<p>Tenighs, that’s a myth. Michigan is not impersonal, and most of Michigan’s departments are actually just as good at the undergraduate level than at the graduate level. Whether a school has 5,000 undergrads or 25,000 undergrads makes no difference. Once a school is larger than a typical LAC and its faculty rewarded for research achievements, individual attention will suffer. That is the case at all top universities save Rice, CalTech, Dartmouth, Brown and maybe Princeton.</p>
<p>One should visit both schools and decide on personal taste. In most respects, Michigan and Northwestern are equal…but they are significantly different in terms of culture and atmosphere.</p>