<p>More:</p>
<p>This is not meant to criticize UM. I am an alum. I had hoped that our son would accept the FULL TUITION SCHOLARSHIP UM gave him, in part, because he would not be so far away. (I’m NOT bitter! :D)</p>
<p>It’s just that funny things happen. 4.O valedictorians apply all the time. I’d guess that most in-state vals do. Maybe UM has figured out some correlation between the timing of a complete app from a val and the likelihood of attendance. I don’t know. </p>
<p>But my point is that this is not a sure thing,</p>