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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You people really like Michigan.  At $80k/yr consider your options.[/quote]

If an academically comparable Ivy (say, Penn/Cornell/Columbia) costs 90K a year, what would you pay for Michigan?[/quote]

Not comparable but also look at the resources available per student.  It is a large public university but priced like an Ivy without the benefits.[/quote]

I'd say academically comparable but far from comparable from a resources available perspective. Have a kid at Michigan and an Ivy, so know this first hand. [/quote]

Could you please elaborate. Very interested. This would be helpful to everyone. What is the resource difference that you see?[/quote]

Not PP but the issues at large publics are extremely large classes, difficulty enrolling in required courses and courses of interest due to limited space, limited personal interaction with faculty, limited advising, the quality of housing and dining services, etc.  The resources per student are much smaller and it can have a real impact such as having to delay graduation because of difficulty enrolling in courses and the challenges of getting to know faculty that write recommendation letters.[/quote]

How large do the intro classes actually get?[/quote]

They are limited by the largest lecture halls available.  This course at Michigan has almost 1,000 students and isn’t even the largest.  https://cse.engin.umich.edu/stories/eecs-280-becomes-third-largest-course-at-u-m[/quote]

Since you’re comparing to Cornell, UMich isn’t the only university with large intro classes. Private university and classes sizes are still 900+ students.
https://ezramagazine.cornell.edu/winter15/CoverStorySidebar5.html#:~:text=PSYCH%201101:%20Introduction%20to%20Psychology,awe%20about%20the%20human%20mind.%22
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