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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So we're all agreed then -- it's better than U. Michigan (for undergrad)? :D .[/quote]

I know this is meant humorously (since no one on this thread  -- or perhaps entire site  -- agrees on anything).  But I'm just going to say seriously that they are close enough that there isn't a right answer.  I didn't attend either, but know both quite well.  I'd probably prefer UVA undergrad in general because it is closer in feel to what I would be looking for.  But even with that viewpoint, I have to admit Michigan has great strengths if you are the right type of person.  Ann Arbor is considered by many to be a great college town and it has Big 10 sports.  As for academics, Ross at Michigan is a match every step of the way for McIntire, the engineering school at Michigan is much more recognized (even though I believe UVA engineering grads are getting good job opportunities these days.   If you visit Michigan, you can get a good sense for the STEM powerhouse aspect of the school, particularly at the graduate and research level.

Anyway, people are fighting tooth and nail to claim superiority, but at the undergraduate level 1) you'd have to have a very compelling reason to choose to pay OOS tuition to one if you were in-state for the other and 2) if you were OOS for both, they really are close enough that it comes down to preference and fit.[/quote]

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