<p>I got into Boston College CSOM and U of Michigan. Which is better? U of M has a population of 20k and BC has a population of 9K. I would prefer a close relationship with the professors which I think BC has. If I go to U of M i need to do really well the first year to get into Ross. I would like to go to Ross because it is a better business school but I only have a 33% chance of getting in. Should I take the risk or should I stay risk free?</p>
<p>Dear ngkelvinsk : Having spent a great deal of time on the campus of Boston College and the University of Michigan, I can offer the following insights. First and foremost, the Ann Arbor/Detroit area of Michigan is a dump - the surrounding area of the University of Michigan is alive during the semester, but if you need to be on campus during intersessions, the entire area shuts down. While this is true of many college campuses and towns, Boston College has the Boston and Cambridge areas - both superior to Ann Arbor.</p>
<p>Second, your desire to be in business classes will eventually be measured by your MBA - honestly, at the graduate level, Michigan is a great choice, but for undergraduate respect, Boston College could land you more opportunities.</p>
<p>BC/CSOM will be a great launching pad for your future.</p>
<p>As a resident of Michigan who spends a lot of time on the uofm campus (season tickets, go blue!) I'm insulted that you would call ann arbor a dump!!! And are u crazy about the shutting down? Ann arbor is always alive for example the art festival in ann arbor is considered the best in the country with millions visiting the city for the June/July event. Also, AA is beautiful, a dump wouldn't have the nickname "tree city." AA is also sooo much more diverse than the boston area (I've visited and was shocked at how few minorities I saw) and a large population just means plenty more unique people to meet. I will concede Detroit is a dump (only go for sporting events/auto show) but it is an hour and a half away so there is no effect on the beautiful city of AA.</p>
<p>I am considering BC for college too, but I had to come to the defense of such a great town that was unfairly labeled.</p>
<p>Thank You. That helped a lot. Many of my advisers and teachers are telling me to go to BC as well but I couldnt get over the fact that Ross is better. If anyone else has any other insight please tell me! Thanks</p>
<p>Oh, almost forgot, um's business school, Ross, is much more regarded than BC's and the um alni system is much more diverse, spread out, and definetely larger (claims to be the largest in the world)</p>
<p>A um degree will get u places ANYWHERE in the country and many places around the world (um is respected globally much more than BC whose prominence does not expand much farther than the east coast)</p>
<p>Its still a 33% chance of enrolling into ross, and I heard its not easy to keep up the grades, etc....</p>
<p>well depends if u want the easy, less rewarding way out or are willing to risk it for a better degree. Even if u don't get in um has so many options to choose from and is elite in so many programs it is impossible not to to find something else you are interested in and um excels in.</p>
<p>i don't know..... i only want to study finance/investment-banking and scottj has a really good point. I have taken so many risks this year in applying to colleges and I have pretty much failed every single time except for U of M and BC...</p>
<p>either way BC is a good school, just wanted to give u the other side. Don't know which point u r talking about bc I responded to both pretty well but good luck wherever you go!</p>
<p>"AA is also sooo much more diverse than the boston area<a href="I've%20visited%20and%20was%20shocked%20at%20how%20few%20minorities%20I%20saw">/u</a> and a large population just means plenty more unique people to meet."</p>
<p>Are you freaking serious?! Ann Arbor is more diverse than Boston. That's almost like saying there are more Asians in Mexico than in China. Where did you visit? Wellesley? We get it, you like AA a lot, but don't obscure fact. At least there is something called the U.S. Census.</p>
<p>White:
Ann Arbor-72.4%
Boston-56.6%</p>
<p>African-American:
Ann Arbor-7.1%
Boston-24.5%</p>
<p>Asians:
Ann Arbor-16%
Boston-7.9%</p>
<p>Latino:
Ann Arbor-3.3%
Boston-14.9%</p>
<p>I fail to see how a city with 3 quarters white is a diverse town.</p>
<p>Boston</a> city, Massachusetts - Fact Sheet - American FactFinder
Ann</a> Arbor city, Michigan - Fact Sheet - American FactFinder</p>
