<p>I know that there are people who have great stats who go to U of M. Many of them don't get any scholarship money. However, I really want to know what makes them want to go to U of M instead of another Michigan college that would offer them a full ride. Is it just for the prestige? I honestly doubt that someone is going to care where you went for your Undergrad.</p>
<p>The women…</p>
<p>I got into Michigan and but I didn’t get a full ride anywhere. Have you actually seen the campus? For me, it is prestige, location, closeness to home, all the resources available to me that are included in tuition, all the social and cultural opportunities on campus, and I liked their disabilities office and their program correlated very well with my LD. A friend of mine who is also dyscalculic is preparing to sue MSU for their lack of support services for students with learning disabilities and is wishing she’d come here instead. 
I applied to Eastern Michigan, Michigan State, Grand Valley State, and Northern Michigan and got into all of them but none of them compare to what is offered to me at Michigan, even without the prestige.</p>
<p>As a secondary motive, I read that a pretty high percentage of their qualified undergrads who apply to their law school are accepted, and that’d be a big deal for me. I don’t know if that’s true, it said so on the website, but it’d be nice!</p>
<p>The most important reason for me, is that I can major in Computer Science and Engineering at a top engineering school, and I can also minor in Astronomy as well, which is something I’ve always wanted to do. It’s also really close to home.</p>
<p>And yeah, I bet employers would prefer that you went to U of M instead of a lower tier college like Western, or Eastern Michigan.</p>
<p>I’m doing my summer orientation here and honestly all jokes aside and everything, It is one of the best schools I’ve experienced. The people here say hi to you randomly when you walk on the streets. Everyone wants to help you. The students here are all cool people. They want to have fun and socialize and all of that. Nothing beats the school in terms of school spirit. The people here are interesting. I accepted the admission offer without going to the school and I have to say I don’t regret it at all. I just hope this fall is the same way. Ann Arbor is great. People walking the streets at 12 midnight just chillen or walking with their girlfriend/boyfriends. Everyone here is smart. So if you were the smartest person at your school, 9 times out of 10 there is someone smarter at UMich. Its challenging, its demanding and its fun. The officers and the faculty and just everyone are just cool and laid back. michigan is worth it. GO BLUE!</p>
<p>U of M appeals to a certain type of person. It does have some amazing programs that are top in the nation. Ann Arbor is a great place, if it’s your cup of tea (personally, it is not mine but I am not into more urban towns). </p>
<p>Yes, it is true that employers care more about grad school than undergrad, but undergrad is looked at as well.</p>
<p>Is it worth going 100k into debt to go to (if you got absolutely no financial aid from the school or parents)? No, absolutely not. No school is. Is it worth going a little in debt if it is your dream school? Absolutely, because you will excel and therefore get a better job with your better grades.</p>
<p>It isn’t just the prestige associated with attending one of the nation’s top university, although that certain adds to the appeal. The University of Michigan offers academic opportunities hard to match, not merely in the state, but anywhere on Earth. The campus is pretty and lively and spirited, and the town of Ann Arbor is AWESOME! There is also an intellectual atmosphere at Michigan than you will not find at any other university in the state…one that is among the most tangible in the nation. Finally, for those who like sports, there is the nation’s winningest football and hockey programs, and attending those games is a lot of fun!</p>
<p>And one more thing, undergraduate prestige DOES matter… A LOT! It isn’t everything of course, but it opens doors when looking for one’s first job, which can set the tone for one’s early career. It also matters to the adcoms of certain graduate programs.</p>
<p>^ I definitely agree that undergraduate prestige matters a lot. Graduating from a school such as Michigan will open doors to one’s first job and help with admittance to prestigious graduate programs. The Michigan degree is well-respected across the country.</p>
<p>Education and academic programs
Clubs and activities
Campus layout
Largest living alumni base in the world
Powerful networks of friends
World class professors
Ann Arbor as a city - bars, restaurants, culture
Campus recruiting and employer relations
Upgraded campus facilities</p>
<p>Open up your scale and think outside of your home/Michigan</p>
<p>Its pretty much a big party with cool people who are also extremely intelligent.</p>
<p>Hi OP,</p>
<p>I applied to UMich and received a small scholarship ($1500 for freshman year), but that was all. I received a large scholarship from Texas A & M, full ride offers from U Central Florida, U Alabama, and U Oklahoma, and had I applied to Oakland U, where I already enrolled as a high school student, I would have received a full ride too. But with the exception of Oakland U (about twenty minutes from my house), none of the schools were close to home. I definitely wanted to go to school in-state in order to use my $4000 Michigan promise scholarship, and I’m very close to my family. </p>
<p>Then my dad complains about the ticket price of U of M a lot, but honestly he has no idea all the resources and opportunities here, to which Orientation opened up my eyes. And though it seems you can do almost anything here because it’s such a big school and there are so many opportunities and cool people you can meet, you can still get individual attention if you seek it (my way was to join the Honors Program). </p>
<p>So you get the best of both worlds, which I think makes the $25k a year totally worth it. To me, that’s a lot better than attending Oakland U for free, because not only do my friends and I nickname it “Avondale U” due to half of my classmates going there, but many of the people there are just aggravatingly stupid, which makes me want to tear my hair out. On the other hand, UMich’s student body seems both smart and friendly. :P</p>
<p>Cheers, and Go Blue!</p>