![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Hey, this isn't so bad!
Mar. 26th, 2007 09:16 amI went to visit the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor this weekend. Right now I am in the Detroit Metro Airport waiting for my flight home, having paid entirely too much for about an hour of internet access (I have a problem. I really do. But anyway...)
Before I came here I was pretty much set on Drexel, but I found myself really liking the School of Information at UMI. The staff seem to go the extra mile to help students (or visitors) as a matter of principle, which I heard is not the case at Drexel. The professors are very enthusiastic about teaching their subjects. And the students, while they admit that being a student there is hard work, generally give positive reviews of their experiences.
Now, there are some advantages that Drexel would have over this place, for me: first, it's close to where I live already. Second, I know that if I get in (and I think I will, although I have not heard back from them and it's kind of upsetting me), I know they will cover some of my tuition, and I don't know about that in UMI. Also, Drexel really focuses on the technical aspects of information science, while at UMI, if you want to learn that stuff, you kind of have to go looking for it because it is not emphasized so much in the curriculum.
But honestly, UMI seems to have their act together better, I like the town, and I like the particular specialization I want to do (and this is the last term where they will offer it, before they split it up into smaller specializations). I know I can be proactive enough to find my own more technical classes. I have a good idea of what I need to do, and I don't have to worry too much about funding, although it would be nice if I could get merit scholarships or something. Oh, and UMI is really good about helping their students get jobs, whether part-time jobs during the school year or full-time jobs after graduation. That's nothing to sneeze at.
The University of Michigan would be very far from my family, and from my good friends in Philly. I can make myself living arrangements and get to classes and such in a new place, but I have a hard time making new friends. However, I think in the long term Michigan might be the best place for me - though I should still visit Drexel before I make a final choice.
Before I came here I was pretty much set on Drexel, but I found myself really liking the School of Information at UMI. The staff seem to go the extra mile to help students (or visitors) as a matter of principle, which I heard is not the case at Drexel. The professors are very enthusiastic about teaching their subjects. And the students, while they admit that being a student there is hard work, generally give positive reviews of their experiences.
Now, there are some advantages that Drexel would have over this place, for me: first, it's close to where I live already. Second, I know that if I get in (and I think I will, although I have not heard back from them and it's kind of upsetting me), I know they will cover some of my tuition, and I don't know about that in UMI. Also, Drexel really focuses on the technical aspects of information science, while at UMI, if you want to learn that stuff, you kind of have to go looking for it because it is not emphasized so much in the curriculum.
But honestly, UMI seems to have their act together better, I like the town, and I like the particular specialization I want to do (and this is the last term where they will offer it, before they split it up into smaller specializations). I know I can be proactive enough to find my own more technical classes. I have a good idea of what I need to do, and I don't have to worry too much about funding, although it would be nice if I could get merit scholarships or something. Oh, and UMI is really good about helping their students get jobs, whether part-time jobs during the school year or full-time jobs after graduation. That's nothing to sneeze at.
The University of Michigan would be very far from my family, and from my good friends in Philly. I can make myself living arrangements and get to classes and such in a new place, but I have a hard time making new friends. However, I think in the long term Michigan might be the best place for me - though I should still visit Drexel before I make a final choice.
