Anonymous
05/02/2024 16:53
Subject: Top ten dream colleges and universities
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What is the Michigan obsession?
Same. Never understood. Its a good university and I'm sure Michigan is a fun state to live in. But, when you are a teen dreaming why did this show up? over like Berkeley.
Trying to understand not trying to disparage Michigan.
Berkeley (the city) is a grotesque freak show with horrible housing options.
Anonymous
05/02/2024 16:52
Subject: Top ten dream colleges and universities
Anonymous wrote:Why is Michigan there lol
Why isn’t UVA there? lol
Anonymous
05/02/2024 16:51
Subject: Top ten dream colleges and universities
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin
Northeastern (MA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University (NJ)
Harvard College (MA)
Stanford University (CA)
Duke University (NC)
University of Michigan
Yale University (CT)
New York University
Cornell University (NY)
Brown University (RI)
You knew it was going to happen! Let’s just get it over with!
lol. What no Maryland?
Anonymous
05/02/2024 16:50
Subject: Top ten dream colleges and universities
Why is Michigan there lol
Anonymous
05/02/2024 16:49
Subject: Top ten dream colleges and universities
Anonymous wrote:
University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin
Northeastern (MA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University (NJ)
Harvard College (MA)
Stanford University (CA)
Duke University (NC)
University of Michigan
Yale University (CT)
New York University
Cornell University (NY)
Brown University (RI)
You knew it was going to happen! Let’s just get it over with!
Anonymous
05/02/2024 16:46
Subject: Top ten dream colleges and universities
Really varies from year to year.
Anonymous
05/02/2024 16:34
Subject: Top ten dream colleges and universities
Anonymous wrote:2023 - The top 10 schools named by surveyed students as their "dream" colleges were:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University (CA)
Harvard College (MA)
New York University
University of California—Los Angeles
Princeton University (NJ)
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia University (NY)
University of Michigan
University of Texas—Austin
Of course that was last year. This year, UCLA isn’t listed.
Anonymous
05/02/2024 16:31
Subject: Top ten dream colleges and universities
2023 - The top 10 schools named by surveyed students as their "dream" colleges were:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University (CA)
Harvard College (MA)
New York University
University of California—Los Angeles
Princeton University (NJ)
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia University (NY)
University of Michigan
University of Texas—Austin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University (CA)
Harvard College (MA)
New York University
University of California—Los Angeles
Princeton University (NJ)
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia University (NY)
University of Michigan
University of Texas—Austin
Anonymous
05/02/2024 15:34
Subject: Top ten dream colleges and universities
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Oh good!
Another meaningless list!
Whatever would we do without them??
/s.
Yep same old same old
Agree. No east coast publics listed.
Anonymous
05/02/2024 15:34
Subject: Top ten dream colleges and universities
“The Michigan obsession might be regional. On the west coast UCLA is the college many teens dream of.”
The US is much larger than just the west coast. All schools have a regional bias. Saying that, this was a national survey from the Princeton Review
“For its 2024 survey, which was conducted online between January 15 and February 20, the education services company polled 10,867 people. Seventy-three percent (7,935) were applicants to colleges and 27% (2,932) were parents of applicants. The survey featured 20 questions, nearly all of which presented multiple-choice answers. A summary of selected findings follows.”
Also looking at Parchment:
https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=University+of+California%2C+Los+Angeles&with=University+of+Michigan+-+Ann+Arbor
Michigan 56%
UCLA 44%
The US is much larger than just the west coast. All schools have a regional bias. Saying that, this was a national survey from the Princeton Review
“For its 2024 survey, which was conducted online between January 15 and February 20, the education services company polled 10,867 people. Seventy-three percent (7,935) were applicants to colleges and 27% (2,932) were parents of applicants. The survey featured 20 questions, nearly all of which presented multiple-choice answers. A summary of selected findings follows.”
Also looking at Parchment:
https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=University+of+California%2C+Los+Angeles&with=University+of+Michigan+-+Ann+Arbor
Michigan 56%
UCLA 44%
Anonymous
05/02/2024 15:03
Subject: Top ten dream colleges and universities
Anonymous wrote:Oh good!
Another meaningless list!
Whatever would we do without them??
/s.
