<p>dad81, congratulations on a final decision. I am sure either place would have been a good outcome. I hope your son has a fantastic time at Princeton.</p>
<p>Michigan can be a hard school. Their graduation rate is not as high as Princeton. Michigan has built a great reputation with their graduate schools. Princeton is much better the undergrads. With Princeton, once you are in "you are in". Not so at Michigan.</p>
<p>I just read your post sdp000 and i'm still trying to figure out exactly what you were saying.</p>
<p>rjkofnovi... he means that Princeton will go to great lengths to intervene if a student is foundering. Michigan (a placeholder for any public flagship univeristy) will not.</p>
<p>Gee, so i suppose Michigan does offer a superior educational experience to Princeton. After all, in the real world, no one is holding your hand if you start to "founder." I would say Michigan prepares its graduates to enter into the work place better. At least according to some people.</p>
<p>Gee, I see you are filled with compassion. Humans are not machines and when stuff goes wrong. Princeton can afford more than MICH to intervene. I'm not saying it's necessarily right or wrong, but I'll say more often than not a little hand up is better all around.</p>
<p>Tell me about compassion in the work place DunninLA. It's sink or swim. I guarantee you that there are people at Michigan who help out those you are struggling. Of course not to the extent of Princeton. This is not a knock on Princeton. I'd imagine most people who enter there are eminently qualified.</p>