<p>I am currently attending Oakland University (in Michigan). I plan on tranferring to umich engineering in the fall of '06. I am a freshmen this year with only AP credits. In high school I had a 3.6 gpa with a 27 on the act. I plan on having somewhere between a 3.5 and a 3.6 college gpa after this year. What are my chances do you think?</p>
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<p>depends a lot on if you are a resident or not</p>
<p>your chances…100%…well as long as your math, science, engineering classes together are above 3.5</p>
<p>I am a michigan resident yes</p>
<p>Residency does not matter. Where do people get this stuff?? Anyone in these forums firing off advice from the hip pocket should be stopped. All that matters is your GPA in the pre-req classes. I’m a transfer into ME…so I should know. All schools are different and all departments within those schools are different as well. Do your research.</p>
<p>I couldn’t be a 100% lock if I get a 3.5+ in my prereq classes could I be? Where did you get that? What did you have : ). I’m also applying to ME withing Umich engineering. I know they say you need at least a 3.3 to be considered.</p>
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<p>Why do you say residency does not matter? Since UMich is a state school, I would think that it’s very likely that it will give residents more consideration as oppose to non-residents for admissions. Correct me if this is wrong.</p>
<p>You think… so why come out and say “depends alot if your a resident or not” ? It’s just somthing your assuming. This is not the UC system, which I know alot about as well.</p>
<p>Anyhow, here’s the scoop… The advertised 3.3 is the GPA is what your overall GPA and your math, science, engineering core GPA needs to be. Bottom line period. This is from the head of the transfer departments mouth on more than one occassion. I know its hard to grasp any sort of garuantee in the harsh world of addmissions, but let me tell your friend, this is it. It was a little hard for me to grasp the first time too. I was explained to why they could do this, which I wont get into detail ,except that it has to do with data they have collected over the years. So breath easy, make sure your on track to take all the required classes and be sure to send your app before March. If your wondering what the core classes are, they are on the web site. </p>
<p>This should clearify any questions about residency or race, religion or any other non-sense that shouldn’t be fiquired into addmissions anyways…Michigan Engineering got it right </p>
<p>And if your wondering… 3.8 GPA overall…3.7 GPA core with 2 classes left, and I’ll be attending UMich Fall 06</p>
<p>Almost forgot, I noticed your a freshman at Oakland. This deal only applies to those who have ALL!!! of the pre-req’s done by the time they enroll. I don’t what you have done as far as classes, but it is quite a load to crunch this manny classes into one year…</p>
<p>yeah, I’m taking all the physics and I just need linear algebra and the cse 130 class (egr 101 at umich). So once I get these classes done i the upcoming semester I’ll have all the prereqs done. Plus I think I’m taking econ in the spring because it’s required for umich mechanical.</p>
<p>geesehops: No offense, but you have no idea what you’re talking about. UMich engineering is more competitive than you’ve made it out to be. A 3.5 in pre-req classes does not make you a lock for umich, not even close. A 3.7 from a CC might increase your chances, but as of now the OP borderline. You’ll need good recs and essays, as well as some solid EC’s from your year in college. There’s much more they look at than the GPA.</p>
<p>Listen here buddy I am transfering there this fall. I know what I’m talking about. I don’t know who you are and what you’ve done, but I’m sure of one thing that not on your list… UMICH ENGINEERING TRANSFER. Read that carefully, it does not say UMich LSA. Transfering to LSA is a whole different deal than transfering to Engineering. The engineering school does it’s own transfer admissions and if you took a look at the application there is no where that it states anything about EC’s , essay’s, or rec’s. I don’t know where you people get this stuff!!! Honestly all I can think off is that you don’t even understand what where talking about. Let me spell it out…This is for applying to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor’s Engineering school as a TRANSFER!! , not a bloody freshman, meaning you come into the school with junior level standing, and all this depends upon is that you complete ALL the bloody classes they ask, in any bloody time limit you darn well please, with the GPA that they require for each particular major, by the time you start at Michigan. Please before anyone else post things they can’t back up, check the web site or call the Transfer Recruitment and Admissions office. Thank you.</p>
