<p>I don’t think it is easy to get a full ride anywhere. Perhaps the OP knows some people who got a full ride at Wayne State and therefore it is a familiar scene to him. I hear about kids getting huge grants to Fordham all of the time in my area, but I would not characterize it a school that gives out a lot of easy to get large grants. I also know very qualified students denied admissions there. Examining only one part of the elephant can be very deceptive as to how the beast looks.</p>
<p>As for UMich, it is a great school and perhaps it does “try” to meet all need, but it is not an all need met school like a number of them that do fall into that category.</p>