<p>I got accepted into the UConn Honors program and University of Michigan. I am in-state for Connecticut, and UConn gave me a 4k yearly scholarship. Michigan has not to this day offered me scholarships/financial aid. I want to major in either economics or business. If I could choose one over the other without raising concerns about cost or some other issues I think I would pick Michigan. </p>
<p>Reasons for Michigan:
-I really loved Ann Arbor and the campus
-If I major in business, I can apply for the Ross Business School which is one of the best in the nation
-Michigan is very high ranked and well known around the world; much more well known than UConn (I know rank and recognition may sound like a naiive thing to worry about, but it really matters to me and my family, especially because I am Asian and if I work in Asia, many have heard of Michigan, and few have heard of UConn)
-(Again this may sound naiive) I know alot of people from my school who are, no offense to them, not as high-achieving, and going to UConn kind of makes me feel like I wasted all my effort in high school to go to the same college as them</p>
<p>Reasons for UConn:
-Michigan will cost me at least 50K a year, whereas UConn will only cost about 15K a year
-I sometimes worry about the size of the schools and getting lost as a student, but the UConn honors program is supposed to make the large college seem much smaller
-Honors program at UConn has smaller classes, better professor attention (at least supposedly), overall a better and easier commnuity to be part of
-I liked the UConn campus as well, although not as much as Ann Arbor
-Uconn Honors may end up giving me just as good of as education as Michigan, and will be wayy cheaper
-my girlfriend is going to UConn next year (yes it is an innane point, but impossible for me not to think about)</p>
<p>So what are your views? I know being in a UConn thread will produce bias opinions, but thats ok.</p>
<p>^^I agree!
And I agree with your point on working so hard in high school just to go to somewhere where kids who worked a lot less go.
That’s one the reasons why I’m not going to UConn.</p>
<p>Better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in the ocean. If you will excel at UConn in the business school or in the economics program, you will do very well in terms of employment and graduate school admissions. I’m not sure if the same can be said for the middle of the pack at UM. </p>
<p>This is true with employment, graduate school, and national scholarships.</p>
<p>^That’s completely true. And like Euro said, you shouldn’t pay an exorbitant price just for an undergraduate school. You’re in the Honors program of UConn, just do very well and keep up an outstanding GPA, and you might shine more than those who graduated UMichigan. And your grad school is where college reputation truly matters.</p>
<p>im applying to uconn only for the honors program. it’s a really exclusive and prestigious program, despite the rest of the school. when you look at it’s acceptance rate, the honors program is as selective as harvard. not to mention separate living and dining? it’s like a school within a school.
and it costs way less lol</p>
<p>new businessweek rankings out… Ross is 6th, i don’t even remember seeing UConn on the 110+ school list. that’s a big enough difference to justify the cost.</p>
<p>Rankings can be a fickle thing from year to year, and a change in rank one year doesn’t mean that a school is “not good”. UConn’s B-school is one of the best in the nation.</p>
<p>@goldshadow while i agree that these rankings are fickle, i would say that justifies small jumps. falling from the 60’s by more than 50 spots is beyond concerning. additionally, i know these are for undergrads but the student in question is an undergrad. even when you look at graduate level, Ross is still a much more highly regarded school.</p>