UMichigan Core Values

To anyone who has attended or currently attends University of Michigan, what are some of the aspects of the school that you love most, especially core values that drew you in? I would love to attend the school, and I’m intrigued by the university’s emphasis on global solutions for poverty and sustainability, but I’m looking for first-hand experience about how big of a role those actually play in campus life, besides what it just says on the website. I’m also interested in studying Psychology there, so any first-hand information about the value of the programs would be very helpful.

" I’m intrigued by the university’s emphasis on global solutions for poverty and sustainability".

There is definitely a lot of great work going on by faculty, staff, and students in this regard. However, to say it dominates campus culture, or is very pervasive, would be hyperbole - and I would bet money that this would be the case at any medium sized school or higher.