<p>I agree on them making it sound too tough. I have probably 30 kids here from my graduating class, plus another 10-20 from the magnet school I went to. I would have to guess that the majority of these students had below a 30 on the ACT, likely in the 26-29 range for most of them.</p>
<p>I think that as an in-state student, admission to engineering is even more straightforward than LSA if you have good grades in math/science classes and a good ACT score. With a 3.9 and 31 your son should have no problems getting into Michigan Engineering.</p>