Starting this fall, UMichigan has introduced the Early Decision option for applicants. This is the official thread for those applying EA/ED to UMichigan.
List your unweighted GPA, any SAT /ACT scores, and ECs. What majors are you going into?
Ask your questions, the CC community is here to help!
Welcome to the very early Michigan thread. Lots going on and new changes for the fall. The big thing is there is ED now for Michigan. This link will also talk about new programs starting this fall. There will be more to comeā¦
U-M to offer new programs, processes for fall ā26 applicants | The University Record https://share.google/jybB89NCNnawDQSJA
https://admissions.umich.edu/apply/first-year-applicants/first-year-application-plans
This explains ED, EA and RD for applicants.
Good luck to all the applicants! Our two OOS kids are at UMich and absolutely love it. Happy to chime in if helpful.
Application Changes | University of Michigan Office of Undergraduate Admissions https://share.google/JWAsIrzrXxbdXspvH
So according to Michigan undergraduate the new integrated engineering/ business degree is going to be a small cohort. No information of how many students but they kept saying small. Especially for this first go around. Itās run through Ross and they feel having the full business degree can lead to interesting opportunities. Of course there will be overlap with like Industrial engineering. Engineering with business Ross minors and other business minors like entrepreneurship. Seems to be people who want to go into business with engineering principles and people that want to go more into businesses management within engineering.
Thanks for sharing, @Knowsstuff!
So I went out to eat last week with a company. The main guy graduated from University of Michigan Ross. Got his MBA at Wharton.
Without him knowing that I am involved here he told me that Michigan was 10x harder than Wharton!! 
I say this yearly. Be careful what you wish for. Lol. Michigan is a tough school. Many struggle the first semester /year till they understand what the professors want from the students.
Use every resource they have at the start. Peer to peer, office hours, graduate hours, Science! Math labs, writing labs, etc. Some of the best students I have known to graduate used these resources.
When your kids go to Michigan they will be on campus at one of the best hospital systems in the country and the leading one in Michigan.
U-M Health ranks among nationās best hospitals | University of Michigan Health U-M Health ranks among nationās best hospitals | University of Michigan Health
Hello everybody! Iām applying this fall and have a couple of questions if any of you can offer insight. So from my understanding you can self report your SAT scores for UMich, and when you get accepted, you just have to send in the official score report to prove that you werenāt lying. What I was wondering was if you could just send in your official score report in your application instead of self-reporting? Also, if that is an option, then in your opinion, would it be better to self-report or send the official report? Iām only curious because the official report isnāt a part of the common app like the self-reporting is. Thank you!
Save your money (sending official reports costs $) and self report.
Some families choose to submit and some self score until they know their accepted then they need to send their final proof.
Application Changes | University of Michigan Office of Undergraduate Admissions https://share.google/McP9vaaBX3C1jxdkI
I think that has more to do with undergraduate degree vs. MBA than it does Michigan vs. Wharton.
I obtained my engineering degree at a little known non-brand name school and my MBA from a T3 business school (in the caliber of Wharton). I can say without doubt that my bachelors degree was significantly harder. As in, not even close. An MBA just isnāt particularly hard, at least compared to STEM.
Interesting. The funny thing was he didnāt know my relationship to Michigan like on here. We just gave him a fist bump and said āGo Blueā.. But he found out after his comment. Lol
Great advice for the essay.
Essay Tips From a University of Michigan Student | University of Michigan Office of Undergraduate Admissions https://share.google/8n9USegndh4rb5bx2
But some who hire like @HPuck35 may be wary of engineering + business bachelorās degrees.
Then he wonāt hire them. I guess there seems like a push for this combination of which is offered at other universities as well. Still trying to gather more information but they saw the need. It is focused more for someone that wants to end up in management vs engineering per se. Many engineers end up in business m
Youāre correct. I would not hire them. But someone else might.
I was hiring people to do highly technical engineering work. I wanted the best prepared ENGINEERS I could find. Taking business type classes only took away from taking more engineering classes. The one dual business/engineering major that I did hire kept wanting tasks that used his business skills. He didnāt have enough experience in engineering to do any of the tasks within the department that had a shred of business acumen in the task. For example: You canāt estimate the number of hours and skills required to do a job if youāve never done the job before. That experience totally soured me on hiring dual business/engineering majors.
A dual business/engineering degree might prepare one for a business job within an engineering company. One always needs to determine what kind of career they want and prepare themselves the best they can for that career.