Accepted at another Big Ten U, being told things . . .

PoiDog05
Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:30:38 +0000

NU may technically be the most selective B10 school. But I got accepted at NU and waitlisted as an instate applicant to Michigan. I eventually got in to both, but I think that illustrates that they are both difficult to get into and that they use different criteria. Specifically test scores and GPA. Michigan weighs GPA more heavily than NU (hence the waitlisting due to my 3.65 high school GPA), but NU counts test scores and extracurriculars more (hence immediate acceptance with 33 ACT and many clubs/sports/music groups outweighing poor GPA). So, no, I don’t think it’s ridiculous at all to take acceptance into Michigan as a good sign for your response from NU. This is especially true if you got into UofM out of state.