Some interesting stats for in state Michigan High Schools. Still looks like Michigan relies on those feeder schools for in state.
Has anyone heard if LEAD Scholars has emailed recipients who applied for consideration during the first round of decisions? I know they said decisions would be emailed by late March.
Have not seen any posts mentioning LEAD scholarship decision.
Emailed the LEAD team yesterday and got this reply…
"Thank you for reaching out and for your interest in the LEAD Scholarship. We plan to make a round of offers by mid-April so students will know if they are receiving the scholarship before the May 1st enrollment deadline. It is very unlikely we will make offers after April 26th. To complete the process, we send anyone who we did not offer a scholarship a final status update in mid-May. "
Not sure if that is the 2nd round in mid-April or 1st. 
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Oof. Yeah I sure hope that’s a second round. I can’t recall why but I’d understood ‘late March’ for the LEAD results. And I think I assumed they’d be going out alongside the RD results tonight. Hmm. It’s not make or break, but would sure help things to know sooner rather than later.
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So I guess LEAD did not come out yesterday alongside the RD decisions 
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I don’t think so. We were waiting also and received nothing.
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My daughter also has not heard back yet.
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We are OOS, and in that zone where FAFSA is not going to help.
So really hoping some of the scholarships work out. My son did get one from CoE which eases the burden.
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Did LSA Merit scholarships already come out?
I don’t think so - we haven’t heard anything yet.
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Feels like all this stuff should drop today or tomorrow right? LSA honors, merit, LEAD, etc.
Why do you think that?
Well LSA Honors mentioned 4/4 in an email, LEAD at one point said late March before switching to early April, and UMich (still) hasn’t moved their commit date off of 5/1 the way so many other schools have. Point is they can’t drag this stuff out too long or people will start committing elsewhere, mentally if not also officially.
My LSA droid got Honors! Just dropped…
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Mine too 
But now questioning the benefits of it 
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Congrats! FWIW at the Honors session at the Campus Day, it was pretty clear that the advising is a tangible and meaningful benefit. Not necessarily because it’s world class (though it may be) but more because the non-Honors advising, for LSA at least, is…maybe not so much. Both Honors and non-Honors students copped to this.
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Congrats. The huge benefit is guaranteed housing in South Quad. That alone makes it worth it.
Mine didn’t find the advising to be materially different from what was offered to others that were in non-honors programs.
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What was described especially and specifically was responsiveness. These were kids speaking on the Honors panel and they all nodded in unison as one chimed in about it. The kid then went on to contrast that with the experience of her friends, waiting 2-3 weeks for an appointment, that sort of thing. The off-stage, presumably non-Honors kids, then nodded in unison.
The rep from Honors was cringing mightily and if she could have you could tell she’d have clown collared that kid right off the platform.
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If honors housing guaranteed? I thought honors kids could get housing there but not guaranteed?
Non-honors LSA advisors are indeed generalists, but the kids who are waiting 2 or 3 weeks are doing something wrong. I just texted my LSA senior and she said she could have a drop-in appointment with an advisor 5 minutes from now, if she didn’t mind doing it online.
She added a minor last spring and had to check some boxes with an LSA advisor first. She easily and quickly got an appointment with one.
My student chose not to do honors, so I cannot speak to how much better that advising might be.
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