<p>University of Michigan is one of my daughters top choices, she was accepted to LSA. She is very excited. She was also accepted into Ohio State Sports and Wellness Scholars program and was informed today that she will receive full tuition. However, she was not excited about OSU surrounding area. Is the undergrad experience and alumni connections at UMich so much greater than OSU that it would be worth the money to send her??</p>
<p>I doubt it.</p>
<p>What’s her major and likely career?</p>
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This is not true at all, OSU is the better school and would be the better choice. I am currently at the University of Iowa though as a Michigan resident myself between the two schools (OSU and umich) I would without hesitant attend OSU.</p>
<p>oh, boy, I’ll be mild about this one. </p>
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<p>All right let’s not get ahead of ourselves. </p>
<p>Coolbreeze is a UM-hater, disregard whatever he says about UMich. </p>
<p>With that being said, I am a senior in H.S. in Ohio and I applied to both of these schools.
I prefer UM, but I can’t afford the OOS rates. Might do NROTC, but have not been awarded a scholarship. </p>
<p>But, with that being said, I still really like OSU. I actually liked the surrounding area, seemed perfect for a college aged kid. Other kids say it is a dump and sketchy…time to get out of suburbia haha. </p>
<p>Depends on your family situation and future plans. If grad school is likely and she will have to take out a lot of loans, I would probably go to OSU. If you have the money and she really, really likes UM over OSU, you should give UM a look.</p>
<p>However, regardless of what some on here will tell you, the gap between OSU and UM isn’t that large and if you work hard and excel at either, you should have some pretty nice options after graduation. </p>
<p>Good luck</p>
<p>“This is not true at all, OSU is the better school and would be the better choice. I am currently at the University of Iowa though as a Michigan resident myself between the two schools (OSU and umich) I would without hesitant attend OSU”</p>
<p>Someone is still bitter about being rejected from The University of Michigan. I would without “hesitant” not pay attention to any advise given by coolbrezze.</p>
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I am just basing my information from facts and known experiences. I also just find it delusional for students to think that attending umich over OSU and they are guaranteed more success etc… as if umich is a ivy league. Also with the state of Michigan economy ( again I am a Michigan resident) if any school will guarantee more success it will be OSU. Although I have fairly stated that OSU is the better school, if you are looking for popularity both schools are popular, as is any school in the Big Ten ( besides Nebraska).</p>
<p>Coolbrezze: I have begged you time and again to take an English remedial writing class. I see you have ignored my pleas.</p>
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Stop the immature personal attacks, and remember this is a informal online forum. </p>
<p>dte I can not stress more on how OSU would be the better choice.</p>
<p>Good luck</p>
<p>“I am just basing my information from facts and known experiences”</p>
<p>And what might these “facts” be? Just because you constantly claim your opinions are based on facts, doesn’t mean they actually are. You have not given one concrete, legitimate reason for bashing the U of M so strongly.</p>
<p>OP: That being said, unless your family can afford Michigan’s OOS tuition without breaking your backs, so to speak, I would stick with OSU. While the U of M is generally seen as more prestigious, and I love it here, you can’t really go wrong with any Big 10 school.</p>
<p>“dte I can not stress more on how OSU would be the better choice.”</p>
<p>Can not or not able to. I would bet on the latter.</p>
<p>Thank you for your responses. Money is not an issue in the sense that yes we can afford to send her to Michigan. But, I can’t help feel like it will be throwing away 160,000.00. That being said she is looking into Business, Marketing, and Sports Management…undecided…
She may or may not go to Grad School. She did not like the dorms or surrounding area of Ohio, but she did like the programs and people. I always told her that if she worked hard she could choose the college she wanted to go to…now I can see that was a mistake. I think I am just looking for a justification for sending her to Mich if that is her choice or how to convince her to choose OSU.</p>
<p>*I think I am just looking for a justification for sending her to Mich if that is her choice or how to convince her to choose OSU. *</p>
<p>Offer to put the $160k in some kind of sound investment that she can use for a down payment on a house.</p>
<p>She is not going to realize a $160k benefit from going to UMich over OSU.</p>
<p>I look at it this way…for you to net $160k, you have to earn about $250k…that’s a chunk of dough…unless you’re very wealthy.</p>
<p>“But, I can’t help feel like it will be throwing away 160,000.00”</p>
<p>I’m sure you don’t mean she won’t get ANYTHING out of attending U-M. Remember schools like OSU have to throw out full scholarships and perks to top students to get them to attend. Think of it this way, If she were going to Michigan full ride, do you think you’d ever even consider sending here to Ohio St.? There must be a reason why thousands of OOS students pay the full tuition/board to attend each year. If you can afford it and she truly loves Michigan, I wouldn’t consider it a waste of money at all. Perhaps she will get involved in a fantastic research project or meet her future husband? She’ll have a better chance to excell if she is living in an environment that suits here.</p>
<p>michigan is NOT worth that much more over ohio state, at ALL. like many above said, there’s really not much of a difference, especially since ohio state is loaded with dough. while rjkofnovi might pose an interesting question, i know someone who was in that situation and did choose ohio state simply because she liked it better.
