thaprecepta

Alright I'm a little confused on which to choose. I recently got accepted the business school at UT Austin but not their honors business school. Likewise, I got accepted into the honors college at umich but not their business school. I've always wanted to do business and I'm a little bit confused on which to choose. I live in Michigan so of course its a little bit cheaper to stay in state but completely disregarding money which do you think would be the better option for me? I want a business degree but I think I want to practice law as a career. If I go to umich I'm not guaranteed a spot in business but then again its a better college whereas UT i'm in for sure. I'm not 100% yet which college is the better pick for me so any help is appreciated. Thanks!

rjkofnovi

If you were smart enough to get into Michigan's honors program, you should be smart enough to enter the B school as a sophomore. Go to Michigan. Look at it as a real life experience for future opportunities. If you're going to be seeking a job in business in the next few years, you might as well get used to the competition sooner than later. If you want to be a lawyer, you can major in other areas as well, with Michigan being a bit more prestigious overall which should aid your choice in attending a top law school.

Alexandre

I'd go with Michigan.

Overall, both are excellent universities (peer institutions), but Michigan is slightly better and more well recognized.

In Business, both are excellent, but Ross has the edge over McCombs.

In terms of Law school placement, both do a great job but since universities generally feed into their own professional programs, and Michigan has a slightly better Law school than UT-Austin, I would say Michigan has a slight edge over UT-Austin.

Finally, in terms of on and off campus life, both schools are awesome.

Overall, I think Michigan is just a tiny bit better than UT-Austin and since you are in-state at Michigan, I think Michigan makes more sense.

n8s07ss

Did you actually compare in-state vs. out of state tuition at the two universities? I was in your same situation 3 years ago (except I was going into architecture and it was for my Master's) and I found that even the out of state TX tuition was LESS than in-state MI tuition. I was even able to get in-state tuition for my second year (they give in-state tuition if you student teach or get a university job), saving me thousands over UM. That along with the great weather and incredible city helped make my decision to go south. Either way you will be happy, but I wouldn't be so quick to assume UM is cheaper than UT.

Alexandre

UT OOS = $32,000-$44,000/year
UT IS = $22,000-$25,000
FINANCIAL AID: 2008-2009 Undergraduate Cost of Attendance (COA)

Michigan IS = $23,000/year
University of Michigan Office of Financial Aid: Cost of Attendance

I don't think Texas can be cheaper than Michigan, even if the OP were to extablish residence after 2 years. Afterall, UT is as expensive as Michigan for IS students. Of course, if the OP gets a nice scholarship from UT, that's an entirely different story.

n8s07ss

I apologize, I guess it is quite different for undergrads. But in my case, as a grad student, and a resident of MI, UofM tuition was $16.6K per semester versus UT, which was only $11K for OS tuition (both based on 15 credit hours). Once I got Texas residency status, tuition went down to roughly $5.7K, almost a third of UMich. So to me, it's a no brainer - 2 years at UofM as a resident would have cost me roughly $66K where 2 years at UT (1 as non-res. 1 as res.) cost me around $22K--almost 1/3 the cost!! Not to mention, at the time Texas grad. arch. program was ranked higher than UofM, though now I don't think that's the case.

UMICH
http://www.finaid.umich.edu/media/pd...809_actual.pdf

UTEX
http://www.utexas.edu/business/accou...radsem0910.pdf

Don't get me wrong, I think UofM is an excellent school, it was just overpriced in my case.