Help! Michigan vs. MSU FMI

you've got plenty of time to pull up your gpa. you've got 2 years.

are you kidding? stay with umich. what the fuck is an eli broad?

Don't do math if you're not good at it. One of my friends is doing Econ at Michigan and has a 3.9 (he wants to go into law, so he never bothered to apply to Ross).. don't discount everyone in that major as a "Ross reject."

its true, i have a couple years to pick up the gpa, but it will be within LSA, not Ross. ok, assuming Ross doesnt give me something to smile about and i do well in pursuit of an econ major the next few years, I will be competing with all the Ross kids and Econ majors with higher gpas. its commonly believed on campus that the recruiters will be flipping through the resumes and only take the BBAs seriously, with the econ majors just feeding off the scraps.

is that honestly better than the FMI program?

yes

NY state of mind:

its commonly believed on campus that the recruiters will be flipping through the resumes and only take the BBAs seriously, with the econ majors just feeding off the scraps.

that's not true

I wouldn't discredit Broad too much. If you can find your niche in the BSchool at MSU it's a great place, but you're to have to put a little extra effort forth to do so. The Broad School accepts the majority of students that apply, so once you're in its not terribly difficult to distinguish yourself from the crowd. There are tons of great student groups (FA, SIA) to join that will help you find your place. If you can get your GPA up there, 3.8ish you have a really good chance with the FMI scholars program. I go to MSU, and getting a 3.8ish isn't difficult especially when you are just beginning to start your business core classes sophomore year. While I agree UMich is the place to be if you want to land a IB position, but if you're not in Ross or doing some kind of quant degree it's going to be tough to get that BB analyst position. At UMich you are competing against academically higher caliber students. It's cut throat, so make sure you know what you're up against.

Aakashn is right. Matter of fact Broad placed quite a few students on the street this year, FT and SA... Then there is the fact that MSU is probably the greatest place in the world. I for one would never change my decision about going to MSU over any other school. Go Green!

To the OP: Fall of junior year, at least for Michigan (and probably most other schools as well), is the last chance you get to bring up your GPA for a junior summer internship. Your winter term is for interviews, so by then your resume with an updated fall GPA should already be in. That being said, that's still a good 1.5 years to do it. Also remember that the summer internship isn't the only chance you have. You have another shot at FT positions. I know a ton of Ross kids who never got the summer analyst positions but ended up getting a full-time one. Even if you're not in Ross, you can still make it. And lastly, don't forget about graduating with a strong GPA for grad school and such.

I left UM lsa for MSU business. I was sort of in the same position as you only I was a Junior transfer to UM and could not apply to Ross. I had planned on majoring in Econ, but my math skills suck so I ended w/ a dual concentration in English/Soc. Ok, so I'm just going to list a bunch of stuff as it comes to me...

Reasons I left - 1) I need a job after school. Being a Soc/English major made me really nervous about finding a job after school. LSA advisers always tell you to take a business course or two and to convince an employer that you have comparable skills to Business majors; this sounded a little sketchy to me.

2) I like business, I don't care about society, or literature, or racism, social inequality blah blah blah that they push on you in LSA.

3) *NO 4th semester language req. YES!

4) My grades were suffering (3.25) I attributed this to concentrating in something I wasn't interested in.

5) I didn't like the open campus thing, too many wierdos/bums walking around campus and too many people throwing frisbies, protesting, trying to give me flyers and shouting on loudspeakers about the devil or jesus or whatever.

6) I didn't like the know-it-all students always trying to sound smart. I don't know why but everybody there just seemed snobbish, or they had that whole UM was my last choice but I didn't get into Harvard attitude.

-Looking back- 1) UM LSA has way better career people and academic advisers compared to the MSU COB, I'm assuming the MSU services for the general student body is even worse. It's not necessarily their fault, they just have a lot more students to deal with than LSA

2) UM has better resources, more info on website, CTools hands down a better system than Angel, better email, administration, student services etc.

3) Jimmy Johns is not close by at MSU nor is anything else.

4) The students at MSU seem a lot nicer, less rich, more normal.

5) I've always been able to get a computer at MSU, fuck the fishbowl.