ACT score and its importance.

Alexandre
Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:12:47 +0000

Historically, when Michigan used to accept 60%+ of its applicants, I would have said that the ACT was of no importance. But Michigan no longer accepts 60%+ of its applicants. Michigan accepted 42% of its applicants this year and will probably accept fewer than 40% when you apply. At this stage, GPA/strength of high school curriculum will no longer be the only determinent. It will remain the primary factor, but the importance of the ACT/SAT will start increasing.

A 3.8 GPA with 29 ACT would place you exactly at the midpoint of the 2006 Freshman class. However, that’s including other colleges, such as Nursing and Kinesiology, as well as URMs. As such, assuming you aren’t an URM, I would have to say that Michigan is slight reach if you are an in-stater and a straight reach if you are an out-of-stater. Either way, I recommend you retake the ACT and aim for a 31+.