Was diversity a big factor in decisions this year?

KronOmega
Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:25:01 +0000

@tinalouise

I think the fundamental disagreement here is that you seem to be advocating that an applicant should be judged on his GPA and SAT or ACT alone. Michigan, along with nearly all top colleges, [disagree[/url]. They consider personal circumstances, grading practices, extracurricular activities, leadership, community activism, course rigor, recommendations, as well as many other factors in their [url=http://www.admissions.umich.edu/applying/Template_Rating_Sheet-REV2009-10.pdf]holistic evaluation](http://www.admissions.umich.edu/drupal/overview). It doesn’t matter if you have a higher GPA or ACT score than an admitted student, that doesn’t make them unqualified, and it doesn’t make you qualified as GPA and test scores are just 2 factors of many.

So if you are going to claim that admissions should be done with GPA and ACT or SAT alone, fine. You can believe that and we will disagree. However, if you are going to say that these extra factors should be take into consideration, then don’t try to argue against me by only pointing out GPA and test scores. Again I will point out that the information in a single post here on CC is not even close to the information that the admissions committees see, so don’t pretend you know who is qualified and who isn’t and they don’t.

@Vladenschlutte

That is not true. While socioeconomic status is considered in the holistic review of the applicants, ability to pay is not considered. https://umich.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/447/kw/