<p>"Second, your desire to be in business classes will eventually be measured by your MBA"</p>
<p>Thanks scottj... really good point.</p>
<p>I will admit I was wrong, but I was not as wrong as you are making me out to be.</p>
<p>By Boston AREA(emphasis on the area) I meant the suburbs around Boston not Boston city, which you supplied statistics for. (Cambridge was roughly 75% white on the same website)</p>
<p>Also, if you add the huge student population of Ann Arbor which is 45% minority if i remember correctly, the numbers aren't as lopsided.</p>
<p>Having an extremely liberal reputation, U of M and Ann Arbor give a more diverse impression because they pride themselves on being diverse.</p>
<p>I would be crazy to say Ann Arbor (all suburbs besides the campus and downtown area) is much more diverse than the metropolis of Boston. But It is more diverse than the surrounding areas if you take the nature and student population into account.</p>
<p>^^^^Actually its a little more than 30% minorities at Mich**</p>
<p>dude...why didnt you just apply to umich...</p>
<p>we get it, you guys are lifetime lovers</p>
<p>There are quite a bit of misconceptions and half-bake thoughts in your last post, urcuzinvinnie. As a native of Boston all my life, allow me to break them down, one by one. </p>
<p>"By Boston AREA(emphasis on the area) I meant the suburbs around Boston not Boston city, which you supplied statistics for. (Cambridge was roughly 75% white on the same website)"</p>
<p>So let me get this straight, when you visit the “boston area” you didn’t visit Boston, but the outlying areas, as in the suburbs like Cambridge. Hmm…That’s not what tourists usually do. First off, Cambridge isn't a suburb; it is a wealthy city (parts of it). Second, the surrounding areas of Boston are NOT suburbs either, but towns. Boston and its surrounding are really old; they don’t translate into suburb since most spaces were already inhabited long before there was the phenomenon known as suburb. Some wealthy neighborhoods are usually villages incorporated into a larger city or town. Others are wealthy towns like Wellesley, and most of them are famous for being New England towns which actually draw tourists come the fall. Third, the majorities of cities in the Boston area are more diverse than Ann Arbor. Among them are Lowell, Brockton, Lawrence, Lynn, and Cambridge<a href="which%20by%20the%20way%20%5Bb%5Ddoes%20not%20have%5B/b%5D%20anywhere%20near%2075%%20white,%20and%20%5Bu%5Dit%20still%20is%20more%20diverse%20than%20Ann%20Arbor%5B/u%5D;%20go%20back%20and%20look%20again,%20this%20time%20on%20the%20mid-left%20column—the%20mid-right%20column%20is%20the%20national%20average,%20which%20was%20where%20you%20looked">/u</a>. Some exceptions include Newton and Somerville (but no one go to Newton to party). You can look at the same census site to verify; I don’t feel like copy and paste data of every single city.
American</a> FactFinder</p>
<p>"But It is more diverse than the surrounding areas if you take the nature and student population into account."</p>
<p>I feel compelled to let you know that there are over 200,000 college and grad students from across the country and the world in the Greater Boston Area alone (Boston itself has only half a million people living in it). If you take into account the student population, which doesn’t register on the census, its impact on Boston and the surrounding area is already overwhelmingly greater than whatever UMich has on Ann Arbor. </p>
<p>Having an extremely liberal reputation, U of M and Ann Arbor give a more diverse impression because they pride themselves on being diverse.</p>
<p>I am sure that Ann Arbor gives a lot of impression, but diversity might not be one of them (not according to statistical and objective reality), but I am sure pride is. By the way, in term of being liberal, Ann Arbor and Michigan have a long way to go when compared to Boston and Massachusetts. The formers didn't get the honors of talk radio proposing they be sold to Canada.</p>
<p>Maybe I should try a different approach.... Whats bad about BC?</p>
<p>is it possible to switch to the honors program if i am capable of doing it after the first semester?</p>
<p>yes it is, but you'll have to do an interview. make sure there aren't any incriminating pictures of you on facebook and other social networks.</p>
<p>metfan2121 will you still be able to watch the Mets play if you go to BC?</p>
<p>Is there a large difference between Honors and normal? Is the pace just faster or do they learn more?</p>