<p>My son is considering applying to U Mich as a transfer for Fall 2006 and would like to start working on his essays this summer. Does anyone know if the questions change with each new year? </p>
<p>Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>Do you know what questions they were for this incoming year's students? I believe I have my questions for the year before that.</p>
<p>Here's what I had (I mentioned my name, SSN, and College of Engineering at top, so not sure if this was school-specific within UM):</p>
<p>Short Answer Essays:
1. At the University of Michigan, we are committed to building an academically superb and widely diverse educational community. What would you as an individual bring to our campus community?</p>
<ol>
<li>Describe the experience, person, or event that most inspired you to pursue your chosen course of study.</li>
</ol>
<p>Required Essay (don't know #1, or if there was a #3):
2. Discuss an issue of local, national, or international concern. Why is this issue important to you? How would you resolve it? What impact would its resolution have on others?</p>
<p>Hopefully these will help your son get a jist of what colleges, and particularly UM, ask on an essay.</p>
<p>Yeah, Michigan's topics were extremely bad. Specially the engineering specific question.</p>
<p>Those were the questions I had when I applied for fall 2004. The long essay had three options, including the one you listed.</p>
<p>I remember the way the class of 07 essay question was worded basically "baited" a applicant to talk about social issues and social justice.</p>
<p>Woe was the applicant that answered wrong ;)</p>
<p>Thank you all for posting. He found the 2004-05 questions and they were the same except that "#2. Describe the experience, person, or event that most inspired you to pursue your chosen course of study," was not included.
This will give him a pretty good idea of what to expect. Thanks again.</p>