Just got off Brown's waitlist. Is Brown better than Michigan-Ross BBA?

Well do you want the big state school, big ten sports, traditional college experience that Michigan provides or the more liberal arts, independent, Ivy League culture that Brown offers. Both schools are strong for recruiting - your decision should come down to where you see yourself fitting better culturally.

Go to Brown

+1 for Brown

Can you guys elaborate, if possible, what makes Brown better than Michigan? e.g. certain concentration, faculty, location. Is it a lot better? I have to be concise with my family is all. Thank you.

Brown vs Ross out-of-state tuition: Brown wins those head-to-heads 10 out of 10.

Brown ($64K) vs Ross in-state tuition ($28K): Ross, unless your parents clear $400K per year.

Go to Michigan. You can always go to an Ivy for your MBA, and for me, I'd take the state school experience hands down for undergrad.

Though, I've heard from a friend that Brown students throw naked parties...

As people have said really depends on the experience you want. Objectively Brown is a better school, it's an Ivy League school with a strong brand and great placement into all types of jobs. Michigan will be way more fun and you'll still be able to be successful from Michigan, but it will lack the prestige of Brown.

Visit both and see how you feel, I thought Brown had a nice campus and I liked the surrounding town.

Can't really go too wrong with either though.

Brown is not generally seen as a "macho" school.

The amount of competition from Ross to get into the coveted internships will be tremendous. At Brown, there will still be competition but much more diversity of interests. Plus, you'll have A/B/C/No Credit grading. You can find a party school vibe with the right group of people; not everyone is a stoner there.

Depends what you want to do - if it's in the traditional corporate world, Ross has a better rep, otherwise Brown wins out. Michigan will give you a better experience no doubt

I don't think getting sh*tfaced at 24 (6 home games per year) football Saturdays is worth foregoing an Ivy credential and living amongst the smartest peers in the world for four years.

If you have friends at big party schools (Big Ten, Miami, Duke, Tulane), go to Brown and just make sure you make time to visit them.

Both schools have exceptionally ugly women but Michigan is still much better in this regard. I literally didn't know it was possible to have that many grotesquely ugly people in one place until I visited Brown.

Eh both schools are reputable enough that the decision shouldn't come down to academics. If you are recruiting for finance, I believe Ross has a better alumni network in NYC than Brown but if you want to do management consulting that might not be true. Either way, given Brown isn't really a top ivy, it doesn't have any significant advantage over Michigan.

Pick the school you like better. You'll be able to get the same gig from either school.