Wisconsin vs. Michigan

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Anonymous wrote:Madison is a two hop trip, Michigan is a direct from DCA, but Ann Arbor is further from the airport than the UW campus from the MSN airport.

Sounds about comparable.

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Anonymous wrote:Which one is easier to get to? If you are from the dmv, you will be flying. So I would think about how long it takes to get to campus from the airport, how many flights there are, and how cheap the flights are.

I have no experience with Midwestern schools, but I think it's definitely something to consider.

Ann Arbor is a 7.5 hour drive. Flying to Detroit is a short, generally inexpensive flight, and it's about 40 minutes to Ann Arbor from the airport. We often drove it, and it was an easy drive.

PP who posed this, and wow I need to work on my geography lol. I didn't realize UMich is under 8 hours driving. That's not terrible.

[Anonymous]

Like many here, I have friends who went to Wisconsin and to Michigan. But only the Wisconsin-ers wax poetic about their college years.

Wisconsin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like many here, I have friends who went to Wisconsin and to Michigan. But only the Wisconsin-ers wax poetic about their college years.

Wisconsin.

I went to Michigan and most people I know wax poetic about their college years...

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Anonymous wrote:If you're a rich out of state applicant, you probably apply to both, plus maybe Indiana and George Washington, then go to the highest ranked one you get into. And/or the one you have family or friend ties to. Let's be honest, they're both gigantic rah-rah paint-your-face sportball degree mills, where rich out of state kids go to do a lot of tailgating, drinking, drugs and hooking up in Greek life. Then graduate and speed to the airport and never visit either flyover state again.

What are the best, let's say 5 colleges to attend, in your opinion?

An at least somewhat selective private college your teen feels most comfortable at. Public universities are a joke for undergrad. Of course some successful students come out of publics, it's hard not to have SOME successful grinds out of 20,000 to 50,000 plus undergraduate students. But it's not an ideal ethos and the administration does not give a rat's ass about your child. And I mean that in the most literal sense; nobody at a mega U cares if your kid dies, is raped, overdoses, stops showing up to class, fails out.

You are so off base and narrow minded. I had an amazing undergrad education at Michigan, never went to a football game, wasn’t Greek, and had tons of friends from many different schools there in addition to Arts and Sciences - Engineering, Art, Architecture, Social Work. The extracurricular opportunities and the mix of students is incredible there. I loved most of my professors. And I went on to Harvard for law school. As for the administration, it’s false that no one cares about students who are suffering. On the other hand, it’s true that the school doesn’t coddle or engage in a lot of handholding. I count that as a plus. These students are adults and it’s good for them to learn how to be independent and advocate for themselves.

My DC had a health issue one year at UM and the school and professors were not only very accommodating but his advisor checked in regularly.

+1 my kid didn't go to either of these schools (she went to a different big midwestern state school- Purdue) and the university staff and her professors were nothing but caring and accommodating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like many here, I have friends who went to Wisconsin and to Michigan. But only the Wisconsin-ers wax poetic about their college years.

Wisconsin.

Only Wisconsin grads do that? Wow, you are so knowledgeable. I defer to your greatness.