Transferring to Michigan

tpd1987
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:31:28 +0000

I do not start until Fall this year, but I thought I’d share my experience thus far.

I had bad grades in High School. I ended up getting my GED the same year I was suppose to graduate high school. I took a couple community college classes and pretty much blew them off (skipped/withdrew/mediocre grades). In 2010, I got serious and went to Umich’s local community college (Washtenaw community college [WCC]). WCC has program called MPOD which helps students transfer into Umich. I am still currently enrolled at WCC, taking two summer classes before beginning in the fall. I actually only know of one person who did NOT get into U of M from my “class”. GPA’s ranged from 3.4-3.9.

To whom this may concern, if your anywhere near Ann Arbor, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to check out WCC. I am actually surprised how many people have gotten in. I always assumed you needed a perfect record and really competitive GPA to be admitted.

I know someone who attended M-tech with a 3.5 GPA, then transferred to WCC for two semesters, got 4 A’s one B, and one C and got into Biomedical Engineering. (The C was one their last semester too)

I know of someone who only attended WCC with an average of 3.47 and got into ChemE which requires a 3.5 minimum

I know of someone who came to WCC from Texas, went here for two semesters, 3.7 GPA got into Environmental Engineering.

I personally had a 3.92 (including one withdrawal) and got into Computer Science.

Each of these examples happened this year transferring into Fall.
My counselor told me if a student has +3.5 GPA = very likely to be admitted from WCC.

Good Luck guys!