hey guys;
im considering applying to umich lsa through ed, could I get a take for my chances
In State
GPA: 3.5
SAT: 1500 raw, 1530 SS
ACT: N/A
Ec: 2 Internships, one is currently at my cities municipal office doing cybersecurity stuff, the other one was in a consulting firm, and that was grades 10-11, I did piano for ~10 years and some change, with multiple state level awards, I did volunteering from grades 10-12, and I would have received a PVSA Award if it didn’t go on hiatus. Ive done academic clubs for 8 years, getting multiple state titles and national qualifications, I worked as a SAT Tutor my 11th grade summer, and I got paid for that. I was the lead dev for a personal project where I basically gave visually impaired students a way to read books through pdf scanners. I am the VP of my schools AI club, and the treasurer of one of my schools volunteer clubs. I have 8 APs done with 2 more to do this year. My essays are also really good (Common App + supplementals), and it’s one of the strongest parts of my application. All my ECs are better explained in my apps, but im just trying to get a rough estimate of my chances here. Also I know that my GPA isn’t up to Umich par, I was pretty dumb with how I tackled high school my freshman and sophomore years.
LSA is like 3.9 unweighted and 32-35 Act. If you look at the common data set for Michigan 3.5 unweighted would be a rare occurance. Talk to your counselor…. Your Sat is great and everything else.
After a lot of consideration, my child is planning to apply ED from out of state to LSA as a likely math major (probably mathematical sciences). I’m interested to know more about the LSA core requirements—not what they are, as we’ve reviewed this page, but rather the reality of completing them, especially if you want to double-major.
He will come in having already completed MVC and LA at a university; I’m having trouble understanding how Michigan will apply those, but I have to assume he will not need to retake them. Lots of 5s on APs, but it looks like that won’t help much in terms of satisfying requirements.
A couple of questions:
How common is it to double-major? What about across seemingly unrelated fields (e.g. math and History)?
Are you able to use classes taken for your major to satisfy the core requirements?
Thanks!
Best bet to be honest would be to call either/both of the departments and speak with them to ask. And the LSA advising office.
I say this bc my kids had a somewhat tough time parsing information about the various majors they’ve considered doubling. In at least one case too the website discussing a specific combo had some incorrect/out of date info on it.
I think that in LSA your major classes cannot count toward the distribution requirements, but there may be some exceptions (e.g. a class that spans more than one department). Worth confirming however as I may be wrong.
Definitely worth confirming with the school so that you and your DC will understand how much room they’d have left for true electives with two majors with little overlap, plus distrib requirements.
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So Michigan is extremely picky on the math and science requirements of another university. Please call the transfer department and talk about what they do and don’t accept. It’s also on their website. I know you’re not transferring but they deal with it. Talk to a counselor also as stated from each department. Many students double major. But you might find out it it makes more sense to major with a minor or two also.
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Thanks very much, to you and @DroidsLookingFor .
I will admit to finding these answers a little discouraging. But I appreciate the honesty!
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I think part of the issue is that with something like 110 programs ranked top-10 (a factoid stated often by the interim president), and tens of thousands of students wanting to mix and match, it’s somewhat impossible for the school to have hard and fast rules that apply in all situations. Just too many variations, and departments rightly have a strong voice in the decision making about this sort of thing.
@Knowsstuff makes a good point about minors. One of my kids is picking up an asian studies minor “accidentally” because they like the various classes on buddhism so much. One more and poof it’s an official minor.
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Thanks.
Speaking of the interim president, have you heard much about the presidential search? What’s the timeline for naming a new president?
So I have talked to the engineering department over the year’s. They don’t suggest double majors since the industry isn’t looking for that. They would rather have major with minors. My son had IOE with two minors that both spoke to the international company he is with the last 4.5 year’s. They came in handy. Lol. He also took 18 credits /semester and worked 10-15 hours /week since freshman plus ran and started a known org on campus. So it all can be done. It’s how these kids are wired there. They all (all of his board and friends), had project’s that they worked on with one being more interesting then the other’s. They all tend to push each other in a positive way.
I’ve not heard anything specific, though I’ve not gone out of my way to look for info on this. Our kids’ BS took a year to find a new HoS.
I would expect a search like this to last a year-ish at least. It’s definitely complicated by the political realities of today. I know at least one person who might’ve taken the call a few years ago. Today? No way.
That said, the interim president is fantastic IMO.
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I’m in higher ed and have seen this process completed in a little less than a year at a similarly high profile institution.
Here’s the presidential search website for anyone interested. It doesn’t look like they’ve shared a target date for having a new president in seat.
Glad to hear the interim is strong!
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