<p>Okay, I noticed that EMU offered in-state tuition for Ohio residents, which is a really cool deal, IMO. Also noticed that it has a good teacher's college, offers good scholarships, and is in Yplantsi, MI, right next to Ann Arbor. I figured this would be a superior option to Bowling Green, our traditional third-tier university here in Ohio as a safety, for an accounting degree. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>If you want to go into teaching, go to Eastern. Otherwise, I’d stick with BG. The best thing about EMU is that it is close to Ann Arbor where you could live and commute back and forth to Ypsi. Just remember that the state of Michigan is not going to offer IS tuition to it’s best schools.</p>
<p>EMU is, as rjk said, very good for teaching. They’ve been doing this a long time. EMU also strikes me as a place where the faculty understands its students and its mission. For accounting, I don’t know.</p>
<p>To be honest, I didn’t realize that BGSU was considered “3rd tier.”</p>
<p>I’d go with BG. What about the other Ohio MAC schools? OU? MU?</p>
<p>Actually, the main reason I launched this thread was to drum up some interest for EMU so the Mods would let it have its own forum, but it has been extremely interesting to hear y’all’s imput about the university.</p>
<p>Anyways, to clear up some questions posed:</p>
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<li><p>For some odd reason, people always think BG is way more prestigious than it actually is. Its ACT range is about 19-23, its facilities are old and decrepit (trust me, I just spent a week there for Boys State), it’s basically jsut a party school, and yet it still has a weirdly good rep. I had an aunt that went there in the 50’s and loved it, and a good 30% of my teachers at my school came from there (and are really great, btw). Otherwise, yeah, it’s lackluster. I was just curious about how y’all thought it stacked up against EMU, because as far as I can tell, these two Uni’s are clones of one another except that EMU probably has far superior facilities.</p></li>
<li><p>BG is not comparable to Ohio U or Miami U, both of which are in the second tier (Miami is at the high end, though). Yes, these schools are comparable to one another and OSU, with Miami having the better academic reputation but snobbiness and rampant conservatism, and OU having a stellar honors program, but…(let’s just say that every night, the party of your life is in Athens, and if you stay down there long enough, you will have done EVERYTHING, and the next morning you’ll be b u t t n a k e d in an inflatable yellow raft floating down the Ohio River wearing a pink wig and a “Kick me” sign). BG is easily compared to Kent State University, and the University of Cincinnati has a slightly better reputation (comparable to Depaul in Chicago).</p></li>
<li><p>Yes, I’m still kinda interested in EMU. It looks like a really cool school with some good programs, and it’s a really good deal for Ohio residents (in-state tuition rate). Looks like the way to go if I want to go OOS on the cheap.</p></li>
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<p>What would you consider a first tier school in OH (since Miami is second tier)? The privates?</p>
<p>Actually, yes. By my definition, anything that makes the first page of USN&WR is first tier, since it is a pretty consistent batch. This goes for LAC’s and National Uni’s, meaning that there are 100 in the US, plus a couple like Villanova that deserve a spot in this category, bringing the total up to roughly 103. </p>
<p>Out of those, Ohio is home to three Uni’s that fit the definition: Case Western, Oberlin, and Kenyon, with OSU, Miami, and Denison close on their heels. Hope that helps :)</p>
<p>I know a girl who attended EMU and she majored in Accounting. Her first job was with one of the Big 6 accounting firms (now Big 4 because of mergers). So I assume EMU is fine.</p>
<p>My husband got his MBA from Eastern. He’d say the school had lots of older students and commuter students, but that’s what he was at the time. Ypsilanti may be close to Ann Arbor, but it’s still Ypsilanti. Our high school has had three students go there in the past three years and two hated it and transfered; one to BGSU and the other to Toledo.</p>
<p>^^That’s why I said to live in Ann Arbor and commute to Ypsi. You can party with Michigan students and take classes at Eastern. I know people who did this.</p>
<p>what is the campus life like? Safe? Considering nursing and like that it is cheaper as i would like to go on to additional programs</p>
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<p>Eastern Michigan University</p>
<p>Academics:
