<p>Please compare the two schools, and which would you rather go to?</p>
<p>I think it depends on what you want to study and whether you like big state school feel, or smaller school feel. I personally would rather go to UMich because it's closer to home and is strong in areas I would want to study, and I wouldn't like being in D.C. that much. But those are simply my preferences. Some people think it's really great to be in D.C., and I wouldn't argue with them, there are so many opportunities. You really can't go wrong with either school, it just depends on preference.</p>
<p>Pretty much preference vs final cost</p>
<p>bump......</p>
<p>Michigan if you're going into Business or Engineering or the sciences. Georgetown if you want to major in Political Science and eventually work for the government or become a lawyer.</p>
<p>Michigan's Political Science program and Law School is every bit as good as Gtown.</p>
<p>^^ That is true. But I just didn't want to seem too biased towards Michigan. :)</p>
<p>Michigan is a state school, has large classes, less personalized education. Plus, DC's weather is better.</p>
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<p>actually its law school is better (although that has nothing to do with undergraduate except maybe preferential admissions) but for political science i'd give georgetown the edge, if not only for location.</p>
<p>I think this still applies here</p>
<p>"Do you want to be surrounded by kids (mostly who are from Michigan) or by kids from around the country and around the world? Do you want to be apart of a student body who boasts an SAT average above 1400 or one that is barely over a 1300? These are the questions that should be answered."</p>
<p>Georgetown's business school might be rated behind Michigan's but it is still very very good. Overall, there's no slam dunk in academics either way. Also, DC winters aren't exaclty balmy. Look at the areas where there are real differences...one is right IN a major city, while the other is right in a great college town. One is huge and involves long walks and bus rides to get to class, while the other is smaller and compact. One has mostly Midwesterners, while the other is mostly East Coast types. One has bigtime football, the other has smalltime football.</p>
<p>TourGuide, while DC winters aren't warm, neither is Michigan the leader in that Regard</p>
<p>Averages - Ann Arbor
Jan Low:17
Jan High:30
Mar Low:27
Mar High:45
Jul Low:62
Jul High:83</p>
<p>DC:
Jan Low:27
Jan High:42
Mar Low:37
Mar High:56
Jul Low:70
Jul High:88</p>
<p>DC is generally warmer than Ann Arbor, which is good considering you spend most of your school days at times of the year when you want warmer weather.</p>
<p>Average</a> Weather for Ann Arbor, MI - Temperature and Precipitation
Average</a> Weather for Washington, DC - Temperature and Precipitation</p>
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Georgetown's business school might be rated behind Michigan's but it is still very very good.
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<p>georgetown's business school is not the greatest by any means, as opposed to Michigan's which is an absolutely first-rate program (best in the country behind wharton). the business school is one of the weakest departments @ georgetown and by no means presents competition to michigan. if you're going for business this one is a no-brainer.</p>
<p>I disagree. For various reasons (some I am unware of), Gtown is one of the most well recruited schools in the country. Don't understimate Gtown's placement on wall street.</p>
<p>well, i just looked on a couple of bigger companies' websites and they both seem to be visited equally as regularly so it is possible you are right. i just always heard everyone (including people from georgetown) talk about how mediocre their business school was.</p>
<p>Believe it or not, Georgetown's political science isn't ranked highly <em>as an academic field</em>. In fact, if you talk about department rankings, Georgetown's ranking is mediocre in just about anything (IR/law are the only exceptions I can think of). They got the connection in the political circle though and the SFS programs are rather unique.</p>
<p>whoever says Michigan doesn't givie you a personalized education just because of its size is a big idiot. You don't know **** about the school, so don't pretend you do.</p>
<p>"TourGuide, while DC winters aren't warm, neither is Michigan the leader in that Regard."</p>
<p>You seem to be implying that somewhere I claimed Ann Arbor has great weather, or even better weather than DC. Nowhere did I claim anything like that (although the summers in Michigan are much more tolerable). All I'm sayin' is that choosing GTown over Michigan for weather reasons is not the same thing as choosing U of Florida over Michigan for weather reasons. There might be a measurable difference between the climate of DC and Ann Arbor, but you'd have to have weather up there really high on your priority list to allow it to sway you in this case, considering in how many other characteristics the schools differ dramatically.</p>
<p>aha, then I misunderstood. my apologies.</p>
<p>Jesuit schools like Georgetown have outstanding academic reputations. Hard to beat. Well respected everywhere in the world.</p>
<p>The Jesuits have been doing higher education since 1543, when the very first universities were started in Europe. They believe in developing the whole person not just rote memorization of facts or purely scientific inquiry but to also tackle challenging philosophical and religious issues. I think they are correct to do so.</p>