Why is Michigan such a popular school in the MD/DC/VA area?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Deep breath. Kinesiology, Business, Ed, Nursing, Music, CS, Physics, Environmental Science, Econ, Engineering, Poli Sci are all top-ranked departments at Michigan.
It's the number one public university in the country with UVa in second place. Ann Arbor is the best college town in the country.

And Michigan grads are the most insufferable in the country.

Says who?

NP. I do. The very first thing a Michigan grad wants you to know about them is that they went to Michigan, followed by stories of how great it is to see a game in The Big House.

Insufferable is a perfect description.

I’m not a Michigan alum but have some in my family. I see it as school pride, which is much different than your typical Harvard alum who wants to tell you they went to Harvard because of what it signals about them. To me that’s insufferable. Feeling an affinity to your school is not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ann Arbor is also a thriving college town, compared to College Park

Thriving might be overstating it a little.

Indeed.

Median home value in Ann Arbor is $380,000

Median home value in Chevy Chase is $960,000

Median home value in Arlington in $688,000

Median home value in Georgetown, DC is $1,200,000

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ann Arbor is also a thriving college town, compared to College Park

Thriving might be overstating it a little.

Indeed.

Median home value in Ann Arbor is $380,000

Median home value in Chevy Chase is $960,000

Median home value in Arlington in $688,000

Median home value in Georgetown, DC is $1,200,000

Median home value in College Park = $326,000

But I don’t see what this has to do with anything. Ann Arbor beats College Park any day of the week when it comes to events and things to do in the city proper. I’d say CP beats AA when it comes to public transit and ability to leave the city to do other things. It’s more of a chore to get from AA to Detroit than from CP to DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Ann Arbor is also a thriving college town, compared to College Park

Thriving might be overstating it a little.

Indeed.

Median home value in Ann Arbor is $380,000

Median home value in Chevy Chase is $960,000

Median home value in Arlington in $688,000

Median home value in Georgetown, DC is $1,200,000

How is it possible to be this dumb?

[Anonymous]

Great school reputation but isn't Michigan 65k/year OOS? This is what I think I've heard but please correct me if I'm wrong?

[Anonymous]

I've wondered the same thing. Although I think it might be more popular in DC and MD. I'm in NOVA, and I don't hear anyone talking about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a great school in a great college town. Not redneck like VT or suburban like UMD.

Blacksburg's an awesome college town. Not rednecky like the rest of SW Virginia.

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Anonymous wrote:- Huge
- Top 30 US News
- Far closer than CA-system campuses
- Far easier to get into than OOS Berkeley/UCLA
- Far easier to get into than OOS UNC/UVA
- Lowers standards to admit OOS admits who are full-pay
- Very Jewish

Why would that make it popular around here?

[Anonymous]

UM is an RD powerhouse

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Ann Arbor is also a thriving college town, compared to College Park

Thriving might be overstating it a little.

Indeed.

Median home value in Ann Arbor is $380,000

Median home value in Chevy Chase is $960,000

Median home value in Arlington in $688,000

Median home value in Georgetown, DC is $1,200,000

How is it possible to be this dumb?

+1. Wonder what the median is in Athens?

[Anonymous]

Ann Arbor is a wonderful, small city. It has a real downtown. Shops and restaurants that aren’t all chains and you can walk/bike there easily. College Park has just a couple blocks where you might walk and shop. Outside of that one area, it’s strip malls on very busy roads.

It says something that UMd talks more about the benefits of being near DC than extolling the virtues of College Park in their marketing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ann Arbor is also a thriving college town, compared to College Park

Thriving might be overstating it a little.

Indeed.

Median home value in Ann Arbor is $380,000
Median home value in Chevy Chase is $960,000
Median home value in Arlington in $688,000
Median home value in Georgetown, DC is $1,200,000

How is it possible to be this dumb?

Calling a podunk college town in Michigan “thriving” is an overstatement. That was the point. Wealthy OOS students who end up at Michigan despise the townies and consider Ann Arbor boring, run down and backwater.

[Anonymous]

Enjoy the lake effect snow and 8 months of gray skies of charming metro Detroit. Lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ann Arbor is also a thriving college town, compared to College Park

Thriving might be overstating it a little.

Indeed.

Median home value in Ann Arbor is $380,000
Median home value in Chevy Chase is $960,000
Median home value in Arlington in $688,000
Median home value in Georgetown, DC is $1,200,000

How is it possible to be this dumb?

Calling a podunk college town in Michigan “thriving” is an overstatement. That was the point. Wealthy OOS students who end up at Michigan despise the townies and consider Ann Arbor boring, run down and backwater.

Yes, of course we should only care about what the wealthy students think. Their opinion is all that matters, right?

I have no skin in this game. I am not from the state and I didn't got to UM (I grew up in London and went to school in NYC). But I've been to Ann Arbor many times and enjoy the town very much. I'm not sure you understand the meaning of podunk. AA is far from being backwards and isolated. It's practically a superb of Detroit (one can get from DTW to AA faster than on can get from some parts of DC to IAD). I would be thrilled if my DCs were accepted to Michigan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ann Arbor is also a thriving college town, compared to College Park

Thriving might be overstating it a little.

Indeed.

Median home value in Ann Arbor is $380,000
Median home value in Chevy Chase is $960,000
Median home value in Arlington in $688,000
Median home value in Georgetown, DC is $1,200,000

How is it possible to be this dumb?

Calling a podunk college town in Michigan “thriving” is an overstatement. That was the point. Wealthy OOS students who end up at Michigan despise the townies and consider Ann Arbor boring, run down and backwater.

Yes, of course we should only care about what the wealthy students think. Their opinion is all that matters, right?

I have no skin in this game. I am not from the state and I didn't got to UM (I grew up in London and went to school in NYC). But I've been to Ann Arbor many times and enjoy the town very much. I'm not sure you understand the meaning of podunk. AA is far from being backwards and isolated. It's practically a superb of Detroit (one can get from DTW to AA faster than on can get from some parts of DC to IAD). I would be thrilled if my DCs were accepted to Michigan.

No, we should listen only to the wealthy students who "end up" at Michigan. They are not bitter at all for having "ended-up" at a public (gasp) university.