| Tsukasa,
U Michigan is a fine state university with a strong student population that qualitatively ranks very closely to the colleges you mention-Lehigh, BC, NYU. I wouldn't get too hung up on its prestige unless you are interested in a career in academia where U Michigan's name is very strong. The school is known best for its strong graduate programs, but otherwise, it is generally accepted as one of the top 5-6 public undergraduate universities in the country (the others are U Virginia, UC Berkeley, UCLA, U North Carolina, and W&M). |