Ross (Michigan) Class of 2016- Calling all applicants!

Congrat all admitted. I understand your feelings as I experienced the same last year and would like to share how I made decision between 2 schools. I got offers from Ross and another "higher ranking" school, but I decided Ross because
1. If you like a collaborative environment, Ross should be your choice. It is one of the most team work school I have ever seen. You work in different teams and get project done. You may see some "free riders", every school has this, but I did not see "competitive mindset" in my team.
2. Alumni: they are helpful. I tried to contact alumni from both school, and I received a lot of warm greeting from Ross. They invited me to different activities, talked and shared information with me. I got very few response from the other school.
3. Consulting: Ross is one of the best school for consulting and it was designed in such a way. 90% good classes are strategy. You will be learned how to become a good consultant. Given its size, Ross is the one of the most likeable school for consulting. You may think Ross is not finance school, but you may be misleading. There are around 40 MBA1 recruiting for IB this year, and most of them got offers from top such as GS, MS, JPM...it is amazing given school size.
4. Your guts feeling: it is an important factor. You may have different reasons to choose a school, but I think there is no much difference in career prospect, school quality in top 15. Most "good" companies recruits from top schools, so don't worry about opportunities. The most important factor is your feeling about that school. You can only have this feeling through "conversation and talk" with people from that school. I don't think there is a shortcut for it.

Good luck to all of you. It's just the first step.