<p>so what would your suggestion be barrons? i know the thing about rich kid vacations etc. but my fix to that is find the richest and make him ur bestest bestest friend and just muche (spelling?) off him :)</p>
<p>It's a tough one to answer. Boston is very cool but so is AA in a smaller way. Both have lots of school spirit which I think is important. Go wherever you think you will be happier. The academics will take care or itself as both are fine.</p>
<p>go to Umich definitely</p>
<p>DEFINITELY go to BC! Yes I'm biased...I go there - but look at your original post and the following ones...it certainly seems like you LIKE BC better. You are going to be at the school for four years, so you better pick the one that you love.</p>
<p>I came from the Midwest to BC and I LOVE it here. I think BC will give you a better undergrad experience...UM tends to get over-hyped on these forums, in my humble opinion, because it does have better grad schools. But from a purely undergrad perspective, I love the small size of BC. Plus the campus is beautiful, location is perfect, sports are great, etc. etc.</p>
<p>You will have TONS of "opportunities" at BC, maybe too many (I think one of your above posts expressed worry about the opportunities here at BC as an undergrad). Speaking from a job standpoint, as only a sophomore, I got interviews with companies like Goldman Sachs and Citi, both for I-banking - both of whom recruit on campus. Trust me, BC is very highly regarded especially in Boston and NYC, and all of the big firms recruit on campus (from that business/job standpoint).</p>
<p>If you work hard and are an intelligent individual, you can succeed anywhere. Don't mind a few spots in the rankings. </p>
<p>And just to address an earlier post, for what it's worth...BC has been consistently ranked in the top 10 for Princeton Review's "Dream Colleges". Where is UMich on that list?</p>
<p>xcjimmy, the OP said he likes both schools equally and that he can see himself having a great time at both schools. His only concern about Michigan isn't the school, campus or city, but rather, that it is close to home. </p>
<p>And the PR is a joke. It gave Brown University an academic rating of 75 out of 100!!!</p>
<p>Michigan for the reasons NEWSOCMAN wrote about.</p>
<p>sorry to res erect a dead thread but i have some more questions/updates. so i talked to a bc chem prof yesterday and he told me getting undergrad research positions is easy, granted hes biased but he was really open and told me my choice was tough and talked about strengths and weaknesses of both schools, so i trust his opinion enough. with michigan i feel like, the undergrad academics are impersonal and that ill be vying with hundreds of kids for the top spots, whereas at bc i feel like it would be easier for me to be the best, i think this is the small fish in a school or big fish comparison, am i wrong about umich? i dont go there so i dont know but thats what it seems like with such a huge school. for example, the prof i talked to said his 2 orgo sections are each ~150 kids, i have a friend at umich who is in orgo with ~400 kids, this seems like it would be so much more difficult to get good recs, etc.?
Alexandre, i would like to thank you for help, you are always polite and very informative and u are truly a resource. Thanks to everyone who posts here, it really does help.</p>
<p>Orgo classes are huge at every university because all pre-meds have to take the class. The number of Chem majors at Michigan is actually small. Each graduating class has fewer Chem majors than there are Chem professors, so I don't think you will have trouble getting the help you seek from the faculty.</p>
<p>omg, alexandre your making my decision soo much harder by giving me this info, i need it to make my decision but it makes it harder, they are so close right now, i think i might flip a coin and see what happens...i kid... but really thanks, and this is impossible</p>
<p>Last year, Michigan graduated 48 students in Biochem and 12 students in Chemistry. Michigan's Chemistry department has 55 full time professors and over 20 Professors emeriti and Lecturers. </p>
<p>UM</a> Chemistry</p>
<p>I wouldn't worry too much about resources and personal attention at either university. Also, research opportunities for students at Michigan are pretty impresive. I am not sure about BC, but I guess you can take the professors' word for it.</p>
<p>Trackdude410 - As the mother of a S who has decided to go to Michigan,much to my disappointment, get out of the state. This is the time when you should expand your horizons. The Michigan economy is so bad you need to go somewhere else, and Boston is great. Ann Arbor is fun,yes, but outside of Ann Arbor what do you have to look forward to in the next few years? My son's other choices were not what he was hoping for and he is wait listed at two schools. That's why he is ending up in state at Michigan. I graduated from business school undergrad (pre-Ross). Michigan is big and impersonal unless you are aggressive and know how to work the program. Even then, the advising is weak and good luck getting to know professors in the way that you would at a LAC or other. Good luck whatever you decide.</p>
<p>Someone in my class is in your same spot. But she wants to major in business, and BC didn't offer too much aid, and she ended up going to Michigan</p>