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<p>I know that the University of Michigan is a fine school, but the fact that it practices grade deflation doesn’t make it a superior school.</p>
<p>(Are we supposed to use “they” or “it” when describing universities? I honestly switch back and forth every other post)</p>
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<p>With a mean gpa of 3.27, Michigan’s reputation for grade deflation is well, simply overblown (err, inflated?) . :D</p>
<p>They aren’t arrogant; they’re truthful. The University of Michigan is so underrated on this forum simply because it has a high acceptance rate relative to its peers and because it is ‘lower’ on the US News rankings than some of its peers. In actuality, it, along with UC-Berkeley, is one of the premier universities of the world - it is excellent in nearly every discipline.</p>
<p>It is my opinion that the OP might have been rejected by UofM at some point and that’s why the vitriol. It’s all rather silly.</p>
<p>Jaddua: surely someone with your wit would see that I never claimed it was a superior university; I claimed it was more rigorous. There is a difference.</p>
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<p>LMAO. Please, stop ■■■■■■■■.</p>
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<p>That’s what academics like the President of Stanford had been saying all along:
[Criticism</a> of College Rankings - September 23, 1996](<a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/pres-provost/president/speeches/961206gcfallow.html]Criticism”>Criticism of College Rankings - September 23, 1996)</p>
<p>The masses on CC seem to knee-jerk react with:
top private school ==> outstanding
top public school ==> not so good</p>
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<p>I would maintain that Alexandre’s takes on campuses are the best-informed and most insightful that I know. The reason is that they come from a practice that I have never known anyone else to do.</p>
<p>I once PM’d Alexandre to ask how he knew so many details about so many campuses. He told me that for a number of years after college he was fascinated by universities and campus life, and for vacations he’d visit a school that intrigued him, spend two or three weeks there, and go native. He’d drop in on classes, attend events, eat and go out where the students did, and absorb as much of the experience as one could in that amount of time. Few of us who offer opinions about various colleges have that kind of in-depth, first-person perspective.</p>
<p>That said, I’m pretty certain he has at least one degree from Michigan and would probably embrace the label of “proud old Blue.” ;)</p>
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<p>I would maintain that Alexandre’s takes on campuses are the best-informed and most insightful that I know. The reason is that they come from a practice that I have never known anyone else to do.</p>
<p>I once PM’d Alexandre to ask how he knew so many details about so many campuses. He told me that for a number of years after college he was fascinated by universities and campus life, and for vacations he’d visit a school that intrigued him, spend two or three weeks there, and go native. He’d drop in on classes, attend events, eat and go out where the students did, and absorb as much of the experience as one could in that amount of time. Few of us who offer opinions about various colleges have that kind of in-depth, first-person perspective.</p>
<p>That said, I’m pretty certain he has at least one degree from Michigan and would probably embrace the label of “proud old Blue.” ;)</p>
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<p>That is also true for USNews. Having highly ranked publics is not good for magazine sales, so they changed the criteria which, with the exception of PA, all favor private colleges.</p>
<p>lesdiablesbleus, do you know how to do anything other than provoke people? Is there nothing else you are good at? Why don’t you learn a new trick?</p>
<p>Michigan posters have never impressed me as arrogant. Michigan is one of the best universities in the world. Michigan and Berkeley excel in more academic disciplines than any other universities. Michigan has numerous strengths; of course alumni are going to talk about them. They provide a valuable service to prospective students when they point out Michigan’s strengths.</p>
<p>I have absolutely noticed the arrogance of every single Michigan CC poster I’ve come in contact with. I got into Michigan, and I want to like it there. But everyone who I’ve asked for help has been unbelievable arrogant, frustrating, cynical, prideful, unimpressive, and miserable. I’ll be going to a “lesser-ranked” university where the people don’t suck nearly as much.</p>
<p>I do not sense we are getting the whole story here. This post alone shows a lot of frustration on your part.</p>
<p>Did you have a bad visit, or are you relying solely on CC posts???</p>
<p>cougar23- I don’t speak for all Michigan alums, but I’m begging you…PLEASE do not attend UMich. If there’s anything else I can post to convince you to stay far, far away, please let me know. I don’t see my great school benefiting by your attitude ( you are really all sunshine and rainbows aren’t you.)</p>
<p>“I have absolutely noticed the arrogance of every single Michigan CC poster I’ve come in contact with. I got into Michigan, and I want to like it there. But everyone who I’ve asked for help has been unbelievable arrogant, frustrating, cynical, prideful, unimpressive, and miserable”</p>
<p>What utter bunk. You don’t care for U-M, which was made abundantly clear by your initial post last night on a thread you created entitled, “Make me love Michigan.” That is your prerogative of course. To make the above claim that is so easily refutable says more about your bias and agenda than anything else. You were just thanking Alexandre, a super moderator and Michigan alum, for his opinion last night on the Michigan boards. You then perused the CC boards to open a nearly two year old thread that was starting by a well known Michigan basher who has since been banned, It was an obvious ploy to find others who think like you do and try to justify your position. It’s really quite “unimpressive.”</p>
<p>ya’ll do recognize that this is a two-year old thread… :rolleyes:</p>
<p>… and how did you find a two-year old thread?</p>
<p>lol you guys are hilarious</p>
<p>Ya know, its a funny thing… out of the 200 or so people I work with at my job (southeastern US), there is one person that stands out by far as being the most cocky and arrogant person of them all. Its hard to describe, but he has this certain demeanor - as if he invented the whole world and everyone else should suck his ****. Sad, but true.</p>
<p>Later I learned that this person went to U of Michigan. And yes, the pride was there. Which kind of puzzled me because its a public college, not an Ivy-League. Nor is its name particularly lauded (outside of college sports). So unless you’re an alum, for most people outside the Midwest area there is a lack of strong name recognition, and most will draw blank or pretty ho-hum expressions (as if you said “Pahokee Falls” or “Florenceville College”). But say: Cornell, Princeton, Berkley, Harvard, Yale, Notre Dame, etc, and everyone across the country nods with recognition. (Note: if you are from the Midwest or you go or went to U-M, then you will probably have no idea what I mean).</p>
<p>So why do I mention this? Because there seems to be some kind of “reality distortion” field effect going on with more than a few of these graduates. The “pride” (some would describe as “cocky arrogance”) that some of them apparently share (as touched upon by this thread) appears to outweigh the reality of the fact that its just another public college.</p>
<p>So perhaps some of its alums could help us “less than worth non-alumni peasants” to understand what brings about this effect in their graduates? Is it something in the water? Some sinister University brainwashing propaganda? What?</p>
<p>^^ Congrats! You’ve just opened a can of worms… :p</p>