Why would Sasha Obama attend University of Michigan?

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Anonymous wrote:"great" != public U undergrad

Only oblivious Tailgate State alums would ever say such a thing. It's a fine college, but it's huge, and tends to attract a very obnoxious out-of-state subset who want to party, do drugs and leave with an easy bachelors -- kids rejected from USC, Penn and Georgetown.

Yes, it's this big secret of U of M grads. We coast through our four years in a perpetual drug-addled state en route to an easy bachelor's degree. And thank god because it seems to have been a major admission criterion for all the top grad schools my friends and I attended: e.g., Harvard, Yale, Stanford. And, yes, I am so fortunate that I turned down one of the schools you mentioned above because I really wanted to put an asterisk on my cv to distinguish they my bachelor's degree was in fact an "easy" one.

There are like 40,000 undergrads at Go Blue U, of course *some* kids go onto good grad programs. Nobody is denying that--even Arizona State sends some kids to elite grad programs. But your reputation proceeds you. Go Blue U has always gone out of its way to admit a very obnoxious subset of kids who have a chip on their shoulder that they didn't get into Penn or USC.

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Anonymous wrote:People who think Michigan is mediocre are honestly just ignorant.

People who think only Ivy are the only way are so strange. They raise their kids with that one goal. Not everyone like the straight white rich boys club. Malia isvemjoying it. Maybe Sasha wants some diversity and fun. Sidwell is a tough school. She deserves some normalcy.
Michigan is a great school. So are many other states schools including UMCP, UVA, Texas, UF, UNC, UC’s etc...

And people were surprised when Chelsea chose Stanford over Harvard and Yale

Not the same thing as going to...Michigan, which is a very good, but not great, institution of higher learning.

Are you kidding? Michigan is a “great” school, I would be so proud of my kid if they got in & went there.

A school ranked 27th is great? But it does appeal to lots of NY/NJ applicants because their state options really suck (especially in NJ).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who think Michigan is mediocre are honestly just ignorant.

People who think only Ivy are the only way are so strange. They raise their kids with that one goal. Not everyone like the straight white rich boys club. Malia isvemjoying it. Maybe Sasha wants some diversity and fun. Sidwell is a tough school. She deserves some normalcy.
Michigan is a great school. So are many other states schools including UMCP, UVA, Texas, UF, UNC, UC’s etc...

And people were surprised when Chelsea chose Stanford over Harvard and Yale

Not the same thing as going to...Michigan, which is a very good, but not great, institution of higher learning.

Are you kidding? Michigan is a “great” school, I would be so proud of my kid if they got in & went there.

A school ranked 27th is great? But it does appeal to lots of NY/NJ applicants because their state options really suck (especially in NJ).

Out of thousands of colleges and universities? Actually, yeah.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who think Michigan is mediocre are honestly just ignorant.

People who think only Ivy are the only way are so strange. They raise their kids with that one goal. Not everyone like the straight white rich boys club. Malia isvemjoying it. Maybe Sasha wants some diversity and fun. Sidwell is a tough school. She deserves some normalcy.
Michigan is a great school. So are many other states schools including UMCP, UVA, Texas, UF, UNC, UC’s etc...

And people were surprised when Chelsea chose Stanford over Harvard and Yale

Not the same thing as going to...Michigan, which is a very good, but not great, institution of higher learning.

Are you kidding? Michigan is a “great” school, I would be so proud of my kid if they got in & went there.

A school ranked 27th is great? But it does appeal to lots of NY/NJ applicants because their state options really suck (especially in NJ).

Umm yes. You clearly don’t know much about Michigan. It’s the 20th best university in the world. Harvard lists it as a peer.

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Harvard lists Michigan as a peer institution. https://faculty.harvard.edu/diversity-peer-institutions

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"great" != public U undergrad

Only oblivious Tailgate State alums would ever say such a thing. It's a fine college, but it's huge, and tends to attract a very obnoxious out-of-state subset who want to party, do drugs and leave with an easy bachelors -- kids rejected from USC, Penn and Georgetown.

