Barrett Honors or Michigan?

BorgityBorg
Wed, 14 Mar 2018 22:52:14 +0000

As an Arizona resident, I can confirm what another AZ poster said above – lots of Arizona’s top students go to Barrett and I haven’t really heard negative feedback about the experience. ASU may have a reputation as a party school, which it may or may not deserve (I’m not an alum of any AZ school, so have no dog nor experience in that fight), but that may be outdated, and they are working hard to offer a lot of opportunities to top students.

I’m not going to argue that ASU is at the same level as UMich, if only because I really don’t have any first-hand experience. UMich is considered by most observers to be one of the top public universities, and if the cost is the same then there are many reasons to pick UMich. I’m just saying that the difference between the 2 might be noticeably smaller than it was 30 years ago and that if there are concrete reasons why the fit is better at ASU (e.g., weather, major strength, doesn’t get into UMich Honors), I think there are solid reasons to consider it.

Good luck – your son has great options ahead of him!