Chance of acceptance?

JBStillFlying
Mon, 10 Oct 2016 03:49:13 +0000

@meglmc you asked about other schools. You might consider Carlson (UMN) which is exclusively direct admission and is ranked on par (perhaps slightly higher now) compared to WSB in the USNews rankings. Your stats should be good enough - my daughter was just admitted with a 3.9 uw and a 34 ACT - and unlike WSB’s direct admit your academic stats DO matter for admission. You also have reciprocity as a Wisc. resident. I’ve actually been more impressed with Carlson’s job placement stats, although UW-Madison might dominate in certain specialties (not sure). UW itself is ranked significantly ahead of UMN, of course, so a lot depends on how much you want to be at a particular university overall. Carlson gets you going with at least two business courses as well as Econ and other prerequisites so you hit the ground running. I think at UW you take the same courses whether you’ve been directly admitted or not. UMN is a super easy application - no required essay, no rec. letters - and they are making admit decisions right now. FWIW.