<p>Just to be clear, though--"assisting professors with leading discussion sections" mean the graduate students are pretty much in charge of the sections. They're not team-teaching the class or anything, with each discussion section featuring some face time with both Professor and grad student.</p>
<p>If those formats, the professors lead the lecture; GSIs lead the discussion.</p>
<p>Tag for that wireless question</p>
<p>thank you! and as for the syracuse no brainer thing...the thing is that I'd only have to pay 11,000 out of the 44,000 total coast--and I'd be an honors student, so i'd get smaller honors classes in most things when i want, special funds for say if i wanted to go to Guatemala for the Capstone Project honors students have to do (and maybe other projects), first registration for classes, the chance to meet famous lecturers and take special seminars and interdisciplinary classes, and more (though there aren't any special honors residential areas). So... Otherwise the city/weather are boring/horrible. At UM i'd have 1/3 small classes but the rest huge (Syracuse tries to have smaller underclassmen classes, i dont know if they've suceeded), and I'd have to pay $10,000 more than Syracuse. Is it still worth it? :\ I'd have the UM reputation at my back, and supposedly better education--but an SU education in the honors program, in smaller classes, might be just about the same. <em>sigh</em> Though if i transfer into Art/Design the classes will be smaller at UM at least..</p>
<p>Que piensas? What do you think?</p>
<p>U-M dorms are not wireless. Some of the common areas in the dorms are, but not the student rooms. The "good" news is, the rooms aren't that big, so just bring a long cord and you'll be all set.</p>
<p>Faleen, maybe this will help. I think the problem here is that you think only a third of your classes at Michigan would be small and that the rest would be huge. Not quite. I'd say 15% of your classes would be huge, a quarter would be average to large and 60% would be small. And most of your huge classes don't require a lot of personal attention. They require self-initiative and reading.</p>
<p>Now, there is a $40,000 cost difference over 4 years, and this is something you need to seriously consider. But once you answer that question, your decision should be easy.</p>