Get the inside scoop on jobs and careers with Vault career guides. Michigan Ross School of Business Buzz Book is your complete resource to jobs, careers, interviews and recruiting.
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Michigan Ross School of Business Buzz Book Get the inside scoop on jobs and careers with Vault career guides. Michigan Ross School of Business Buzz Book is your complete resource to jobs, careers, interviews and recruiting. |
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Michigan Ross School of Business Buzz Book Welcome to the first edition of Vault's Michigan Ross School of Business Buzz Book. In this new and unique guide, we publish extended excerpts and sample admissions essays from surveys of students and alumni from the Ross School to bring you the inside scoop on its MBA program. The survey comments cover the following areas:
The guide is intended to serve as a complement to other references to business schools currently available that utilize school-reported data. Unlike those guides, Vault's Buzz Books (which also include the Business School Buzz Book , Law School Buzz Book and College Buzz Book) are composed almost entirely of information provided directly to Vault from students and alumni.
We received comments from the Ross School, which we have included comments next to appropriate survey sections, offset with a different font and indented to be easily recognizable as school-provided comments. Corrections within the body of the comments are enclosed in brackets. The Ross School also provided separate narratives that have included them at the end of each chapter, under the heading "The School Says."
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Status: Current student, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 8/2003-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: June 2004
How to get in: be yourself first and foremost. Be confident, and talk/write about how you want to give to the school. Think co-creation.
The school really looks to keep a mix of students, so I can't give you any cookie-cutter advice. They want finance just as much as marketing, international experience, nonprofit and so on. Write a list of what makes you you, including good leadership examples. Examples not of telling people what to do, but rather of helping other people help themselves. The best thing you can do to get in is apply. This school definitely looks at you from a number of angles. You may have a weakness, but if you were perfect you wouldn't need B-school.
Academics: Students Speak
Status: Alumnus/a, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 9/2002-5/2004
Survey Submitted: June 2004
Quality of classes is outstanding. Each course is relevant to today's environment. I enrolled in the most popular classes and never had a problem getting in. In addition, most professors sign waivers. Michigan uses a bidding process to enroll, which some students find frustrating.
Grading is tough at Michigan. The forced curve ensures that poor grades are doled out (I know this personally). A graduate with distinction or honors from Michigan is truly an exceptional individual.
Academics: The School Says
As of July 2007, the MBA program at the University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business is ranked Number One by The Wall Street Journal Harris Interactive Survey of corporate recruiters and Number Five by BusinessWeek.
The Ross difference is action-based learning. We are committed to an approach to business education that goes beyond studying cases. We build a foundation of the most rigorous analytical tools and quantitative skills with world-class instruction. Then we work hard to create challenging opportunities for students to apply those skills and develop new ones in team-based multidisciplinary projects. Students work with peers and faculty in real time for real stakes for real companies in locations around the world. They do it as part of our core curriculum, and they can choose to do even more through a rich array of electives and focused learning opportunities.
By building bridges between the classroom experience and real organizational settings, we want students learn leadership not just by example, but by practice, as well. Our mission is to provide the most immersive, hands-on business education possible.
Ours is an innovative approach. But it's not always neat or easy. Action-based learning requires a great deal of open-mindedness, agility, and teamwork to succeed. At Ross, we actively foster these qualities in our community. We look for students who are willing and eager to be part of something larger than themselves, who are receptive to new ways of thinking, and who bring all their experiences to bear on how they tackle a challenge.
Employment Prospects: Students Speak
Status: Alumnus/a, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 9/2002-5/2004
Survey Submitted: June 2004
I found the Office of Career Development at the Michigan Business School to be well above average. The number and depth of resources at my disposal was nearly too much to absorb and certainly too much to use. Each and every time I had a question regarding networking, salary or negotiating, the director of the Office of Career Development met with me personally. As a state school, Michigan runs a lean operation and, therefore, the Office of Career Development is very efficient.
Every industry that my classmates or I were interested in recruited on campus, including GE, the top banks, P&G and MSFT. Each of these recruiters usually had three to five interviewers interviewing candidates over a two- to four-day period. 100s of interviews each. This is for both full-time and summer opportunities.
Prestige with recruiters, I'd say, is high. Otherwise, I am not sure they'd keep coming back. Refer to the WSJ MBA rankings for validation of this comment.
Quality of Life: Students Speak
Status: Alumnus/a, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 8/2003-4/2005
Survey Submitted: October 2005
Absolutely great!!! If there is one great thing about Michigan, it is the quality of life. Don't get me wrong, you will still need to read and study a lot and invest many nights in it, but the environment and camaraderie of the students are great.
Status: Alumnus/a, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 8/2002-5/2004
Survey Submitted: May 2006
Ann Arbor is a great college town--lots of land, nicely landscaped, great football, basketball and hockey teams. People generally have a lot of fun in Ann Arbor. The closest big city to Ann Arbor is Detroit, which isn't terribly exciting. Chicago is about five hours away by car (or less than an hour by plane).
Social Life: Students Speak
Status: Current student, full-time
Dates of Enrollment: 9/2002-Submit Date
Survey Submitted: January 2004
What a great way to spend two years--back in a diverse college town, going to a Big 10 football games, tailgating and having a great time! Although school is rigorous and consuming, Michigan students know how to have a good time and make the most of their free time. Ann Arbor is a wonderful place for both families and those wanting to relive their undergraduate years. Lots of restaurants and culture right in town. Happy hour every Thursday, plus lots of other student-initiated activities.
Another thing Michigan does to help the transition from work to B-school is the MTrek program where incoming first-years go on a trip led by three or four second-year students. Locations have included Machu Picchu, Brazil's Pantanal, Japan, the Caribbean, Hawaii, Utah, Colorado, you name it. Completely student-run, MTrek is an amazing experience and a great way to come into the program with some really close friends.
