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Anonymous wrote:Another Michigander here and never heard of the sayings welp or ope. The only exception might be the UP. In the lower peninsula no one says these things. I wouldn’t call UofM Midwestern nice. Too many 1) east coast snots 2) ostentatious metro Detroit kids

How does one even pronounce "ope"?

Midwesterner

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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.

But that is the problem with NU. They still spend a lot on the revenue sports, recruit heavily (Illinois and Wisconsin big rivals), relax admissions standards like at big football schools do, and otherwise impact the university. Yet year after year they are not very good. This is of course why they have fewer Olympic sports than the rest of the Big 10. So whether one likes sports or not, it is a drag on the school. A scandal last year regarding hazing didn't help. Women's lacrosse a big exception. They are spending big on a refurbished stadium, which the neighbors don't like, and are making do with a high school sized facility right now. Since football costs money, it pays to do it well.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:Another Michigander here and never heard of the sayings welp or ope. The only exception might be the UP. In the lower peninsula no one says these things. I wouldn’t call UofM Midwestern nice. Too many 1) east coast snots 2) ostentatious metro Detroit kids

How does one even pronounce "ope"?

Midwesterner

Anonymous wrote:Wtf is ope?

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Anonymous wrote:Another Michigander here and never heard of the sayings welp or ope. The only exception might be the UP. In the lower peninsula no one says these things. I wouldn’t call UofM Midwestern nice. Too many 1) east coast snots 2) ostentatious metro Detroit kids

You’re going to blow a lot of coastal minds by claiming metro DETROIT people are excessively show-offy.

Anonymous wrote:Another Michigander here and never heard of the sayings welp or ope. The only exception might be the UP. In the lower peninsula no one says these things. I wouldn’t call UofM Midwestern nice. Too many 1) east coast snots 2) ostentatious metro Detroit kids

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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.

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Illinois in particular, and also Wisconsin, have a more midwestern vibe than southeastern Michigan.

Anonymous wrote:Another Michigander here and never heard of the sayings welp or ope. The only exception might be the UP. In the lower peninsula no one says these things. I wouldn’t call UofM Midwestern nice. Too many 1) east coast snots 2) ostentatious metro Detroit kids

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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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Anonymous wrote:At Michigan, if you are driving and signal to change lanes, the person to your side is going to slow down slightly and is likely to flash their lights or wave you over so you have enough space to change lanes.

At Northwestern, if you are driving and signal to change lanes, 50/50 chance that the driver to your side is going to speed past you, with a 15% chance that they will cut you off or block you from changing lanes.

Based on this, Michigan is very midwest nice, and Northwestern has a hint of an east coast edge.

The roads around the campuses of Northwestern and Michigan don’t lend themselves to lane changes. Ann Arbor (central campus) is just as urbanized as the NU campus. They both have an urban feel.

Anonymous wrote:Another Michigander here and never heard of the sayings welp or ope. The only exception might be the UP. In the lower peninsula no one says these things. I wouldn’t call UofM Midwestern nice. Too many 1) east coast snots 2) ostentatious metro Detroit kids