Is it worth applying to UMich EA for OOS students?

Michelle_Li3
Fri, 14 Jul 2023 00:01:50 +0000

sushiritto:

All I can say is that for us, it was a differentiator between various UC’s and Michigan. And one of D’s best friends had the SAME major at UCLA, but took 4 years with summer school, because she couldn’t get all her classes when she wanted them. YMMV.

Sure, it may have been the case for your daughter/her best friend, but lot of factors go in it, many students like to enjoy school vs rush through the degree.

All I’m saying is that students who take many APs are able to graduate in 3 years, across top tier institutions, including MIT, Berkeley, UCLA, GT, UIUC.

Your stat about graduating HS seniors vs number of applications seems to have a flaw. There are 9 UC’s in California for 431k graduating seniors in CA, of which UCLA alone received 170k applications. It is huge by all means!

UCLA’s reputation has risen over the last couple of years because of many factors, and while Michigan is no doubt a good school, it’s not in same tier as UCLA and Berkeley.