<p>Why are Michigan aums/supporters so insecure?</p>
<p>“While I usually cant stand Alexandre and definitely Novi’s homerism, this isnt even worth a debate.”</p>
<p>…and I thought we were friends.</p>
<p>Flipper - If
made you mad, then you need to take a chill pill. That statement is so far from inflammatory I hardly know how else to respond to you on that one. But I will try. The definition of hyperbole:
An extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”</p>
<p>Now FAFSA parent had already said
IMO, that fits the defiinition of hyperbole. Even your UM “hands down” statement could be called that, in the context that telling someone that something is that certain with no reasons or data is often called hyperbole. It isn’t the worst thing someone could call something. Yeesh.</p>
<p>As far as the Gerald Ford statement, Alexandre said
Since he chose to point out the POTUS relationship in the same statement and argument he used to say Michigan is better than Tulane, he is using it as evidence. That is where it came from.</p>
<p>You Michigan guys really need to calm down.</p>
<p>fallenchemist, Tulane is a very good university, but how can you “even the playing field” when the fields are so uneven? It is irresponsible to compare Tulane to Michigan. Those are not peer institutions. Michigan is superior to Tulane in virtually every way. Comparing Tulane to Michigan would be like comparing UNC to Harvard. If the student were considering Cal, Cornell, Emory, Georgetown, Northwestern, UCLA, UNC, UVa, Vanderbilt, WUSTL, I would agree that there would be a real decision to be made. But Tulane isn’t in that league.</p>
<p>And I am not sure Reagan has to do with this discussion. Reagan attended Eureka College. Ford attended Michigan and was a loyal alum his whole life. The OP indicated he wanted to study Public Policy. Michigan’s Public Policy program, ranked #7 in the nation, is named after Ford.</p>
<p>Finally, you are the one who brought up to subject of restaurants, saying that New Orleans “blows Ann Arbor away” in that regard. It does not, since restaurants in New Orleans aren’t that great. Besides, for restaurants that students can actually afford ($10-$25/meal), Ann Arbor offers a lot of great option. Admittedly, for upscale restaurants, New Orleans offers more than Ann Arbor, but (1) college students typically don’t dish out $100 on a meal, (2) NewOrlean’s high end restaurants are not that great and (3) on those special occasions where students do go for expensive meals, there are a couple of excellent options within a 40 minute drive of Ann Arbor.</p>
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<p>Easily the most ridiculous statement I have seen on here in some time. I am sure he has tons of evidence for it. But just as one point, I know dozens of students at Wash U and know that school well, and most of the students are deliriously happy there.</p>
<p>It is a good thing I know that CC is not a random selection of people that go to/went to a school. It would otherwise be seriously making me doubt my high regard for Michigan.</p>
<p>Alexandre - I love how you choose to be dismissive of the one very important statistic that doesn’t support your claim, the test scores. But fine, you are happy in your delusion that UM is somehow so superior. No problem.</p>
<p>Oh, and learn some English too. Gerald Ford was not “an very” proud alum, I don’t think.</p>
<p>Anyway, the point of this thread was to give the OP some points of comparison between the schools. I think I did that, you have weighed in with your boosterism (and your terrible taste in restaurants). That’s enough for me.</p>
<p>Just another example of the common description of Wolverines : Arrogant A–es!</p>
<p>fallenchemist, thanks for correcting my typo. Incidentally, English is not my native language. </p>
<p>At any rate, I did not say that Michigan was superior to Tulane in every single way, I said it was superior in virtually every way. When it comes to test scores, Tulane does very well indeed. </p>
<p>Finally, you are entitled to your opinion about restaurants, as am I, but it would seem food critics agree with me.</p>
<p>Mobil Forbes Ratings:
NYC
4 ***** restaurants
19 **** restaurants</p>
<p>Chicago
2 ***** restaurants
7 **** restaurants</p>
<p>Within 35miles of Ann Arbor
0 ***** restaurants
2 **** restaurants</p>
<p>New Orleans
0 ***** restaurants
2 **** restaurants</p>
<p>AAA Ratings:
NYC
3 ***** restaurants
31 **** restaurants</p>
<p>Chicago
7 ***** restaurants
13 **** restaurants</p>
<p>Within 35 miles from Ann Arbor
0 ***** restaurants
7 **** restaurants</p>
<p>New Orleans
0 ***** restaurants
5 **** restaurants</p>
<p>I agree that Ann Arbor (and surrounding areas) isn’t a culinary center, but neither is New Orleans. Chicago and NYC are singificantly better, but like I said, even they do not match cities like Paris and Tokyo.</p>
<p>"Just another example of the common description of Wolverines : Arrogant A–es! "</p>
