<p>oh yeah, and PLEASE beat Texas for the Big Ten's sake. The Big Ten has been struggling lately in pretty much every sport, so they need a jumpstart to return back to the prominence of yesteryear. </p>
<p>This is the kind of thing I would get beaten up for in Ohio: GO Michigan!!</p>
<p>LOL....</p>
<p>Buckeye fan?</p>
<p>Me too :o, I think I should keep that a secret if I get accepted to Michigan</p>
<p>It is ok Iollloi. I realize that since you applied ED to Northwestern, it was your first choice. But Michigan is every bit as good as Northwestern, so all hope isn't lost. I actually picked Michigan over Northwestern.</p>
<p>Yeah I am optimistic person by nature. NU I guess wasn't really meant to be. I was in the shower earlier and I thought of that cliche phrase..."When one door shuts, another one opens..." So I didn't get into NU, theres still plenty of other schools. </p>
<p>I just wanted to get this whole process over with and dont have to wait until like March to find out. I really hope I get into Michigan.</p>
<p>Hey Alexandre,</p>
<p>I got ACCEPTED today!!!! Thanks for your help and kind words!</p>
<p>Thank YOU for confiding in us and for keeping us posted. Congratulations. I had a feeling you were going to get in. At least, now you can relax and your brother can shut it! LOL</p>
<p>i got in too!.. thanks everyone for their input</p>
<p>ping1986 - Congrats on your acceptance!</p>
<p>Alexandre - I'm actually lookin' forward to him coming home this weekend because I'm 99.9% sure he'll ask if I've heard from Michigan yet. This time, I'll have the pleasure of saying, "Yeah. They accepted me." I know it's bad of me to think this way, but I just can't help it after all of the weeks of torture that he's put me through. What's sad is that he's not even here 90% of the time anymore!</p>
<p>Alexandre, I just wanted to tell you that I got rejected from Stanford Early Action the day after I got into Michigan. I know you like Stanford, possibly even more than Michigan. Anyways, I probably wont be on this board for a while, until I start going crazy on where to actually attend... Off to the University of Pennsylvania board, but Thanks for all your help.</p>
<p>hi i am also posting on this one- mich recieved my stuff oct 19th and started reviewing it nov 2nd. i got a 1230 680 math/550 verbal. my mich gpa is 3.4 im pretty sure. 3 honors classes fresh-junior year and got b+'s in them. this year, senior year, im taking ap physics, ap spanish, english and physics honors. i have great ecs. wen do u think ill hear? and do u think ill get rejected. im from new jersey.</p>
<p>What the hell is Michigan GPA exactly?</p>
<p>For GPA, Michigan only consider your grades in your sophomore and junior years, unweighed. They make allowance that some people may need a transition period in a new environment. They do look at all four years for strength of curriculum, and honor/AP courses do count.</p>
<p>PMAn, I like Stanford, but not better than Michigan. Michigan is my favorite university. I like Stanford because of its incredible academics and resources. If I could pick between Michigan and Stanford, I would probably pick Stanford, but I would do so knowing that my experience would not be as good. Same with Harvard. Harvard and Stanford are the only two schools I would pick over Michigan...but again, I must stress that I prefer Michigan and I would pick the other two despite knowing that my experience would not be as good. Michigan offers the best education all around.</p>
<p>mich recieved my stuff oct 19th and started reviewing it nov 2nd. wen do u think ill hear!</p>
<p>hey Alexandre,</p>
<p>In the admit package, it gives several dates on which I can attend Campus Day for LAS. I was wondering whether it would be better if I attend one of those earlier in January or later in the spring. Also, what were they like when you attended one?</p>
<p>Go to the one in the spring. You do not want to be walking around ann arbor in the winter. BELIEVE ME.</p>
<p>I never attended one. I was coming from Abu Dhabi in the UAE, so flying 10,000 miles for a visit did not make sense! LOL But I agree with Nirvana...Spring is best.</p>
<p>alex are you originally from UAE?</p>
<p>No, I am not from the UAE, but I am Arab. I am originally Lebanese and I was born in Beirut, Lebanon. I have lived in the Arabian/Persian Gulf since 1975 (since I was two) and in the UAE in particular since 1978. And I lived in the States from 1987-1988 (boarding school in DC), 1992-1996 (Michigan years) and 1999-2004 (graduate school and work).</p>
<p>Alexandre,</p>
<p>I have a kind of interesting and pressing question right now. Right now, it's basically between Michigan and Northwestern as to where I'll be next year, and I really don't have any interest in going to Michigan State anymore. I'm planning on withdrawing my acceptance from State so that somebody else can still have a chance to get it. However, I've been told that I should send in the $200 deposit so that my place can be reserved and final at Michigan so that I am 100% positive that I have a place to go next year when I withdraw from State. However, there's still a chance that I might not be at Michigan next year (pending on whatever Northwestern says in March). Would Michigan absolutely begin hating me if I end up pulling out in March? I know that the $200 isn't refundable after it's submitted, but that's not really an issue as long as I have somewhere to be next year. Also, would Northwestern hate me if I take this route (I'm posting this in both boards so...)? I really want to be on good terms with both of them since i love both of them (no matter what happens).</p>
<p>Also, how do you say to a school that you won't be joining them the next year? I feel horrible (It'll be even worse if I end up having to say no to Michigan or Northwestern).</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I'm really sad about Michigan's loss in the Rose Bowl.</p>