<p>Academics wise. Not really concerned about money or weather. School spirit, alumni connections and resources can be considered</p>
<p>What major are you interested in?</p>
<p>academically both schools are terrific. michigan’s got a great reputation, and personally i think its more nationally, and internationally known. if you want school spirit go to michigan. also, michigan definitely has some of the greatest alumni connections and a huge alumni base. it’s a big school which offers you so many resources. you can always make a big school seem small, but you can never make a small school seem big. michigan can offer you pretty much anything you want. and ann arbor is a great town.</p>
<p>UMich is the clear choice IMO. UNC is a good public, but because of the overwhelming number of in-state admits, does not provide good diversity and is a little too-“inbred”. Beyond that I second everything sportschikk said.</p>
<p>I have a few friends here at u of m whose parents work for UNC and yet they still go here if that says anything </p>
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<p>What do you want to study?</p>
<p>^^^Does it really matter? Michigan would more than likely have the stronger program in a comparable discipline. Academics wise, Michigan is a tad better overall than UNC.</p>
<p>Academics: Both are excellent, but Michigan has the edge thanks to its Engineering program, strength in the sciences and reputation in academe</p>
<p>School spirit: Both schools are equally amazing where spirit is concerned</p>
<p>Alumni connections: Both have large, successful and loyal alumni networks, but Michigan has the edge thanks to geographic diversity and very strong professional programs</p>
<p>Resources: Michigan’s endowment stands at $7.8 billion while UNC’s stands at $2.2 billion. Michigan spends much more on research, offers more undergraduate research opportunities, has a larger library system and more world-class facilities.</p>
<p>Overall, both universities are excellent with Michigan edging UNC by a small margin. In fact, the margin is so small, I would recommend choosing based on fit.</p>
<p>If money is tight, UNC, otherwise UM. Instate, UNC is one of the best deals in the country with tuition and fees about $7K. OOS, still pretty good, tuition and fees about 27K, over $10K less than UM. Also weather is better at UNC. But other than that, UM is clear winner. Virtually all academic programs are either better or, at worst, equal to UNC. While sports are great at UNC, the big house makes UM one of the best sports schools in the country. The biggest drawback to UNC is that well over 90% are instate. Therefore, you will be going to school with a whole bunch of people who call the Civil War, the War of Northern Aggression. Also, with almost all students in-state, UNC’s alumni network does not hold a candle to Michigan’s.</p>
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Do students at Big 10 schools have cars, or do they just drive their tractors? (They might need them to get through the cornfields on the way to class.)</p>
<p>“Do students at Big 10 schools have cars, or do they just drive their tractors? (They might need them to get through the cornfields on the way to class.)”</p>
<p>warblersule:</p>
<p>Michigan is not among the top ten states in corn production. It also has been the traditional home of the American automobile industry since it’s inception. At least if you’re going to attempt to be clever in stereotyping, try choosing the right ones.</p>
<p>“At least if you’re going to attempt to be clever in stereotyping, try choosing the right ones.”</p>
<p>Knights of the Told Republic.</p>
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And NC residents do not refer to the Civil War as the War of Northern Aggression. <a href=“Side%20note:%20To%20be%20honest,%20I%20struggled%20thinking%20of%20a%20stereotype%20for%20Michigan.%20There%20is%20obviously%20the%20nation’s%20favored%20punching%20bag%20that%20is%20Detroit,%20but%20that’s%20getting%20a%20bit%20tired.%20For%20the%20record,%20I’ve%20visited%20Michigan%20twice%20and%20am%20aware%20it’s%20not%20actually%20in%20a%20cornfield.%20LOL.”>i</a>*</p>
<p>I was too lazy to write out a full response earlier, but I will now. UNC is very liberal; conservative speakers like Tancredo have literally been assaulted on campus, and conservative student groups have complained that not enough students show up for their events for the school to justify the costs of bringing such speakers to campus. Orange County has voted slightly more Democratic than Washtenaw in recent years, the percentages of libs/mods/cons and Dems/Repubs in NC and MI are comparable, and the chair of the Republican party in Orange County has called residents “diehard socialist liberals” who “Once they find out who the conservative is, they vote him out." Famously Jesse Helms once snarked during the debate over the creation of the NC Zoo that the government should instead simply put a fence around Chapel Hill. Each of the Triangle cities has passed a resolution in favor of same-sex marriage. Additionally, Raleigh and Charlotte, from which UNC draws heavily, have been ranked by Forbes as in the top 10 in the US for population growth and as destinations for relocating people; many, many people in both cities are from California, the Northeast, or other areas of the country.</p>
<p>There are certainly southerners who refer to the Civil War as the WONA, including some (very few) college students. They are typically at conservative schools or deep in the red parts of states like Arkansas or Mississippi – NC, not so much.</p>
<p>Incidentally, the percentage of in-state students at UNC is 80% for undergrad and 74% overall. Definitely not terribly diverse, but not “well over 90%” either. Michigan actually has about 3000 more in-state students than UNC for both undergrad and overall; UNC has a much higher percentage of in-state students because it admits very few OOS students and consequently stays noticeably smaller than Michigan. (This is also why it can promise to meet the full need of all OOS students, which Michigan doesn’t.)</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s been pointed out that the OP is a NC resident deferred from UNC and accepted at Michigan. While I can see picking Michigan if rejected from UNC, I think there are few fields that would justify the OOS cost if ultimately admitted. (I’m assuming the OP is not an prospective engineer, as an application to UNC in that instance would be a bit odd.)</p>
<p>If the OP is in-state, UNC should be the runaway clear choice. I literally can’t think of a single reason why he/she would go to Michigan (both are in excellent college towns, great sports culture at both, liberal student bodies, top notch business schools, highly ranked research institutions, flagship state schools, etc. etc.).</p>
<p>Like warblers said, the OP wouldn’t be applying to Michigan if he/she was a prospective engineer anyway so it’s unlikely that’s a consideration. The OP would be saving $120k over the span of 4 years. Even Harvard would be difficult to justify at that cost differential if the Cambridge, MA school offered no FA for some reason.</p>
<p>“If the OP is in-state, UNC should be the runaway clear choice. I literally can’t think of a single reason why he/she would go to Michigan…”</p>
<p>Reason number one: The OP was accepted at Michigan and not yet at
UNC as warblersrule indicated.</p>
<p>If the OP is accepted to UNC, instate, he or she should most definitely go to UNC. Michigan is slightly better, but the difference FOR SURE is not worth $30,000 a year. Also, way nicer weather at UNC lol.</p>