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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She likes the midwest and would be happy staying in Michigan though she will not apply into LEAPS bc she would want to spend 4 years in Ann Arbor. She wants elementary Ed and would love to move into an admin role eventually.

She is very involved in high school with a ton of leadership (multiple sports captain plus two club presidencies) and has scoped out all the clubs she would want to join at Michigan including club sports.  She also has a background tutoring and working with kids (including a job), which she would obviously continue through her studies. She also knows a handful of kids who are there already. Plus she is a sports fanatic and would have a blast being a spectator at football games as well as sports she plays in HS. Socially, I see no issue for her at a bigger school.

She feels like she would love Michigan but she needs to get in![/quote]

DP:  I think, for education students/ future teachers, where you go undergrad doesn't make much of a difference professionally.  All teachers have to get an MA, at least, and aspiring school superintendents might want an EdD. Those grad level programs, from what I understand, are not super-selective so you can be relatively confident of getting a second degree from Harvard/ Columbia (Teachers' College) / Vanderbilt if you want to pay for it.

So, for people going into education, short term happiness should be at the top of the decision list when deciding on an undergrad.  I'm assuming that since you can afford Michigan OOS, financial considerations are not a priority. Sounds like the kid will dive into the social life at a large, state school, and will be excited about the prestige/ peer group at Michigan.  [/quote]

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