OOS UNC too selective..what are other publics w/ strong academics

[willmingtonwave]

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swish, my comment was in reference to willmingtonwave’s statement that not all students want to do science and engineering. He implied that both Berkeley and Michigan are just strong in those areas, which is incorrect and quite ignorant too. U-M isn’t for everyone, but it does have a highly respected UROP program for students who want to engage in undergraduate research.

Of course I don’t think that. Berkeley arguably has the best history graduate department in the country and Michigan is not too far behind. Both of their law schools are elite, I could go on. The point it, the most common argument is that “W&M and UVA have terrible science/engineering, therefore they are inferior schools”. I guess I just don’t understand the correlation with strong science/engineering to overall school strength. It is like people who think that folks like me (studying in the humanities) are not studying something “real”.</p>

[swish14]

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<p>Would still love hear your perspective on undergrad at Northwestern vs undergrad at Michigan. Any insights?</p>