Why Michigan Essay

Knowsstuff
Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:30:45 +0000

My son at Michigan wrote more about the types of people he wanted to be around daily. He went to a very competitive high school with tons of rigor (number 1in our state). He likes to be pushed and around like minded educationally curious students. He also met with 2 professors when touring campus so he could use “after speaking with professor”. That wasn’t the purpose of the visit and gained a lot of information from the 2 of them.

If you can’t visit, I imagine your email still works ;), use it. Professors, Departments etc still use email. But ask questions that are genuine to you and the program you are asking about. If you can find the answer easily on the website then don’t ask it.

Too many use the essay like "your school /program /department is ranked in the top ten of… Xxx). Why tell them what they already know? Plus it’s kinda superficial if you ask me.

You’ve lived by campus right. Assume you know about Pizza Bob and their hot fudge chocolate chip shakes? (I use this example way o often :D)… Think my son threw this in at some point to add a bit of humor plus they would know he was actually on campus… Lol… Same with the Arb!

Also there is nothing wrong stating you feel comfortable when your on campus. Again it’s about you.

As far as the program your interested in, what makes it special to you and Michigan? Look up classes, discussions, research professors are doing, history of the program. Keep also in mind they are looking at how well you write. Write correctly with proper grammar,etc.

You might have a unique twist on things from what you said. Talk to a teacher, high school counselor and ask them to read it.

I know this might sound strange but you can reach out to your AO and ask this question also. This is also a first touch to them. If you care that much about how correctly your essay should be, you probably care about your learning at Michigan as well.

Also want will you do on campus? Are there clubs, activities etc that speak to you. Colleges want involved students.