<p>Is that you Sparty? This is a Michigan forum. If anyone doesn’t like the answers here, then I suggest you go and post on the regular college search site.</p>
<p>“Oh, and learn some English too. Gerald Ford was not “an very” proud alum, I don’t think.”</p>
<p>Objects, both direct and indirect, are a difficult concept for those who were not born native english speakers. Just out of curiosity fallenchemist, how many foreign languages do you speak fluently?</p>
<p>None, but I wasn’t trying to write in another language, was I? Actually, it is a credit to Alexandre that his English is so good that I was sure he was a native English speaker. So I admit my dig was off the mark. Kudos to him. LOL, not sure why you are being so sensitive about it when he thanked me for the correction.</p>
<p>“Oh, and learn some English too. Gerald Ford was not “an very” proud alum, I don’t think.”</p>
<p>fallenchemist, your remark was unnecessary. Anyone – including those whose native language is English – could have made a similar mistake. Since you want to act like a grammar nazi, I suggest you watch what you write in your future posts. Overall, based on skimming your posts in this thread, Alexandre writes much better than you.</p>
<p>ROFLMAO - man you people are sensitive. I make mistakes all the time (although not that one, I don’t think). Thanks for the good laugh.</p>
<p>Wow! New Orleans isn’t a culinary center??? Don’t you feel a little silly making such a statement? It’s absolutely ridiculous and a prime example of how out of control this Michigan mania has become. Why don’t we move on to Michigan vs USC so you can talk about how much better the surfing is in Ann Arbor???</p>
<p>Very amusing for an outsider–thanks for the entertainment</p>
<p>KYCrusader, at least Michigan students and alums respect their hosts and their institutions in their respective forums. I challenge you to find more than a handful of instances where a Michigan student or alum disrespected another university in its own forum over the course of the last 12 months. Somehow, virtually every thread on this forum attracts classless trash.</p>
<p>Actually, I didn’t disrespect Michigan in the least. And why, even if it is the UM thread area, does that make it OK to disrespect Tulane or any other school? Not that you did, but a couple of your esteemed fellow alums certainly did a nice job. Everything I said was either a fact or a reasonably considered opinion. And the OP asked for a comparison. It isn’t our fault he only did it in the UM thread area.</p>
<p>Now I admit I took a dig at you, but I meant it in fun because I know you are an experienced CC person. My thinking was that you and the others were making it sound like UM was this incredibly exalted place, with only perfect students (yes, I am exaggerating of course. I feel silly having to explain that but…) and so if an alum could possibly make a mistake, then the world must be different than we all thought. If I was wrong to make that dig, I apologize. But really, tell me who started slinging mud on here first? That’s rhetorical.</p>
<p>As an aside, I haven’t looked but I bet there are some great UM comments in the Ohio State forum! However, I will concede up front those don’t count.</p>
<p>Wow. Tulane literally got…destroyed in this thread.</p>
<p>I don’t really think we’re disrespecting Tulane. We’re just using hard statistics and sound logic to prove (in our opinion) that Michigan is the superior school in OP’s case. If the OP got a full ride to Tulane and still had to pay full freight for Michigan, I would have advised him or her to go for Tulane. But since this is not the case, Michigan IMHO is the best choice. The fact that fallenchemist came here from the Tulane board denouncing everyone that said Michigan was the better choice as “UM boosters” ticked everyone off. The truth is Michigan does need “boosters” because the school is so damn good that it can hold off well on its own.</p>
<p>Flipper- First, I think you meant to say doesn’t need boosters. Second, if you are offended by that word, which is actually an accurate description and not in any way derogatory, then that is just bizarre. I didn’t denounce a single person by saying that. And besides, if you look back to the timing of when I said it, no one from Michigan had given a single statistic or piece of logic yet. Just "Are you serious? " and “Michigan hands down.” and “Absolutely no question–U of M dominates Tulane.” Now maybe in your world that passes for hard statistics and logic, but in mine it is UM boosters just promoting their school.</p>
<p>Third, as I already pointed out, the OP asked for opinions but only posted on the UM thread. Maybe that was an oversight on his part, but since that is the case, what is wrong with someone knowledgeable about Tulane making sure they have that opinion?</p>
<p>You really have a strange way of looking at things, IMHO.</p>
<p>^^Perhaps the OP was looking to post at the Tulane site on CC’s top universities listing? :)</p>