University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Top Questions

The University of Michigan offers both the academic rigor and prestige of private or ivy league schools AND the fun of a big 10 school with excellent and historically successful sports teams.

School spirit

The are plenty of organizations you are abe to join.

U of M offers a wealth of knowledge and resources at a much lower price and in a much more engaging environment than many other universities which seem removed from the surrounding areas.

The school is very academically elite, and offers a unique variety of majors/areas of study. Tons of resources for students-events, lectures, etc

This school has a lot of school spirit and most people are very proud to go here or have graduated from here. I liked that it had a defined campus because a lot of the schools I applied to were in cities. However, the tour did not give me a realistic impression of the school.

The University of Michigan - Ann Arbor has been my dream school my entire life. I was raised under the simple principle that nothing is impossible; thus, no other school was considered. With the benefit of hindsight, I realize how risky this move was, however I am confident that no in-state school could have provided me the opportunity to escape the wrath of the poverty-stricken class I was raised in. On the other hand, no other out-of-state school could have provided the comfort and assurance of a home and family.

What is unique about the University of Michigan is that it is located in the bustling, friendly, and homely city of Ann Arbor. This makes the University literally a part of the city which I find fascinating. Additionally, my particular program, the Residential College (RC) is a smaller community that encourages learning a language. While the smaller and discussion packed classes allow me to gain confidence in speaking and cultivating broader ideas, the emphasis in language supports a growing respect and knowledge of other cultures that I believe is necessary for all newer generation students.

The staff at the University of Michigan is world-renowned. They are leading researchers in all their fields, providing the world with ground-breaking data and scientific and medical breakthroughs. It's impossible for other institutions to compete because of Michigan's plethora of scientific resources and inovations. The University of Michigan simply can't be beaten.

It kind of has such a wide identity, being a well-known sports school, politically-minded/activist area, research-focused academics, environmental hub, it tries to pride itself on diversity, but has a ways to go.

The campus size, the environment, the city

As a member of the Varsity Swimming and Diving team, I chose Michigan because I could not decide exactly which of my many passions proved most important to me. I could have chosen a team that perfectly suited my athletic goals or a university with the top-ranked program for my major. However, I did not definitely know what I hoped to accomplish athletically or the precise area of study I wished to pursue. I had a lot of interests, and the diverse University of Michigan allowed me to choose later and still be in a top-ranked program.

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The school spirit and alumni loyality.

They had the most amazing engineering program that was hands on based with lots of research opportunites.

it's great to be a michigan wolverine :D

The most unique thing about U of M is the pride faculty and students have in the school. Everyone on campus is proud to be a Wolverine and the professors are constantly reminding us how much we can change the world.

Michigan attracts honestly well-rounded students. If youre someone who wants to have an intellectual discussion about a great book you read in a hip coffee shop one day, and spend the next day standing up for 4 hours at a Michigan football game with 117,000 other people, and then play your own sport during the weekend and meet new people every week, Michigan is the school for you.

How can you respect a school when they assemble the entire freshman class and then brag that they will flunk out 50{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c}. Based on my experience, they achieve this goal through terrible instruction and a total lack of respect for students.

Our school is extremely spirited! Every time we have a football game we manage to fit more and more fans into the stadium. I think it is amazing that you constantly see blue and maize everywhere you go. Also our school is really working to go green. Recycling is very important as well as making buildings "green". For example, our toilets use less water and one of the buildings has gone completely green.