<p>I agree with mjmay. When you are dealing with tens of thousands of applicants, you will obviously going to have many underqualified candidates. However, the majority of the applicants (IS or OOS) are going to be qualified. I was always surprised at how conservative IS students are when it comes to applying to Michigan. First, they will typically only apply if they are of a certain caliber, and should those below that standard wish to apply, they will typically meet resistance from their school counselors.</p>
<p>No I agree with statlanta… </p>
<p>IS kids are weak sauce.</p>
<p>I still stand by my statement that they are under-qualified; it’s just that they will get in easier because of the school’s preference for in-state kids. And I don’t want to go to Illinois because it’s in the middle of nowhere, and a lot of kids from my high school go there, so it’s like high school all over again. Plus, I’d like a higher caliber school for my prospective major (unless I go biomedical or chem engineering in which UofI would be a great option).</p>
<p>@statlanta not to be mean or anything but i know a ton of instate kids that are more qualified than you. quite a few instate kids use michigan as their safety</p>
<p>but not 15000 of them!</p>
<p>“I still stand by my statement that they are under-qualified; it’s just that they will get in easier because of the school’s preference for in-state kids”</p>
<p>well no crap, but the majority of those who are 1. accepted and 2. actually decide to attend are usually pretty well qualified.</p>
<p>of the lesser quality students I have encountered at Michigan, around half were in-state, and around half were rich OOSers who probably only got into due to their money.</p>
<p>You are in. Is Michigan your first choice?</p>
<p>Very true
I think counselors don’t recommend U of M unless they think kids have a great chance of getting in. I watched in our high school who applied and they were only the cream of the crop, with all the extras that they felt would help them get in.
I also think kids don’t like to take a chance on a rejection letter if they don’t feel that they are a shoo in.</p>
<p>That’s dumb. Are they afraid they’ll get their feelings hurt?</p>
<p>@mjmay</p>
<p>Define what “a ton” of instate kids are. I doubt you know over 50 that are more qualified than me. Michigan is not my first choice, but it is top 3. And andre10 is right. Michigan is packed with lesser-quality instaters and rich OOSers.</p>
<p>Middle Class OOS Students REPRESENT!</p>
<p>statlanta, I hope you were kidding in your last comment</p>
<p>Don’t make such arrogant claims until you finish your freshman year with A+'s in all your classes. You’re just setting yourself up to look like a pompous ass when you get an A-, which would place you well out of the top of your class.</p>
<p>There’s definitely a lot of clueless instate kids, but I hope you realize that many talented instate kids stay in MI instead of going to better schools due to financial reasons.</p>
<p>^ i agree. academically statlanta is NOT stellar, just very good (couple of your ECs make you stand out a bit). you will find a lot of cohorts (several hundreds better). good luck with your top choices, but if you end up at umich, better watch out.</p>
<p>I’ve gotten A-'s before…awkward</p>
<p>I was talking about freshman year of college, but ok…</p>
<p>I got a B+ this year. I wanted to kill myself</p>
<p>purpleduckman, you are mldwoody, right?</p>
<p>And when I said 50 people, I meant 50 people that mjmay knew, not 50 total applicants out of 50,000 - sorry if there was a misunderstanding.</p>
<p>i’m sorry but i do know at least that many people…and i would count myself among them</p>
<p>Wow^^</p>
<p>Do you go to a magnet school? Seriously though, that’s a lot of smart people lol.</p>