<p>I went to university of michigan Ann Arbor during this summer for a couple weeks ina summer program and absolutely loved it. I like the big school atmosphere and I loved the idea of the sports. Are there any other schools that are similar to michigan in terms of academics and sports?</p>
<p>UCLA, University of Virginia, UNC, and UC-Berkeley come closest to mind. Others might be University of Texas- Austin, University of Washington, University of Florida and UC-San Diego</p>
<p>Big 10 schools like U Wisconsin, Michigan State and U Minn. also are places to consider as would be a school like Florida State or U Florida. The best academically of these would be Wisconsin and U Fla.</p>
<p>UCLA, UCB, UTA (definitely, r u kidding?), Duke, Villanova, Ohio State, Stanford, um…</p>
<p>UNC and UVA are clearly both better than UT, so is Washington and UCSD, it belongs in the second group</p>
<p>UNC is the most similar school I’ve visited. But OOS acceptance is crazily difficult.</p>
<p>thanks for the replies, I know or think that stanford and duke are extremely tough to get into, are the rest of the schools, basically equivalent in terms of admission and academic profile?</p>
<p>You’ll find it very helpful to either get an inexpensive college guide like the annual ones published by Newsweek, Time or US News or to pay the $15 or so that it costs to access fully US News’ college web site.</p>
<p>Doing those things will allow you to quickly see the admissions info (average gpa, SAT) for the classes at the schools you’re interested in, and you also will be able to see the schools’ ranking.</p>
<p>Doing this would also provide you with more accurate info than relying on message board info from anonymous stranges, some of whom may be very uninformed.</p>
<p>You also can check individual colleges’ web sites – the admissions section – to find out admissions requirements and the profile of the current freshmen class.</p>
<p>CC is excellent, however, for getting suggestions of colleges that might fit your needs and for doing follow-up research after you’ve done your basic research.</p>
<p>NorthstarMom,</p>
<p>Does this us news site also state what division the schools are in?
Thanks</p>
<p>tennisjump, the others are NOT equivalent in terms of admission.</p>
<p>For one thing, you’re mostly talking about state universities here, which means it is usually easier to get in if you live in that state than if you come from out of state.</p>
<p>For an out-of-stater, getting into some of the best state universities, such as UNC or UVA, is probably as difficult as getting into Northwestern or Cornell. </p>
<p>At other state universities, however, admission from out-of-state isn’t quite this difficult.</p>
<p>You will need to check out each school individually.</p>
<p>for ‘safer’ schools-
uconn, penn state, syracuse</p>
<p>Like Michigan but less Selective: Wisconsin (best option), Illinois
Like Michigan but more selective: UNC, UVA</p>