Yes, it's this big secret of U of M grads. We coast through our four years in a perpetual drug-addled state en route to an easy bachelor's degree. And thank god because it seems to have been a major admission criterion for all the top grad schools my friends and I attended: e.g., Harvard, Yale, Stanford. And, yes, I am so fortunate that I turned down one of the schools you mentioned above because I really wanted to put an asterisk on my cv to distinguish they my bachelor's degree was in fact an "easy" one.

There are like 40,000 undergrads at Go Blue U, of course *some* kids go onto good grad programs. Nobody is denying that--even Arizona State sends some kids to elite grad programs. But your reputation proceeds you. Go Blue U has always gone out of its way to admit a very obnoxious subset of kids who have a chip on their shoulder that they didn't get into Penn or USC.

Yes, my point exactly. Not everyone and certainly not a majority fill your description It’s silly to say it’s all drunken greek system types because they’re not a majority. And I think they are idiots, btw. As I mentioned, I turned down another so-called prestigious school and I knew another kid who turned down Harvard (he was in state and got a full ride). You can go to a great grad school from Mich. And for those of us who have experience with Ivies as well, they’re biggest value stems from their brand name and networks. Ivy grad schools can be highly impersonal, professors are more worried about their careers than teaching and don’t really provide a better education, just a more privileged one.

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Anonymous wrote:Possibly the same reason why Jenna Bush chose Texas while her sister went to Yale? It could be down to grades/scores, wanting a bigger school, wanting a different vibe?

She choose that before her father was elected President. There’s a good chance she wouldn’t have been accepted.

Wouldn’t have been accepted to Yale.

Sure. Ok. The presidents daughter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Harvard lists Michigan as a peer institution. https://faculty.harvard.edu/diversity-peer-institutions

Stop trying so hard

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard lists Michigan as a peer institution. https://faculty.harvard.edu/diversity-peer-institutions

Stop trying so hard

You mean posting data that refutes your ignorant stereotypes?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard lists Michigan as a peer institution. https://faculty.harvard.edu/diversity-peer-institutions

Stop trying so hard

You mean posting data that refutes your ignorant stereotypes?

DP. Do you honestly think that anybody considers Harvard and Michigan as peer institutions?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Harvard lists Michigan as a peer institution. https://faculty.harvard.edu/diversity-peer-institutions

Stop trying so hard

You mean posting data that refutes your ignorant stereotypes?

They also list Hunter College as a peer institution, so ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She would attend it because she wants to and can. Next question?

This! God, you people really cannot handle that your demigod Obama family chose what you consider to be a plebeian school!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Harvard lists Michigan as a peer institution. https://faculty.harvard.edu/diversity-peer-institutions

Stop trying so hard

You mean posting data that refutes your ignorant stereotypes?

They also list Hunter College as a peer institution, so ...

So, what? What's your point? Now you're calling Harvard full of BS because they don't conform to your ignorant perceptions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Michigan is the 20th best university in the world. What mediocrity.

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2019/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats

27th according to U.S. News which is what most people go by. In any event, it ranks below UVA, which many on DCUM like to gleefully point out isn't in the same category as Ivy League and other similarly ranked schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who think Michigan is mediocre are honestly just ignorant.

People who think only Ivy are the only way are so strange. They raise their kids with that one goal. Not everyone like the straight white rich boys club. Malia isvemjoying it. Maybe Sasha wants some diversity and fun. Sidwell is a tough school. She deserves some normalcy.
Michigan is a great school. So are many other states schools including UMCP, UVA, Texas, UF, UNC, UC’s etc...

And people were surprised when Chelsea chose Stanford over Harvard and Yale

Not the same thing as going to...Michigan, which is a very good, but not great, institution of higher learning.

Are you kidding? Michigan is a “great” school, I would be so proud of my kid if they got in & went there.

A school ranked 27th is great? But it does appeal to lots of NY/NJ applicants because their state options really suck (especially in NJ).

I've noticed that for some reason Univ of Michigan is quite popular, to those from NY and NJ. I consider UMich to be similar to UVA, put on the same pedestal as Ivy League in it's region. However, it seems that it's region includes the NE. Growing up in the south I was only familiar with UMichigan in regards to sports. It wasn't until I started reading the college forum on DCUM that I knew that it was a selective college as well.