<p>Where should I go? I'm OOS for both schools, but UM gave me merit money, which would make it cheaper than UNC. But, it's sooooo cold in Michigan. Aren't both schools equal academically? UM might also be way too big.
Any reason to pick UM over Chapel Hill?</p>
<p>Not knowing how it is in UNC, but Ann Arbor is one of the premiere college towns. When I went there, it's just... so good. Everything is there, you don't need to go far, food, entertainment, library, starbucks, it's all within like 10-15 minutes walking in Central campus.</p>
<p>Michigan is a notch above UNC academically (like Cornell vs Washington U.), but not by enough to pick it over UNC is you prefer the latter. What do you want to major in? What do you want to do when you graduate?</p>
<p>Actually, Chapel Hill is rated above Ann Arbor for college towns. I used to live in that area (Cary) and it is VERY nice. Everyone is friendly, and RTP (research triangle park) is the most educated area in the world. The weather is always warm..and it's just great.</p>
<p>Soccer_guy, Ann Arbor and Chapel Hill are both rated equally high, but they are very different. Ann Arbor has over 110,000 residents, compared to less than 50,000 in Chapel Hill, so there is naturally more to do in Ann Arbor. But both towns are awesome.</p>
<p>Chapel Hill rocks! You should try visiting if at ALL possible. It's a wonderful, welcoming place. I'm not a big fan of the South but I love Chapel Hill (full disclosure: not attending or planning to attend UNC).</p>
<p>***...michigan is NOT academically superior to UNC. if you're basing this on us news world report rankings, michigan is like what..4 or 5 spots higher than carolina? </p>
<p>carolina: #1 public health (tied with harvard), #2 primary care, #3/#4 journalism, #5 undergrad business, #3 pharmacy, #1 information sciences</p>
<p>chapel hill is the premiere college town (according to si.com), although i used to live in michigan and ann arbor is pretty sweet too. plus, UNC is cheaper out of state.</p>
<p>Chapel Hill is right by Raleigh and Durham, which both have a ton to do in. Ann Arbor is right by farmland to the west, and Detroit to the east. Detroit is a nasty city, so if you play on ever doing anything off campus, you basically can't.</p>
<p>Their difference in the rankings is not big enough to make any bit of a significant difference.</p>
<p>The way I see it, UNC and UofM are extremely similar schools, the only difference being the location. I have lived in Ann Arbor my whole life, and if I had to use one word to describe the weather here to you, it would be GREY. If you like sun, and don't like gloomyness, go to UNC. Ann Arbor gets lake effect clouds off of Lake Michigan. (if you don't know what lake effect is, look it up because you will want to know if you come here) It sounds like a dumb reason to pick one school over another, but the greyness effects everything in the winter. Both are excellent schools, and you won't go wrong with either. Good luck. I'd go to UNC.</p>
<p>misstinax you post a few stats and say UM is not academically superior? UNC-Chapel Hill has departments that are rated higher than UMic, but overall the general consensus is that UMich is better....not by much though. It comes down to preference like everyone says my younger cousin is dying to go to UNC and he lives in Virginia(UVa is right there....), but I'm bleeding Michigan blue so to each their own. I'm going to campus day today so I'll talk more about the climate later.</p>
<p>I read somewhere that you were accepted as a Preffered Admit into the Ross School of Business. This program gives you lots of indivualized attention so your fear of being lost in the big classes at UMich shouldn't be too much of a worry. That is a very prestigious scheme and will go a long way in ensuring you land a top-notch job. </p>
<p>This coupled with the fact that you got more merit monet and Ann Arbor is one of the BEST college towns - I say Michigan.</p>
<p>FlyLikeAPenguin, first of all, Durham is not a nice city. Secondly, Ann Arbor has a lot to do. Also, downtown Detroit may be "nasty", but the subburbs (Royal Oak, Troy, Birmingham, Rochester) are actually very nice with lots of nice restaurants, clubs and art/entertainment/sporting events. As for the weahter, Michigan definitely has cloudy and cold winters, but it also has ine and sunny late spring, summer and early fall (March-October) weather.</p>