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Originally Posted by AGDee
From the first time she stepped foot in Ann Arbor (to meet "Lemony Snicket" for a book signing at Borders), she loved it. She just wants to escape this state and I can't blame her for that. U of M would be the easiest for me, for sure. It's only 45 minutes away...lol. She knows she would be happy there. She loves the restaurants, coffee shops, stores, central campus, etc. She really just wants to leave the state.
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I feel her -- I wanted to leave Michigan by the time I was done at UM, too, heh -- but you know what? The rest of the world still will be there 3-5 years from now. If the one and only thing wrong with UM is that it's not in Pittsburgh or Miami or DC or Seattle, she can sprint to any of those places with a puff of smoke behind her after college! (... and she'll have the strength of the largest alumni base in the world behind her when she goes.) I know it's hard to think that far ahead when you're 18, but it's so important to try to think long-term when making this decision.