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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's just nothing unique at University of Michigan that is not available at a college in a state with better climate and lots of growth. It's a really overcrowded public university growing fast to cash in. It's located in a boring flyover country town in the middle of nowhere. It has the worst weather of any university in the top 50 (it will be in the 20s and 30s until April). And the state is crumbling and stagnant; smart residents can't flee fast enough. If University of Mississippi was suddenly in the top 30 college, would you all try to convince yourself it's great? That's basically Michigan right now. It's ranked highly because of it's legacy reputation and name rec (sports), not because it's a unique and special undergraduate setting.[/quote]
You've posted this critique a number of times, and it really doesn't seem relevant to students picking U of M. OOS students don't have any real desire to live in Michigan anyway, and never really have (I attended U of M as an undergraduate in the '90's, when Michigan was doing well, but I none of my OOS friends ever intended to live there after graduation). So, the fact that Detroit is a dump is meaningless to them. And Ann Arbor is a perfectly nice college town that has everything college students are looking for during their 4 years there.

I mean, there are plenty of good or great schools in far worse places where students can't really venture off campus (I'm looking at you, Yale and U. Of Pennsylvania), that don't have any trouble attracting students. [/quote]

You’re wasting your time trying to reason with this person. He/she/it will just continue to post the same statements ad naseum. Better to ignore and hopefully it will come to an end. [/quote]
I'm kind of sympathetic to kids who, when given the choice of two otherwise equal schools, might pick the one that's located in a more pleasant climate. I could see picking UVa over U Of M in that regard. But, honestly, once you're talking about large schools located in a college town, the entertainment and social opportunities in Ann Arbor, Charlottesville, Gainesville, South Bend, Urbana-Champaign etc. are all pretty much the same. [/quote]

I have to disagree that all college towns containing large schools are pretty much the same. Some are definitely better than others. [/quote]
Sure, but they're all generally on the same spectrum of student ghetto housing, combined with bars where you can drink for cheap, coffee shops, sandwich stores etc.

The relative quality of the college town isn't really make it or break it when it comes to picking a school. And a college town like Ann Arbor is a perfectly acceptable place to spend 4 years. I mean, I'm not overselling it as some Xanadu. But, it's hardly the post-apocalyptic hell-hole the anti-Michigan PP was describing it as upthread. [/quote]

It was miserable to both Sasha Obama and Madonna’s daughter who both transferred out. It’s cold, grey, boring and in the middle of nowhere. Unless you’re into sports and want to binge drink at football and hockey matches, you’re going to be really antsy to get out of there. Going to college in a region you can’t wait to move away from sounds pretty unappealing, to me. Especially when this debate is about non-resident students have the money to go basically anywhere they want.[/quote]

Lourdes Leon graduated from Michigan in 2021. Once again you’re talking out of your ass.

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/01/23/who-is-lourdes-leon/

Saying the same BS over and over again, as well as misinformation,  is a sure sign of a personality disorder.  
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