<p>Michigan is obviously ranked as one of the best public schools in the country for academics. At the same time it is a Big 10 school, a state school, and an enormous school. I could definitely fit in anywhere, but i have a habit of getting carried away by my surroundings. If everyone is partying (which i would love nothing more to do) rather than studying and working, I would probably end up forgeting the academic aspect of college life. If i end up at UM, what will happen? Is it overwhelmingly social or overwhelmingly academic? What should I expect from such a prestigious university that is still socially active?</p>
<p>I would say that it is a perfect mix of work hard party hard. However there are people that just study and people that just party there is a little bit of everybody.</p>
<p>From what I've noticed, even the people that party hard study hard. You'd be pretty hard-pressed to find people that study 24/7, and many guys in frats do a considerable amount of studying. If we could make a sum of time spent partying and studying, Michigan might just be number 1 in the country for the average student.</p>
<p>Some of the smartest people I met in college made the most of recreation time after exams, projects. However, every freshman class has those who just party and don't make it to sophmore year. Michigan has relatively little grade inflation, and nobody will hold your hand. It's not the best place slack off.</p>
<p>If you want to party, head up US 23 a while.</p>
<p>If you want to study, stay at A2.</p>
<p>But there are a TON of nerds here.</p>
<p>We, for the most part, operate in a work hard, play hard system. Very rarely will anything major happen Sunday-Wednesday night. People do, however, lose control and drink excessively, but again, at age 18, you should be able to exercise SELF CONTROL. I am in a fraternity but am also a Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology major and doing very will with it. I know when to stop partying and start studying. I also am a competitive triathlete, race for the club cycling team at Michigan, and play viola in the Michigan pops orchestra. Time management is not a hard skill to learn, but people tend to procrastinate excessively. If you can make a set schedule that incorporates everything, you will be fine.</p>
<p>nirvana, what frat are you in?</p>
<p>Delta Kappa Epsilon (known affectionately as DKE or Deke)</p>