UM is a slightly better school than Penn State and Wisco.

Anonymous wrote:UMich is a perfectly fine school for someone who was rejected from the top 20 schools or when cost is a concern and it is much cheaper than the top 20 school in question.

My DS likes lower ranked Boston College and Villanova far more.

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Anonymous wrote:Girls need to be careful at these type of colleges.

"These types of colleges" -- you mean the ones with men?

I mean ones where USA Today writes about the rape culture & violent hazing leads to all of greek life being suspended:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/11/10/report-university-michigan-ifc-suspends-greek-life-social-events/851322001/

UMich is a perfectly fine school for someone who was rejected from the top 20 schools or when cost is a concern and it is much cheaper than the top 20 school in question.

Anonymous wrote:If that's the scene you want, you can find it at Mich. But if you want a serious academic scene, you can find that too. And if you want an artsy scene, there's that too.

One of the benefits of a huge school. The same is true of most other very large state campuses.

That, and 500 people in your Psych 101 class. Taught by a TA. With a heavy foreign accent.

Anonymous wrote:If that's the scene you want, you can find it at Mich. But if you want a serious academic scene, you can find that too. And if you want an artsy scene, there's that too.

One of the benefits of a huge school. The same is true of most other very large state campuses.

+1.

Anonymous wrote:Girls need to be careful at these type of colleges.

"These types of colleges" -- you mean the ones with men?

Greeks are insecure losers.

Don't you think you can find a party scene at almost every college, except maybe the stricter religious schools?

Girls need to be careful at these type of colleges.

My in-law's kids go to Michigan, they said their President has been flirting with shutting all fraternities down and was looking for a reason to. Their Pres told the frats if he shut them down, other universities would follow his example. This could be big.

Don't have any kids there, but have friends that do. I can tell you that based on what I've heard, there is plenty of partying going on there and the Greek system is a really big part of the social scene. That said, it's a huge school so if someone is not interested in that aspect of the school I'm sure they can find other ways to occupy themselves.

If that's the scene you want, you can find it at Mich. But if you want a serious academic scene, you can find that too. And if you want an artsy scene, there's that too.

One of the benefits of a huge school. The same is true of most other very large state campuses.

Wow. What has happened??? I went there in the late 80s and it was pretty serious minded. Of course, there was the Greek system for those who wanted it, but it didn't dominate things. Lots of my peers went on to Ivies for grad school/law school, etc. We had always thought of Ohio State as the big party school, or even MSU. But def. not U Mich.

The university just suspended all Greek Life activities due to years of rampant sexual assaults, over 30 hospitalizations in one weekend alone, hazing, spiked drinks, and various viral degeneracy.

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/11/10/university-of-michigan-fraternity-sexual-assault-hazing/851402001/