Wow, steellord, you definitely seem like you have a bone to pick.
I forgot, some select few believe that to criticize Michigan, in anyway, is blasphemous. 8-|
Look, I’ll have spent much longer at U of M than the vast majority of people. I’ll have 3 U of M degrees and am indebted to U of M on many, many levels. That does not change how I felt as a 17/18 year old picking a college. And still, several years later, I stick by those feelings and have no regrets (I do not believe you are legitimately a new poster but if you are, I did not go to U of M for undergrad). In many ways, I am glad that I had that experience. It gives me motivation to work closely with kids who were in my situation. Almost every undergrad who has stayed long-term on my research team is a first gen student.