<p>I will be a senior in fall and decided that I need to find more top choice schools besides University of Michigan- Ann Arbor. Besides my chances of admission being low, I have a cousin who lives in the same area as me and get mail from the university often ( as I've been informed by his sibling, and also noting that I won't be attending the same university as him, as we have been going to the same school since K grade...). What alerts me is knowing that I applied to their mailing list also, and being one who live in the same area and also applied to the mailing list and have gotten nothing I now know it's best to have more than one top choice for given reasons. What are universities that one would suggest for me, similar to University of Michigan- Ann Arbor?
Michigan State University was once my top choice but due to family issues etc... It no longer could be. Any suggestions of universities I should put a lot of interst into as a top choice? I like many universities, even Ivy Leagues like Cornell but that is too much of a reach. University of Minnesota- Twin Cities is also nice, but sorta too far to be a top choice. Other big ten universities I like but not well with financial aid for out of state students. One university I could really see as another top choice is University of Wisconsin- Madison, great campus, city etc....
Oh yeah, plan to major in international studies and possibly minor/ major in economics.</p>
<p>That’s really a bad reason to doubt your chances. But U Michigan is certainly competitive and some other choices would be good.</p>
<p>What’s wrong with Minnesota? It isn’t all that far from Michigan and OOS tuition is quite reasonable.</p>
<p>Otherwise, how about the following:</p>
<p>U Oklahoma
U Nebraska - Lincoln</p>
<p>Well I don’t doubt my chances, it’s just that even if I do get accepted into University of Michigan and so does my cousin I actually most likely wouldn’t attend. I mean we have been going to the same school since K grade, and in high school have some of the same classes ( as we were in the same classes for part of elementary). He’s not just a stranger, but a relative so it actually means more when you know your not attending the same school as you use to always… so it’s basically something new on top going to college. </p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestions, but I was looking to hear more schools like University of Wisconsin- Madison. I still like University of Minnesota- Twin Cities, but just getting their on move-in day would be difficult as my mom stated to me, she doubt she would drive there or have expensive paid etc…Though yes I do have high interst in UM-Twin Cities.</p>
<p>^ U Michigan has over 26,000 undergraduates. I seriously doubt if it would feel like high school all over again just because one of them is related to you.</p>
<p>Anyway, if you really need to stay in adjacent states, here’s some more choices:</p>
<p>Ohio State U
Indiana U</p>
<p>You do realize that driving to Madison will take a full 6+ hours, right? Minnesota is another 4 on top of that, but it could be done in two days easily. Can your mom get weekends off?</p>
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Yeah it can be 26,000 different students but in all, it’s still the same school.
No it wouldn’t feel like high school all over again, it’s just one of my own standards of my next 4 years of school, finally ending the trend of going over to the same school if he and I were both accepted into Univesity of Michigan- Ann Arbor.
I don’t really need to stay in adjacent states but my mom made it clear that I should at least try to stay close and I agree that being a little close would be great for many reasons.
Can my mom get weekends off?
^ I doubt it’s about whether she is working and cant get a day off for it, she just isn’t up to driving that far at all. </p>
<p>Well I stated my reasons, and I’m just looking for answers and not questions about my reasons. This is just one of my standards of where I will be attending for 4 years after high school, very important.</p>
<p>There are other quality public schools in Michigan you can apply to as well. I suggest you seek them out.</p>
<p>^^ “It’s still the same school” makes no sense to me at all. The “trend” of going to the same school is irrelevant when the school is that big. I won’t argue with you about this - it’s your life. But I can’t imagine turning down a superb institution like Michigan (if you can get in) whose culture you enjoy just because one of the students has gone to your school in the past.</p>
<p>Anyway, it sounds like you want to be within easy driving distance so you could visit home on weekends. If so, you probably need to be closer than Wisconsin. How about some other schools in Michigan? I’ve heard good things about Grand Valley State - is that a possibility?</p>
<p>Already have but was able to limit it to three, and now two… which is really the top public universities.
(MSU, only 10 minutes from my house, given multiple reasons why I’m excited to leave the city of Lansing… MSU can not be listed as a top choice. Kalamazoo was recently on my list but similar situation I have with University of Michigan- Ann Arbor, which is now why I’m looking at other institutions to also list as a top choice.)</p>
<p>To post 7</p>
<p>No I don’t plan on going home at all every weekend. I stated that there are only two schools in Michigan I’m looking at, MSU and UM-Ann Arbor. I wouldn’t have a problem being hours away, just the fact when I would like to visit home it would be nice for it to actually be likely.</p>
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Help us help you. You have the following needs:</p>
<ol>
<li>A big public school</li>
<li>Not too close to home</li>
<li>Close enough to home so you can visit</li>
<li>Inexpensive</li>
</ol>
<p>Balancing 2 and 3 is a challenge. How close is too close? How far is too far? Why is Minneapolis too far but Madison isn’t? What do you dislike about some of the other publics in Michigan (you can use GVSU as an example)?</p>
<p>If you answer these questions, it will be much easier for us to provide suggestions. Right now, all I can do is throw out vaguely related choices.</p>
<p>Well 1-4 is basically right… UM-Twin Cities isn’t too far for me at all. Neither is the east coast, it’s just the west coast and far south that may be too far. I would like to attend a school where it would only take at most 24 hours to drive home and back.</p>
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<p>Change your mind?</p>
<p>Anyway, that’s helpful. Any of the schools I mentioned above are worth a look. Could you elaborate on the following:</p>
<p>intended major?
social scene (greek/nongreek, party/study, etc.)?
maximum cost?</p>
<p>Plan to major in international relations, and possibly minor/ major in economics. Social scence isn’t a hudge factor when selecting, as cost would be. Besides the fact of applying to numerous scholarships in that they may equal out to pay for out of state tuition if thats where I happen to attend, I really prefer a university that will help need base financial aid out of state students. In thought of leaving my hometown, I’am open to attending publics, privates, and liberal arts.</p>
<p>Okay, here’s a brief list of schools in the general area you want with IR as a major. I don’t know about cost, so do some research.</p>
<p>Indiana U - Bloomington
Ohio U
Ohio State U
Penn State U
Temple U
U Cincinnati
U Minnesota - TC
U Wisconsin - Madison</p>
<p>Also, I strongly urge you to look at the following in-state:</p>
<p>Central Michigan U
Grand Valley State U</p>
<p>These could be safety schools (at least Central).</p>
<p>Thanks, I actually already have looked into majority of the universities you’ve listed, and many I do consider but out of state financial aid is not well. I will review your list.</p>
<p>U of Illinois
Notre Dame
Syracuse
George Washington U.
U Maryland College Park
University of Pittsburgh
Purdue U</p>
<p>Also try Case Western, which may not exactly be your speed as you have indicated by other threads, but is close to where you live (4 hours?) and has extremely good financial aid.</p>
<p>Indiana and Ohio U will both give you $9,000/yr if you have a 32 ACT and 3.8 GPA (weighted). Both also offer excellent honors colleges.</p>
<p>UCincinnati isn’t highly regarded by most, stratch it. If you really want a similar university in location, try UDayton, with a slight catholic affiliation and stellar scholarships, along with a decent political science/international relations (I assume?) department.</p>
<p>You might also want to look further into Oberlin if you’re a liberal or are okay with becoming one, and Depauw if you lean more conservative instead. Penn State, Centre, Northwestern, Knox, and UToronto may also be good places to look into, as well.</p>
<p>Yeah I like George Washington University also, but admission rate is very low. Again, I will look more into all the suggestions given.</p>