<p>when my daughter applied and was accepted to UM in 2008, they used to have a chart for scholarship consideration; this changed the following admissions year and, with it, the scholarship consideration has gotten dicier;
we know kids last year who easily had the numbers for merit, and were offered nada…and there were no surprises in the other direction either (kids w lower stats getting merit $$)…</p>
<p>the only kids I have ever known personally that were invited to Singer with top 3 in their class (not top 3%, top 3 kids)…</p>
<p>and as I mentioned here or elsewhere, it’s all about class rank with UM; you could have a 3.8 UW GPA but if that puts you down at the lower class rank, you may get no scholarship $$ at all…</p>