<p>I know there is another Why Michigan thread here listing various pros of UMich, but I want to have a thread for current students and alumnus to tell us prospective applicants why they chose Michigan over other schools that accepted them.</p>
<p>I felt Michigan offered the best overall undergraduate experience. I was looking for a school that was very well rounded and Michigan seemed to have it all.</p>
<p>I know the academic programs are excellent and I'd spent so much time on campus over the years it felt like home.</p>
<p>got a sholarship, otherwise would've gone to cornell</p>
<p>Can enjoy life , while having academics as a priority. Great Campus , well respected throughout the US and the world.</p>
<p>Better than PSU in every way.</p>
<p>Son chose Michigan because of it's great engineering department, it's size (he didn't want a small, engineering college), and the fact that he could experience the "true college experience". It wasn't too far from friends & family, but far enough that he could truly be on his own. Plus, in-state tuition didn't hurt!</p>
<p>In-state tuition, scholarships, one of top three aerospace engineering schools...</p>
<p>I chose Michigan because of it reputation in academics AND sports. Ann Arbor also seems like a pretty cool town.</p>
<p>In-state Tuition</p>
<p>I'm out of state. Here are some of my reasons:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Great Engineering program - consistently ranked top 10</p></li>
<li><p>Has several other top Colleges - allows for mind-changes :)</p></li>
<li><p>Great football, need I say more?</p></li>
<li><p>Ann Arbor is a really cool college town; not a booming metropolis but not in the middle of nowhere either</p></li>
<li><p>Nice and cold :)</p></li>
<li><p>Tuition is slightly cheaper than a private school in the North East</p></li>
<li><p>Far enough away from home :)</p></li>
</ul>
<p>-GF</p>
<p>In-state tuition.</p>
<ul>
<li>business program</li>
<li>michigan football, NOT basketball</li>
<li>high % of asian students</li>
<li>college town</li>
</ul>
<p>"high % of asian students"</p>
<p>are you serious? How come all asians stick together so much? It just really makes me angry that some people are stubborn to the point that they have ethnicity as a criteria when making friends.</p>
<p>How is that stubborn? It's just a matter of personal preference.</p>
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are you serious? How come all asians stick together so much? It just really makes me angry that some people are stubborn to the point that they have ethnicity as a criteria when making friends.
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<p>It's not stubborn... it's just... some people prefer to have Asian friends... if they closed themselves off and ONLY have Asian friends and don't try to get along with anyone else, then that's stubborn.</p>
<p>Anyways</p>
<p>-In state tution
-Great business program / pre med / med programs
-I love Ann Arbor
-Academic Reputation
-Football
-A few friends are here</p>
<p>maybe hes a guy who has yellow fever? ahhaha iono</p>
<p>personally im an asian who would like to see more integration between the asians and other ethnicties.. im thinking a lot of the "grouping" is because many of the asians are international students from their native country and identify most with the like. (speaking the same foreign language, liking the same things, etc)</p>
<p>-football
-out of state tuition
-just kidding
-oos tuition suckssss
-engineering school
-big
-diverse
-college town
-new experience(from la)
-berkeley engineering did not accept (which im glad it did not, cause then i wouldnt have come here)</p>
<p>you know, it's not just a college thing...people are separated by race deomgraphically on all scales. it's just human nature.</p>
<p>This fall I will be a Junior in the Ross School of Business. I sincerely believe that picking U. Mich was the best decision that I have ever made in my life. </p>
<p>As an out of stater, I was picking between three serious choices for schools: University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University, and University of Maryland. </p>
<p>Johns Hopkins has excellent academics, global name recognition, and I had a pretty good financial aid package from them. I hated Baltimore city though, and I am sure I'd pick up a crack habit if I stayed around longer. Although, if I were interested in engineering, biomedical engineering, or International Relations, I might have stuck with JHU. Hopkins has a five year MA/BA program with SAIS (JHU School of Advanced International Studies) that is highly respected and highly competitive. Lack of active social scene too. Great lacrosse team though!</p>
<p>Maryland would have been almost free to attend for all four years. College Park was too close to home and I wanted to get out and try something new. </p>
<p>University of Michigan</p>
<p>Ann Arbor
