<p>To tell you the truth, I applied to U Mich thinking that I’d be a shoo-in… and wasn’t convinced otherwise especially when I was accepted EA (on the same day I was deferred from 1st choice ED, lols), and have had no worries or stress about Michigan in general. (Until now that is.) I mean even financial aid, it is ridiculous how amazingly things are working out… (Basically they’re offering me enough aid that Michigan is gonna be just as cheap as going to my in-state public, University of Washington. Underprivileged families + government money ftw!)</p>
<p>But after being slaughtered by pretty much every other school I applied to, and having taken the time in the last few months to really look into the schools, I have realized and accepted that 1) I am not the s*** and 2) it is an honor to be given the option to go to Michigan. I’m grateful. </p>
<p>So given all this, it almost seems like I was destined to go to Michigan. It has given me so much love and care (not to mention $) while I ignored it completely to pour out my heart and blood and sweat to other schools. It also seems like my best option right now, but anyway I just have a lot of random and general things and such to discuss and ask about Michigan, hope you don’t mind indulging me. Help me fall in love (even more) with my originally back-up plan school!</p>
<p>1) I applied to Ross preadmit but was rejected. So I’m LSA for now, going to apply for LSA Honors asap but is it worth it? If it’s going to help increase my chances for getting into Ross, I’m definitely up for it. Do you think staying with normal LSA and just working really hard for a good GPA will be good enough for Ross? I just don’t want to kill myself with workload of an honors program and then end up ruining my freshman year/GPA. (My high school load is basically full IB program mixed in with AP Calc BC… which has been pretty fine for me)</p>
<p>2) USC Marshall vs. Michigan LSA? If I had gotten into Ross this year, this would not be a question for me but I am seriously starting to doubt myself being able to get into any decent department. I actually went to a USC Marshall reception thing in my city today, it seems like a pretty safe choice towards the business major since its program starts freshman year. All things considered, USC seems like a pretty decent match… but then again USC is kind of unrealistic for me right now given the price tag it comes with 
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<p>but then again.
expensive college itself as an investment is a different topic
anyway…</p>
<p>3) CMU priority waitlisting vs. Michigan? My parents want me to consider taking up Carnegie Mellon’s priority waitlist, but if I get in, it is my understanding that it’s a binding decision. I love CMU as well, Tepper would be great yadda yadda… …but in any case I have to decide in the next few days. What pulls me most to CMU is (though it’s only 2 states over) that whole east coast thing. What do you think?</p>
<p>4) Even though business is my priority right now, I’m actually starting to be more open towards really anything. I’m actually an arts/music/film geared sort of person, I just want to take as many of those kinds of classes as possible and minor in one of those as well. How open is Michigan in letting you really study whatever the heck you want to?</p>
<p>5) A really important thing to me in college criteria is… city life. I’m okay with the crap weather and all, but I really don’t want to be in a ghost town! Ann Arbor seems like the exemplar of suburbia, while my friends at Michigan still do agree that it is “the middle of nowhere”. And Detroit currently does not look like it offers the shining, ideal image of a college student’s city life. Is it really as bad as they make it sound? Say it ain’t so! (and if you will, add something about the music scene)</p>
<p>6) Does Michigan want final transcript and ever act on total grade drops? lol it’s looking pretty bad right now, though I’ll pass all my classes… I think. HAHAHA
oh man I shouldn’t be joking about this.
OTL</p>
<p>Okay well that’s all I can think of for now. Thanks for taking the time to read. I look forward to your answers :D</p>