<p>I understand that the acceptance rate for applicants for after freshman year within lsa is approximately 47%, but i am wondering how difficult is it to get approximately a 3.8ish at mich during your freshman year including the prerequisite courses one must take in order to be considered for ross?</p>
<p>this will play a large role in my decision between marshall and lsa non preadmit.</p>
<p>any help is appreciated, especially input from current/past students.</p>
<p>3.8 is going to be really tough.</p>
<p>out of all my friends, i'd say only two of them have a 3.8 or better. the thing is, they're ALWAYS studying. i've never seen them at any social events either.</p>
<p>even if you're really smart, you're going to have to put in A LOT of work.</p>
<p>hm. how difficult would it be to get a GPA good enough to have a reasonable to good chance of getting into ross sophomore year? what would that gpa be?</p>
<p>Freshman year, I had a 3.8, and I made it to Ross. (Once in Ross, I found it harder to maintain and now fell quite a bit from that :(.) The average of accepted students is a 3.6. Most applicants will have around a 3.5-3.7. The ones under that usually don't apply. In this sense, the applicant pool is self-selecting. Since most applicants have solid GPAs, there should be other factors that distinguish you as well. Some 4.0's get rejected.</p>
<p>Higher than in 2006, where the middle 50% GPA was 3.3 to 3.8. You probably stand a pretty good chance with a 3.5 GPA... a generalization. There are several other factors that bear on admittance, so it's really hard to say what GPA is needed.</p>
<p>what other steps should be taken to maximize one's chances? joining groups/clubs, showing leadership (how would one demonstrate this as a freshman?), recs from professors (i'm not sure if this is possible)? also, if i were to do an internship this summer (my senior year/pre freshman summer) could i use that in my application during my sophomore year?</p>
<p>Jth11688 , Im in the same position as you. Am planning on applying to Ross in my freshman year and have all the same doubts as you do . </p>
<p>As for the application , as it becomes available in December of 2007 they ask you for all you have done in the past 11 months and therefore a summer internship would be useful.</p>
<p>Leadership can be shown in any field , you could join a club and help organize an event , you could form and captain a team for an intramural sports competition and the like. Basically take iniative . </p>
<p>Recs from professor? Since the professors barely know the names of most of their freshman students , I doubt this is an option. Does the application even ask for them?</p>
<p>You will have to take a challenging couseload as well and do well in it (3.5+). Mmm , I would reccomend attending some of Ross's information talks.</p>
<p>Get involved, take tough classes, and rock em! =)</p>
<p>Don’t worry about recommendations, they won’t accept them.</p>
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<p>“3.8 is going to be really tough”</p>
<p>Assuming it’s LSA, 3.8 isnt hard as long as you steer clear from math/hard science majors.</p>
<p>So 3.6 is the average GPA for Ross applicants? Does that include both LSA and engineering? What’s the average GPA for admitted Ross applicants from COE? I’m assuming significantly lower than 3.6.</p>
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Well most students who get accepted to Ross from CoE don’t have that much lower GPA. </p>
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<p>“Well most students who get accepted to Ross from CoE don’t have that much lower GPA.”</p>
<p>No actual statistics but every single one of my COE friends with 3.2+ got in.</p>