<p>Title says it all, what achools did you choose Umich over?</p>
<p>All schools. I never applied anywhere else because Michigan was my first choice and they admitted me early.</p>
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<p>Same here</p>
<p>10 char</p>
<p>Michigan was my 2nd choice behind UNC-CH and I was not accepted there. I’m kind of glad about that rejection because I feel as though I like it here better than I would have in Chapel Hill. Schools directly behind UMich that I was accepted to for me were Northwestern, Case Western, Penn State, and Siena. I also applied to UVA and Rice and was rejected but they were behind UMich so I would have chosen UMich over them anyway.</p>
<p>Sounds like you were instate for UNC or wanted a slightly smaller school?</p>
<p>Really can’t think of an area where UNC is significantly better. But UNC is still right up there with UMich.</p>
<p>UNC OOS is much cheaper than UMich OOS (this is why I considered UNC for a while).</p>
<p>Yeah, UNC would have been much cheaper and is comparable enough to UMich for it to be worth the difference. Oh well, the decision was made for me!</p>
<p>OSU
Cincy
Purdue
Illinois
Drexel</p>
<p>I’ve heard of people choosing UMich over Columbia, Yale, Northwestern, Harvey Mudd, Berkeley, Cornell, UChicago, and Cambridge. Most of these kids are in-state who just couldn’t turn down the super-low in-state tuition but a few of them actually pay full out of state tuition at Michigan.</p>
<p>Wharton.
Made it out (so far) as good as I could if I were to graduate from Wharton.</p>
<p>I turned down several schools, including Brown, Cal, Chicago, Columbia, Cornell (CAS), Duke, Northwestern (Weinberg) and Penn (CAS). I also had conditional offers from the London School of Economics and from the University College of London. My only rejection was UNC (which I thought would be a safety). </p>
<p>It should be noted that when I applied to university, Chicago’s admit rate was 50%, Northwestern’s acceptance rate was roughly 40% and Cal, Columbia, Cornell, Duke and Penn had acceptance rates in the 30%-40% range. Only Brown had an acceptance rate that was significantly lower than 30%, so getting into those universities was not nearly as difficult as it is today. </p>
<p>Also, back in those days (late 80-early 90s), Michigan was extremely popular among high school students. Choosing Michigan over those schools back then was common. Admittedly, Michigan’s popularity among high school students took a hit in the mid 90s, probably because of the USNWR. I would probably still have chosen Michigan today, but that’s because it has a great reputation in my part of the world. I think Michigan is making a strong comeback among high school students at this time, and could well regain its pre-USNWR popularity in the coming years.</p>
<p>In academic circles (the intellectual elite, graduate school admissions committees etc…) and in corporate/recruiting circles, Michigan’s reputation has never declined. It was considered to be among the top 15 research universities for undergraduate education back then, and it is still concidered one today.</p>
<p>D chose Michigan this fall over WUSTL, BC and UVA (although that was tainted because it was a late off the wait list acceptance). OOS. I have to admit at first I thought my $50k+ per year would be better spent at WUSTL…but no regrets I think Michigan will prove to be the best fit for her.</p>
<p>D chose Michigan over Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Wharton and UCLA. She is a recruited athlete, and received preferred admission to Ross Business School at Michigan.</p>
<p>s had significant merit scholarships at tulane, u rochester and oberlin. mcgill was also significantly less expensive. so far, um looks like a great choice.</p>