Why is Michigan such a popular school in the MD/DC/VA area?
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Anonymous
| I don't get this phenomenon - maybe someone can outline the history, but to me it's just another state school? I can't think of a single department at Michigan that performs *significantly* better with career/grad school outcomes than UMCP for example. |
Anonymous
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Schools with good football get to be known. Notre Dame for example People know ND because they had an agreement with a TV station to play all their games starting in 1950. People grew to love ND and hence people wanted their kids to go there.
Michigan football is very popular. It makes it a popular school. Michigan has a terrible budget issue a few years back and they were letting in more full pay students from out of state to right the boat. Most those kids were full pay rich kids with okayish grades. That is why it is so popular with kids from W schools. |
Anonymous
| Ann Arbor is also a thriving college town, compared to College Park |
Anonymous
This is so off base I don't even know where to begin. |
Anonymous
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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. |
Anonymous
| It has to do with the fact that there used to be quotas on Jews at the elite east coast schools and so the smart Jews who were shut out of them went to schools like Michigan (Wisconsin a big one too). And it just became a ripple effect. |
Anonymous
| A lot of alums end up in Chicago, DC, and DC. I think that’s part of the reason many of the out of the state kids are from these three regions. Though I’ve never understood why there are so many LA kids, that seemed really out of the blue. |
Anonymous
I never knew this. Do a lot of Jews go to school in the midwest? |
Anonymous
Yes a lot of Midwest universities did not have quotas like elite East Coast schools. Once Jews started academically excelling, Ivy Leagues tried to keep the percentage of Jews down so WASPs could still get in even if they were not as academically qualified. Google Jewish quotas Harvard and you can learn more. Many Midwestern schools like Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana and UIllinois did not limit the amount of Jews at their school. |
Anonymous
Certain schools, yes. University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Indiana University, and Michigan State rank #5, #6, #9, and #14 for highest number of Jews among colleges and universities in North America. University of Illinois and Ohio State come in at 19 and 22. |
Anonymous
oops- should say public colleges and universities. |
Anonymous
Yes, a huge number from the tri-state area go to UM and UW.....very popular. |
Anonymous
You asked the same question a few weeks ago. You might want to find a hobby. |
Anonymous
| UM is a public university with private university bona fides. It is a top 20 school internationally and also has the unique aura of school spirit of an SEC school. For many kids, this is an attractive mix. Add to it, there are tons of Alumni in the DC area, their kids become fans of the teams and spend time on campus as kids, so by the time college consideration rolls around, it become an easy choice. |
Anonymous
| Michigan’s engineering program? Have you heard about it? |