<p>Here…let me quell this argument and [hopefully] quiet Recharge down a bit.</p>
<p>I went to the venerable University of Michigan, along with my girlfriend (at the time), and best friend. We all went there because we all got REJECTED from the University of Notre Dame. This is a very common theme…as I’ve NEVER heard of anyone getting into Notre Dame but getting rejected from UMich (unless they waited until March to apply). [As a sidenote…I transferred to ND sophomore year after getting a 4.0 at U of M freshman year. However, I only ended ND with a 3.4/4.0 :)]</p>
<p>Bottom line, UMich is a good PUBLIC school and, as such, has access to an immense amount of resources. It’s falling in rankings, though, so I would try to ■■■■■ around Cal, UCLA, UNC, and UVa’s boards first because you have more of an argument to prove to them…seeing as though they’ve almost all basically eclipsed you. UMich people have an incredible heir about them–mostly attributed to the high concentration of east coast kids. They are a proud group and that is commendable…but trying to compete with Notre Dame doesn’t work very well. </p>
<p>UMich boasts “the largest living alumni base in the world”…to me that devalues a degree. Even with that stat, the Notre Dame alumni network (probably a fraction of UMich’s) is still regarded as the best in the country.</p>
<p>Rebuttal, Recharge? Son?</p>