Michigan (OOS), Emory, and WashU are all peer schools as far as admissions. Michigan not having ED may make their admissions numbers higher, but each are highly selective schools. As far as which to attend, if the OP is not directly in Ross, and wants for sure to be in the business program, Olin at WashU is direct admit - that's a draw. But if that's secondary, and it's more the feel, then both are excellent choices for what they are. Michigan grads are very enthusiastic about their time at school, and there is a lot of school spirit. I have spent summers when young at Michigan teen programs, and even then, Ann Arbor struck me as an awesome place. But WashU is smaller, and its campus is freaking amazing, and it is a nice area around the school. And yes, grandparents may not of heard of it, but employers certainly have. One thing to consider I think is whether going Greek is a goal - Michigan seems to have a pretty active Greek life, while WashU may have rebounded, but there was a movement against it a few years back and there are no official sorority houses on campus.

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Anonymous wrote:While both are great schools, would go with WashU for its more manageable size and better dorms

I’d go with Michigan for its greater awareness, sports, and overall location. I can’t imagine living in a dorm for all four years of undergrad, so that appeal is limited.

Agree with sports but disagree with dorms. Most students live in dorms for at least half their time at college

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s surprising to get into WashU and Michigan but not Emory as Emory is more selective than washu and Michigan (not saying it’s a better school, just that the acceptance rate is lower)

I don’t think you can go wrong choosing between WashU and Michigan! Great schools. Depends what your DC is looking for.

Is this actually true? I thought washu was harder?

If you look at latest data (class of 2027), WashU is probably harder to get into than Emory

Emory has a slightly lower acceptance rate and Washu has slightly higher test scores, however more students submit test scores to Emory so....

If you look at the data, WashU has lower acceptance rate. You are not accounting for the 2 Emory colleges

Michigan enrolls 7x as many students so of course it is not unusual to get in there and rejected at Emory. Emory can't accept as many people.

Acceptance rates for schools this different would have no bearing on my decision.

Anonymous wrote:While both are great schools, would go with WashU for its more manageable size and better dorms

I’d go with Michigan for its greater awareness, sports, and overall location. I can’t imagine living in a dorm for all four years of undergrad, so that appeal is limited.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s surprising to get into WashU and Michigan but not Emory as Emory is more selective than washu and Michigan (not saying it’s a better school, just that the acceptance rate is lower)

I don’t think you can go wrong choosing between WashU and Michigan! Great schools. Depends what your DC is looking for.

Is this actually true? I thought washu was harder?

If you look at latest data (class of 2027), WashU is probably harder to get into than Emory

Emory has a slightly lower acceptance rate and Washu has slightly higher test scores, however more students submit test scores to Emory so....

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s surprising to get into WashU and Michigan but not Emory as Emory is more selective than washu and Michigan (not saying it’s a better school, just that the acceptance rate is lower)

I don’t think you can go wrong choosing between WashU and Michigan! Great schools. Depends what your DC is looking for.

Is this actually true? I thought washu was harder?

If you look at latest data (class of 2027), WashU is probably harder to get into than Emory

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s surprising to get into WashU and Michigan but not Emory as Emory is more selective than washu and Michigan (not saying it’s a better school, just that the acceptance rate is lower)

I don’t think you can go wrong choosing between WashU and Michigan! Great schools. Depends what your DC is looking for.

Is this actually true? I thought washu was harder?

While both are great schools, would go with WashU for its more manageable size and better dorms

I would pick WashU for sure

Michigan all the way.

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Anonymous wrote:I would choose WashU for its size, education, campus and food

+1

+1000 WashU is similar to Vanderbilt, just one tier below ivies/T10s. Go to WashU and don't look back.

Michigan is ranked higher than WUSTL. Your advice is terrible.

New USNews methodology releases and people don't know how to act

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/2017-02-21/10-universities-where-tas-teach-the-most-classes

The above information is 7 years old, but I’m using it to show that Purdue University West Lafayette had the highest percentage of TAs that year listed as primary instructor at 26%. The lowest percentage of TAs at these ten schools listed was Kansas at 18%. Michigan was not listed. Even Purdue with the highest percentage of primary instructor TAs was considerably below 35% . That’s why I doubt the accuracy of that report from learn.org

Along the same topic and since you like US News data, the following shows a stark difference in students-faculty ratio:
Michigan 15:1. WUSTL 7:1

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/compare/9092-2520/university-of-michigan-ann-arbor-vs-washington-university-in-st-louis?xwalk_id=170976&xwalk_id=179867

This likely explains why Michigan uses so many more TAs to teach classes.

It also occurs at many other large public universities

It also happens at many other elite privates. Where do you think professors get their educations and learn how to teach?

Well certainly less so at privates where you are paying more in tuition but anytime you have professors who are more focused on research and publication that's what you'll get. That's why I would encourage DC to look at selective LACs

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/2017-02-21/10-universities-where-tas-teach-the-most-classes

The above information is 7 years old, but I’m using it to show that Purdue University West Lafayette had the highest percentage of TAs that year listed as primary instructor at 26%. The lowest percentage of TAs at these ten schools listed was Kansas at 18%. Michigan was not listed. Even Purdue with the highest percentage of primary instructor TAs was considerably below 35% . That’s why I doubt the accuracy of that report from learn.org

Along the same topic and since you like US News data, the following shows a stark difference in students-faculty ratio:
Michigan 15:1. WUSTL 7:1

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/compare/9092-2520/university-of-michigan-ann-arbor-vs-washington-university-in-st-louis?xwalk_id=170976&xwalk_id=179867

This likely explains why Michigan uses so many more TAs to teach classes.

It also occurs at many other large public universities

It also happens at many other elite privates. Where do you think professors get their educations and learn how to teach?