<p>As someone who could choose from both (but is choosing neither), even though I didn’t apply to UT (top ten percent instate=auto admission), I would pick UMich in a heartbeat. I think it comes down to preference really. I’ve never been to Ann Arbor, but I’ve been to Austin, and it’s definitely very liberal and “hippy”, for lack of a better term. I think as far as campus goes, UMich definitely wins for having better campus, from the pictures I’ve seen.</p>
<p>I’d say which weather do you like better? Haha. And at UT, you will be with about 90 percent texans, whereas UMich has considerably more diversity (by comparison anyway), so take that into consideration as well.</p>
<p>As far as reputation, once they get rid of this top ten percent rule in the state of Texas, I believe UT’s reputation will skyrocket. 86 percent of the class this year was from the top ten percent rule, and many people I know go to crap schools and are in the top ten percent with an 88 weighted GPA, whereas someone at a good school who is just outside the top ten percent with a 95 WGPA will get rejected.</p>
<p>There’s simply not enough room because they’re forced to take lower caliber students.</p>
<p>Like I said, they’re trying to get rid of this rule right now, and I think that UT’s rep will blow up enormously within a relatively short amount of time afterwards.</p>