<p>Which do you guys think is better for computer engineering? </p>
<p>UMichigan or UIUC?</p>
<p>I am an instate student so UIUC would be much cheaper for me, but do you think that when looking for a job, a degree from Michigan would be more helpful?</p>
<p>Is money a huge concern for you? If not, go to Michigan.</p>
<p>No, my parents have parents have told me that they don't care about the money. why do you think Michigan is better than UIUC?</p>
<p>If you just look at the computer engineering programs there isn't much difference between the two universities. However, UM is more well-rounded than Illinois and holds more prestige. And since you're in state for Illinois, going to Michigan will give you a new experience. </p>
<p>I don't think you can go wrong with either university. But personally, I'd chose Michigan because of its overall quality and academic reputation. And besides, the UM football team rocks!! hehe.</p>
<p>I ve heard UMICH's degree won't bring you very far.....</p>
<p>just personal opinion</p>
<p>^^ erm why not?</p>
<p>Go to UIUC and save money.</p>
<p>I got a close friend who just graudated from Umich with an econ degree. He has decent GPA(3.6ish) He told me he was surprised that michigan's brand name didnt bring him very far on the jobs along the coast. He also told me michigan was well respected in the mid-west. Things became different when we talk about job offers elsewhere.</p>
<p>Dunno if this helps you</p>
<p>i'd rather attend my own state university, personally. you'll find if you go to umich you go to school with a student body that is ALL from michigan.</p>
<p>^^^ most of them are from michigan.. i d hv to agree with that
out of a class of 30 ppl probably 20 of them are going to be michigan residents.. 3 of others are from ohio 1 or 2 from ny or ma</p>
<p>uhhh yeaaaa....i'm gonna have to go ahead and disagree with you there....i'm pretty sure michigan is 64% in-state, so the student body is certainly not "ALL from michigan."</p>
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I got a close friend who just graudated from Umich with an econ degree. He has decent GPA(3.6ish) He told me he was surprised that michigan's brand name didnt bring him very far on the jobs along the coast.
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<p>So you base your judgement entirely on one person's situation? </p>
<p>I'm transfering to UM (LSA econ) from PSU (accounting finance - 3.9 GPA). I think the UM name will help me more if I can do well there.</p>
<p>i was pretty right:)</p>
<p>2/3 of them r about michigan residents which is like 67%</p>
<p>to mightynick</p>
<p>i heard psu is the target school of some nice investment banks...</p>
<p>do u know about that?</p>
<p>he is just a live example that i know.. but i hv a couple of friends in michigan bschool telling me the same thing...</p>
<p>So you think there's no advantage going to UM rather than PSU in terms of job placement? I find that hard to believe. UM is more renown and respected in alll fields.</p>
<p>it is, i loved the econ deparment of umich. there are some really awesome faculty members out there. are you a junior transfer or sophomore transfer? i think lsa econ students somewhat get what are leftover by the bschool. i went to umich myself and seeing the job scene was definitely not as good as i thought..</p>
<p>the location of a university sometimes matters alot more.</p>
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i'm pretty sure michigan is 64% in-state, so the student body is certainly not "ALL from michigan."
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<p>it's 66%, and it's a figure of speech to emphasize the fact that you are going to most likely be overwhelmed by how many students at the school are going to know each other, are going to be from the same places, etc.</p>
<p>i went to a state school last year with LESS in state students, and i was absolutely overwhelmed by how many people were from that state.</p>
<p>all the talk is about "such and such town" "such and such sports team" etc. places you have never heard of, teams you don't care about; high school connections you have no part in.</p>
<p>it's much worse than you think, for someone to say "oh it's only 66%" is very misleading to what the actual experience of going to a state school from out of state is like.</p>
<p>I'm a sophomore year transfer. I visited UM in April and I talked to some of the LSA advisors. They told me I can take business classes from Ross as well, which is good because if I want to go into business, recruiters would want to see if I have taken finance/accounting classes. I've also heard that Econ majors get some good investment bankings offers at UM.</p>
<p>as far as location goes, psu university park is in the middle of nowhere. Ann Arbor is definately better as far as location goes.</p>
<p>MightyNick: definitely, u dun need to hv a business degree to go into ibanking, my friend got an internship in cs with a bs degree in chem. you can take several b-school classes but u need to do it quickly. cuz so many ppl who are not in ross want to take ross classes..</p>
<p>if you really wanna go to michigan -aa sure go ahead and enjoy it. LSA advisors sometimes dont know what they are talking about ( at least some of mine) I asked them about the transfer opinion and the woman told me very few very few transfer out.. then it turned out to be in every class that i took. there were like always 3-4 different kids with upenn application to fill out.. ... just an example about what happened to me. like i said alot of them are my personal opinion. i dont deny them being somewhat biased..since i am out of michigan now.</p>
<p>you can check out the employment profile of lsa and bschool grads to do a comparison see how it goes.</p>
<p>els i still have to respectfully disagree. although i'm not at michigan yet (finishing jr year, hoping to attend), i have spent a lot of time there with my older brother who just graduated, and he did not share that same feeling. sure a decent amount of his friends were from grosse point and that area, but hardly any of them even knew eachother in high school. at graduation, it felt like i was more likely to talk to someone from out of state than in state. i understand that this is just my experience with a relatively large group of people (a fraternity and neighboring sorority), but I imagine many other people feel/felt the same way.</p>