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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD is at Michigan. To her, it represents the whole package. Many opportunities, academic and social. Great research to be involved in even as an undergrad. Well respected. Huge alumni network for job opportunities.

She doesn’t like the fierce competition for some classes but she actually said to me, “I took some classes I didn’t think I would like all that much but they turned out to be good. And now I am more interested in X.”

It is true that as a Freshman she could disappear and no one would know. As the kids progress, many of their classes get smaller and it would be much harder to skip classes and such. Even as a sophomore some of her classes like Mandarin had maybe 20 people. She said her Freshman year was the outlier in this respect, and overall academically it was probably the least fun year but most fun socially.

She is very happy with her choice but it’s not for all kids. Other DD is at Colby. Go figure.[/quote]

Can you elaborate on the 'fierce competition for some classes'? I'm not sure what you mean by that? Competition to get the classes you want to take?[/quote]

It is quite common at state flagships to need five or six years to graduate because certain courses are notoriously overbooked or infrequently offered.[/quote]

That is absolutely not true. If anyone is not graduating in four years, it's because their major requires more time than that to complete, they've changed majors, they've taken time off, they haven't planned well, they've failed courses, or any of a host of other reasons that don't include courses not being available that are required. Maybe some people make that up as an excuse to cover something else they'd rather not talk about, but....[/quote]

And your statement here is based on what? I am not the PP, but I ran a scholarship program for international students for a number of years and this phenomenon occurred frequently in the CA school system, but for UC and CSU schools. And this is over 20 years ago. A student would enter junior year needing certain classes in their track and the school would announce the course was oversubscribed...and would not be available for another two years. This happened with nearly all our finance/STEM students - really quite maddening. [/quote]

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