<p>Engineering- U Mich or UIUC?
opinions??</p>
<p>In Engineering, they are about the same. Unless money is a factor, I'd recommend you pick Michigan because in terms of overall environment and experience, Michigan is better than UIUC.</p>
<p>Yeah. And we mean much better. Champaign sucks. Unless UIUC is leagues better in your specific area of engineering, or unless you live in IL, go to Michigan.</p>
<p>yep - if out of state - go to Umich. If in-state, U of I is a great deal - but it cannot be underestimated the flat, boring out of the middle of nowhere place that is Champaign Urbana.</p>
<p>UIUC may be located in a flat area but their engineering is top notch -- much better than UM. Urbana-Champaign is 2 hours from Chicago, 3 hours from St. Louis and 2-3 hours from Indianapolis, etc.</p>
<p>what do you not like about UC, that the soil is bad, or that the sun doesn't shine there? Stupid post alert for ****earsfan17</p>
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UIUC may be located in a flat area but their engineering is top notch -- much better than UM.
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<p>huh? </p>
<p>Nothing about UIUC is much better than U-M. In fact, engineering is the only real discipline in which UIUC even competes with Michigan... and they're about equal in that regard.</p>
<p>Get a clue.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>"huh?</p>
<p>Nothing about UIUC is much better than U-M. In fact, engineering is the only real discipline in which UIUC even competes with Michigan... and they're about equal in that regard.</p>
<p>Get a clue.</p>
<p>Thanks."</p>
<p>Haha, you're kidding right?
UIUC Computer Science is top 5 while Michigan barely makes it in the top 15. How is that exactly "equal"?</p>
<p>You have to compare apple to apple and not apple to orange. Mechanical Engineering at U of M is ranked third while I don't see UIUC in top 3. Industrial / Manufacturing at U of M is ranked second and again I don't see what is called UIUC in top 3. Aerospace Engineering program at U of M is placed third and UIUC is somewhere in the horizon maybe :). So please be realstic and don;t quote like that "UIUC may be located in a flat area but their engineering is top notch -- much better than UM." It is stupidity in that regard. One more thing, Computer Science at U of M is changing with the brand new state-of-the-art facility and maybe better than the one over at "UIUC" with better town and overall reputation of U of M - Ann Arbor. Make note to the above obmud01.</p>
<p>uiuc rank 4 vs umich rank 6. With your number rankings, i think uiuc wins..</p>
<p>But obmud said UIUC engineering "is MUCH better than UM". Let's look at the facts:</p>
<p>Aerospace - Mich(3)...UIUC(8)
Biomedical - Mich(8)...UIUC(NR)
Chemical - Mich(10)...UIUC(8)
Civil - Mich(8)...UIUC(1)
Computer - Mich(6)...UIUC(5)
ECE - Mich(5)...UIUC(4)
Engr Science - Mich(6)...UIUC(4)
Environmental - Mich(2)...UIUC(3)
Industrial - Mich(2)...UIUC(12)
Materials - Mich(3)...UIUC(2)
Mechanical - Mich(3)...UIUC(6)
Nuclear - Mich(4)...UIUC(8)</p>
<p>How's that make UIUC engineering "much" better? For all practical purposes, the two schools are peers in engineering.</p>
<p>I agree with goblue81 that both schools are peers in engineering. I don't know about the word "much better" because the UIUC fan doesn't make sense in here. But I know how to confirm the opposite that UM is "much better" than UIUC by looking at the following stand alone facts:</p>
<p>National Universities: Top school</p>
<p>U of M is ranked # 25 while UIUC is # 42 :) Go Blueeeee</p>
<p>Top Public National Universities </p>
<p>U of M is ranked # 3 while UIUC is # 11 :) Go Blueeeee</p>
<p>and not to mention U of M in any other colleges are ahead of what is called UIUC. For more info, click on the link <a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/rankindex_brief.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/rankindex_brief.php</a>
to find out where UIUC is placed.</p>