<p>^^^It’s OK Cuse, I’ve made my share of mistakes here on CC too. We all have to admit when we’re wrong. That’s how we learn!</p>
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<p>Me, make a mistake? I thought the OP would have a private jet at his disposal, like you suggested earlier! :)</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of anyone choosing between these two schools, they seem very different to me. However both are very well thought of in terms of academics. </p>
<p>I agree with glassesarechic, Wake is conservative, but not extremely so. UofM is quite possibly the most liberal school I have ever heard of.</p>
<p>This is a personal decision, and I think that in their own way each of these schools is very well thought of.</p>
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That term gets thrown around on CC to an absurd degree, usually by people who don’t know much about a college except hearsay. I doubt any top 50 university could be classified as conservative. A recent survey at Wake:</p>
<p>74.5% think abortion should be legal
62.1% think marijuana should be legalized
73.6% support gay marriage
73.3% think the government doesn’t do enough to control pollution
71.5% think addressing global warming should be a government priority</p>
<p>Wake is at the very least moderate, and I’d put it slightly left of center.</p>
<p>Wake Forest > UMichigan for undergrad IMHO.</p>
<p>Michigan > Wake Forest for undergrad IMHO.</p>
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<p>Forgot to ask, any idea where you’d like to live after graduation?</p>
<p>Michigan grads live everywhere. The school is well known nationally and internationally.</p>
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<p>Agreed, but Wake would probably lead to better opportunities in NC and other areas in the south.</p>
<p>^^^^I never realized that NC was the whole country, but I suppose if that is what one was looking for. In the meantime, the OP is from NY. I would imagine the cultural shock of living in Ann Arbor would be much less than in Winston-Salem.</p>
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<p>Culture shock is overrated. People come to NC and many instantly love it and end up staying. The RDU area is half “yankee” as a result of this anyways.</p>
<p>“Agreed. Friendliness and a lack of pretentiousness can be quite shocking.”</p>
<p>It is when you’re from NYC.</p>
<p>Most people think of football when they think of Michigan. Its a good school but lets not go crazy here.</p>
<p>“Most people think of football when they think of Michigan”</p>
<p>…and most people think of trees when they hear Wake Forest. It seems that many here on CC are too quick to dismiss Michigan as just another large publicly owned state school. Michigan is much more known as a premier academic school first, especially nowadays. Internationally, few think of it’s college football program when they hear the name.</p>
<p>Cuse, you also have to include that many major companies and government agencies (e.g. IBM, EPA) have built a huge presence in the Raliegh-Durham-Chapel Hill area, which is fueling the massive growth in the region. Same thing with Bank of America and other financial centers in Charlotte.</p>
<p>Can’t wait to leave North Carolina… I practically live on a college campus, so I already know what’s here, but unless I have to, I’m not going to UNC. It’ll just be like going to high school but in a different classroom. I’m originally from the North and I miss the fact that I could do something new everyday of the week.</p>
<p>I find it amazing how so many people use the excuse of lay people’s ignorance as a way to undermine the academic quality of a school. Although I am not a fan of large schools (if I was, I would stay in Canada), U. Mich is great and especially internationally, people could care less of its football team.</p>
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<p>Common misconception. There are over 20,000 people at UNC-you won’t see your high school classmates unless you make a concentrated effort to do so. There are probably 15 people from my high school here and I haven’t seen any of them since winter break when we were all back home. </p>
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<p>This is true. I was simply referring to the eagerness of non-NC natives to adopt our traditions and assimilate to our culture as soon as they find a job here. Lots of people like the slower pace of things down here, although there are plenty of exciting things to do if you know where to look.</p>
<p>North Carolina has more going for it than people give it credit for. Half the people here are Northern business transplants anyway, so we’re hardly the “Want some iced tea, sugar?” kind of place that the Deep South is. That being said, the South is far more laid back than the North–my mom’s from just outside Manhatten and went to Duke for undergrad. She’s never left, but she loves warm weather and smiling at random people on the street. </p>
<p>It may be worth keeping in mind that Wake isn’t as well regarded, in terms of lay prestige, as Duke or Carolina, whereas UMich is the top school in that area.</p>
<p>Again, they’re both great schools, but they’re completely different. It comes down to what the OP wants.</p>