<p>gottagonow, alexandre:</p>
<p>She’s going to attend Northwestern next year. NU over Michigan (and Cornell) was based on fit.</p>
<p>Like your daughter, I too had to choose between those three schools (for Econ). I did not choose according to size but according to atmosphere. I felt more at home at Michigan. The three schools have much in common, but ultimately, will suit different students according to their personality and personal preferences. One cannot go wrong with such universities, regardless what the rankings say.</p>
<p>She had some great choices! Best of luck to her!</p>
<p>Thank you both. We’re thrilled and excited about the decision she made, as we would have been had she chosen Michigan or one of the other excellent Universities that offered her admissions.</p>
<p>Why would someone want to go to a small engineering school?</p>
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This last post is not entirely true. This was thoroughly discussed in this thread:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1170025-engineering-large-state-schools-prestigious-private-universities.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1170025-engineering-large-state-schools-prestigious-private-universities.html</a></p>
<p>The general consensus ended up being that larger state school universities like Illinois, Berkeley, and Michigan offer far more opportunities in traditional engineering than a place like Columbia or Duke especially since they offer more majors toward engineering (and also put much more research in traditonal engineering), while the latter are better (in terms of engineering) for finance and consulting jobs (though one can still get them from places like Michigan and Berkeley where top companies do recruit for those jobs).</p>
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<p>[Collegiate Matchups: Predicting Student Choices](<a href=“The New York Times > Week in Review > Image > Collegiate Matchups: Predicting Student Choices”>http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2006/09/17/weekinreview/20060917_LEONHARDT_CHART.html</a>)</p>
<p>Yeah I would never want to go to a small engineering school (outside of the few very tippy top schools, and even then its a trade off)</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/729662-colleges-get-most-applications.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/729662-colleges-get-most-applications.html</a></p>
<p>This two yr old thread indicates (per OP’s research) that Michigan had 29,814 applicants in 2008 putting it at 16th for most applicants (Public and Private; 10th for Public only).</p>
<p>It would interesting to know where U Mich will stand with this year’s 39,570 applicants (or more with transfer applicants included).</p>
<p>“Michigan had 29,814 applicants in 2008” </p>
<p>hmm… that is roughly the number of applicants for Ohio State last year. Unfortunately, we accept more freshman (roughly 6,500) than Michigan as well as more transfers students, especially from the regional campuses.</p>
<p>“putting it at 16th for most applicants (Public and Private; 10th for Public only).”</p>
<p>hmm… Does that mean TOSU is ranked around 10th for Public, too?! :p</p>
<p>:rolleyes: I never used the word ranked. I was only curious about which universities has the most applicants; which obviously has essentially nothing to do with what the best universities are.</p>
<p>We’re not talking about overall yield. This thread was talking about the yield of 1 school against another. Therefore, the % accepted ED and the public university argument do not work.</p>