| You have some interesting choices to make here. Admission to McIntire, Ross and Haas(I think..) are not guaranteed at all, so going to any of these b-schools would entail a certain amount of risk. That Deans letter which you got from McIntire, is one which is sent out to everyone who has indicated his/her interest in business. So it isn't really a big deal. I got one myself after getting admitted to UVA.
If you hard-set on business, Tepper seems a safe bet. However it's lower than the others in rankings and iCMU's small size may not attract as many recruiters as the other three colleges.
If you like a challenge and think you're good enough to get into McIntire or Ross go to one of these. I would personally recommend Ross.
It has a 350 person class size, divided into cohorts, so that 'private schol attention' factor is prevalent.
A new $150 million dollar building (Whartons cost $80m) is being built for the Ross School of Business and a jump in the rankings in the next few years is inevitable.
Michigan has a fantastic campus and you could follow many of your other interests. There are clubs for just about anything!
And Since you apply at the end of freshman year, and dont get in, well you can transfer to another business school (like McIntire, Goziuweta, Kelley etc), the same or the next year.
As an international student myself,I was faced with a similiar choice (Haas excluded) and went with Michigan. |