Umich vs.Carolina vs. Purdue

<p>What do you think makes each of these schools unique, are they all of equal caliber, and what type of student would best succeed at each? Also any other random crap about any of these schools compared to my 1st choice umich!</p>

<p>From an academic standpoint, Michigan is definitely stronger than the other two. A lot of graduate programs at UM are also in the top 10 of the nation. Michigan football... enough said. The school can come off as impersonal because of it's sheer size. But people say that after attending Michigan, they become a lot more independent because they have to be the one take initiative. Tuition is the highest for public schools but Michigan is ranked in the top 3 for public universities. </p>

<pre><code> Purdue isn't a great school but it still not bad. I know a girl who attended for like about 2 months and then transferred to UNC. She said that the school lacked diversity and just wasn't fresh or challenging enough.

I'm not sure which school you're referring to when you say Carolina. Do you mean UNC, North Carolina, South Carolina?
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<p>Which lacked diversity/wasnt challengin purdue or northcarolina?</p>

<p>PS im in state so umich is probaly the best financially for me as well. However carolina has the most students studyig abroad of any public school, is it easyt o study abroad at umich? Is it widely done?</p>

<p>Purdue. UNC is a great value for the price. USnews ranked Michigan 24th this year while UNC was like 27 or so. The Graduate Pharmacy program is also ranked 3rd in the nation by USnews. You're likely to get a scholarship with your stats, but even without one, the school's tuition for OOS is pretty low and the financial aid program is stellar. UNC-Duke rivalry is intense and their basketball games are always exciting. The girl I was talking about earlier sent me some pictures of her around campus and all the locations were incredibly picturesque. She also said that students at UNC certainly care about their education but it's not as cut-throat as some schools like Berkeley, Michigan, and UVA. In short, she said the school has a really friendly and laid-back attitude. Since your In-State for Michigan, cost of attendance between Michigan and UNC is relatively close. But again, UNC has a strong Pharmacy program. Hope this helps.</p>

<p>Michigan requires fourth-year proficiency in another language so naturally it would be smart to study what you're going to be speaking overseas. I think that most people go their soph or junior year. The link below shows stats for people at Michigan studying abroad.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.umich.edu/%7Eicenter/overseas/work/statistics.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.umich.edu/~icenter/overseas/work/statistics.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p>

<p>thank u so much azurek u have been sooo helpful</p>

<p>Different study abroad programs have different criteria (such as different GPA requirements) in order to be accepted into the program. (For example, if you want to study at Oxford, you have to have at least a 3.4 GPA.) For certain programs, you also hav e to havew taken a certain number of classes in the particular foreign language class. (For example if you want to study in Seville, Spain, you have to have taken at least five semesters of college-level Spanish or the equivilant of that.)</p>

<p>Here's a good link:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.umich.edu/%7Eiinet/oip/search-by-location.htm#europe%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/oip/search-by-location.htm#europe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>My brother attended UNC and is likely the best student athlete (many time All American in in his sport and 4.0 average - now internationally known Phd in econ) to ever attend there. He has nothing but good to say about UNC - and he obviously feels they helped him succeed. He would tell you that while UNC is an excellent school, it is not Michigan. This is so for many reasons, including the high number of in-state students which results in a less competitive (although highly competitive) student body. The blunt truth is that Carolina (although vastly improved) still ranks at the bottom in K-12 education, and with a requirement to take 85% in-state, the median education and achievement level is not going to be as high it demand would otherwise obtain. And the grad school comparison between UNC and Michigan isn't even close, save for a handful of programs. If finances are neutral, as pleasant as UNC is (our father is a UNC alum as well and would concur with this all), Michigan has it beat hands down - especially in terms of national reputation. </p>

<p>Purdue is an outstanding value - and if inclined to engineering or technical fields (which UNC largely lacks), it would be a good choice. But if you can go to Michigan, and think a large school with unlimited resource yet with the challenge of finding your way at the same time appurtenant, then Michigan is for you.</p>