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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We toured both and also have family in the midwest

Michigan definitely feels like a big midwest university in a college town where sports are king and the university is the center of the town.

When you visit, you know that Michigan is in the midwest.  Midwest nice, everyone is into sports, college town feel.

In contrast, Northwestern feels more upscale, more urban.  It is in a college town in the way that George Mason is in a college town.  Evanston is similar to City of Fairfax, where the college is located there, but is not the purpose of the town.  NU is similar to GMU in that the kids don't go to the town for fun, fun is either on campus or taking the train to the city, where there is lots of culture, food and entertainment.

Michigan = big public university centered on sports in a midwest college town vibe

Northwestern = mid sized private university with all the trappings that come with expensive private universities in an upscale town near a major city vibe.[/quote]

I look at the entire campus atthe University of Michigan.  The sports campus is just a small part of the school located about 1/2 mile south of the main campus and even farther away from the medical and north campuses.  You can roam the academic/ medical parts of Michigan and not even see the athletic campus. Michigan is definitely not centered on sports. 
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Um.

Centered means culturally centered.

Michigan is centered on sports, like any other big midwest flagship.  It is 100% a midwest, sports centered university feel.

Northwestern has sports, but is not centered on sports.[/quote]

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