Few Questions

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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Hey all,

I’m applying EA this year and just have a few questions about the process.

  1. Is there an honors college for engineering students? If so is there a separate application?
  2. If I am admitted as an engineering student, is it difficult to transfer to computer science once I am at school?
  3. Are there any merit scholarships available for OOS students? If so, are there separate applications for these?

Thank you in advance!!

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  1. Yes, but you don't apply for that straight out of high school
  2. Computer science is a potential route within Engineering, so a transfer is not necessary.
  3. Based purely off of merit? I don't believe so for OOS. Anyone can correct me on that but none of my OOS friends got merit scholarships from the University.
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  1. There are a few merit-based scholarships for OOS in CoE. Notably, the CoE Scholarship of Honor is awarded to both in-state and OOS applicants based on merit only and requires no separate application (but do apply to UM early). See http://scholarships.engin.umich.edu/new-students/ for more details, including some scholarships that do require separate applications.
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There are definitely merit scholarships for OOS students. The Engineering scholarship of honor is $8000/yr for in-state and $20,000 for OOS. The equivalent scholarships at LSA is $10,000-$20,000 for OOS and $5000-$10000 for in-state. There are also other scholarships (larger and smaller) for both in-state and OOS students.

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@billcsho Thanks! Do you happen to know how competitive the engineering scholarships of honor tend to be? Are they based mostly off of grades/test scores or do they look at essays as well?

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@runna67 No essay or even application required for the engineering scholarships of honor. Any scholarships at that level are very competitive. My D got it with ACT35/uwGPA4.0 a few years ago. She also got 800 in both SAT2 and 5 in all APs but I don’t think they considered them. It is still not purely based on scores and GPA. My friend’s son did not get it with ACT36/GPA4.0.

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@billcsho Okay! Thanks for responding!