Welcome back for another year of decision and anticipation with knowledge and learning. Please ask questions about the school and the EA/ED process. Many that will be answering questions are parents with children that have gone to or are currently at University of Michigan -Ann Arbor. I have been on this threads for years. As we learn about new things , which happens yearly now, they will be posted. My son graduated in 2021 in Industrial Engineering. IOE. My wife went there in 1983. I lived in Michigan growing up and have been a fan of the school/ sports as a kid. I live in Chicago currently.
One thing. We are NOT the school. Everyone here does their best to answer questions. But also the school is very friendly and calling admissions can get a lot of your questions answered as well.
Just a few rules. Be Kind and helpful. There is no bantering back and forth unless I am the one doing it. . Sometimes we (I) get something wrong. Just let us know and it will be correctly. We are all human. This is not driven by AI…yet.
The application process can be difficult for some and a breeze for others. Let’s just help each other out.
My son is currently a freshman in kinesiology (movement science) and having a great experience so far. Feel free to ask questions if you like. He applied EA last year and was admitted at the end of January.
Just to interject. Yes. The small cohort provides that. If the student is willing to engage they should have a great experience. It’s a top notch program like most at Michigan.
Yes it is a much tighter community than say LSA due to the size and the great building which serves as a hub for the students. Also many cool clubs and opportunities which are for kines students.
As you know both ED and EA are due November 1st!!!
Please read over your common app but better yet “please” have someone else read over your common app for mistakes.
I help some applying in real life and this happens yesterday
Yep. You think you did it all correctly but low and behold you spelled your address wrong.
Your applying to 10 schools but one school has you as an immigrant and you select F1 just because it seemed like the only option. (The student went over it again and accidently selected immigrant status) . Just unclicking the box was the fix. If something doesn’t look right, well, it probably isn’t.
You list out your EC section but both the title and description don’t match well. So you pick “other” when it’s really a Social action or Organization.
You have 150 characters but you barely use any. This is a chance to give more information. When I “helped” correct this section yesterday she was amazed how much better it sounded. So will the Admission officer.
I have seen grades wrong and not listing all classes from the transcripts.
I know. You just want to get it done. But this is the time to really hone down. You don’t “need” 10 Ecs. Stop stressing.
Again, ask an adult to look it over to catch these mistakes. They are there if you look close enough.
. Sometimes we (I) get something wrong. Just let us know and it will be correctly. We are all human. This is not driven by AI…yet.
