<p>Sakky, it is not difficult to explain away. More students at Columbia are interested in Consulting than students at Ross. Until the mid 90’s, Michigan Business School was primarily a Production/Operations school that sent over 50% of its students to heavy manufacturing firms. Ross has changed over the last decade, but even today, many of its top students dream of one day being leaders of industry. Still, Ross has taken an active role in seeing to it that 25% of its class is interested in Consulting, 25% in investment Banking, 25% in Marketing and 25% in operations and production. But 25% is a relatively low percentage. Schools like Wharton and Harvard are almost 40% Finance and 40% management. As it is, schools like Wharton, HBS and Columbia are 50%-100% larger than Ross. And when you add the ratio of students who are interested in (and have prior professional experience in) Investment Banking and Management consulting recruits aren’t going to be as common as they would be at HBS and Wharton. </p>
<p>At any rate, I stand by my previous statement. The M7 aren’t necessarily the top 7 MBA programs. They are definitely all top 10 MBA programs, but there are a couple of other MBA programs that are definitely as good.</p>