<p>I would shoot myself if I ever tried to move north of the Mason-Dixon. I think Nashville snows too much. Like I literally wanted to cry when we got 3 consecutive days of snow in February… I was so miserable.</p>
<p>@phantasmagoric, ok your right, you didn’t shoot down Michigan as much as I thought you did.</p>
<p>Terrible weather, as we’ve seen, is subjective. Those of us awesome Northerners may actually like snow, I know I do. I like variety in my weather.</p>
<p>Location I wont argue. Ann Arbor is an amazing college town, yeah, but there aren’t many big cities you’ll want to travel to. Unless… you know… Detroit is your thing.</p>
<p>Michigan does well in nearly every sport, I’m just mentioning the most important one. Everyone may not care about football, but the vast majority of the people do. If you disagree I have 114,000 people in a stadium and a multi billion dollar business that says other wise. It stands to reason sports like mens basketball and football should be weighted above synchronized swimming. I’ve heard the tailgating before meets is crazy though!..</p>
<p>@OCELITE, I’m not missing the point about the weather. Like I said, its subjective. I like seasons. And not wildfire season and non wildfire season.</p>
<p>Again OCELITE, I never said academics weren’t important. They are obviously the most important factor. But I didn’t think I needed to make a case for every single criteria in every single post. Its like I don’t mention something once and then you think I think it doesn’t mean anything. It really is very frustrating.</p>
<p>And in you response to m4dskillz I gotta say this. That sounds just like something someone from a tiny D3 school would say.</p>
<p>You’ll never be able to turn on the TV and see your school team playing in a big game. And if your team is on ESP 8 The Ocho the mist common response would be “where the hell is Chapman?”</p>
<p>I have to agree with purpleduckman. Football, basketball and maybe baseball are much more popular than any other sport. The only other one I’ve ever seen on tv is lacrosse.</p>
<p>@bronovan, you are correct, Michigan was nit great last year and has had a bad couple year stretch. But one season does not a football program make. Stanford is impressive and I give them credit, but it would be very surprising if they kept this up. Just recently Stanford had trouble filling up their student section at football games. The college football stars will eventually be back in place and the perennial powerhouses will return. </p>
<p>As long as the team around him doesn’t suck (I.e. Jock Locker at Washington) Luck has a very good chance to win the Heisman. I was rooting for Gerhart two years ago.</p>
<p>Of course… I’m pulling for Robinson…</p>
<p>CGerrsti, Hockey is on TV come the tourney.</p>
<p>I’ve also seen Womens Softball and Volleyball</p>
<p>Soccer every now and then too.</p>
<p>These also on more if you have the Big Ten Network.</p>
<p>Yeah I take that back I have seen hockey and softball is all over espn idk how I forgot that.</p>
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<p>If this wasn’t already apparent to you, that’s the culture at your university. Not every school is going to care as much about football.</p>
<p>For example, at Stanford a lot of the lesser-known or non-big-time college sports are given a lot of attention (like gymnastics or squash or tennis). It’s almost funny that you can’t seem to fathom people not caring as much about football as you and your classmates do, or as much as they like other sports.</p>
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<p>Precisely my point.</p>
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<p>And even if that happens, Stanford will still be better than Michigan in all-around sports excellence. But who knows, this might be the start of a football powerhouse - after all, the other powerhouses had their start sometime too. ;)</p>
<p>^Michigan has a top 5 recruiting class being put together now for 2012 and have a new coach that’s not RichRod. Stanford just lost Jim Harbaugh and Andrew Luck will be gone after this year. There really isn’t a way a school like Stanford can build a longtime football powerhouse nowadays.</p>
<p>And to all the winter haters living in LA and Nashville, you don’t know what you’re missing.</p>
<p>I think Rose Hulman or Notre Dame would be best. Saint Mary of the Woods is amazing, but it’s an all-girls school, but they do have parties where they invite people from nearby colleges.</p>
<p>Those two schools are too small (I think we seriously need a disclaimer at this point)</p>
<p>ND is fine but its religious tendencies might not resonate with a lot of people. Also…it’s in Indiana.</p>
<p>U of Michigan is my vote. Great Sports, Great Academics, Great people, Diversity, Decent weather, Great surrounding town, Great activities, Great recruiters.</p>
<p>Michigan lacks proximity to a wonderful large city and the campus beauty isn’t anything to swoon over. Stanford is too far from SF to be convenient, but the weather is moderate. Chicago weather sucks and Northwestern’s campus isn’t swoon-worthy. </p>
<p>BC is really safe, really pretty, and campus overlaps Boston/Newton border.</p>
<p>^ And Boston’s weather is balmy and mild? Yeah, right.</p>
<p>SF is a 20 minute train ride from Palo Alto.</p>
<p>@Kellian</p>
<p>Decent weather?</p>
<p>Come on…lets not get crazy here. The weather sucks in Michigan. Period.</p>
<p>Addendum: You honestly look more closely at a school if they have good recruiters?</p>
<p>@ZeldaFitzgerald If so many people are voting for Michigan regardless of the weather, BC should also be considered. Not trying to compare the schools themselves or whatever here, but BC is another solid all-around school with a respected and growing name, energetic sports fans, located in the secure suburbs outside of the “original” college city.</p>
<p>^BC’s academics and sports aren’t on Michigan’s levels. And Boston may be the original college town (though BC isn’t even in Boston) but Ann Arbor is the bona fide best college town in the country.</p>
<p>Like I said explicitly, wasn’t comparing the two/ hating of Michigan but fine, go ahead.</p>
<p>And yeah, because you can quantifiably measure how good a college town is. And you make it sound like the difference between BC and Michigan is like Harvard and your local community college. I know the system is flawed, but they are ranked using the same criteria, and Michigan is 29, while BC is 31. I also could’ve gone to Brown or Wake Forest, so is Michigan not on the level of Wake Forest, which is 25? Nothing being taught in Ann Arbor is not being taught in Boston, when strictly comparing across shared departments. The only thing I would concede is law and undergrad business, but I’m not part of either so that’s irrelevant to me. Also, it’s funny you should mention sports because we both went 7-6 in football, and we finished second in the nation, and ahead of you in hockey this year, arguably your best sport. And there’s no need to bring up past successes, it’s like Yankee fans cheering “27” when they have a bad year.</p>
<p>It slightly pains me to do this because Ty Law and Tom Brady went to Michigan, but give credit where it is due and don’t be ignorant.</p>
<p>Alright alright pipe down everyone. I’m too intrigued by the opportunity to get a bba and engineering degree at michigan at 4.5 years. If oos wasnt so expensive I think id have to choose that, then so grad school for petroleum at UT. That’s what I’d like to do, but I’m not exactly loaded here and don’t feel like being 200k in debt.</p>
<p>“and ahead of you in hockey this year, arguably your best sport.”
Wasn’t Michigan in the final this year?</p>
<p>I’ve never tried to sell my school to anyone here, I think a 23 page thread confirms that the debate goes beyond simple suggestions at this point. I’m just countering seriously flawed statements. Anyway, I also would think Michigan is absolutely the place you want to be for your interests, so I wish you luck with that.</p>