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What do you think guys. Both schools are excellent state schools and highly rated in us newsweek for their eng program. But personally which is better?

By Spydersport824 (Spydersport824) on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 12:07 pm: Edit

UMich for sure. It is the 2nd best public school in the country and has some of the best graduate schools period.

By Subparasian (Subparasian) on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 09:06 pm: Edit

1) Ann Arbor > Urbana

2) Better all around school, not just a lopsided Engineering program.

3) Better Football Team

4) More Pretigious

By Becks777 (Becks777) on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 09:43 pm: Edit

As an out of stater for both schools- definitely Umich: as an instater of illinois and into engineering-then a dilemna!- which hopefully i m gonna be in!

By Chitownsfnst3 (Chitownsfnst3) on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 08:50 pm: Edit

michigan, hands down.

By Dstark (Dstark) on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 08:57 pm: Edit

My daughter just called from Michigan where she is for campus day. Loves the school and Ann Arbor.

By Anand123 (Anand123) on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 02:58 am: Edit

Michigan may be a better school but the price is a LOT higher when it comes to international studenrs like me..
its arnd $42,000
where as UIUC is only around 31

By Zane (Zane) on Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 01:27 pm: Edit

i hav bin admitted 2 umich and uiuc for comp engr. i will be in-state for uiuc..umich might be better but is it worth the diff in costs(around $20,000 per yr)?? my EFC is $0...do u think michigan will meet my need(which is BIG)??

i hav also applied 2 UT Austin. it is ranked lower but has a respectable program...a little easier i think. keeping in mind that i wanna do a MBA after engr wud u recomend that u go there instead as it will be easier to maintain a relatively higher GPA?

By Rohit_Sn (Rohit_Sn) on Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 10:11 pm: Edit

could you post your stats zane

By Becks777 (Becks777) on Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 10:28 pm: Edit

No- if you live in illinois go with U of I- unless most of your aid from michigan is in grants

By Zane (Zane) on Monday, March 01, 2004 - 02:10 am: Edit

SAT: 1260 (math 650, verbal 610)
High School: 85% or more from grade 8 onward (i study in India....will be resident of IL as my mom is moving there)
Class Rank: 10% (top 3 students)
TOEFL: 287
Extra-Curriculars: loads...i think my extra-curriculars and strong essay, short answers are what helped me get in!! the sat score is hopeless.

rohit-i saw ur stats somewhere..which skls do u hav admission 2??

becks-r u plannin on goin 2 uiuc or umich?/

thanks!!

By Rohit_Sn (Rohit_Sn) on Monday, March 01, 2004 - 07:34 am: Edit

engineering are you lsa by any chance?
Sat 1 1340/ 730/610
Intel isef national award winner for best chem project in mehru science centre mumbai. Ntse state level scholar. Us citizen

By Zane (Zane) on Monday, March 01, 2004 - 09:01 am: Edit

no comp engr

By Rohit_Sn (Rohit_Sn) on Monday, March 01, 2004 - 12:11 pm: Edit

wow same thing. Wish me the best

By Becks777 (Becks777) on Monday, March 01, 2004 - 04:39 pm: Edit

Zane, I am still waiting for Umichigan but i will MOST probabably attend UIUC mainly coz its gonna be a lot cheaper for me. BTW Zane. are you coming here on a green card or a visa?

By Zane (Zane) on Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 12:11 am: Edit

im a us citizen

By Whacks (Whacks) on Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 09:32 pm: Edit

Anand, where did you get those figures from? I thought that illinois was around 27.5k for enginnering (excluding personal and misc) and michigan was 35k. Thats what the university websites say:

http://www.oar.uiuc.edu/current/tuit.html
http://www.finaid.umich.edu/Financial_Aid_Basics/cost.asp

I'm an international student too, and want to do electrical engineering. I've just been accepted by both umich and uiuc. I dont really know how the 2 rank up against each other. According to my friends, uiuc is slightly better for electrical engineering alone, umich is slightly better in engineering, and umich is much better overall.

Right now, I'm leaning towards umich, but the question I'm asking myself is whether umich is worth the extra $6000 a year.

Anyone have any advice or comments?

By Whacks (Whacks) on Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 09:44 pm: Edit

oops, sorry. I just found the following page which gives the uiuc cost for international students.

http://www.oar.uiuc.edu/current/tuitint.html

I cant find the cost for attending umich as an international student though. Is it the same as for a out-of-state student? That would mean that umich only costs about $2000 more per year.

P.S. Why does it cost more money to attend uiuc as an international student than as an out-of-state student? The tuition and fees is the same.

By Anand123 (Anand123) on Friday, March 05, 2004 - 07:58 am: Edit

Whacks..
im talking about the overall cost in U mich

tuition+ living cost..
its there in my I -20
tuition:$30845
Living expenses:$12628

check it when u get ure acceptance package!

By Becks777 (Becks777) on Friday, March 05, 2004 - 11:57 am: Edit

Whacks i think the "living allowance" for some reason for internationals are doubled. Its normally in the 6000s but on that page it says 12000.