UM-ANN ARBOR or UVA?

keefer
Fri, 09 May 2008 11:48:45 +0000

ok, …

“1. UVA has better weather than UMich.”

I wouldn’t say better weather, is an orange better than an apple? I knew people, myself included, who liked cold winters and hot summers.

“2. UVA has a smaller undergraduate population than UMich.”

This is true, but smaller isn’t always better, neither are LAC type of schools, Michigan has a larger international student population, might provide a better support system.

“3. UVA’s campus is prettier than UMich.”

This is also quite subjective, many parts of UM campus are stunning.

“4. Charlottesville has better music/dining options than Ann Arbor although they are both good college towns.”

Ann Arbor is always listed as a top 10 college town, I can’t think of any college town that’s better in music/dining options.

“5. UVA girls are hotter than UMich girls.”

Also, a poor reason to choose a school, not to mention a highly unscientific one, Michigan has many attractive girls, we don’t have that Hot Girl reputation, but if you actually step on campus, you’ll realize there are hotties everywhere.

If you are coming from China, Michigan definitely has a better reputation if you want to go back there. We have a joint institute with Shanghai Jiaotong University(a premier engineering/technology college in China), they are basically building their school based on Michigan’s model. And they send about 10-20 of their brightest engineering students to Michigan every year as exchange students. There are all sorts of ties between Michigan and China, Mary Sue Coleman took a week long trip to China in the summer of 2005, where she met China’s minister of education, presidents of Shanghai Jiaotong, Tsinghua U, Beijing U, Beijing Normal U, Renmin U. Michigan’s University theme was about “China” last year.

Many famous Chinese scientists and prominent figures are Michigan Alumni, including CC Ting(Samuel Chao Chung Ting), who won a Nobel prize in Physics in 1976. He received all of his degrees from Michigan.

You can check out the rest of University’s ties with China in detail at the following link:

[History of the University of Michigan and China | 2005 China Visit | University of Michigan](http://www.umich.edu/pres/china/university-of-michigan-and-china-history/)