<p>The squirrel-feeding club does an amazing job because they're the most big-ass squirrels around...</p>
<p>lol ^</p>
<p>anyways...</p>
<p>-business school
-college town
-campus
-I love how "big" it is. I would go crazy in a small school. I love how there are always people walking around everywhere and how you can find your own little niche no matter what your interests may be. The ginormous classes are the only down side of a big school, imo.</p>
<p>I would've have transferred out (prbly to USC or NYU) if I hadnt gotten into Ross though...as much as I love the school, I didnt want to end up majoring in something I didnt really want to and pay the OOS (a killer!).</p>
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I would've have transferred out (prbly to USC or NYU) if I hadnt gotten into Ross though...as much as I love the school, I didnt want to end up majoring in something I didnt really want to and pay the OOS (a killer!).
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<p>You could have majored in Econ though, which is pretty close to Finance.</p>
<p>Actually, they are quite different. Econ is a lot of theory while finance is more real-world applicable. While I certainly don't mind econ, I would rather major in finance. Anyways, my parents are paying for my school and they def. don't think econ is worth the OOS tuition when I could've gone to Uchicago or northwestern for pretty much the same cost...and been close to home (a plus for my parents..not so much me).</p>
<p>Makes sense. I wouldn't settle for UM Econ over UChicago or Northwestern Econ either.</p>
<p>Football
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.</p>
<p>PANAMA!!!</p>
<p>-school spirit
-engineering awesomeness
-global recognition
people wear University of Michigan merchandise like a brand...</p>
<p>I chose Michigan Econ over Chicago and Northwestern Econ. I would do it again if I had to. In terms of overall academic excellence, all three are roughly the same, but in terms of overall undergraduate experience, I think Michigan has the edge.</p>
<p>Preferred admissions was the sole and deciding factor for coming to this university. The other universities that I was accepted to either did not have a business program or did not admit freshmen to their program. The Ross degree is also helpful for getting internships. I would have added the Honors Program as a reason to attend UM, but I learned of its uselessness within one day of my tour. Honestly, the university's reputation and ability to attract recruiters was more of a reason than the actual academic quality. I am one of those few who do not believe in 'highly-ranked' academics. McKinsey interns spend 80% of the time making PowerPoint presentations and minimal time on actual consulting. It's discouraging, but it is reality. Many of the supposed great teaching methods in the business school will go unused in corporate America. Team-work and case studies are nice, but the practical use of these marginal features (when compared to the education received by students at other average b-schools) are arguably nonexistent. What distinguishes people at Mich and other schools is the harder work ethics and ambitions. However, these are hardly products of the university's so-called 'quality education.' They are results of the school's admission of quality high school students who demonstrated good work ethics since their adolescence. Overall, these are my personal beliefs from my personal experiences and interacting with the full time employees at the workplace. I'd love to talk about this kind of stuff. Just PM me.</p>
<p>Due to my interests in college basketball since childhood, I never cared much for Michigan football. Even now, I only lightly support Michigan because I attend the university. </p>
<p>I also never cared for the parties since I looked forward to investing my college career in my professional future. I'd rather spend the majority of my weekends going to the gym, lifting, practicing bball, reading, or studying than go get drunk for no celebratory reason.</p>
<p>Anyway, a short diatribe on this comment:
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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>Don't be an idealist. Race matters to many minorities, especially if they grew up in their home country for a great number of years. Simply preferring to interact with people of their own race does not make them stubborn. He/She never insisted on rejecting people of other races. </p>
<p>Plus, it's not just Asians who stick together. African-Americans and other recognized ethnicities on campus also fiddle amongst their cliques. Moreover, religious groups also tend to gather together (Jews, Muslims, etc.). As Aesop said, 'in union, there is strength.' For example, if one is passionate about establishing and empowering the state of Palestine, it would be common sense for him to befriend various Arab friends, especially those with similar interests in the Fertile Crescent.</p>
<p>The idea of gathering around people with common characteristics and beliefs is nothing bizarre or alien: it is human nature. It only becomes a problem when you believe that your group, with its commonalities, is superior (racially or otherwise) to other groups. Ergo, until Asians display evidences of discrimination, please do not get angry over their tendencies to form united communities.</p>
<p>"...why they chose Michigan over other schools that accepted them."</p>
<p>Because {schools that accepted me}{Michigan} is null.</p>
<p>-different environment
-strong in absolutely everything without stretching itself too thin
-more political than tech schools
-Ann Arbor
-school spirit</p>
<p>in order of importance:
1) scholarship money
2) football
3) I thought it was a huge party school (very dissapointed).</p>