One of my kids is back and forth enough (1-2x/day) that it’s for sure doable, if not especially fun as these things go. Our kids are used to public transpo so not a big deal to them.
As for the specific majors, that’s where it may get a little stickier. If the various prerequisites and major requirements share little enough overlap, it may be “a lot” to schedule in 8 semesters. As @Knowsstuff said though, the advisors for each can talk it through. It may simply mean that there’s not a ton of credit hours left to explore Buddhist Philosophy or whatever.
CS is an impacted (limited-entry) major. So, to be a CS major you have to apply both to UMich and to CS (in either CoE or LSA). You are first admitted to UMich - whether EA or RD - and then about 10 days later given a Y/N decision for CS.
Each year it becomes increasingly difficult to become a CS major if you’re not accepted into CS directly. I’d have to double check but I believe at the moment that the practical reality is that it’s extremely difficult to major in CS, if not impossible, if not granted acceptance in the first place.
Yes. My son is accepted to COE but deferred for advanced selection to computer science. He cannot pursue major in CS if he doesn’t get selected. He can still pursue major in Computer Engineering
I’m far from an expert on CS vs CE but I know plenty of people who say “it’s close enough and you can still take most (all?) of the courses regardless.” I think the more practical issue is that priority for registration for highly in-demand classes will be given to majors. But that said, I really can’t say how much of an issue that will be, practically speaking.
You might want to do a side to side comparison. They are very close and see if electives let you take what else you might want. Michigan students are in demand regardless of the degree.
To avoid too much movement between North and Central Campus, my student who lives on Central took the hybrid lecture option for EECS class, and signed up for lab or discussion sections on Central Campus. So kid has minimized trips to North. Campus.
I’m a bit unnerved by video lectures for college, but it seems to be a modern thing.
Spending half a million (which if invested in the market will be over a million or more in 4 years) to watch video lectures
I’ll not just be unnerved, but feel pretty stupid as well… lol…
I’d much rather get educated on Udemy for fraction of a fraction of a fraction of the cost.
UMich EECS puts its energy into labs, office hours, group projects, and all kinds of assistant people. The class is well structured with tough curves and good assignments. It’s an adjustment, but sitting in a lecture is not where the student learns. A student has to do all this other stuff. And I think all classes offer in person lectures.
So I asked my son about online remote classes and if any good came out of it. What he liked about it was that he could group which classes he wanted to learn together. He said sometimes the order you take classes isn’t /wasn’t the best. I found that interesting since all student learn differently.
At 10% annual returns, your investment doubles in 7 years, so not really that bold.
Anyhow, it wasn’t an investment advice, just a rhetorical point… lol
I am not sure if this is helpful but sharing our family’s mindset. Our son was deferred from Michigan. We are still hopeful! Michigan is at the top of the top 3 list. We went into this college process telling our son that we believe anything in the top 3 was a home run. He loved all 3 schools and would be happy at all 3. Looking back, I would have said top 5 to give some more wiggle room since all 3 schools have very high standards and low acceptance rates. Regardless, he was accepted to school #3 and is over the moon. #3 will get dropped if he is accepted to UMich BUT it is so nice to see him excited and smiling. And I do believe that top 3 or top 5 is a homerun! So many qualified applicants to compete with. It isn’t easy but I trust that each kid ends up exactly where they are supposed to. Good luck to everyone who is still waiting on their top choices.
I find the whole ranking thing interesting after having some experience with it. Top 10 but in what?? Lol. Some students top schools in engineering or speech pathology their lists will look very different. I think schools in their field might rank better than just a school rank, but I totally get it after going through it.
Regardless, I hope the “fit” is there also. Fit and affordability to me is more important than rank. The top 5 program VS the top 20 program in engineering will yield very similar job offers. We are taking MIT and Stanford off the table for this. They are definitely outliers.
But… A school like Rose Holman will actually do really well since students have rejected their acceptances to MIT to go there. I know several students that have.
Does anyone know when our financial aid package is supposed to arrive? Can we check Wolverine Access using a friend account to view our package or will it not be updated yet? Is it pretty rare to get awarded a University scholarship after acceptance?
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