"With one in four students pursuing an education degree, Eastern Michigan University ““is very much a teaching university known for teaching future teachers.”” Students report that ““many classes, even if they are not in the School of Education, have a slant [toward] teaching in some way, which is interesting, if not always relevant to non-education majors.”” This emphasis sometimes overshadows Eastern’s other strengths, which students tell us include ““all the different science disciplines from biology to zoology,”” the nursing program, a social work program that ““advocates for social and economic justice and is a great place to learn,”” and a popular business program (claiming one in five undergrads) whose ““administration is very tech savvy and knows that the business world is a changing place; to help us, they have required classes which cover almost every business aspect from accounting to communication, management, and computer-oriented classes.”” The curriculum is designed to serve ““real people learning through discussion and interaction”” and taking advantage of ““opportunities for education beyond the classroom, whether it’s through involvement in a student organization, attending diversity programming or volunteering. There is always an opportunity to make a difference, and it is truly an empowering experience.””</p>
<p>Student Body:
"Eastern Michigan students tend to be ““from smaller towns, achieving average grades, and local.”” Local is by necessity, as ““most students are commuters who are here to attend class and then go home.”” EMU has ““a large African American population from the Detroit area, which probably makes up the second-largest demographic group at Eastern”” after whites, and ““There are a lot of non-traditional students. These are older adults who are coming back to college for a variety of reasons. They are friendly, but they don’t seem to worry about fitting in in the sense that an 18-year-old would, because they often have family and job responsibilities.””</p>
<p>Campus Life:
“”“There really isn’t much of a huge campus life”" at Eastern Michigan, because ““most students are commuters”” who visit campus only to take classes and study. Those who do stick around tell us that there are opportunities to get involved. EMU is home to ““lots of student-run organizations””; has ““a Student Center that is a great place to hang out with friends, eat, study, play video games, curl up with a good book, meet new people, and get homework done””; and houses ““three art galleries on campus and lots of opportunities to get involved in the art department.”” The school sponsors free second-run movies every Friday night ““that are repeated on Monday afternoons,”” ““so if you didn’t get a chance to see the movies in the theatre or if you want to see them again, here’s your chance.”” Hometown Ypsilanti ““has a lot to do, including shopping, bowling, bars, coffee shops, sports complexes, etc.,”” but many students complain that it’s ““a high-crime city.””</p>
<p>-Princeton Review</p>
<p>I am a student currently at EMU. It is a decent school for people that want a University degree, with out the university costs, that isn’t far from home. I had several friends from Ohio utilize the in state tuition option, and for the most part, most of them said that they’d probably not do that again, and stay in Ohio. Food is pretty bad any where on campus that you can use your meal plan at, dorms are pretty old and very outdated(bad elevators, bad washer/dryers, no were clean to study in the dorms), parking is pretty aweful as well.</p>
<p>If you plan on heading to a college and want the college feel and atmosphere, this probably isn’t a place for you. Most of the buildings that you’ll be frequenting are for class, and a vast majority of those buildings are very "government " looking. Nothing of a classical architectural of note on campus, except maybe two or three buildings, and you will never set foot in them unless you have an art class. So when walking around campus, especially in the fall/winter months, just feels more like going to work than college.</p>
<p>I highly recommend anyone interested in attending EMU to go there and walk into every building, not just the places they take you past on a tour, including the dorms. All the big sports teams, football, basketball, baseball, hockey, etc. all have there stadiums or rinks far away, and you can’t walk to them. Which results in such low turnouts for games. Same with business school can’t walk, safely, to it from main campus. The other buildings on campus that have a majority of the classes; sciences, econ, speech, etc, etc, are in the gov’t buildings, all very boring looking.</p>
<p>I live in Ann Arbor and commute now, and I really like being in Ann Arbor. You get the normal snobbyness sometimes, but the city is pretty liberal overall. There is a big brother attitude though from UM students of EMU students, same goes for the area in general, EMU has very hard time getting a foothold because UM is so close. At other MAC schools, I don’t get this feeling at all.</p>
<p>If I went back and could redo the college experience, I’d pick a school that has grad Engineering or Medical programs, becasue for the most part, those schools that can fund those programs usually have higher ranked programs across the board.</p>
<p>Hope this helps, let me know if you have any other specific questions.</p>