Iowa State is a pretty easy admit for lots of kids but they confuse this with an easy program. It’s not, like most engineering programs. It’s a great affordable program with one of the largest engineering fairs around and great opportunities for internships /jobs. Great campus spirit and their teams travel extremely well. I wouldn’t rule it out. Kids love this school.
For Michigan the schools avg is 3.9 unweighted with 34 ACT for engineering and 3.9 with 32-35 Act for lsa so not a huge difference. Showing interest is key with a great essay and some luck ?.