<p>o.k. I’ve calmed down now. Hey, smeyers did you take DiffEq yet? That should be your last class, sience it comes after LinAl? hmm. And, yeah I took Macro a while ago just to find out now its required (for graduatation not transfer) which was cool, YES!. I mostly knew what to do by doing research on my own, but also learned alot at this function that the engineering school puts on called Tech day. They do it once a year and its really informative. I met with junior and senior engineering students, and ME professors. I got a nice complete tour and had all my transcripts looked over by the head of the transfer office. So it looks like your on track just like EEguy, he sent some questions my way and I’m always happy to help. Looks like I’ll see you both on North Campus for transfer orientation or somthing? (=</p>
<p>Speaking of North Campus and someone thats probally never been there…UMrunner08 is an LSA student/transfer just as I suspected, just check some of his posts. UMrunner, I’m not trying to bash on ya, but dude just cuz you wanta be down with LSA it’s cool, I ain’t mad atcha. Just don’t let it get your goat that there may be as close to a garuantee as it gets for transfering into Umich, it just requireds that you take hell of a lot harder classes than LSA kids, that is what sets us apart and why the engineering school does its own admissions. A 3.5 in pre-engineering is KINDA!! harder than a 3.5 in Political Science. Sorry</p>
<p>hey geesehops: You’re right, I live in Ann Arbor, go to school there, and I transferred to LSA. I live in Cambridge House which is a dorm filled with transfer students. Needless to say, I know several engineering transfer students. We’ve talked grades before, and there’s not a single one i’ve met with a 3.3 or even 3.5 GPA. The four engineering transfers I know all had 3.7’s and higher. One of them said his friend from Wayne State was rejected as a transfer student for engineering with “good grades”. If you’d like I can get you the specific GPA after break. But let me get this straight… you think Umich adcoms look at an applicant’s GPA to make sure it’sover a 3.3 in pre-req engineering classes, and if it is, they throw it in the accept pile??? You must be joking.</p>
<p>Oh, and by the way, I guarantee Poli Sci classes at Umich (ranked 3rd in the country in this field) are more difficult than pre-req engineering classes at some podunk community college.</p>
<p>I know, I know, a friend of a friend of a friend had good grades yada yada, and of course you give me no specifics. Yeah, your friends could have a bloody 4.0 it still wouldn’t prove anything about the admissions. And if you’ve actually read my post you would see what I had to say about requirements for admissions, and its not just looking at a single GPA. And my podunk cc just happens to be a few miles from UMich. And my easy pre-engineering classes happen to have 1/3 UMich engineering students in them that are fed up with LSA teaching them Math and Physics becuase those departments have their heads up their arses. I actually have an aerospace ‘GRAD 04’ thats taking diffeq with me (for a refresher) and he said it one of the best math classes he’s ever taken. Anyhow, I don’t care what school you go to, I think PolySci is a weak degree that does nothing but boost your GPA to get into Law School. And the fact that GPA means everything to law schools becuase of the US rankings just ticks me off. And do you really think 3rd in the country means only 2 away from being the hardest polysci degree in the country? Get a clue, stay out of the engineering chats, and learn some bloody Differential Equations before you lecture me.</p>
<p>So have you already been accepted as a transfer geesechops?</p>
<p>smeyers1801, go to the University of Michigan forum and talk with Alexandre. He is the authority on Michigan admissions on these forums.</p>
<p>geesechops: What exactly makes polI sci a weak degree? Please elaborate… Some people might be passionate about a subject and don’t simply major in the field they think will make them the most money. Anyways, you seem like a loser, no offense. Giving people the perception that you’re the authority of umich engineering when you don’t even go to the school is a joke. And have you been admitted yet? If you’ve shown as much arrogance in your essays as you’ve shown on here, don’t be surprised if a thin envelope from umich shows up…</p>