<p>“Alexandre, there’s a pretty large difference between an ACT score of 30 and an ACT score of 32, especially when it is spread out over an entire university as large as Michigan.”</p>
<p>Not really, 2 points on the ACT is negligible.The mean ACT at Brown and Cornell is 31 while the mean ACT are Notre Dame and Vanderbilt is 33. I doubt anybody would argue that Notre Dame’s student body is significantly more talented than Brown’s. Not that it matters since the mean ACT in the CoE is actually 31. As I explained above, the mean ACT in the CoE is higher than the mean ACT overall. If the mean at Michigan is 30, the mean at the CoE is around 31.</p>
<p>“Michigan shares very little overlap with the 4 universities you mentioned; almost no one applied to HYPSM and Michigan unless they reside in the Wolverine State.”</p>
<p>I have no way of proving or disproving your statement. </p>
<p>“Penn, Cornell, and Northwestern are the three elite private schools that Michigan shares a majority of its cross admits with.”</p>
<p>That is correct. I would add Cal among the elite universities that Michigan shares many cross-admits.</p>
<p>“It also competes with Illinois, Boston College, USC, NYU, Tulane, and UMiami among other good schools.”</p>
<p>Not so much with BC, Miami or Tulane, but definitely with Notre Dame, UCLA, Wisconsin-Madison and WUSTL.</p>
<p>Finally, my point was not that Michigan contributed to the development of Google, but rather, that Michigan contributed to th development of Larry Page. It was at Michigan that he developped his technical abilities.</p>