<p>Hey! So I was recently deferred from Michigan for Aerospace engineering but was accepted to Georgia Tech for aerospace engineering. </p>
<p>US news ranks GT as second for aerospace and Michigan 3rd. BUT I was hoping to gain some insight beyond rankings. </p>
<p>I was also deferred from Illinois and I uMich is my #1 choice.</p>
<p>SO my question is if Michigan is truly elite when it comes to engineering in comparison to schools like Purdue GT and Illinois. If money wasn't an issue which would you attend? Should I be content with Georgia Tech and let michigan go?</p>
<p>I would put Michigan above Purdue , maybe slightly above Illinois, and even with GT. But that’s just my opinion. </p>
<p>If you don’t get into Michigan GT is a pretty damn good school. I would just guess Michigan is more well rounded socially, academically, and athletically. (Watching the triple option without Calvin Johnson at WR would get old after awhile. Purdue football, meh. Illinois without Juice? Tire fire.</p>
<p>yankeesfan - remember deferred is by no means a rejection. Umich is a very, very well rounded school, more so than GT (which is also a very high quality Engineering academic school as you know).</p>
<p>Hang in there to both UMich and Il and then try to visit where you get accepted. Its great you have one fine school in the bag BUT it is even better to have choices.</p>
<p>GT is purely an institute of technology, albeit a great one. The 2:1 male to female ratio and abundance of Engineering majors give it a distinct techie feel. Michigan’s CoE is ranked among the top 10 in the US (top 5 according to many), making it clearly elite, but the CoE is no stronger than the Business school or the Liberal Arts programs. Michigan has a more collegiate feel and has much broader appeal. As wayneandgarth suggests, if you get into Michigan, visit and then decide.</p>
<p>Another flaw is that Michigan’s Engineering campus is pretty separated from their main campus. The North Campus, although very nice, seems to be a hassle to transport to. If I intended on CoE at Mich, this would set me back a bit. It’s also quite expensive (as are all of the schools you listed).</p>
<p>I don’t mind so much that Central and North are separated. There’s food and stuff on Plymouth, and the bus ride between North and Central really isn’t a big deal during the day. </p>
<p>Night time transportation is a disaster though. The buses are unreliable after midnight, non-existent after about 1 or 1:30, and the safe ride home thing isn’t worth bothering with unless you’re taking it 3 or 4 miles away. And the Commuter doesn’t run on weekends.</p>
<p>I distinctly remember a nice parking spot on a hill near the Engineering building that you can buy a pass to for a decent price. I’d suggest that place for parking, since my mom used to use it all the time for her job. It’s by one of the cheaper college villages that are more apartments than town houses. Anyways imo the biggest problem with Michigan to me is the lack of funding You’re not gonna find much in internships and well funded programs here. If you’re going to end up footing a bill that’s the same as a top private, it’s better to spend it on a top private.</p>
<p>Wendeli, what engineering building are you talking about? The orange lots are all quite far away from all the engineering buildings. The closest orange lot is a 9 minute walk from the back of the EECS building (the side not facing the diag). And if you get there after 9am on a week day you’re not going to get a spot. 8:30am is a tossup. </p>
<p>The lots you’re thinking of are probably blue lots, which students cannot buy passes for.</p>
You’re not gonna find much in internships and well funded programs here. If you’re going to end up footing a bill that’s the same as a top private, it’s better to spend it on a top private.</p>