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[quote=Anonymous]Depends on the school, but generally speaking, the old “bird in the hand is worth two in the bush” adage comes into play here. Many schools make it very difficult and/or exceedingly competitive to get into business programs if they aren’t direct admits (and I believe Michigan is notorious on that front). I know that my alma mater of Illinois, which is essentially in the same tier as Wisconsin for admissions standards, it’s actually much more difficult to transfer into the business program as an existing student than to transfer into the engineering program (despite the highly-ranked UIUC engineering program having more difficult incoming freshman admissions standards compared to business). Business majors seem to be the most desirable transfer options for (a) liberal arts majors that have figured out that their majors won’t get them a job and (b) STEM majors that have figured out that their majors are way too hard for them. As a result, existing student transfer standards are often even more difficult than direct admissions as freshmen.

In that respect, a direct admit to Wisconsin Business is worth more than getting into Michigan LSA without a direct admit to Ross. You’re generally better off with a direct admit to any upper tier business school than a general liberal arts admissions to a non-Ivy/Ivy-level school (which generally don’t even have business majors).[/quote]

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