would umich reject/defer qualified applicants with no passion?

Alexandre
Sat, 02 Nov 2013 01:38:55 +0000

cakebatter, last year, I know of several Ivy League-bound students who were flat out rejected by Michigan. Treating Michigan like a safety now is very unwise. Many of those students will end up with a rejection. Michigan was a safety to some students prior to 2012, but the last couple of years, the number of qualified applicants has forced Michigan to refuse many highly qualified students.

That being said, I do not think Michigan will reject an applicant whom it wants simply because it has accepted many other students from the same school. If you are all qualified and if Michigan wants all of you, it will accept all of you.

By the way, I do not think Michigan cares whether an applicant has a 33 as opposed to a 34 or 35 on the ACT. As far as Michigan is concerned, any score over 32 is the same.