<p>Of course it’s a silly statement. But if OP is going to play prestige games in his head then he may as well not be on the losing end. ;-)</p>
<p>If you have to go to state school, Michigan isn’t all that bad.</p>
<p>UMich isn’t just your everyday state school, it’s a top-notch institution (I go to ND, so I hope you appreciate how hard it was for me to say that ). At the end of the day, everyone (including Ivy Leaguers) has to compete for the top jobs–a degree from Penn isn’t a golden ticket that opens all doors. </p>
<p>Stop stressing over the past, learn from your mistakes, and be grateful to be attending a fine university. You’re crying over the Porsche because you didn’t get the Ferrari</p>
<p>Based on the other threads he started, all with different backstories about the same theme, Mich vs. Penn, I’m guessing OP should quit school and take up residence under a bridge.</p>
<p>“You’re crying over the Porsche because you didn’t get the Ferrari.” I gotta write that one down and use it on my kids.</p>
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Gotcha. ;)</p>
<p>Glad to know you’re not that silly. :p</p>
<p>If you were my kid and I heard you talk like this, I’d slap you upside the head. You’re an annoying little twit who has a lot of growing up to do. Get over yourself.</p>
<p>Puppylove beat me to it. Seriously, grow up! You are going to realize very quickly that college is a right of passage and your experience and success is how you take advantage of the education. Complaining about not going to Penn, knowing that you were rejected, is disrespectful to those students who are ecstatic about their acceptance to UM. Seriously, as an employer I would never hire you based upon what you’ve said. You need an attitude change if you want to be prepared to handle the real world.</p>
<p>This is sad.</p>
<p>Well…the OP seems to have left the room. Maybe he is getting ready to attend a UMich football game…which sure would be better than a Penn game.</p>
<p>The University of Michigan is a fine school with an excellent national reputation. Doing well there will take you anywhere.</p>
<p>Haha, Thumper.
I do love it when we get a good laugh from CC.
Puppylove, love the directness. Yup, first world problems.</p>
<p>This poster reeks of being a ■■■■■. We have had a rash of new posters, probably the same person over and over, on the Michigan board who come and go with nonsense like these comments. I would not be surprised if this is the same antagonist, using another new name, that has posted garbage on this site for quite some time.</p>
<p>■■■■■ = a person who cries for attention.</p>
<p>Don’t have regrets. It’s not worth the energy.</p>
<p>FYI- my valedictorian son (great app with 4.0 UWGPA, 34 ACT-no studying for it, 13 AP classes and 1 college credit course, only applied to one IVY (and Penn was one IVY I asked him not to apply to as per bad, violent are school is located in). For other reasons, he only applied to Harvard (rejected) and Brown (waitlisted). WSTL (waitlisted). Of schools accepted to , he was most interested in Berkeley, but ended up accepting a full tuition scholarship to a safety (he only applied to because of a postcard in the mail) U Miami, where he ended up with lots of perks, great friends, and a great education No regrets on his part at all. He’s in grad school now. Will graduate debt free after 7 years of schooling.</p>
<p>Would we do some things differently? Sure. But really, it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>If you really wanted to get into UPenn you could have applied as a transfer student after freshman or sophomore grades. Since you didn’t, I’d assume not only did you not have the marks for UPenn during HS, you didn’t have them in college either.</p>
<p>Seriously your attitude will fit perfectly in DC.</p>
<p>I suspect OP is ■■■■■■■■ but will respond in case any lurkers are awaiting replies. (Also I’m a Penn grad.)</p>
<p>News Flash: Penn may be “Ivy League,” but lots of folks still confuse it with Penn State. How would you have handled that? </p>
<p>UMich is a very fine school and a hot one among kids at elite schools too. I read on the Washington Post website within the last few years that more kids had matriculated there from Sidwell Friends (Google it if you’re not familiar) than any other school that year.</p>
<p>As shallow as the OP sounds, his attitude is very common here on CC.</p>
<p>Edited to add WP story: <a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/class-struggle/post/admissions-101-where-first-school-kids-go-to-college/2012/09/05/7eba5374-f625-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_blog.html[/url]”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/class-struggle/post/admissions-101-where-first-school-kids-go-to-college/2012/09/05/7eba5374-f625-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_blog.html</a></p>
<p>LOL, if someone is confusing Penn with Penn State, they are probably serving you fries in Middle America.</p>
<p>“Now, I fear that people won’t know I’m any different from just another state-school student” I think its more likely that the superior attitude shown by this statement will impede your career than your Uof M diploma. There are great people at every school, including of course many schools that have weaker credentials than the Wolverines. Make yourself into a great UofM grad, not just in the classroom but in your life, and you’ll do just fine.</p>
<p>“LOL, if someone is confusing Penn with Penn State, they are probably serving you fries in Middle America.”</p>
<p>Same attitude as the OP.</p>