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Adelphia · 11-14-2006, 02:19 PM

mnozzi,

You're correct; Michigan doesn't have the same intellectual density (no pun intended) as U of Chicago or the Claremont colleges.

What you have at Michigan is an Ivy College-level coterie of students (say, 30% of the U-M student body) subsumed in a Big Ten U. That's a fairly unique chemistry, and that's what makes Michigan Michigan, not Ohio State, not Princeton either.

I'd guess that in-state Michigan students, by and large, are attracted by a quality education at a good price. And reasonably good chances of getting in. The in-state students are not, generally, party to the can-i-get-into-harvard hunt. Maybe a handful, mostly from the wealthier Metro Detroit suburbs.

At Michigan, there are plenty students who don't know Penn from Penn State, and don't care. On the other hand, there are muchos UM intellectuals who know Tufts is a college and not a facial tissue.

Talk about student-body diversity. (Paging UM Pres. Coleman)

Mnozzi, your understanding of the UM and its admissions scene is perceptive.

11-14-2006, 02:19 PM	#181
Adelphia New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Threads: 0 Posts: 10	mnozzi, You're correct; Michigan doesn't have the same intellectual density (no pun intended) as U of Chicago or the Claremont colleges. What you have at Michigan is an Ivy College-level coterie of students (say, 30% of the U-M student body) subsumed in a Big Ten U. That's a fairly unique chemistry, and that's what makes Michigan Michigan, not Ohio State, not Princeton either. I'd guess that in-state Michigan students, by and large, are attracted by a quality education at a good price. And reasonably good chances of getting in. The in-state students are not, generally, party to the can-i-get-into-harvard hunt. Maybe a handful, mostly from the wealthier Metro Detroit suburbs. At Michigan, there are plenty students who don't know Penn from Penn State, and don't care. On the other hand, there are muchos UM intellectuals who know Tufts is a college and not a facial tissue. Talk about student-body diversity. (Paging UM Pres. Coleman) Mnozzi, your understanding of the UM and its admissions scene is perceptive.