<p>I might end up coming off as a second-gen Romani, haha. :P</p>
<p>I ended up choosing the RCAH over U of M for a few main reasons.</p>
<p>1) The “feel” of MSU over UMich. Sorry, but when I toured UMich, it just did not come off right to me. I love Ann Arbor (I’m a city girl by heart, any way), but the attitude that UMich displayed on my tour was…less than pleasant, and felt very stifled and haughty. MSU was much different. In Umich’s defense, I had a pretty bad tour guide, and that could’ve put me off quite a bit from what would have otherwise been a great tour.</p>
<p>2) The RCAH. An undergrad focused liberal arts college, for in-state tuition mind you, within a Big 10, high research university, that has produced a job placement rate of 93%? Yes please. I cannot understate how RCAH swayed me towards MSU rather than Umich. People seem to care at the RCAH. I got to talk to an amazingly diverse group of students and teachers who are doing great community work, and going off to good jobs and schools afterwards. How the RCAH is run is practically what I want out of college. Quite frankly, I don’t think the LSA at Umich could have offered me that, for as good of as a school it is. </p>
<p>3) The fact that MSU is a top 100 global university by most accounts. Yeah, yeah, UMich is higher, but like others before have said–the fact we have two top 100 universities in the state is AMAZING. I’ll still be getting an excellent education and research opportunities at MSU! The fact that I can work my way into the honors college doesn’t hurt, either. ;)</p>
<p>There’s more, but those are the three main reasons.</p>