About how many people apply with stats that give them no chance whatsoever?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>What I mean is, how often and how many applications arrive with stats that scream, "I only applied because I'm instate?" How many of those supposed 25,000 apply with 22 ACTs or lower, 3.0 GPAs or lower, and slacker courses or worse? Because if there is quite a lot, that allows those who are worried that their avgerage stats are too average, a chance in.</p>

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<p>Probably not a whole lot of them. The people I know with similar stats usually head for the directional schools, maybe MSU at best.</p>

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<p>Aye. Most of those people end up at Central Michigan or similar.</p>

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<p>Very few students apply to Michigan with those sorts of stats. I'd say fewer than 10% of applicants have sub 3.5 GPAs and sub 25 ACT scores.</p>

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<p>There were quite a few kids from my school who applied with a low chance... like a 3.4 weighted and a 24. Being in-state and being at a feeder school was the reason they applied.</p>

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<p>And did they get in?</p>

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<p>Hasn't heard yet.</p>

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<p>Will Michigan's middle 50% ACT of 26 - 30 last year improve this year or stay the same? I know you're just guessing at this point.</p>

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<p>Last year's range was 26-31. I believe it will also rise. But again, the rise will be small. Maybe 27-31.</p>

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<p>I got the 26 - 30 from the USNews 2006 rankings. Are they a year behind?</p>

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<p>US News ranking is a year behind (2004-05). To get the stats of the 2005 freshman class, you need to visit the U of M website: <a href="http://www.admissions.umich.edu/fastfacts.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.admissions.umich.edu/fastfacts.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Alexandre,
I'm not sure the ACT range will improve much as your GPA/class rank are more important than your test scores. I wonder how many of the top ranked in-state kids will bother to retake the ACT again if they score like 30-31 the first time.</p>

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<p>Anhydrosis, yes the USNWR stats are a year late.</p>

<p>Goblue, I agree. I do not see Michigan's stats changing drastically in one year. This year, the % accepted will drop dignificantly, but the states of the incoming class will be similar. I'd say the mean SAT score will go up by 20 or so points and the mean ACT score will go up by 1 point at the most. However, over the next 3 or 4 years, I think Michigan will experience a significant surge in the quality of applicants and in the quality of incoming classes.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the info!</p>