<p>“Public schools in the country are overrated with regards to quality of undergraduate education and graduate school admissions officers know this.”</p>
<p>Is that why they give Cal a rating of 4.7/5.0, Michigan a rating of 4.5/5.0 and UVa a rating of 4.3/5.0? I would say that public universities are very highly regarded in academic circles.</p>
<p>Goldenboy, it is not unfair to include Michigan Law and Michigan Medical schools. Both are ranked very high (definitely top 10) and should be included. Until 1990, Michigan Law was ranked anywhere between #1 and #3 in the nation. Even today, Michigan Law’s academic reputation is among the highest. According to the latest USNWR, Michigan Law was ranked #7 in the nation, with the fifth highest reputational score, a tiny notch below Columbia, tied with Chicago and a tiny notch above NYU and UVa. Michigan Medical was ranked #10 with the 8th highest reputational score. Why should Michigan apologize for having excellent academic programs?</p>
<p>Michigan Law School (currently enrolled):
158 Michigan alums
19 Notre Dame alums</p>
<p>Michigan Medical School (currently enrolled):
182 Michigan alums
15 Notre Dame alums</p>
<p>And when you investigate other top Medical and Law schools (certainly ones that are considered superior to Vanderbilt), you will typically see Michigan hold an advantage over Notre Dame. For example:</p>
<p>Yale Law School (currently enrolled)
8 Michigan alums
1 Notre Dame alum</p>
<p>Chicago Law School (currently enrolled)
17 Notre Dame alums
15 Michigan alums</p>
<p>Virginia Law school (class of 2014)
5 Michigan alums
1 Notre Dame alum</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins Medical school (currently enrolled)
13 Michigan alums
7 Notre Dame alums</p>
<p>WUSTL Medical school (since 1995)
48 Michigan alums
26 Notre Dame alums</p>