It probably helps to some extent, but Michigan is still admitting around 2-3 students for every spot in their new class knowing some students will accept offers elsewhere.
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Not really. Based on history and pretty sophisticated predictive models, Michigan knows that when they admit X number of students to LSA, then they will likely be moving Y% of those students on to Ross.
It doesnāt hurt, and if they see reality varying significantly from their models it might help, but overall that kind of movement is baked in.
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I have a current student. Students figure it out somehow! Budgets vary widely from 800ish to 1800ish per month on a 12 month lease, if you are off campus. Distance to the center of campus and building condition/amenities determine the price. Newer buildings come with a premium.
There are coop options too that are run by students. Some students opt to stay in dorms, there is a limited number. I rarely heard of anyone denied as many who want to live as upperclassman apply for RA jobs. They live for free and also get free meal plans.
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This is helpful! Thank you!
I somewhat disagree with this. It comes down to thoroughly researching each school, and then choosing a mix between reaches, targets, and obvious safeties. After doing all of that and a kiddo still chooses to apply to 25+ schools, they had better be happy to attend any single one of them. However, for the ones that are applying to 25+ schools I seem to see a couple of things: 1. The college choices are mostly Ivies and highly selective schools; and 2. It is a āLetās see what sticksā mentality. When I see someone make a comment about applying to schools in which they arenāt interested, it just makes me sad for how ridiculous college admissions has become.
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I am in agreement with you. Also many apply to schools in āhopeā of getting some merit /money but yet canāt afford the school. Even here many will drop their acceptance due to finances. We made this mistake and made our son apply to more schools then needed but he would of gone to anyone of them. Luckily he had a choice. He also ended up with 3/5 of his top schools. He only wanted to apply to those 5 schools and we made him apply to like 12ā¦ That was 2017 and Michigan only had like 60,000 applications.
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The UofM sub on reddit makes pretty clear that plenty of people wanted to stay on campus but were shut out.
I agree that off-campus housing is plentiful and easy to come by in general, though if one is focused on the more affordable end of the spectrum it can be a little bit of a scramble.
Happy to agree to disagree. We researched more CS programs than I can count. The number of schools where my kid wouldāve been happy for the match and especially at the true safety level was vanishingly small.
I am also a current parent. There are many upperclassmen who are denied campus housing each year. Itās a big gamble because of the timing of the dorm decision vs when lease decisions are getting made.
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My S24 applied to about a dozen. A couple of in-state schools (FL) but mostly OOS. His stats are pretty close to perfect and he has solid ECās but he wants an IB/Finance target school and those are hypercompetitive for a middle class kid that isnāt a 1st gen college applicant.
I find the system incredibly frustrating. So far heās been rejected by 3 of his top 8 choices, admitted to 2, with 3 more still to release. It seems like there could be some matching program implemented (similar to how medical residencies fill) that could streamline the process.
I had ZERO idea how painful this experience was going to be. I honestly thought he would get an acceptance from every school that he applied to based on his work.
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Yeah. The system is crazy. And it seems incredibly easy to overvalue your own kid. Thatās definitely where I was. Did not appreciate that practically everyone everywhere has perfect grades and most schools donāt really care about test scores.
Still, getting in to 2 of top 8 is a pretty good ratio. S24 waiting on 8, and I would guess any one of the top 7 would probably jump any of the 6 to which heās already been admitted.
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I remember the āgood 'ol daysā when test scores were used as a deciding factor. Since everyone now seems to have a perfect GPA there has to be some way to differentiate the kids thatās actually measurable vs the subjective essay reviews (and who knows who wrote or edited the essays for the applicant). Now kids work hard in school and test well only to find out that it didnāt matter.
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Ha ha ā¦ āstarting a club of one, meā or āstarted a non-profitā which is another name for āI created a GoFundMe to give money to XYZ charityā.
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There are plenty of ways to create better standout activities that are genuine, and really boost your chances. But its not fake, and requires real passion and dedication. Most people dont publicize their activities.
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Any further color on the decision date/time? The Early Action thread is leaning towards 3/29 although there is some speculation it may by 3/22. It also seems there may be some portal astrology to look forā¦
As previously mentioned, if they followed the EA script, they would have shut down the portal already for maintenance if the release was this Friday.
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I completely agree with you regarding a match program. Iāve been saying that for a while. I grew up in a medical family, and that process seems so much better, although probably not the most efficient to implement. The same kids are applying to the same T-20 schools and there has to be a better way.
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Hey! Just wondering. What are some fun things to do in Ann Arbor?
Thereās a thread on tips for visits, but paging @Knowsstuff who can likely recommend some more specifics. You headed there for a visit?
I would just google that and see where it gets you. Itās a great city but I am not on the ground there. There should be like a Whatās Happening page on what activities are happening when your there. Go to the Arb at least. Lots of stuff happening there
Look up whatās also happening on campus.
We predicting Michigan regular decisions for next Friday 3/29?
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