<p>I was just at an information session at Ann Arbor and the admissions rep said that they look at all applicants equally regardless of what state they are from. She said that the disparity in percentages of in state and out of state students is caused by the differences in tuition. This confused me, because many people on this board seem to think that its much harder to get in OOS. Does anyone have a definitie answer?</p>
<p>I have no definite answers but remember that your admissions person has a job to make michigan look good and doesnt want to make OOS students feel shafted. They have an agenda, we don’t.</p>
<p>yes got into michigan ages ago heres the sats</p>
<p>SAT- 1740 ( 510 CR, 670 maths, 540 Writting)
Sat IIs - 560 physics, 630 maths IIC</p>
<p>GPA 4.0</p>
<p>loads EC’s
decent essays</p>
<p>Most state schools will tell you that out of state and in state students are looked at as equal however they are required to have a certain number of students from in state which is usually around 75 percent, meaning if the same number of people apply out of state as do in state the chances are harder out of state as they will admit less than in state applicants.</p>
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That’s not true at Michigan, they don’t have quotas in their legislature like in North Carolina, and they don’t discriminate severly like Texas and Florida.</p>
<p>I thought they had a similar situation as Wisconsin - Madison where there was a set percentage of students that had to be in-state because of the fact they rely on state funding. I thought all state schools has this stipulation. I know at Wisconsin its 75 percent mandatory in-state students while the rest can be out of state. I may have been wrong about Michigan but I will double check.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1998/oct/10-12-98/edit/edit1.html[/url]”>http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1998/oct/10-12-98/edit/edit1.html</a></p>
<p>Ok, I was wrong. however that article was just a subtle way of saying Michigan better listen to their “suggestions” or they risk having the plug pulled. Michigan has always been a little ahead of the curve politically. I guess there is no requirement just a suggestion from the government, which in these days is almost a demand.</p>
<p>I got into Michigan</p>
<p>1230</p>
<p>3.6 uw</p>
<p>A Daily article from 1998 usually isnt the best source to cite, lol. Nonetheless, there are no actual quotas, but people get ****ed if in-staters drop below 2/3.</p>
<p>wow, i dont get it … michigan accepts around 57% of its applicant, ok, and there are many here who dont have great SAT scores, nonetheless, ofcourse, many have good extra curricular and GPA’s … </p>
<p>BUT WHO ARE THE PEOPLE WHO DON’T GET ACCEPTED TO UMICH THEN? what do u need to do, and what do u need to be to not get accepted, sheesh, if someone with a 3.6 GPA and 1800 SAT’s will get in … ITS THE OPPURTUNITY OF A LIFETIME!!! it truly seems as though everyone might-as well just get in …</p>
<p>and yes, this is a question, please answer it … lol, im serious … i just dont get it!</p>
<p>What a great thing to say now that the decisions are out…anyways, a 1910 and 3.2 wont get you in.</p>
<p>accepted college of Engineering</p>
<p>3.9 uw/ 4.2 W
29 Act</p>
<p>i will be attending, damn CAL rejected me instate. its crap really with all the alumni and hooks i had there. whatever</p>
<p>For undergraduate studies, I think Michigan is a more complete experience than Cal. Cal is awesome of course, but I find Michigan more well rounded as far as providing the complete undergraduate experience.</p>
<p>not necessarily. </p>
<p>i had 1720 sat 4.0 gpa with 560 physics and 630 sat 2 maths. which were pretty poor sat scores. but still got in</p>
<p>are you from cali?</p>
<p>nah wisconsin</p>
<p>Tote, your 4.0 unweighed GPA had a lot to do with it. Michigan does not look at SAT IIs anyway. But your SAT is admitedly low by Michigan standards.</p>
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<p>Answer: You need to be a two-parent UM legacy, in-state, with very respectable stats, apply early, be a three-sport varsity letterman and captain, be recruited by UM’s varsity club lacrosse coach, have other non-fluff EC’s that are leadership oriented including student council officer, have excellent GC, teacher, coach recs, and solid essays. </p>
<p>Advice: Skip trying to be a well-rounded kid as time-intensive EC’s take major time away from achieving a sky-high GPA and test scores. For example, just one of those athletic EC’s had a 40 hour/week commitment. It’s all about the academic numbers so concentrate on those two areas if Michigan is your goal.</p>
<p>Last year (soon ot be two years ago), I was only in athletics my freshman year of high school. However, I did do a lot of volunteering all four years and ECs like that (which are the types of things that I love to do), which also took up a lot of time. I was not a legacy, but I did go to a magnet school for math and science half days and got high grades (3.96 UW GPA on a 4.0 scale having taken AP Calc AB and AP English Language and Composition and the rest of my math, technology, and science classes being honors… I didn’t take the AP tests because I didn’t think that I’d have enough time to prepare for them). My ACT score was… meh. 28. (TWICE… My scores flip flopped. If they would have taken the highest from different sittings it would have been closer to a 30. But they didn’t. That score still annoys me to no end.) I was in-state and was disabled (weird saying that… After you get to know me, you hardly notice it… It mainly affects my speed of finishing things, hand eye coordination, etc. It really affects nothing academically…). </p>
<p>Basically, I’d say be yourself. Every applicaction is different, and since they holistically look at each one, they will (hopefully) get to see who you really are. Don’t blow off the essays.</p>