UM-ANN ARBOR or UVA?

barrons
Sun, 11 May 2008 22:52:21 +0000

When you get to a certain level per capita becomes far less important. UM has some of the best libraries, museums, labs and every other facility known to ANY university in the US. Just because they are spread over more students really does not matter much. Also there are virtually as many top level students as any private school in the country as the top 25% or about 6500 students equals the size of many of the so-called top undergrads. And these will be concentrated in the better majors in the Honors program, sciences, engineering and business. You are at no loss for top competition and people to hang with if SAT score is really a measure of interesting and fun people.

I have yet to see the article that says having 30 students in a class at the college level is any worse than 15 or 20. You are essentially taking through your hat without a shred of peer reviewed evidence. On any given day there is much more going on on the UM campus than at Dartmouth, Duke and a whole lot of similar schools. I have been to them all and you can see just by the posters and the activity lists.

And the Bweek rankings are as bunk as the Times international rankings.