<p>Alex,
For the life of me, I can’t understand why you persist in these false promotions of U Michigan. The facts are consistently against you; U Michigan does not belong in the same breath with these other schools. Furthermore, you attended U Michigan in the early/mid-90s when times were different. Referencing your experiences from 15+ years ago ain’t too convincing about the current state of affairs, not to mention the fact that it completely ignores how other schools have materially improved over that time. Things change. </p>
<p>Anyway, in answer to your post, I think any reasonable reader would view the differences in graduation rates for Caltech, Emory and Vanderbilt vs Notre Dame as pretty modest.</p>
<p>4-year, 6-year, College</p>
<p>81%, 88% Caltech
82%, 88% Emory
84%, 89% Vanderbilt </p>
<p>91%, 96% Notre Dame</p>
<p>Now add in U Michigan.</p>
<p>70%, 88% U Michigan</p>
<p>It’s obvious where the difference is. </p>
<p>However, my original point was about the relative graduation rates for the student-athletes. The grad rates for student-athletes for Notre Dame, Northwestern, and Vanderbilt are all quite different from U Michigan (not including Caltech and Emory b/c they are not Division I sports-playing schools):</p>
<p>6-Year Graduation Success Rate as reported by the NCAA</p>
<p>92% Northwestern Football Players
96% Notre Dame Football Players
91% Vanderbilt Football Players
71% U Michigan Football Players</p>
<p>92% Northwestern Men’s Basketball Players
100% Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Players
85% Vanderbilt Men’s Basketball Players
44% U Michigan Men’s Basketball Players</p>
<p>100% Northwestern Women’s Basketball Players
100% Notre Dame Women’s Basketball Players
100% Vanderbilt Women’s Basketball Players
50% U Michigan Women’s Basketball Players</p>
<p>100% Northwestern Baseball Players
100% Notre Dame Baseball Players
94% Vanderbilt Baseball Players
89% U Michigan Baseball Players</p>
<p>It’s extremely clear which college is the outlier and doesn’t belong in this group. Yours.</p>