JP was asking about minor. That link with %36 admit rate is for internal transfer (or double major?), not minor. I don’t think minoring in business (Ross) is difficult/competitive at all.
Is there a place on the portal where I can look to see if my mi-term grades were received? I see the information on other school portals but haven’t found it on Michigan’s. I was deferred and just want to make sure my mid-year report was successfully uploaded. Thank you!
The minor has around a 40% or so acceptance rate.
According to Ross, 776 students applied for the minor and 280 of those students enrolled in the minor. I am assuming that most who were accepted enrolled, but if we figure maybe 30 transferred to other colleges, decided to pursue a different sophomore application path (public policy, for instance), etc., that would end up being around a 40% acceptance rate.
https://michiganross.umich.edu/undergraduate/business-minor/admissions
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You were right, my mistake. I saw an internal transfer link and thought Knowsstuff post that link https://michiganross.umich.edu/undergraduate/bba/admissions/UM-applicants
Thank you for all the advice, I’m booking now!
Lol. Not this time but I have in the past.
" Admission offers
We admitted approximately 860 applicants this year. This is lower than the 935 applicants we admitted in 2021. We admitted fewer in hopes of not over-enrolling our incoming class due to our high-yield rate. We seek to enroll a class of 500 first-year students, and last year, we enrolled 532. Thus, we decided to give fewer admission offers to get back to our target class of 500. It turns out interest in the Michigan Ross BBA Program is even stronger than we anticipated, and we over-enrolled the class again (we are close to 550), even with fewer admits. So, what does this mean for the future? It could potentially mean we lower the number of admits again next year and utilize a larger waitlist instead.
Yield rates
Admissions yield rates are percentages determined by the admits that matriculate to the institution. At Michigan Ross, we are working with really small numbers compared to the university, which makes yield even harder to predict. Additionally, yield percentages can be drastically different for certain populations. For example, our in-state yield rate can be as high as 92%, whereas our out-of-state yield rate can be as low as 45%. I watch these numbers closely when we are in an active admission cycle. That means from February through April, I am not only releasing admission decisions, but also sweating at my desk each morning opening the matriculation report hoping that we do not over enroll. For this year, the in-state yield rate is currently at 91% and out-of-state yield is 51%, which is considered particularly high in higher education and in business schools." – this is from Ross… people thought ~500 student enrolled – ~50% OOS, that means to admitting more OSS student as OOS students yield rate is significantly lower than in-state. so first batch not hear for OSS, the chance is still there.
Nice … is he playing Soccer in Michigan
Must have impressive essays and LOR as Ross is very selective
as Ross reader (who would be not able to see the applicant’s GPA and SAT score) spends 30 minute to review the non-quantitive portion of each application (personal statement 650 words, community essay 300 words, why umich 500 words, Ross business case 500 words, ross artifact 250 words, activities) - each item is rated from 1-5, 5 best. then assigned the average rating, at least two readers to evaluate, if two reader’s rating difference is greater than one standard deviation (that was computed from the historical data), then the case elevates to administrative evaluation (which is evaluated by Ross admission office and faculties) – after the central admission office concludes the admission results, the admitted UMich student profile will be reviewed with what was done from non-quantitive evaluation-- the committe to make the decision (that is from 1/26/2024 Umich decision date to 2/9/2024 first batch Ross admission notification) – (that was from the interview of Ross admission director) – this case’s essay writing must be high quality… per Ross admission director’s interview, the reader who is not allowed to see the applicant’s GPA and SAT score is to minimize the bias in evaluating essays and activities. that is why you would see many excellent STATs (GPA, SAT) not able to land on Ross admission, but okay Stats (GPA, SAT) landed Ross admission.
@Knowsstuff and others - what wisdom can you share about housing? I see from the CDS that 97% of 1st year students live on campus, but that only 27% of undergrads do otherwise.
So starting sophomore year is it a mad scramble and a nightmare to actually find off-campus housing? Or is there a ton of stuff available and it’s just a matter of going through the process?
I would also wonder if it is school specific, because it is such a large campus. One area may be near off campus housing, but SMTD seemed to be more remote….not near the off campus housing we saw. But other academic buildings were
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Ah, gotcha! Well, I have one droid in at LSA, the other at CoE. So I guess it’d be great to know about housing near each.
So what was just said is correct. Off campus can be like a block or two away. Lol. This is the official off campus housing approved for Michigan. University of Michigan | Off-Campus Housing Search
It all depends on what your looking for. My son was on North and was in West Quad central first year but then on North Campus for engineering the last 3. All of those were considered on campus housing. Many of his engineering friends lived on central campus as well. Everyone gets housing at some point. For the first year you will get your housing assignments and many kids are on North Campus and take a bus to Central, 10 minutes and great way to meet people. The engineering kids usually have 1 class on North campus their first year then most of them after that. I have been told on another thread that getting apartments have really improved since my son was there in 2021, so that’s good to hear. All different types of places to live and all different configurations with others and all different price points. My son lived in Co-op housing his last year during the pandemic. They have chefs, games rooms and utility and internet included. Don’t really have to do much shopping. Like living in a large house. His on north had hammocks, fire pit and bikes to ride. Lots of choices.
Thanks so much - super helpful!
So these are different experience. My son was in Esher on North. It was still the pandemic but things were improving. He wanted to be around people but still had his own room. The year before he was by himself and isolated since everything was remote. Appreciate what you all have now. Lol.
There are like 16 of these on campus. They go fast. Esher seems not as hard to get into. That one has more engineers and grad students.
https://campusinfo.umich.edu/article/cooperative-housing-inside-scoop
Plus they start and end with the school year. No subleasing.
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D18 didn’t have any trouble finding housing after freshman year.
And there are on-campus dorms for sophomores and older. North Quad and Stockwell were two of them a couple years ago.
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does the financial aid estimate include all potential awarded scholarships?
I have the same question. I applied for three additional scholarships through the Office of Financial Aid, and I want to know if those would’ve been included in the estimate.
Same. I just got my letter and nothing about scholarships were included but maybe I didn’t get any I don’t know.