<p>One of my best friends who wants to major in engineering was admitted to almost every college(over 14) she applied to including Brown, UCLA, WashU and Michigan. Surprise, surprise-despite her parents, siblings, and all friends telling her otherwise, she chose Michigan over Brown. She wants to major in Engineering and I truly am wondering if anyone out there would turn down an Ivy for a school like Michigan-which is an excellent college but I don't know how it compares to a school like Brown.</p>
<p>Michigan's engineering programs are really strong, much stronger than Brown's. I am not surprised. In addition, if she pays in-state tuition at Michigan, then it is a really smart choice.</p>
<p>Sounds to me like a person who did her research and chose a school based on what she most wanted not on what perceived status on the part of other people. Good for her!</p>
<p>brown isnt exactly well known for its engineering programs</p>
<p>I wouldve done the same thing. I actually just met a kid who's going to Michigan for engineering. Really really bright kid. Everything at UMich>>>Brown</p>
<p>Yea, that is obviuosly the best decision, though maybe UCLA might have been a better one.</p>
<p>I was thinking UCLA or Brown would have been better for her because they offered her better FA. She got almost nothing from Michigan and is not instate. I know that she is really happy with her decision, but honestly no one else can understand why, especially since one of her siblings went to UMich for engineering and they hate it!</p>
<p>That is SO weird, I was just talking about this with friends...
At Michigan, you'll get a much better rounded group of students, and of course, it's an almost Ivy-League caliber school with comparable faculty and programs. Plus you have the whole Big-Ten school spirit thing going on. To answer your question, it's not all that unusual. I know three people, one who got into Brown, one who got into UPenn, and one who got into Duke, who turned them all down for Michigan. I guess it's kind of a personal preference.</p>
<p>Not surprised at all, since she's looking at the engineering programs.</p>
<p>Michigan:</p>
<p>Indeed a very level headed choice. If you are doing engineering, Michigan is indeed a better choice, than Brown. Ann Arbor as a college town is great! The campus life is vibrant. And for a good student, places like Michigan and Berkeley will prove to be the right foundation for graduate studies. Also, with advance credit for AP/IB, she can consider doing dual degree, in 4 years.</p>
<p>Good luck to her.</p>
<p>I maynot be able to call this a wise decision if U Mich is not providing her any cost benefit.</p>
<p>UCB (among the public Universities) only would have beaten Brown Engineering if there is no cost savings. Otherwise for the same money Brown would have given her much more breath in choosing a career after graduation.</p>
<p>Brown would have provided a much rounded education than pure engineering providing her chances to make a move to Medicin, Finance, and Engineering ofcourse in her post graduation.</p>
<p>With U Mich. she will have to accept Engineering only as a post graduation or as a career.</p>
<p>I think the biggest mistake any student can make in deciding about school is too look at the major only.</p>
<p>What you need is a well balanced education? </p>
<p>An engineer from UCB or U Mich is no different wrt an engineer from Asian TOP universities. These breed of engineers might be best suited to R&D individual works.</p>
<p>An Engineer from an Ivy or MIT/Stanford are much more rounded in their education and can rise to top positions much faster than their UCB, U Mich counterpart.</p>
<p>My 2 cents, I'm in no way undermining the quality of engineers from public Universities.</p>
<p>The point to stress is that a Brown education would have provided a better personality, and outlook.</p>
<p>Why because it's not an Ivy? Bunch of crap. I'd take a UMich education any day. Not well rounded? LMAO.</p>
<p>I know a boy who turned down Brown and Uchicago for Reed. so I goes it all depends on the fit in the end..</p>
<p>loslobos71: Don't take it personal. If you go around the board, the people who get personal are generaly from University that have not incorporated well rounded education.</p>
<p>THat is one indication of not having a well rounded education.</p>
<p>if you can talk logic then fine just by making a statement I'd take a Mich education any day is a foolish statement.</p>
<p>spitfire20: same with you. </p>
<p>Just you know a boy who has done a foolish thing won't prove that is smart thing to do.</p>
<p>So jbug, you got plenty of reasons here on this thread too.</p>
<p>Look at the responses, and you will come to know what a well rounded education provide.</p>
<p>What are you some kind of elitist jackass?</p>
<p>loslobos71: Are you bent upon proving that you certainly did go to or attending a university that realy doesn't do a good job educating.</p>
<p>jbug I think this is a very good proof that your friend indeed made a bad decision.</p>
<p>hey parentofivyhhope why do you say the boy made a foolish mistake? Are you one of those persons who think that Ivies are everything and who doesn't go there will never have a happy or accomplished life? :)</p>
<p>Mich and Brown were my tied for my 2nd and 3rd choices. It really would have been tough to decide btn the two. I ended up at my 1st choice, another Ivy (so my education was similar to Brown). Later, I worked at UMich. I can say that living in the East Coast provided a different set of experiences but I also know that Ann Arbor and its environs has great benefits too. With schools the calibre of UMich and Brown, it's really just shades of excellence, IMHO.</p>