Can u of m be affordable?

KronOmega
Tue, 22 Oct 2013 23:40:07 +0000

Eh, it’s always a bad idea to say that someone is going to get merit aid. Merit aid at Michigan is so ridiculously competitive, that it sometimes seems like they distribute it randomly. The truth is that Michigan just doesn’t allocate a large amount of money towards merit based scholarship, and there are a LOT of extremely high stat students coming in. You will definitely be competitive for merit aid, but as to whether or not you will get a decent amount is another issue entirely.

At 120k per year income, you probably aren’t going to get much in the way of need-based aid. And as we’ve already established, getting merit aid is partially determined by luck. The best thing you can do now is just apply and see what they offer you. You might get lucky, you might not.