<p>Rochester costs me 9k while Mich costs me 14k.</p>
<p>You like both schools? If so I would say University of Rochester, costing you only 36k than 56k for four years.</p>
<p>The major thing I dislike about Rochester is its bad prestige compared to Michigan. Most people know Michigan is a good school, but they never even heard of Rochester.</p>
<p>I figured prestige may be a concern. I would not put a large emphasis on prestige, though do let USNEWS give you a general ideal of the school. As for University of Rochester it is prestigious, and will offer you many opportunities. Those that you will need to know about Rochester will more than likely know of the school as being great.</p>
<p>Another thing that’s bothering me is that Rochester’s engineering department is ranked so low by not just USNEWS but also the QS world ranking, whereas Michigan is in the top ten.
Maybe it’s because michigan’s bigger or that it’s graduate school is better than that of rochester, but still. Anyway, it’s a real tough decision for me.</p>
<p>I understand its a tough decision.
Well your looking at USNEWS graduate school ranking, and Rochester does rank well… it tops 50 for the engineering field. Again, if you plan to attend graduate school then I definately would not make prestige a huge factor. Do you plan to attend graduate school?</p>
<p>Also USNEWS will be releasing its new graduate school ranking April 15th, I’m not at all suggesting to have that become a determing factor etc… but will be interesting to view schools status.</p>
<p>Yes, I’ll probably attend med school or grad school.
Do you think the 2010 grad school ranking is going to differ a whole lot from the 2009 ranking?</p>
<p>Oh, and Michigan is ranked so high in other departments, so if I want to change majors, I’ll still end up in a good college. The same cannot be said for Rochester though. With that being said, I probably won’t change my major.</p>
<p>Thats true, but the ranking is grad school… go to a respected undergrad school… do good and attend a respected graduate school as well.</p>
<p>Sometimes ranking can differ.</p>
<p>While Rochester is not well known by the general public, it is very well known in the academic community and is well respected. You will not have difficulty getting into grad school or medical school by attending UR. It has many excellent departments and schools. However, it sounds like you are more excited about attending Michigan, so you should probably go there.</p>
<p>well, idk, Michigan is not perfect either.
Rochester, at least, has smaller classes and more devoted professors. In addition, its students are more focused on their academics than parties. These are the “pros” of Rochester.</p>
<p>“Rochester, at least, has smaller classes and more devoted professors. In addition, its students are more focused on their academics than parties. These are the “pros” of Rochester.” </p>
<p>The above statement is too generalized and I beg to differ with all of these concerns.</p>
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Rochester undergraduate engineering ranks well too; it is in the top 80!</p>
<p>“so if I want to change majors, I’ll still end up in a good college. The same cannot be said for Rochester though.”</p>
<p>I don’t know where you got this idea. Rochester is a distinguished and widely respected university. It is not as well known among the general public as some peer institutions - due probably to its relatively small size and somewhat isolated location - but Rochester’s quality is well known in the academic world and by employers.</p>
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Classes get smaller when you get into your major, and the professors are very accessible if you take the initiative. I did my ChE undergrad at Wisconsin (a similar school). By the time I graduate, I knew most of the profs and I could walk into their offices any time.</p>
<p>Michigan is not known as a party school; only 17% of the students are involved in Greek. The sports scene is big time though.</p>
<p>Michigan is top 10 in medicine and engineering. You have an inherent advantage if you decide to stick with either major.</p>