<p>University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
-college of engineering (accepted)</p>
<p>Warwick University
-CS (accepted)</p>
<p>Imperial College in London
-pending</p>
<p>Southampton University
-CE (accepted)</p>
<p>Glasgow University
-CS&Math (accepted) </p>
<p>How are these british schools compared w/ michigan?</p>
<p>I applied for electronic eng. with management at Warwick, York, and Imperial, and Computer Science at the rest. (MEng)</p>
<p>Warwick (accepted)
Southampton (accepted)
Uni of York (accepted)
Imperial (pending)
UCL (pending)
Lancaster (pending)</p>
<p>I'd say that the UK unis are much better than UMich. U get to be a part of the Chartered Eng. Group, and u have a safe backing. I'd say Engineering at MIT or Caltech is way better than that at any UK uni except Oxford or Cambridge.</p>
<p>But wouldn't I be better off w/ US degree in terms of career?</p>
<p>uk got nothing on us</p>
<p>if ur an mit or caltech grad, ut opportunities are limitless. however, umich vs imperial id clearly imperial is way better. if u get a uk masters and apply for another masters in us like in mit or stanford caltech pton etc, u get a waaay better job than a umich grad.</p>
<p>naw U Mich is better than those. Oxford and Cambridge < Caltech and MIT</p>
<p>AMERICAN SUCK UP!!! :p</p>
<p>THK, it really depends what you wish to do. If you want to live in the US, obviously, Michigan would be a better choice. If you wish to live in the UK, Imperial is your best bet. In ex-British colonies and in East Asia, I would say Imperial would serve you best, but Michigan is still highly respected. In Europe (minus the UK), both will serve you equally well. </p>
<p>Overall, both are about equal in terms of international reputation. In Engineering, Imperial is #1 in the UK and Michigan is #5 or #6 in the US. So they are about equal. </p>
<p>For now, you are at least guaranteed Michigan. I guess Imperial will give you a conditional offer, so it is never a safe bet...and you will not know for sure if you are admitted until after you get your A Level results, sometime in July or August. Michigan expects an answer from you in late April at the latest. Also, school starts in Michigan in early September, so you have to start moving to Michigan in mid August. So you have to keep the timing in mind too.</p>
<p>But Imperial and Michigan are very different, so you should be able to make up your made with ease.</p>
<p>1) Imperial is slightly more theoretical and Michigan is more research oriented. </p>
<p>2) Also, the Michigan Engineering Campus is huge and located in a college town with a population of 200,000. Imperial has a tiny campus in the heart of London. So if you love a large city, go for Imperial. If you prefer a smaller setting, Michigan may be a better choice. </p>
<p>3) Michigan has a very collegiate feel. Imperial does not. So if you like the whole "college experience" go for Michigan. If you prefer a more professional feel to university education, go for Imperial.</p>
<p>4) Like I said above, if you wish to work in the US, Michigan is the better choice. If you wish to work in the UK and some parts of East Asia, Imperial is better. In most places, they are about equal.</p>
<p>I personally picked Michigan over LSE and UCL (I majored in Economics)...and I know I made the right decision for me. In the end, it did not make a difference. I landed a job with Lehman Brothers in London 4 months before graduating from Michigan.</p>
<p>Forget the other schools you applied to. They are significantly weaker than Michigan in Engineering.</p>
<p>Callthecops, I have no idea where you came up with your assessment that Michigan is far inferior to Imperial. Imperial is not at the same level as MIT, CalTech, Stanford or Cal-Berkeley. And those are the only 4 Engineering programs in the US that are better than Michigan.</p>
<p>callthecops: a friend of mine does engineering and says that accreditation/becoming part of the chartered group keeps changing... undergraduate degrees might not always grant that. in fact, i think they want a seperate masters now. that's what they're aiming for. so possibly 3 years from now an english degree wouldn't grant that</p>
<p>imperial would be the best choice of the english ones, i'm sure.
it would be recognised well for graduate work in the US as well...</p>
<p>if you want to work in the US, then I'd probably go with michigan. or if you want a more broad course of study. that's what i consider to be the main advantage of the american degree system- you get a far broader education.</p>
<p>Alexandre - I was saying that an imperial degree is less valuable than an MIT Caltech, stanford one. Only oxford and cambridge might be on par with these.</p>
<p>Yes, but you also said that Imperial is "way better" than Michigan. That is not really possible since even MIT and CalTech are not way better than Michigan. Imperial and Michigan are considered equals in the World of Engineering.</p>
<p>ok, ur right there. but cambridge and oxford > Mich though.</p>
<p>Obviously, Oxford and Cambridge are on par with Harvard and Yale. But in Engineering, none of those 4 awesome schools are as good as Imperial or Michigan.</p>
<p>it depends on what type of eng. ie. Mechanical is best at UIUC, although the overall ranking of the uni is very low. Also, for offshore Berkeley is the best, but isnt the best for Computer engg. In the UK, Southapton is the best for CS, but isnt on par with imperial in others. So it all depends on the speciality in eng., and not eng. as a whole as it is too broad.</p>
<p>Callthecops, some programs, like MIT, Michigan, UIUC, Cal, Stanford and Cornell are strong accross the Engineering disciplines. And you are mistaken about Cal-Berkeley. Their Computer Engineering program is arguably #1 in the US.</p>
<p>hey callthecops what i said was true. Maybe Imperial oxford and cambridge are better than u Mich but noway oxbridge is better than MIT and CAL in engineering!</p>
<p>Nomad, I thing Callthecops was just messing with us. He obviously knows that in Engineering, Oxbridge are not equal to MIT, Cal, CalTech and Stanford.</p>
<p>lol oks......</p>
<p>No need to argue over here lol
I want to work in the U.S. in the future. Not that working in UK is bad, but I never been to UK compared to US where I spent my most of my study. I guess I will go w/ michigan then.
U.K. schools were my backup anyways...
Thanks for ur thoughts~</p>