<p>Michigan. Med school is so expensive that you really don’t want a lot of debt going in.</p>
<p>My vote is also for Michigan…great school with great academics. Save the money for med school or another graduate program (a lot of students change their minds over four years of undergrad).</p>
<p>Michigan!</p>
<p>If your S was struggling with a decision of Michigan versus a tiny, artsy LAC in the middle of a corn field that he adored, if he felt intimidated and overwhelmed in Ann Arbor, that could be a different story (assuming you had $123,000 growing on a tree in your back yard). But Michigan and Duke have a great deal in common, and Michigan is a fantastic school in a wonderful college town. You might want to check out the med school admission stats from the two schools just to reassure yourself that things are roughly comparable. Then go to Michigan!</p>
<p>What could he/she possibly learn or experience at Duke that is worth $123,000 more than Michigan?</p>
<p>Go Wolverines!</p>
<p>Go Michigan! D is planning to apply to Med. School there.</p>
<p>As if you need any more conformation, Michigan. Save your money for med school, maybe at Duke. Who knows.</p>
<p>Michigan absolutely. That amount of money is not worth any differences between Duke and Michigan. Definitely not worth the “thrill” of going to an out of state school vs. an in-state.</p>
<p>I am a Duke alum. Fantastic education. </p>
<p>Daughter goes to Michigan. Accepted at Duke. She is a Shipman Scholar at Michigan. Fantastic education. Out of state. </p>
<p>Both schools are well known. </p>
<p>Michigan seems like an easy choice - in my view - the very best school in the Midwest in terms of all around experience. Economics matter. </p>
<p>Duke has at times trouble competing with high level in-state Michigan and UVa and UNC admits - no mystery why that is so. The value proposition is just so different. Not a knock on Duke. </p>
<p>Beware the size of Michigan - make sure your daughter is super mature given the size of Michigan - she must fend for herself a bit. Duke will coddle a bit - it has too - given what it charges. Ann Arbor is the best college town I have ever visited. </p>
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<p>thanks everyone, son will be going to U of Michigan. He is a real out-going ,popular kid that went to a public high school in Mi. I was surprised it was complete sweep for U of M, expected at least one Duke vote…this isn’t a knock on Duke, the problem is the $30K /year difference, especially since my wife and I both work in automotive industry.</p>
<p>I’m puzzled as to why you thought people who know the value of $123K would say something other than Michigan; I had assumed that you were asking the question rhetorically. Were you really expecting anyone to say, “Oh, sure, spend the $123K on Duke!”?</p>
<p>Wow yes, U of M. There are way too many highly compensated automotive casualties in the state right now and more to come before it is all over. And you are double exposed. The industry recovery keeps getting pushed out further and further from what I hear.</p>
<p>^ If ever for Detroit. Sad!</p>
<p>Med school admissions is all about overall and science GPAs, a strong MCAT score, medicine related ECs and letters of recommendation. My son graduated from UNC, passed on Yale and others in favor of the scholarship that UNC offered, and is now a first year med student at a top ten med school. There are several students in his class from small religiously affiliated schools in the Midwest (KS or MO) that I honestly had never heard of. Med school admissions is about how well you do, not where you do it.</p>
<p>Med school is VERY expensive and there is little-to-no scholarship money; it’s mainly all loans.</p>
<p>My S graduated debt free which puts him far ahead of many of his peers who are already 100K plus in debt BEFORE the huge debt from med school. Save your $$$ for med school when he will really need the help.</p>
<p>MiPerson80, glad your S is on board with Michigan. You and your wife don’t need the added stress of all those loans. S will have a great time, get a fabulous education at in-state rates and be prepared for whatever he decides to do with his life. He will have plenty of top-notch company there, too.</p>
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<p>I graduated from HS in suburban Detroit 34 years ago and my father told me not to bother applying anywhere out of state because the cost difference made no sense vs the quality of University of Michigan. It was also nice to be able to hitch-hike home (and drive home my senior year) for a weekend if I felt like it.</p>
<p>Coming to the post late. I wouldn’t presume to tell someone where they should spend their money. I have one at Duke and another at the popular public univ down the road. The one at Duke thought since high school sophomore year she would be a surgeon. She took Chinese as a freshman, loved it, had classes of under 15, is now in China studying and will be fluent by the time she returns. Ditto for art history. She is talking PhD in Asian Studies. She finds tremendous support in the program and has with the study abroad office. My point is that Duke has afforded her a wonderful liberal arts opportunity to explore other majors outside the normal doctor, lawyer, etc. My advice has nothing to do with Duke vs. Michigan, but just to point out the value of a small, liberal arts school as a lot of young people may find their niche well outside of the major they think going in.</p>
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<p>This is true and I believe, although I have not specifically looked this up, that Michigan has a few academic programs other than pre-med. Or so I’ve heard. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.</p>
<p>Most doctors I know who have recently finished medical school are very worried about their debts and the state of the economy. In my day, it was not as big of a deal, as the pay scales for doctors was such that the loans were not such a hardship to repay. But now the cost of college, med school has gone way up and with managed care the way it is, many doctors pay levels are capped. You aren’t going to starve as a doctor, but you are not going to be as well to do as many of the doctors of my generation. And with universal health care on the horizon, there is great uncertainty as to how the doctors’ pay scales are going to be.</p>
<p>You would be soooo ahead of the game financially if you go to med school without loans.</p>
<p>thanks everyone, my wife found out today she still has her job in automotive and 4 minutes ago , my son and I confiremd his attendance at the UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN and paid the $200. Go Blue!</p>