| Seg, it's great that people are fiercely loyal to their schools but all this cat-fighting about which is best doesn't help you out any. I don't see how you can go wrong either way. They are both well-respected schools. Vandy doesn't have a traditional Business School so Econ is as close as you can get. It is a very good program. I can't speak about Michigan but everyone says it has a very good Business program...have to take them at their word. Since weather doesn't matter to you it's a pretty even fight. The biggest difference is the size of the school and the size of a lot of your freshman or weedout courses. I'm not sure my D had a class with more than about 100 or so students and I think she might have had 2 classes like that (Chem E. major, probably had something to do with it). The other thing that I know Vandy offers and I can't speak to UMich is the classes are almost always taught by the professors, not TA's. One last thing. The Freshman to Sophomore retention rate at Vandy is somewhere in the 96-98% range. Something else to think about. I wish you luck on your decision! |