Ross 2012 - Calling All Applicants

I am from Asia and got admit in R1. So far I have been communicating with other fellow admits in my region. We are having similar difficulties to finance for Ross MBA after it officially gave up offering non-cosigner loans for international students.

If I knew that earlier, I would have applied to another/additional school at similar ranking with such loans. It’s quite painful now as I still have no solution on my financing.

Fellows,
Does anyone know how to join Google Group? Or as some said before, Ross Adcom will send e-mails enabling access to the group?

You can ask for permission to join the group through your personal Ross' page. They will add manually, I think.

Thanks for the info...You mean the wolverine page aka New & Prospective Student Center...However, I could not find any link to ask for permission

An additional question:
How can waitlisted applicants send additional recommendation letters ? Is there an option to do that ?

Perhaps you can try and convince ISB to give you a 1 year deferral. I think you need to write a very convincing letter stating a really strong reason, also external influence (A senior alum etc) can help. If Ross works out - Great or else you can still go to ISB next April.

Well thats a good advice considering i still graduate 2014! but as it stands im sure ISB will not provide a deferal and to b frank career wise I willnot gain anything this year by staying back and working an extra year!

At the end Ross is AWESOME!! but ISB aint that bad.... I guess just need to get my priorities and head straight and take a decision in the next 2 days!

it's on your main page: https://www.bus.umich.edu/MyiMpact/StudentLife.aspx
"Join the Google Group"
Do you see that?

Hey ISB is an excellent school! You can't lose

Posted from my mobile device

I'v registered in Wolverine and founded 'New & Prospective Student Business'.
And there is a Scholarship section there 'View Financial Aid Award Summary'.
As for me, right now it is empty. Does it mean that i have no scholarship at all?

Ulm,
Thank you, but I still cannot find it...I see a menu on top of the page: It says Home Calender Academics Career...and so on
After those, comes other useful information section where I also did not find anything about the group. However, the site has acknowledged me...I can see my name appearing on the right top..

It is in the body of the Student Life page. You will see a picture of Soojin with a 'Welcome' link and right under that there is 'Join the Google Group'

For those admitted wanting a timeline on things (when you need to accept and put deposit, etc.), there is a checklist on the student life section:

https://www.bus.umich.edu/MyiMpact/StudentLife.aspx

On the right under "Take a Look", look for "Master Checklist for Admitted Students"

Yep it is but its not as great as Ross..... not yet!

I think you need to work out a strategy to get that deferral. Its difficult but not impossible (pm me and perhaps we can think of a strategy). I think you should also consider the ROI and costs. ISB is approximately 1/3 the cost of the Ross MBA. While ROI figures for Ross are great, economy is absolutely impossible to predict and and an ISB MBA gets you back into the market quicker.

The real difference is the MBA experience and i think this is where Ross wins. The international classmates, world class facilities and professors and an unbeatable alumni network. Ross is an growing brand in the emerging markets so by the time we graduate, we might benefit from such a scenario.

I understand how a difficult choice you have. Good luck. Remember, there is no wrong choice. Maktub as they say it in Arabic

Maktub and mabrook for having good choices.

I am an applicant from India and was waitlisted in R2 after interview. My GMAT Score was 700 Q 51 V 33

Do you think, taking TOEFL will have any impact on my application or should I rather focus on other professional or personal achievements for the update during this waitlist period. Please suggest