Anonymous wrote:If you like a huge school, lots of parties and classes taught by TAs more often than not, go to Michigan

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Anonymous wrote:UMichigan may be a bit better known to the average Joe Schmo on the street because it has Division 1 sports whereas WashU is D3. But assuming you are not being recruited by the NFL, WashU is very well known academically which, at the end of the day, is why you mainly go to college. It beats me why anyone would anyone waste their time explaining to Mr. Schmo where they went to college.

Seriously? The average Joe Schmo on the street has absolutely no clue about Washington University or where it is located. What does NFL recruitment have to do with school spirit? Both schools are academically excellent, so that’s not a concern for the OP. It’s a matter of fit in the end.

You must have trouble with reading comprehension. I would also add that the average Joe is also unlikely to know of Michigan

That’s where you’re wrong. Michigan is much better known than Washington U. It’s ridiculous to claim otherwise. That was my original point. Sorry I wasn’t clearer, or perhaps your reading comprehension is a bit off?

If your reading comprehension is fine then you just must be pretty stoopid given the idiotic things you post

Anonymous wrote:If you like a huge school, lots of parties and classes taught by TAs more often than not, go to Michigan

Anonymous wrote:“ I’ve never been to Ann Arbor, and I’m sure it’s fun. But the Wash. U. area has Blueberry Hill, all kinds of restaurants on Delmar, the Arch and Laclede’s Landing, the Soulard (a small, misplaced pocket of New Orleans), Forest Park, the Central West End (Greenwich Village west), a lot of big corporations without any great source of interns other than Wash. U., a history of being founded by abolitionists who were trying to keep Missouri in the union, an athletic center that houses tons of presidential debates, hiking a few miles away, a student-run radio station, etc.”

Michigan has a sports culture that Washington University will never have. That might not mean much to you, but to most teenagers, it’s a great source of entertainment and pride when your college does well. The entire city caters to the university. You can walk one mile in any direction from central campus and still somehow feel the impact of the school. An Ann Arbor is very safe for the most part. You can feel comfortable while attending school there and its surrounding area.

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Anonymous wrote:UMichigan may be a bit better known to the average Joe Schmo on the street because it has Division 1 sports whereas WashU is D3. But assuming you are not being recruited by the NFL, WashU is very well known academically which, at the end of the day, is why you mainly go to college. It beats me why anyone would anyone waste their time explaining to Mr. Schmo where they went to college.

Seriously? The average Joe Schmo on the street has absolutely no clue about Washington University or where it is located. What does NFL recruitment have to do with school spirit? Both schools are academically excellent, so that’s not a concern for the OP. It’s a matter of fit in the end.

You must have trouble with reading comprehension. I would also add that the average Joe is also unlikely to know of Michigan

That’s where you’re wrong. Michigan is much better known than Washington U. It’s ridiculous to claim otherwise. That was my original point. Sorry I wasn’t clearer, or perhaps your reading comprehension is a bit off?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid chose Michigan.

No regrets whatsoever.

How easily can undergrads who do well there get the classes needed to graduate in four years?

To me, given the problems at the UC schools, this is the big concern I’d have about all state universities.

I’ve never heard of a problem with students at Michigan graduating in four years, unless they change majors. If they take longer, it’s because of something they did to prolong graduation.

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Anonymous wrote:At WashU, it’s very easy to switch or add majors or schools and graduate in 4 years

Unless you decide to go from premed to engineering after the completion of your sophomore year. Those are the types of major changes I’m talking about.

Not quite true. It obviously depends on classes you take but there is a lot of overlap classes between the 2 majors so entirely possible and welcomed

That’s the point. It can be done, but often will take more than four years.

It can definitely been done in 4 years. Obviously if all you’ve taken for 3 years are history classes and you decide as a junior that you want to be an engineer then yes you have a problem

I can be done, but it’s unlikely. Too many math sequences that most premed majors are not going to take.

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Anonymous wrote:UMichigan may be a bit better known to the average Joe Schmo on the street because it has Division 1 sports whereas WashU is D3. But assuming you are not being recruited by the NFL, WashU is very well known academically which, at the end of the day, is why you mainly go to college. It beats me why anyone would anyone waste their time explaining to Mr. Schmo where they went to college.

Seriously? The average Joe Schmo on the street has absolutely no clue about Washington University or where it is located. What does NFL recruitment have to do with school spirit? Both schools are academically excellent, so that’s not a concern for the OP. It’s a matter of fit in the end.

You must have trouble with reading comprehension. I would also add that the average Joe is also unlikely to know of Michigan

That’s where you’re wrong. Michigan is much better known than Washington U. It’s ridiculous to claim otherwise. That was my original point. Sorry I wasn’t clearer, or perhaps your reading comprehension is a bit off?

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Anonymous wrote:At WashU, it’s very easy to switch or add majors or schools and graduate in 4 years

Unless you decide to go from premed to engineering after the completion of your sophomore year. Those are the types of major changes I’m talking about.

Not quite true. It obviously depends on classes you take but there is a lot of overlap classes between the 2 majors so entirely possible and welcomed

That’s the point. It can be done, but often will take more than four years.

It can definitely been done in 4 years. Obviously if all you’ve taken for 3 years are history classes and you decide as a junior that you want to be an engineer then yes you have a problem

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Anonymous wrote:UMichigan may be a bit better known to the average Joe Schmo on the street because it has Division 1 sports whereas WashU is D3. But assuming you are not being recruited by the NFL, WashU is very well known academically which, at the end of the day, is why you mainly go to college. It beats me why anyone would anyone waste their time explaining to Mr. Schmo where they went to college.

Seriously? The average Joe Schmo on the street has absolutely no clue about Washington University or where it is located. What does NFL recruitment have to do with school spirit? Both schools are academically excellent, so that’s not a concern for the OP. It’s a matter of fit in the end.

You must have trouble with reading comprehension. I would also add that the average Joe is also unlikely to know of Michigan

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Anonymous wrote:At WashU, it’s very easy to switch or add majors or schools and graduate in 4 years

Unless you decide to go from premed to engineering after the completion of your sophomore year. Those are the types of major changes I’m talking about.

Not quite true. It obviously depends on classes you take but there is a lot of overlap classes between the 2 majors so entirely possible and welcomed

That’s the point. It can be done, but often will take more than four years.

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Anonymous wrote:UMichigan may be a bit better known to the average Joe Schmo on the street because it has Division 1 sports whereas WashU is D3. But assuming you are not being recruited by the NFL, WashU is very well known academically which, at the end of the day, is why you mainly go to college. It beats me why anyone would anyone waste their time explaining to Mr. Schmo where they went to college.

Seriously? The average Joe Schmo on the street has absolutely no clue about Washington University or where it is located. What does NFL recruitment have to do with school spirit? Both schools are academically excellent, so that’s not a concern for the OP. It’s a matter of fit in the end.

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Anonymous wrote:At WashU, it’s very easy to switch or add majors or schools and graduate in 4 years

Unless you decide to go from premed to engineering after the completion of your sophomore year. Those are the types of major changes I’m talking about.

Not quite true. It obviously depends on classes you take but there is a lot of overlap classes between the 2 majors so entirely possible and welcomed