University of Michigan (Part 1 of 3)

Last week I visited University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan is 2393 miles from the San Francisco Bay Area. That is 3851 kilometers. It takes 5 hours and 20 minutes to fly by plane. 

University of Michigan is a very reputed and sought-after learning center in the USA. It was established in 1817. The main campus in Ann Arbor is located in a 40 acres of land. The enrollment is about 32,000 undergraduate students and 16,000 graduate students. Degrees are awarded in about 250 disciplines. Students from about 130 countries are enrolled here. 

Entrance.  Photo taken at night.

Tuition and boarding fees are not cheap. But is cheaper for the residents of Michigan State. It is one of the costly universities in USA. However, scholarships are available on a need basis (students from poor income families) and athletes who represent the university in many sports. 

Here is some more interesting information about University of Michigan: 

26 Nobel Prize Laureates. 

Some of the alumni are: U.S. President Gerald Ford, Raoul Wallenberg who saved more than 100,000 Jews from Hitler's German Nazis, singer Madonna, The entire (3) NASA Apollo 15 Crew, One of the greatest (American) football hero Tom Brady, co-founder of Google Larry Page, CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and many more.

Just recently, U.S. News and World Report released their rankings for the best PUBLIC universities in the country and UM - Ann Arbor is only a measly second on the list -- behind only UC – Berkeley. 

This is the exact mid-point at this 40 acre campus.

Enough of the statistics. More interesting photos in my Part 2.

 

It is a conservative university. But there are weird people everywhere. I was walking down the University campus. One guy came in a bicycle, stopped in front of me, and asked me: Are all the girls in the campus going to wear a bikini bra tonight? I replied: I don’t know. I am gay.