Why would Sasha Obama attend University of Michigan?

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Anonymous wrote:quietly speaking, umich has one of the top engineering and anthropology programs in the country...

Agreed. This thread baffles me. And the grad programs are very strong.

What baffles you? Sidwell alum here. It was a common joke that Michigan was an awful safety school for the students that barely studied and partied. It's an awful choice for a president's daughter.

I’m glad you seem to know what’s best for her. Are all “Sidwell alums” as smug as you are? Is it a prerequisite for enrollment or something?

Seriously. You’re making me want nothing to do with your school.

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Not saying this is the case with her, obviously, but out-of-state to Michigan always infers rejected from even Northwestern, Cornell, Vandy and Georgetown.

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Did she visit there or does she have friends there? Out of high school I got into some good schools, including Yale, but attended a SUNY school because I'd visited (my friend's older sister went there) and absolutely loved it and thought it would be perfect for me. It was, and I don't regret it at all. You never know what's going to make a big impression on an adolescent brain.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the consensus here is that she made a really bad choice. Shame on the parents for brainwashing her into thinking Michigan is a good school.

It doesn't matter where she goes to school, she will never want for anything and will have doors opened where ever here little heart desires to work. Her name guarantees her that, and we all know it.

This. She has the luxury to go wherever she wants to go without regard to what others think. I hope she has the time of her life! Frankly, college is more of a learning experience than just learning.

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Anonymous wrote:Did she visit there or does she have friends there? Out of high school I got into some good schools, including Yale, but attended a SUNY school because I'd visited (my friend's older sister went there) and absolutely loved it and thought it would be perfect for me. It was, and I don't regret it at all. You never know what's going to make a big impression on an adolescent brain.

Weekend visits to a huge party school are always fun, especially if you're with 2-3 girlfriends and you party with sorority girls from your prep school, attend a rowdy sport ball match, get hit on by older boys at massive frat parties.

What you aren't privy to is how invisible you will be as a 1 of 50,000 student, the 600 student lectures, courses taught by (hard to understand ESL foreign) TA/GAs, the deep bureaucracy you have to navigate to get anything, advisors who don't give a damn about you, and obnoxious backbiting Cornell/Vandy/Georgetown rejects who will do anything to finish in the top of the class.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s an excellent school comparable to an Ivy.

It’s ranked #27. That’s not comparable to an Ivy.

She doesn’t need a ranking the way you seem to.

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Anonymous wrote:Did she visit there or does she have friends there? Out of high school I got into some good schools, including Yale, but attended a SUNY school because I'd visited (my friend's older sister went there) and absolutely loved it and thought it would be perfect for me. It was, and I don't regret it at all. You never know what's going to make a big impression on an adolescent brain.

Friends are typically a major influencer in this regard. I can't blame her for following her squad to Ann Arbor -- it'd truly suck to try to make new friends at an Ivy as "the president's daughter". She wouldn't be able to trust anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:Not saying this is the case with her, obviously, but out-of-state to Michigan always infers rejected from even Northwestern, Cornell, Vandy and Georgetown.

She got into Yale but chose Mich. to be with friends.

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Anonymous wrote:Not saying this is the case with her, obviously, but out-of-state to Michigan always infers rejected from even Northwestern, Cornell, Vandy and Georgetown.

Not nessessarily anymore. In 2018, Michigan had a 19% out of state acceptance rate & a 41% in state acceptance rate. When you get below 29-25%, you’d be surprised how schools can be different about acceptances/rejections because it’s such a crapshoot. For instance, a friend of my daughter got into Cornell and Wellesley but not Michigan or NYU.

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Anonymous wrote:Not saying this is the case with her, obviously, but out-of-state to Michigan always infers rejected from even Northwestern, Cornell, Vandy and Georgetown.

Not nessessarily anymore. In 2018, Michigan had a 19% out of state acceptance rate & a 41% in state acceptance rate. When you get below 29-25%, you’d be surprised how schools can be different about acceptances/rejections because it’s such a crapshoot. For instance, a friend of my daughter got into Cornell and Wellesley but not Michigan or NYU.

Meant 20-25%

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Anonymous wrote:Not saying this is the case with her, obviously, but out-of-state to Michigan always infers rejected from even Northwestern, Cornell, Vandy and Georgetown.

Not nessessarily anymore. In 2018, Michigan had a 19% out of state acceptance rate & a 41% in state acceptance rate. When you get below 29-25%, you’d be surprised how schools can be different about acceptances/rejections because it’s such a crapshoot. For instance, a friend of my daughter got into Cornell and Wellesley but not Michigan or NYU.

Means nothing. Everyone applies to Michigan because it's huge, sporty name rec, good rank, and non-binding admissions. Kids with decent stats only get rejected if they show zero demonstrated interest (yield protection) and they need financial aid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not saying this is the case with her, obviously, but out-of-state to Michigan always infers rejected from even Northwestern, Cornell, Vandy and Georgetown.

Not nessessarily anymore. In 2018, Michigan had a 19% out of state acceptance rate & a 41% in state acceptance rate. When you get below 29-25%, you’d be surprised how schools can be different about acceptances/rejections because it’s such a crapshoot. For instance, a friend of my daughter got into Cornell and Wellesley but not Michigan or NYU.

Means nothing. Everyone applies to Michigan because it's huge, sporty name rec, good rank, and non-binding admissions. Kids with decent stats only get rejected if they show zero demonstrated interest (yield protection) and they need financial aid.

Agree. At TJ the acceptance rate is like 95%

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I don’t understand the hate Michigan is getting in this thread. Sure it’s not an Ivy, but it’s still one of the best research universities in the country. In places outside of SF/Boston/DC/NYC, most highly educated people don’t go to private universities.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand the hate Michigan is getting in this thread. Sure it’s not an Ivy, but it’s still one of the best research universities in the country. In places outside of SF/Boston/DC/NYC, most highly educated people don’t go to private universities.

There are only a handful of schools in the country that will ensure a child success in life according to DCUM. If your child isn't willing to attend the most prestigious school available to them, they are doomed and you failed as a parent. Duh!

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Anonymous wrote:Not saying this is the case with her, obviously, but out-of-state to Michigan always infers rejected from even Northwestern, Cornell, Vandy and Georgetown.

She got into Yale but chose Mich. to be with friends.

This. She is sticking with her friends.