Applying to Umich as a Business Major?

88jm19
Mon, 04 May 2015 17:20:41 +0000

Thanks again, @billcsho. I “get” the selectivity of CoE merit scholarships and that my son’s 35 isn’t that special…again, I have absolutely no hard feelings. I’ve moved on from our situation to a larger discussion…“does seeking a Ross pre-admit adversely affect the ability to receive merit $s?”

My point is (since as you said “those scholarships are school specific”) I suspect prospective students who declare their interest in Ross may be viewed differently by their admitted college. In addition, if you look at the ‘merit thread posts’ it seems that a lot of the merit $s were distributed BEFORE Ross pre-admit decisions…although I could be wrong on this point.

I also found your comment about scholarships being non-transferable interesting and the implications intriguing. Let’s say a student IS awarded a merit scholarship from CoE. Then afterwards receives a Ross pre-admit. In that case, would the student be able to keep the merit $s, since he/she was technically admitted into the CoE for their freshman year? OR in other words, what college is the Ross pre-admit?..business?..and as a result do they have to forfeit the merit $s? (just curious)

Then taking it one step further, applying to LSA (vs CoE) may NOT make any difference for the merit-seeking, OOS student applying for pre-admission to Ross.

What would change this discussion is if a merit awarded (LSA or CoE) OOS student, who applied for pre-admit would step forward. Then we would have an example where declaring Ross intentions did not adversely affect the receipt of a merit award. Unfortunately with the frenzy of the May 1st deadlines behind us, I believe these types of threads are going to see less visits and we may not see a reply.

In closing it’s just a topic to ponder for prospective applicants in the future. Knowledge is power. Good luck to all.