<p>I was just waitlisted at Michigan and I was pretty intent on applying to Ross during my freshmen year. Now I'm choosing between Indiana and Wisconsin for business and I know Wisconsin may be a better school overall, but how is its business program. The rankings, as little as they may mean, came out a few weeks ago and wisconsin ranked somewhat lower than kelly and ross...around like 28 I think. I really like Wisconsin but I'm from New York and I'm worried that the B-school doesn't get that much recruiting from the east coast as do the "better known" Kelly and Ross. I know my grades and internships will matter most but how is the b-school in terms of placing graduates. Do people like it there? Does anyone know if it is targeted by major ibanks or other financial firms like citi, jp morgan etc? Thanks for any information!</p>
<p>The report lists all the companies that recruited at UW last year. They are increasing their profile in the NY banking world. Historically most grads strongly would rather go to Chicago than NY but that is changing since NYC made its comeback in the 80's. Also the Bschool just got approval to increase tuition an extra $1000/yr in order to hire more profs. The facilities are also being expanded by 100%. Uw is coming up while IU is stagnant to falling.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted to Michigan as well, and to Ross, subsequently. Now I'm headed to Wisconsin. The business school is ranked 27th versus Ross's 5th, but it is also expanding, as is Ross. Ross is no doubt the better B-School, 52,000 a year I believe the starting salary is. Wisconsin's is 46,000. They are comparable, and similar companies recruit at both schools (McKinsey, AmeriBank, CitiBank, Goldman-Sachs). Both schools are tied for 11th for undergrad economics as well. I intend on pursuing an econ/business double major. You'll get a similar experience at both schools, although UW's atmosphere has yet to be beat by any schools'.</p>
<p>Got into Penn State's, Purdue's and Minnesota's B-Schools. But, I'm up for a challenge and willing to give UW a good shot, so lets see that happens. I agree, with barrons, because IU's Business school, is slowly dropping. It was 10th last year, and dropped to 18th this year. Just image by the time you graduate, it would have become quite bad. Apart, from that, Wisconsin's campus and social life is unmatched even by Umich, so all in all a wise choice to go to UW.</p>
<p>I know that there isn't a larger percentage that get a job in the NE; is it because there very few students that are looking forjobs in NY when the recruiters come, or is it that there is quite a few students looking for NE/NY jobs but the recruiters don't necessary choose them often?</p>
<p>Chu, the short answer to both your questions is yes. The geographic region distribution of UW graduates actually matches quite closely where they came from. </p>
<p>Many UW graduates who head out to NE, mostly NYC, are working at/near Wall St. National firms e.g. Deloitte, E&Y, PwC and Goldman who treat UW as a core school will let you designate the specific office that you like to work/interview once you get through the initial round of interview. </p>
<p>Outside the national firms, you have to use the alum network to reach specific regional firms (at the NE). As a matter of fact, Career Services for the MBA program is specialized with this type of job search. I assume the undergrad office has similar expertise.</p>