<p>Hi</p>
<p>I got into Vandy(college of arts&sc) and University of Michigan(college of lit, arts&sc).
I'm choosing between the two and have a few questions! </p>
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<li><p>Which undergrad degree is more reputable in securing a good job?</p></li>
<li><p>Which degree is easier/better for going to grad school?</p></li>
<li><p>Studying in which school (for the first year) wld b easier for transfer to an Ivy later on?</p></li>
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<p>thank you so much for your help!</p>
<p>Hi Cullen,</p>
<p>1) I’d say there both equal in regards to reputation in both the private/public sector. Yet, Michigan has one of the largest alumni bases in the world 460-500k. That being said, I am not considering regional partialities that might exist. </p>
<p>2) Hmm this is tough. Let’s consider which is easier. Michigan is such a large institution that many of classes are partially taught by graduate students. Unless the given graduate student is an a$$hole this can serve to your advantage, because he/she is so inexperienced. However, if you do decide to pursue a degree in political science for example, Michigan’s department is saturated with professors who use applied mathematics (Professor Axlerod, Clark, Morrow, etc) in their research. This doesn’t mean that you’ll need to take mathematic courses, but rather being comfortable with calculus, statistics, econometrics, game theory, etc might help. In contrast, at Vanderbilt, the undergrad political science programme seems to be more qualitative in nature from the lads/gals I’ve spoken with. Futhermore, one aspect that might make Vanderbilt more difficult is that classes are actually taught by professors, thus all work is graded by them. This in my opinion is Vanderbilt’s greatest strength, as they mange to hire professors who are truly passionate about teaching. Returing to your question " [which] is easier/better" its truly hard to say. I will say that the pedagogical aid at Vanderbilt is far superior.</p>
<p>3) Doesn’t matter! A 3.5 GPA and above from both institutions will take you a long way. BTW I’d say that Cornell is by far the easiest ivy to transfer into. One school has a 40-50 per cent transfer rate (industrial/labour relations?)</p>
<p>Cheers.</p>
<p>Please let me know if you have any other questions.
BTW: I hope I didn’t imply that Michigan’s PS programme is quantitatively rigrous, but rather that Michigan seems to have more quantheads in their department.</p>