I fell in love with Ann Arbor the moment that I got there. It was everything that I envisioned a college town to be. And despite being a "college town," it has nearly everything you could hope for. From downtown Ann Arbor, to South University, to Main Street. Most things are in walking distance too, so you don't need a car. And if you do have a car, congrats, and good luck finding parking spaces cause the meter maids are nazis.</p>
<p>Nightlife
Pre-screenings of movies, planetarium, various cultural shows, music shows at the Blind-Pig, concerts at Hill Auditorium (Ludacris played there in 05), hookah smoking at Rendezvous Cafe, bar hopping, block parties (get broken up by cops pretty fast so you have to get drunk early and have a good escape plan...lots of freshman), house parties, dorm parties (don’t get caught by your RA or DPS though). </p>
<p>The only thing really missing are decent clubs (Necto does not count as a real club).</p>
<p>Food
Lots of food places are open until 4 AM on the weekend for late night munchies (Big 10 Burrito, NYPD, Pancheros, etc. etc.). Bell's Pizza is probably some of the best that I've ever had. Blimpy Burgers are a must on game-day if you can stand to wait in the ridiculously long line. Red Hot Lovers is cheap, delicious, and will make food stick to your intestines from the grease. Mr. Spots have some of the best hamburgers and french fries around. Theres fine-dining on Main street to take parents and to impress dates (they know you're broke anyways). No Thai for cheap and quick stir fry. My biggest gripe was that there was no Chiptole for the longest time. They opened one up on Wastenaw, but you need a car to get there. </p>
<p>Football
It's not just football. Its ****ing Big 10 football. I miss game-days the most. There is something charming about waking up at 8 in the morning to 80's music blasting with the sole intention of raising your BAC as high as possible before going to the game. The first sight of the Big-House packed is breath taking. You scream and cheer for a few hours and then you stumble off to find something to eat. Take a nap, and when you wake up its time to go out again. Work doesn't really get accomplished on those Saturdays. </p>
<p>My favorite game was against Penn State in 2005. A lot of my friends had left 3rd quarter, and even during 4th quarter because they thought we were going to loose. Michigan had a **** season and the game was close. But when Manningham caught that last second pass to win the game, the entire place went <strong><em>ing bat-</em></strong> crazy. I still have pictures on my camera phone of people rushing the field. To be a part of that is indescribable. </p>
<p>Diversity:
Whoever you are, if you look hard enough, you can find a group of people who share similar interests, whatever they are, here at Michigan. We are a very diverse community, but since it is such a large school you have to seek it out (Note: Every single Aremenian knows every other Aremenian. Every single Chaldean, knows all the other Chaldeans…or a relative of the Chaldean…anyone else have this similar experience?) I have met some of the smartest people and dumbest people here (admissions ****ed up on letting those people in). </p>
<p>Extracurricular activities
We have a squirrel-feeding club.
If you want to fight against big corporations, you can join the Anti-Coke coalition.
If you want to fight for labor rights, join SOLE, organize a protest in the Mary Sue Colemans office, get arrested, and wear gigantic sign about it the next day while shoving pamphlets into people’s hands as they walk to class.
If you want to keep active, do an IM sport with your dorm and go for that IM championship (free t-shirt to show your superiority). </p>
<p>Academics
As other people have said, we have lots of highly ranked programs. I’ll speak from the business school perspectives. The undergraduate business program was one of the reasons I decided to go to Michigan, even though there was no guarantee that I would be accepted. Now that I am, I have no regrets about it. Ross is highly focused on team-work and case studies. The stuff that you learn in class, you can apply to your internship that next summer. The office of career development is fantastic and attracts companies from all over to give presentations on campus. </p>
<p>Student population is still diverse. Again, I have met some of the smartest and dumbest (again, admissions ****ed up) people in the program. If you have any specific questions about the b-school just PM me and ill try answer it the best I can. </p>
<p>Women
Joke: 8 out of 10 Big 10 women are hot; the other 2 goes to Michigan. Ha ha ha L
Seriously, no offense, most of the women on campus are also bat-**** crazy. I think its something they put in the water. Maybe it’s all women. I don’t know. Good luck finding a datable girl. </p>
<p>In conclusion, I can’t wait to go back. September cannot come soon enough.</p>
<p>Penn State 2005, thats when I knew Manningham was something amazing.</p>