IS the U of MIichigan at Ann ARbor a prestigous school…
<p>I'd say so for a public state university.</p>
<p>but is it considered over all a good school not looking wether if its public or not like cud a kid from umich go to an ivy for grad school</p>
<p>yes, it's very prestigous, a student could go to umich to ivy for grad school...been done many many times</p>
<p>UMich is a great school!</p>
<p>People who go there would be well advised to know that people who go to UM are not looking for a prestigous school............they are a little deeper than that, they are most often looking for a great school. Substance>image</p>
<p>Hell, Michigan's graduate school beats many Ivies in many areas. You can get into a great graduate school from most decent state schools if you work hard and get a good GPA, and Michigan is one of the best.</p>
<p>yes, but because it's a state school not everyone is going to be all academically inclined. It's the difference. Grad school, different story. So even though UMich is EXCELLENT, you're going to have SOME, not all, in-staters who aren't going to have academics on their minds and you'll have some of those prestige whores</p>
<p>bump.. please post</p>
<p>Where's Alexandre? LOL. :). He can tell you all about Mich.</p>
<p>coastingblue, seems to me like your question has been answered.</p>
<p>U-M is considered one of the leading public universities in the country. The "public" thing is important because as celebrian25 suggests, being public makes a difference. In addition to having a mission of access, it also has a different funding structure. That means it can't compete evenly with private institutions in terms of resources and selectivity. But, that said, U-M stacks up very well against the top-tier privates in this country. Just about any ranking measure confirms this.</p>
<p>And yes, U-M students can go on to top graduate programs.</p>
<p>It is completely unfair to compare U. Mich to a private elite U. It's like comparing a top public HS to a prep school. In both cases, the top portion (1/10? 1/4?) of the public institution holds their own against the private, but the public also reaches down the ladder a bit more. And, IMHO, that's part of what makes a great public U. so great - greater economic diversity and often more social and racial diversity, traded against less geographic diversity.</p>
<p>bump pls...</p>