rwein333

Hi,
I have a friend who is applying to the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. She has heard that it is the easiest to get into the Kinesiology school. Is that true? Is LSA the hardest?

tentai

the hardest is engineering

QwertyKey

The hardest is Ross (or I guess you could say Art if you've never done art before)

I believe Kinesiology is the easiest, and LSA is the easiest of the major schools.

Alexandre

There is no easiest. A 4.0 student with a 2200 on the SAT that has shown less than perfect commitment to athletics has virtually no chance of getting into Kines. Kines expects their applicants to have shown clear commitment to and ability in athletics.

Engineering and LSA require the best academic credentials, with Engineering expecting slightly higher credentials but also accepting a slightly higher percentage of applicants.

Like I said,there is no easiest or hardest.

bearcats

I think I have a great statistical analogy to the engineering vs lsa admission thing.

Engineering admits/applicant is a skewed curve with tail on the left
It has a higher average and smaller variance.
This means it admits a lot of applicants around it's average. But once you leave the general vicinity of the average (to the left), you chance of admissions decrease rapidly.

LSA admits is also a skewed curve with a tail on the left
It has a lower average and a larger variance.
That means it admits slightly less applicants around it's average and more applicants to the left of its average compared to the engineering counter part.

This implies the following

If you have a high gpa/SAT, apply to engineering would help because there is less parity in engineering admissions.

If you have a low gpa/SAT, apply to LSA would help because the parity would help you (you will end up being one of those on the left side of the fatter curve)

j89

In terms of a student's academic achievements, I think the school of music, is the easiest. I've heard of people with 1600/2400 on the sat and 2.0 gpas getting into the music school because they are music prodigies... but thats the catch, you need to be very good at music and do well in auditions. Same goes for art.

The school of kines is probably the easiest academically to get into of Engineering, LSA, and Kines. Mostly anyone can get in if they show an interest in athletics (those interested in biology, physics and not just athletes looking for something to improve their own skills). However, there were some years when the school of Kines got filled with students before the application due date and qualified students were rejected.

The College of Engineering is probably the most difficult of the three (LSA, COE, KINES) to get into. I think bearcats pretty much nailed the fact as to why. ^

kb10

the dumbest person i've ever met at michigan was a kinesiology major, he was so out of it, all the time. I'm pretty sure it's the easiest school to get into, but i would think you need some jock connection/background to get in.