Yep same old same old
Anonymous
05/02/2024 14:59
Subject: Top ten dream colleges and universities
The Michigan obsession might be regional. On the west coast UCLA is the college many teens dream of.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What is the Michigan obsession?
Same. Never understood. Its a good university and I'm sure Michigan is a fun state to live in. But, when you are a teen dreaming why did this show up? over like Berkeley.
Trying to understand not trying to disparage Michigan.
I think it's because Berkeley hasn't been regarded as a fun school for many years. Freshman classes sometime have 1500 students. Depending on the major, it often takes five years to get the credits needed to graduate. It can feel cold and impersonal for undergraduates. Plus the performative student politics. If you don't totally vibe with progressive sensibilities all the time it can feel like you're walking on eggs shells. Stanford has the same problem. And the town of Berkeley is very lightly policed. So there are a lot of fentanyl and meth addicts. Petty crime and shoplifting is taken as the norm. Oftentimes, Berkeley can feel like a lonely and stressful place to go to school.
Whereas Michigan looks like way more fun for an undergrad. The vibe is much more chill. Ann Arbor is a very nice college town. The academics are outstanding and certainly at a similar level to Berkeley. The students are generally midwestern nice. And for a lot of 18-22 year olds, spending a Sunday afternoon with 100,000 of your closest friends cheering for a national champion football team is an exciting way to spend a Fall day.
Anonymous
05/02/2024 14:38
Subject: Top ten dream colleges and universities
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What is the Michigan obsession?
Same. Never understood. Its a good university and I'm sure Michigan is a fun state to live in. But, when you are a teen dreaming why did this show up? over like Berkeley.
Trying to understand not trying to disparage Michigan.
I think it's because Berkeley hasn't been regarded as a fun school for many years. Freshman classes sometime have 1500 students. Depending on the major, it often takes five years to get the credits needed to graduate. It can feel cold and impersonal for undergraduates. Plus the performative student politics. If you don't totally vibe with progressive sensibilities all the time it can feel like you're walking on eggs shells. Stanford has the same problem. And the town of Berkeley is very lightly policed. So there are a lot of fentanyl and meth addicts. Petty crime and shoplifting is taken as the norm. Oftentimes, Berkeley can feel like a lonely and stressful place to go to school.
Whereas Michigan looks like way more fun for an undergrad. The vibe is much more chill. Ann Arbor is a very nice college town. The academics are outstanding and certainly at a similar level to Berkeley. The students are generally midwestern nice. And for a lot of 18-22 year olds, spending a Sunday afternoon with 100,000 of your closest friends cheering for a national champion football team is an exciting way to spend a Fall day.
Anonymous
05/02/2024 14:19
Subject: Top ten dream colleges and universities
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What is the Michigan obsession?
Same. Never understood. Its a good university and I'm sure Michigan is a fun state to live in. But, when you are a teen dreaming why did this show up? over like Berkeley.
Trying to understand not trying to disparage Michigan.
Let’s see what parchment has to say about this
https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=University+of+Michigan+-+Ann+Arbor&with=University+of+California%2C+Berkeley
Michigan 57%
Berkeley 43%
Michigan is not just a good university, it’s a great university. Only Berkeley bests it academically among publics. Also notice that it’s on the listing of dream colleges by both students and parents. It’s the only public to appear on both. There must be a reason.
Anonymous
05/02/2024 11:27
Subject: Re:Top ten dream colleges and universities
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Even though Princeton Review didn't ask me, I'll tell them my list as a parent:
Princeton
Harvard
Stanford
Georgetown School of Foreign Service
Claremont McKenna College
Middlebury College
Williams College
Northwestern
Any of the 3 main service academies (USMA, USNA, & USAFA)
Davidson College
Amherst College
Duke
U Penn-Wharton
Dartmouth
Rice
Notre Dame
USC-film/acting/screenwriting
Almost any state flagship honors college
maybe SMU
and about a dozen others.
(Is that ten yet ? If not, I have more.)
why not Yale? on that tour, those kids seemed really happy. unlike, say, Princeton.
The original poster's kids got rejected from Yale, so she's now posting non-Yale schools YOUR kids should be applying to. Don't let her life's miseries affect your kid's life and future.