Full Rides to UM

OneShiningMoment · 04-12-2009, 07:40 PM

What is the criteria for getting a full ride to UM? How high does your ACT score have to be? GPA? EC's? Etc.

And what is the limit on family income? 150k?

Thanks to all.

fleaman360 · 04-12-2009, 07:46 PM

I got a full ride and I don't think there is a clear cut level @ which you get a full ride.

My stats weren't the greatest and it was mostly need based aid but $0 in loans was a huge sigh of relief.

91 GPA
30 ACT
Hs doesnt rank

those were my stats

umich2010 · 04-12-2009, 07:48 PM

the top scholarships at michigan are merit based, so income isn't considered. i got a very nice scholarship and my parents make a great deal more than 150k.

there are no gpa/sat cutoffs - quite simply, you just have to be among the best in the entering class, and way more goes into that than just gpa/test scores.

i think theres like 15 or so "full rides" (ie tuition + room/board) given on merit, another 15 or so full tuition, and a lot of 20k/year awards

edit: there are also need-based like fleaman got, but if your parents make 150k, forget about those

OneShiningMoment · 04-12-2009, 07:51 PM

fleaman, by "91 GPA" does that mean you're in the 91st percentile of your graduating class?

ab2013 · 04-12-2009, 07:54 PM

^Probably not. Some schools calculate GPAs out of 100.

fleaman360 · 04-12-2009, 07:56 PM

yeah 91/100 unweighted

Ahmedkhokar · 04-12-2009, 10:44 PM

My cousin was offered a full ride (but did not attend) here were his stats:

3.95 Unweighted GPA
4.7 Weighted GPA
2300 SAT (1560/1600)
150 Community Service hours

QwertyKey · 04-12-2009, 11:18 PM

I also had a cousin who was offered a full ride (he is from Ann Arbor), but this was about 4 years ago (4 or 5, I can't remember)

I don't know what all his stats were (they were really high). He went to CalTech though.

fredmar · 04-12-2009, 11:30 PM

The Shipman Scholarship program invites 50 of the best admitted students to Ann Arbor for a weekend interview process. The students are nominated by their school. The nominees are guaranteed a set amount that differs based on the school - base is $7500 but LS&A supplements that. The nominee must attend the scholarship weekend to get anything. After the weekend 15 are selected to get full rides which means for in state$15,000 per year plus free room and board so long as the student lives in on campus housing. I don't know what they do for out of state, but I imagine they give additional funds to meet the out of state tuition differential. The nominations are made in late January, early February, the weekend takes place at the end of March. The kids chosen to attend were amazing, but there is really nothing you do to get considered. It is just a subjective process where the schools pick out who they think are their best applicants. I will say that most of the nominees this year seemed to be of the calibre that they were choosing among schools like Berkeley, Yale, Harvard and Stanford.

tetrahedr0n · 04-13-2009, 11:27 AM

Quote:

i think theres like 15 or so "full rides" (ie tuition + room/board) given on merit, another 15 or so full tuition, and a lot of 20k/year awards

There's quite a few more than 15 (probably for both full rides and full tuition.)

Quote:

I don't know what they do for out of state, but I imagine they give additional funds to meet the out of state tuition differential.

That's exactly what they do.

blindtrombonist · 04-13-2009, 04:20 PM

A full ride at UMich definitely would be difficult and there are many factors that go into these decisions. High GPA and ACT/SAT would certainly help, but there's no definite cutoff. You also probably can't earn the scholarship on those merits alone, you probably need significant volunteer hours and leadership in ECs, etc. It varies for every applicant, just give it a shot.

coollege · 04-19-2009, 10:31 PM

Sorry I'm on my itouch and can't readily look up the COA but I believe it is around 42k-45k OOS. My goal is to make my college costs <20k, but I could settle for <25k, especially for a school like Michigan. What kind of stats would need to have to get 20k scholarship?

Thanks

ab2013 · 04-19-2009, 10:49 PM

I did not get any scholarships (merit-wise) whatsoever from Michigan ... but keep in mind that I did not have the best outcomes on earth ... so here are my stats:

GPA: UW 3.85 with 9 total APs
ACT: 34
SAT: 2260
ECs: Relatively weak with a few leaderships here and there (search for my posts for extra details) - Orchestra Section Leader, NHS Webmaster, Latin Club Secretary
Income bracket: High, 250k+

Money from Michigan: $0
(also rejected at Stanford, MIT, and Brown, and waitlisted at Chicago)

Tyler09 · 05-23-2009, 01:01 AM

Well, since it's stickied...

I received a full merit scholarship from Michigan out of state(no need-based aid or loans) and will attend.

1600/2370 SAT, 3.8uw gpa, top 3%, local and national recognition for community service and leadership.

Granted one does not need scores that high or probably national recognition. But one does need to interview well and be an exceptionally strong writer.

Alexandre · 05-24-2009, 01:28 AM

There are far more than 15 students who get full scholraships to Michigan each year. With a few exceptions, most of those students have extremely high grades and scores (close to 4.0 unweighed GPAs and over 1500/2250 on the SAT. Keep in mind that 500 students enroll into Michigan each year with similar stats and only 20%-30% (I am estimating here) of those will get a significant scholarships (full tuition or full ride), so the odds aren't great.