it’s about fit and not prestige. ohio state is so big that you’ll find smart kids there, i promise. the “environment” isn’t dumb kids in contrast to michigan “smart kids.” neither stereotype is true. there’s geniuses at ohio state and slackers at michigan. while michigan might have the edge in prestige, after you get out of the top 20 schools in the nation, it doesn’t matter where you go from 20-100. it really doesn’t.
save your money. and congrats to your d on full tuition at osu! that is quite a feat. =]</p>
<p>That is a tough decision. If your daughter is intending on pursuing a profession in Sports Management or a career in the Midwest, I would say OSU would be a very sound choice. If your daughter were pre-med, a science major or interested in academe, I would again recommend OSU. In all these cases, no university is worth $160,000 over OSU.</p>
<p>However, in some instances, the Michigan name can make a difference. If your daughter wants to study business and work for a certain type of company, Ross will open doors that Fisher cannot open. In this case, should money not be an issue, I would say that Michigan is worth the extra cost.</p>
<p>“it’s about fit and not prestige”</p>
<p>Seems the OP’s daughter felt a better “fit” at Michigan.</p>
<p>“after you get out of the top 20 schools in the nation, it doesn’t matter where you go from 20-100. it really doesn’t.”</p>
<p>That remark is quite arbitrary to be honest. By standards such as academic peer reviews at USNWR, Michigan IS a top 20 school. Also, never downplay Michigan’s alumni connections throughout the world. It has one of the largest and most formidable alumni associations anywhere and is well represented, even on the west coast. I’m not saying that it is necessarily worth the extra large amount of money to attend Michigan, but to say that just because it’s not a so called “top 20” school does not mean it should be lumped in together will all the others in the top 100. Don’t kid yourself, there really is a Michigan difference.</p>
<p>We are in the same boat: Notre Dame at full pay, or two public schools (UMN and Pitt) with enough stacked scholarships from the universities to equate to a full ride (tuition + room/board). ND is daughter’s dream, and we can afford to pay, but question the wisdom of leaving all that money on the table. I don’t think a college decision should be made on price alone, but those HUGE scholarships do pull a lot of weight. What would you do?</p>
<p>Michigan is a lovely school, but it’s not worth going into $100k in debt to attend. If your family can pay it out of pocket, it’s your decision whether to spend the money, but IMO don’t even consider it if you don’t have the money.</p>
<p>Before we get off-topic, I think tOSU makes more sense for the OP. The additional financial cost is very difficult to justify in this scenario.
I’m unsure whether you’ve gotten carried away with Hawkeye pride or perhaps whether UNL rejected you too, because you never seem able to resist throwing in a disparaging remark even in completely irrelevant situations.
This is a very good post.</p>
<p>D would be looking into a position on the east or west coast after graduation, not midwest, does this make a difference?? Does either school have more recruiting in these area’s?</p>
<p>She is a good student, and has some great offers, but they surprise me because her stats don’t really support some of her offers. Heavily into tumbling, and competitive cheer for 8 years + till she blew out her knee sophmore year and again this year, 2 knee reconstruction surgeries and wrote her essays on how she kept going with a congenital knee disorder until she reached the elite level in tumbling- her dream. Her ACT was a 27, GPA 3.7 UW, Highly involved in school spirit!!! Wants to go to huge football and spirit school, Sororities, and possibly football cheer. With this she has some incredible offers Direct Admit to Kelley School of Business, Indiana; Full Tuition to OSU, and then getting into Michigan…which we were all a little surprised by as it really is a reach. And I’m sure part of the draw. She is waiting on Preferred Admission to Ross (which I also can’t imagine, but at this point who knows).</p>