongly in this direction. My parents did it, and I’m extremely glad they did.</p>