<p>Hey all,</p>
<p>I have been accepted to both unc chapel hill and umich. I am out of state for both schools, unsure of my major, but definitely not doing engineering. I feel that these schools are very similar in many ways, but also very different. </p>
<p>I would love to hear your opinion on where you think I should go, considering all things (academics, social life, student body, location, etc...) </p>
<p>Thanks so much!</p>
<p>I’d go to to UNC. It’s beautiful and about 15k cheaper for out of state!</p>
<p>A Michigan poster on UNC vs. Michigan:
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<p>I vote for UNC as well. The fact that it’s about 20 degrees warmer in Chapel Hill right now (and will be 35 degrees warmer tomorrow) helps…</p>
<p>Michigan>UNC :-)</p>
<p>warblersrule86. Not sure where it says that Alexandre voted UNC over U-M. </p>
<p>“Universities can be measured by the quality of their faculty, the availlability of resources, the strength of their programs and departments, quality of facilities etc… In this domain, Michigan is stronger than UNC”</p>
<p>I like to cut and paste too. :-)</p>
<p>If you have need then UNC will be less expensive, and since the two are essentially tied…</p>
<p>^^^Have to agree with the above. 15K cost savings/year is huge.</p>
<p>If you have “demonstrated financial need” then UNC will help you with that…UMich won’t likely do that.</p>
<p>unfortunately, i won’t be getting any financial aid from either</p>
<p>rjkofnovi and Alexandre are the resident Michigan experts on here, so I’ll let them speak for UM.</p>
<p>I’m a senior at UNC though and am getting ready to graduate, so I’ll fill you in on UNC. I love it here; academically, it is a strong and well-known school, but the social atmosphere is what truly sets UNC apart in my opinion. Chapel Hill is a great town, and between Chapel Hill, Raleigh, and Durham, there is always something going on. The weather here is usually phenomenal (Carolina springs are legendary), although we did have a couple of snowfalls this past winter. UNC is only a couple of hours away from the beach, and believe me, when the weather is warm, students do go for a weekend or two if able. North Carolina beaches are some of the best that you’ll find anywhere on the East Coast.</p>
<p>Michigan has its rivalry with Ohio State, but the rivalry that UNC has with Duke is truly something special, IMO. Two schools with such rich basketball traditions located just 8 miles apart-it gets intense. If you spend four years here you’ll certainly be able to rush Franklin Street a few times after beating Duke, and may even be able to rush it after winning a national championship. I was able to do both in 2009, and going absolutely ballistic with 60,000 people in the middle of Franklin Street, with bonfires burning and news choppers flying overhead, is an experience that I will always treasure. </p>
<p>Social life: A good number of people go greek, but I also know plenty of people who didn’t and they didn’t find their social opportunities limited in the least. If you are a big partier, you’ll find a niche here, and if you don’t like to party, there are literally hundreds of student organizations that you can get involved with that will give you plenty of things to do on the weekends.</p>
<p>Anyways, that’s just a short version of my take on UNC. Hopefully someone will give you a similar explanation of Michigan so that you’ll have two balanced viewpoints to consider. Let me know if you have any questions.</p>
<p>ok I will play devil’s advocate here…and mind you, I am not the biggest UMich fan on CC…</p>
<p>UNC has only 18% OOS students…the OP really needs to visit to examine culture if $$ is not in the equation; this is a “fit” issue, not an academic one…there are alot of kids at UNC who know each other before they enroll…no idea if the OOS population “feels” that…</p>
<p>UMich has a much larger OOS and international population; I have never heard an OOS student express the opinion that they feel out of place (other than the affluent issue of OOS)…</p>
<p>just another perspective here that needs to be addressed from an outsider…</p>
<p>I really believe that the OOS situation that you reference at UNC is overstated. I have a lot of friends that came from OOS to go here and not a single one of them has had a problem fitting in (that I know of). Most people don’t really care about where you are from. As a freshman, you’ll meet a million people in your first few weeks and I guarantee you that your personality, rather than your zip code, will be the defining factor that wins you friends.</p>
<p>thank you all for your insightful replies. they really give me many things to think over in regards to this decision…no matter what i decide, it will be hard to turn one down!</p>
<p>I’d go for Michigan. I think both UMich and UNC have lots in common (in a lot of aspects), but UMich has a more appealing name worldwide, especially in the corporate world, world-wide. And, as much as you’d like to think that school prestige is unimportant, a lot of employers don’t think exactly that way.</p>
<p>Is this even a question? UNC is more well known and respected in the academic community plus well lets face it Chapel Hills sunny environment beats dreary Michigan anyday! </p>
<p>Come to UNC 
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<p>Plus we need your out of state tuition money with our new budget cuts hahaha</p>
<p>For once I agree with RML. Go to UMichigan. UNC students tend to have an inferiority complex apparently with Duke. Every UNC student I meet hates on Duke, but the Duke students just don’t care.</p>
<p>It’s similar to the Berkeley Stanford one-sided rivalry. If you want a good peaceful education without distractions, University Michigan is the way to go.</p>
<p>“Is this even a question? UNC is more well known and respected in the academic community…”</p>
<p>You completely lost me after that remark. In the real world, it’s the other way around. :-)</p>
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<p>Um, that’s not true at all. You should probably stop giving advice about things that you know nothing about. Just a hint. The UNC-Duke rivalry is perhaps the best rivalry in all of college sports, and anyone with half a brain cell knows that. There’s a reason that the Duke students rage and burn benches in their quad when they beat us in basketball.</p>
<p>Seriously, you may have just made one of the most blatantly false statements that I’ve ever seen in this part of CC. Most UNC students come from in-state and don’t even apply to Duke because it isn’t worth the huge increase in tuition, and Chapel Hill is a better place to spend four years than Durham anyways.</p>
<p>^But UNC’s bball team isn’t even ranked…while your “rival” rank 4…</p>
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<p>Are you kidding me? UNC finished the season ranked #8 and is in the sweet 16 right now. We also have a better basketball program historically than Duke (more titles, wins, final fours, etc). Come on, man, think before you type!</p>