<p>wats known as a better school.. umich or bc...</p>
<p>here's 14 pages of argument on which school is better...</p>
<p>here is your overview</p>
<p>Michigan>BC in presitge and connections.</p>
<p>BC>Michigan in class sizes and selectivity</p>
<p>Michigan>BC in most departments, but BC is usually close behind.</p>
<p>Michigan>BC in sports, but about equal in hockey</p>
<p>so really, what do you want? boston or ann arbor? conservative or liberal? Michigan is known as a better school because not many people realize how good of a school BC is, but either way they are close.</p>
<p>Their sports programs, weather, and average SAT scores are comparable. They are apples and oranges in everything else. I graduated from BC and live 20 min. from U of M. The type of student who picks each seems to be extremely different, but on a day-to-day basis, the biggest differences that will impact your life will be the vastness of the Michigan campus vs. the compactness of BC, and the unique jock/hippie/intellectual mix of the small city of Ann Arbor vs. the unique jock/intellectual mix of the large city of Boston.</p>
<p>Also, BC's professors seem to actually care about the undergrad students, while even a cousin of mine who recently got a PhD at Michigan said a surprising % of the faculty was there mostly to get the prestigious Michigan name on their resumes and move on to more elite schools in Chicago or the coasts.</p>
<p>because of the lack of excellent state schools in the northeast, many people don't realize they exist elsewhere. i would think bc would have the better reputation in new england.</p>