Alexandre, I have the utmost respect for you, as it was your posts that ultimately influenced me to go into Ross as a Preadmit this time last year. However, for the life of me, I can’t understand how $270 million in state funding can be transcribed into $6 billion. Could you please explain this?
Also, OP, he reminded me of an important point I forgot to mention: finances. USC gave me 2 scholarships, which combined with my gift aid ended up at nearly 40k dollars off the total price. By contrast, Michigan is very, VERY stingy with need-based financial aid for OOS kids. I didn’t get anything from them merit-wise (although to be fair, this was a due to a technicality in the system), and I was in the minority of kids getting somewhat substantial gift aid. They do give more merit scholarships to engineering students, but I’ll warn you right now, you’re probably not going to be too pleased with your overall financial aid package. In the end though, I’d still call both sides equal simply because the cost of living in LA is much MUCH more expensive than living in Ann Arbor, so it balances out as rent for houses is much lower in Michigan (most students in both schools move out after freshmen year). Be sure to check the local area housing prices so that you can scope out for yourself how much the difference in aid is really worth relative to where you’d attend