UofM vs CMU and MSU - Help?

zkevin
Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:03:58 +0000

Well, it’s obvious that UMich is by FAR the strongest of the three. I would defintely put MSU out of the picture, considering it costs 14k, while UMich costs 18k, yet it has a much stronger engineering/finace/econ/basically everything.

Personally, I would suggest going to UMich if you get a good/decent FA package. However, if money is a extremely large concern, then I’d suggest CMU, as it costs nothing to go there. Keep in mind, CMU’s academics aren’t even comparable to UMich’s academics. I believe CMU is a tier two or three school, while UMich is ranked 24th nationally (according to USNWR, and many scholars believe that UMich should be ranked even higher, around the level of schools like Northwestern, Cornell, etc.)