Michigan Ross or UCLA
Hi all, want your thoughts. Was pretty set on Michigan since Ive heard ucla is really bad for banking and ross is at least a lower target. However, I'm a bit torn since, at Michigan, I need to do a dual degree so will take about 4.5 years with a Ross/CS degree because I'm an international that needs STEM OPT. However, at UCLA, I could do a math and CS degree and then get a stanford masters in around the same time. Thoughts? Would the ucla path, while maybe making it harder for IB open up more HF/pod oppurtunities later on? I'm not sure if I want to join the IB race so does UCLA provide more opps for fintech/others? Basically, is a Michigan Ross+CS degree worse than a UCLA math+cs degree in terms of long term opps if I want to keep HF/VC open. Also, in the 25% chance I dont get h1b, how are international reputations of UCLA vs Michigan Ross?
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Yeahh, ive been speaking to some people about a dual and ill need consistent 18 credit summers. ik michigan ross clubs are important so idk if ill be able to have fun at michigan despite liking the overall environment. im not too much of a stickler for weather tbh, think ill have fun at both. I'm honestly reconsidering if i want to join the IB grind so in that case, UCLA is probably better? What're your opinions on the undergraduate business degree, do you think it closes many doors?
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Ross all day (I go to non target)
I was choosing between Michigan (non-Ross) and UCLA and ultimately chose UCLA. If you're happy with banking in LA or SF, UCLA will get you there if you go in focused and do the right things (plenty of threads on UCLA -> IB). Not many students aim for banking from UCLA, so the lower amount is a bit misleading, especially compared to Michigan which has many kids gunning for it.
For reference, I went to an EB from UCLA and am now in PE and would not trade my UCLA experience for anything (although I'm sure Michigan would be a blast too).
Michigan is one of the top engineering/CS schools in the US, and Ross is also great. Not sure about your reference to Stanford or how that would work with UCLA, but I'd take Michigan over UCLA.
Just putting it out there that at UCLA, biz-econ is considered a "STEM-degree" for OPT qualifications because it is somewhat more math-intensive than many other schools' econ programs. So if you're only considering majoring in CS for OPT, just biz-econ at UCLA satisfies this as well (& you could easily graduate a few quarters early or even add on a data science/computing minor). I wouldn't say UCLA is "really bad" for banking, most of the kids deadset on it tend to go on to do IB, the overall numbers may seem low compared to other schools but UCLA has many students self-select into accounting/grad school/law school/etc...
Ross, UCLA isn't great
Just do michigan cs. No need for ross. You can join ross clubs as a mich cs. Mich cs is very respected.
Do not force yourself to do 18 credit summers lol
Traditional Finance: Ross, Engineering/STEM/Technology Innovation: Michigan, Entertainment: UCLA = Go to Ross
Current 2nd year at EB leaving for PE soon. Was in the same spot (Ross admit) and chose UCLA. Go Bruins
Yeah and who would want to live in Michigan over Los Angeles...
Michigan Ross
UCLA - is this a joke?
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