<p>Yes, it’s tough to find nuclear engineering! D actually applied to LSA at Michigan but to SEAS at UVA- simply based upon structure. She’s really happy at UVA. The Alumni Club in the DC area offers a great scholarship- and there is also the Bell Scholarship ($20k a year!) - you’re definitely qualified to apply for that. Good luck, I hope it works out for you.</p>
<p>Out of the thousands of students at michigan, im sure there plenty of hot girls…I went to a football game, and there were plenty</p>
<p>Obviously you have some when there are 13,000 girls at UM. Compared to most other schools UM girls are not that hot.</p>
<p>Ah, well. I would hope someone studying nuclear engineering would be smart enough to not let a subjective assessment of the hottie-quotient deter them from attending a good school.</p>
<p>Then again, the longer I stay here the less I think of college aged men. :P</p>
<p>I am not in the engineering program and as such haven’t experienced their classes, however in my LSA classes so far the size really hasn’t been an issue for me-- and coming from a community college with 12-30 students per class I was worried it might be. My professors have been more than happy to answer questions and have been plenty accessible to me, and the GSIs have been a really great help too in helping me sort of digest what the professors are trying to tell me. I am finding I really like the way things work here. Nobody is going to nag you to make sure you understand, but they are more than willing to help you if you go to them for help. It’s more independent than in smaller classes, but when you need help it’s still there. And as for the size of the school in general, I came from a high school that had approx 6,000 students and have found both there and at Michigan the size can be an advantage because it tends to be less clique-ish. It’s not like everybody knows everybody’s business, if you want to be anonymous sometimes you can be (I am very selective about when I am shy and when I am not :P), and you can always find at least one niche where you fit in-- and anybody you don’t like, you probably never have to see again. There are definitely disadvantages as well but that was the draw for me in coming to a really big school.</p>
<p>OP - S. is freshman and absolutely loves it. However, during a visit last year we asked a guide the same question (re: negatives) and her response was that due to the school’s size there were times in her studies where navigating the Administration’s bureaucracy was a less forgiving process than it should be; but that in terms of profs, gsi, personnel, U of M was absolutely awesome in its treatment of students.</p>
<p>I think that is a fair comment, but will also note that because U of M is so large, it does have a robust infrastructure supporting admin (eg. thorough access and management to everything online, from employment to class resources, yet maybe less personal access when things go wrong…). Truthfully, though, I don’t know that anyone does it better in terms of meeting those challenges at this particular scope and scale.</p>
<p>One other possible negative that there is a fair amount of consensus around…several posters and moderators have felt that U of M could be more welcoming or personal in its handling of the admission system instead of leaving people out of communication for long periods of time within the structure of the rolling admissions system. While it’s true U of M is playing from the power position in that regard, sustaining the interest of deferred students might improve the yield and quality of matriculated student. S. was not deferred so did not have that kind of experience – in fact, his was contrary as there was an abundance of contact and early within the process, but he applied to the School of Music, which only handles 1,000 students and admits 14 to his particular program so its level of communication, while commendable, was perhaps more achievable.</p>
<p>U-M is the ****. Enough Said!</p>
<p>I think we might revisit the squirrel thing. I love squirrels, but the ones on campus make me worry about possible plots of rodent world domination.</p>
<p>D, being a lover of all small furry creatures, was enamored of the squirrels simply because of their willingness to “pose” for photos. Never really gave much thought to rodent world domination, but you might have a point there.</p>
<p>Should I be concerned about the amount of attention Michigan students give to “hot girls” and squirrels? Is this perhaps answering the thread’s question?? (just kidding)</p>
<p>lol the girl ratio is NOT a deal breaker. Its just something to be aware of and understand. Don’t think of me as a stuck up jerk. My sole interest isn’t in chicks… its just important to know.</p>
<p>hoedown, agreed on the rodent domination thing!</p>
<p>There’s a book by Neal Stephensen, “Big U”, where the rats on campus become enormous due to some tasty waste from the research labs…maybe this is what happened to the U Mich squirrels???</p>
<p>“Should I be concerned about the amount of attention Michigan students give to “hot girls” and squirrels? Is this perhaps answering the thread’s question?? (just kidding)”</p>
<p>Haha</p>
<p>I can tell you off the internet I’ve never heard anyone complain about a lack of hot girls or an excess of big squirrels. </p>
<p>I think the school is too big, mainly that going from Central to North campus everyday is annoying. And the food selection (if you don’t have a meal plan) on north campus is rather limited. If you’re not in Art or Engineering or one of those things though it shouldn’t be a problem.</p>
<p>Their admissions office isn’t organized terribly well.</p>