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04-29-2008, 06:31 PM
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| Last Second Doubts (Maryland or Michigan)
Right now I'm having some doubts. I was accepted into the University of Maryland's business school where I can study my desired major, Information Systems. I was also accepted into University of Michigan's LSA College.
To be honest, I think that I would get a more relevant education at Maryland because I would be able to avoid many of the core classes that students in LSA are required to take. Also, it's a guaranteed degree in Information Systems. If I were to attend Michigan, I would have to wait a year (or is it two?) until I could apply to transfer into Ross where I could major in Information Systems.
I'm not looking forward to exploring various majors in LSA simply to pass the time until I can transfer out. With that said, it's very hard to turn down Michigan for Maryland.
What do you think? | 
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04-29-2008, 06:32 PM
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| Is money an issue? | |
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04-29-2008, 06:37 PM
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| No, I'll gladly graduate in debt if I have to. | |
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04-29-2008, 08:48 PM
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| You should goto Michigan, you don't have to major in information systems in Ross, you can do computer science in LSA or transfer to Engineering and do Industrial Operations Engineering(IOE) or Computer Science. You will get the same jobs upon graduation. Recruiting at Michigan is better. | |
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04-29-2008, 10:55 PM
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| Computer Science and IOE are too different from Information Systems. I'm not into hardcore math that engineering or computer science entails.
On a side note, can't I major in CS in LSA? I believe it's offered. | |
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04-29-2008, 11:08 PM
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| it's not that different. IOE is a business/tech major, which is what Information Systems is, I work at a Information Systems service firm. I did suggest Comp Sci in LSA, I think it's a great idea as well, I don't think you should be too concerned with specific majors, Michigan has a ridiculous number of programs. If you can think it, it's offered most likely. | |
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04-29-2008, 11:14 PM
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| Since it seems you didn't apply for Ross preferred admit thing, you'd have to apply during your freshmen year. If you got accepted to Ross, you wouldn't have to do the same requirements as people in LSA.
I think if you're really set on doing information systems, Maryland might be a better choice, just because there's no guarantee you'll get accepted to Ross, and you personally don't have much of a back-up plan at Michigan if you don't make it in.
Also, have you looked into Organizational Studies ( http://www.lsa.umich.edu/orgstudies/)? I don't know much about Organizational Systems or Information Systems, but it sounds like they may be similar. | 
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04-30-2008, 05:04 PM
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| 'I'll gladly graduate in debt if I have to.'
Be careful. Some people will be paying off student loans until they're 40, and with the mortgage mess, money at low rates is hard to come by. It may seem now as if debt is in the future, but it may have a major, major impact on your future. Think this through thoroughly before making your choice. | |
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04-30-2008, 06:32 PM
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| You will have to look into it, I don't know if it is the same thing or not , but they are adding a major called Informatics this year.
Link from the bulletin on what the new major is: https://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsa/printv...rticle,00.html
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04-30-2008, 08:41 PM
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| dsmo: Informatics would be a great option for me! I need to contact Michigan to see if that major is actually coming together because it seems like it's merely being proposed. | |
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05-01-2008, 08:54 AM
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| Money is always an issue. Need to look at that carefully.
But there is no comparison between College Park and Ann Arbor. College Park is what is it is - a significantly improved school that provides a competent education, set unfortunately in one of the more depressing counties (crime, level of education, ambiance etc.) in the nation. Maryland lacks to my mind a college feel - especially since many leave over the weekend inasmuch as there is little to do in the barrios and ghettos that now surround College Park. It is not - I repeat - not, anything like American or Georgetown in terms of the DC experience.
Michigan is one of the nation's great college towns, and if you are really dedicated to your craft and get your feet underneath you, its resources are mind boggling (its grad programs are so uniformly excellent it leads the school in a push pull fashion) and are there for the taking.
Again, school is what you make it - and money is super important today - but if you can, I would not hesitate a minute to go to Ann Arbor. | |
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05-01-2008, 11:55 AM
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| liberate, it is currently "Pending Approval" - probably more of a rubber stamp. U-M isn't going to propose something unless they know it will pass. | |
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