Fields of Dreams
In Teen Ink magazine, college applicant Andrew R. relates the story of how he decided on Michigan over NYU and Binghamton:
I know people who go to Michigan, and one is my brother.
“What do you do for fun?” I ask him.
“Do you have a few hours?” he replies. We laugh and then he explains that the University of Michigan is in the heart of Ann Arbor, a beautiful city, so there are a lot of restaurants, malls and movie theaters.
“Yeah, but they have those in every college town,” I point out.
“What makes Michigan unique is that it is in an awesome city, but it also has a great campus with lots of fields. It’s the perfect mix. NYU has no campus; once you leave your classroom, you’re in the city with strangers.”
We look forward to finding his papers on Left Behind at the Fishbowl.
In defense of Ann Arbor, it is a lot more interesting than the “village” in which I attended college. The retirement town of Claremont, California had no movie theaters, no bars open past 10pm, and no Korean food!
posted by Emily on November 9th, 2006 at 10:22 amfieldz!!!!!!!1!!!11
posted by Anonymous on November 9th, 2006 at 7:58 pmand I look forward to finding those papers.
posted by AHFB on November 14th, 2006 at 5:58 pmwhat sort of idiot would choose a2 over nyc?
posted by co on November 14th, 2006 at 9:54 pmit takes all kinds, co.
posted by peter honeyman on November 14th, 2006 at 10:08 pmMy brother works in NYC and it kinda sucks. There was a time when the monthly bill to park his truck was more than my mortgage. Besides, bigger isn’t always better. That came out wrong.
posted by LittleB on November 14th, 2006 at 10:20 pmAre these academic fields, or the rapidly disappearing midwestern farm fields (like the one soon to be covered by the new WalMart at S. State and Michigan Ave.) he’s talking about?
posted by Sandy on November 15th, 2006 at 6:41 pm