<p>tetrahedron, r u crazy? Screw UM, go to MIT.</p>
<p>If you don't qualify for financial aid, and you can go to UM for free, why would you pay the entire price for MIT, or even CalTech? It's not worth $180,000 for that undergraduate MIT/CalTech degree compared to that free Michigan degree.</p>
<p>into michigan with scholarship, uva, william and mary, penn state, uf.</p>
<p>i'm visiting michigan next thursday for the first time so i won't make a decision until then. i used to love uva (it was my first college love), but later fell in love with penn but was rejected ED. so i guess i'll see how i like michigan first. any help? i want to do either business and/or poli sci.</p>
<p>A2Wolves6, I'd imagine there would be certain need-based aid involved (MIT and Caltech are both good with that), so the difference would not be $180,000...however, that having been said, Michigan might still be the better choice here with the Shipman. Its engineering and business areas both hang close with MIT, and it probably has more breadth.</p>
<p>Compgurl, did you get money fron NYU? Chosing NYU over Michigan isn't necessarily the best decision unless you got into Stern and not Ross.</p>
<p>dearkonstantine, there is no school in this world that is better than michigan in the combined undergrad areas of business and polisci. Period. Michigan is in the top 3 for both, and the only other school I could think of that might be able to claim something similar would be Berkeley. But, as everyone says, it's also about fit, so I hope you enjoy your stay. Maybe some of us CCers could show you around or something.</p>
<p>Before, UM and Cornell were at the top of my list. However, after my miraculous acceptance from Columbia, it looks like I'll probably be going there. It all rests on the amount of financial aid I get.</p>
<p>Michigan gave me no financial aid cuz i'm out of state. so i'm gonna be a Domer. </p>
<p>University of Notre Dame 2010 :)</p>
<p>Kuni, unless you want to go to a university that has very little atmosphere and a graduate population that outnumbers undergrads 3-1, don't go to Columbia. Cornell is slightly secluded, but it has a more pleasant college feel and Michigan is definitely far more pleasant than Columbia.</p>
<p>the thing is, i've LOVED UVa longer and harder than any school. besides, they have an excellent poli sci program and even if their business school isn't as good as ross, it's still a great business school. i'd gladly sacrifice a little in the rankings to go to my dream school haha</p>
<p>also, i'm not in LSA honors, so the attention i get at UVa will be better than at michigan.</p>
<p>no way. I'm DEFINITELY going to Columbia over Michigan. Columbia is much better and there is no reason you should think about going to michigan unless you have a scholarship offer.</p>
<p>I got my last letter today. Accepted at UVA! not that it really means anything. I'm set to fill it back out, and send it back, checking the box where I will not be attending.</p>
<p>Overall I went 6/8. Not too bad.</p>
<p>But it's been UM since I was a kid.</p>
<p>With regard to the schools that matter, I was accepted at Penn, Michigan, UCLA, and Berkeley. I was also accepted to several schools such as UCSD and Wisconsin that I've completely eliminated from the running.</p>
<p>UCLA and Berkeley are offering me zero financial aid and I'm out of state, so it's hard to look on the positive side with regard to the two of them.</p>
<p>It's coming down to Penn and Michigan, and I still can't decide between either of them. I know several of us are having the exact same problem, actually. I want to major in biology, and, unfortunately, it doesn't help that a lot of people say that biology is one of the few weaknesses of Michigan out of all its majors.</p>
<p>I got a nice aid package from Cornell ;) I think I'm appealing my Michigan aid, but...I like Cornell a lot. Even more with the aid they gave me.</p>
<p>Alex: what's your opinion on Cornell v Michigan? I believe you said they were roughly peer institutions. And...your name isn't bold anymore, what's up with that?</p>
<p>Accepted: Penn State, UMaryland, SUNY Binghamton, UMichigan, Cornell</p>
<p>Waitlisted: Brandeis</p>
<p>UMich was (and still is) my #1, but i got into ILR at cornell so it would be in-state tuition...now i'm torn.</p>
<p>Accepted: Michigan, Johns Hopkins, University of Chicago (with merit $$)
Waitlisted: Harvard, Columbia
Rejected: Penn
Waiting: Notre Dame</p>
<p>I'm probably going to Chicago.</p>
<p>I got into</p>
<p>accepted: Cornell, UCLA, UC Berk. UC SD, UC Irvine, Rice</p>
<p>Waitlisted: Northwestern, UPENN</p>
<p>Rejected: Cambridge University, WASH U, Harvard, Dartmouth, Georgetown</p>
<p>Still waiting: UMICH, Seoul National UNiversity</p>
<p>Hey Zoogies. I have been demoted! LOL Seriously, it was decided that in the spirit of equality, the mods' handles would be unbolded. I prefer it that way. With regards to Cornell and Michigan, go with the school you like better. It seems that you prefer Cornell, so go for Cornell. You cannot go wrong either way. I personally prefered Michigan, but I really liked Cornell too.</p>
<p>Daestivan, Michigan's biology department is "weak" relative to other Michigan departments, but it is still ranked among the top 15 in the country...and slightly higher than Penn in that particular field. But I would not use the Biology rankings to make a decision. Go with your gut feeling. You won't regret it if you do. </p>
<p>Imiracle, I chose Michigan over Columbia at the behest of my mother, a Columbia alum. Columbia is an amazing university, no doubt, but it is not "much better" than Michigan (if at all). Columbia's peer assessmet score has ranged between 4.6/5.0 and 4.7/5.0 and Michigan's has ranged between 4.5/5.0 and 4.6/5.0. However, in terms of overall undergraduate experience, Columbia is underwhelming. Obviously, if you love Columbia, go for it. Some people love their experience at Columbia and it is certainly an top 10 university, no question there. But if you are basing your decision on the premise that Columbia is "much better" than Michigan, and did not really investigate the differences between those two wonderful universities, you are not doing yourself any favors.</p>
<p>And why should Michigan give aid for a student to chose it over Columbia? Columbia costs $10,000 more per year when you factor in cost of living and higher tuition rates.</p>
<p>Alexandre, you're not making my decision any easier. ;) I've visited both universities already, and I honestly cannot choose between the both of them. I think Penn's financial aid may win out in the end, however, just because of how difficult it's becoming to choose one over the other without other factors influencing my decision.</p>
<p>Also got into Michigan Honors, and thus a dorm in the South Quad. Doesn't help matters any. I guess I should be grateful for the situation I've been put into for the duration of this month, but it really is a tough choice that's completely up in the air with the days winding down.</p>
<p>Don't worry. You will make up your mind over the next couple of weeks. You cannot go wrong either way.</p>