<p>A classmate of mine got into UMich on Thursday with these stats:</p>
<p>Applied 9/26, everything recieved 10/3
3.29 W GPA (Not sure about UM GPA)
1160/1580 SAT
25 ACT
NO AP's!!
3 Honor classes
OOS
Just made the rank for top 50% in the class.
EC's: Cross Country 9-12, JUGGLING (not joking) Club 9-12, Employment</p>
<p>....you have got to be kidding me.</p>
<p>He has no alumni, is not going to college as an athlete, and he has no significant hooks to anyone that would be able to get him into college...</p>
<p>^even if he were an underrepresented minority, i don’t think it’d matter with those stats… i’ve seen URMs with 1900s on their SATs get in, but not 1580s</p>
<p>^^Coolbrezze: sure seems that way…any chance that this is an economic issue? Always wondered if publics, like UMich, would adjust their OOS admissions based on worries about budgets, etc…it would make logical sense in this environment…more OOS kids, more $$ coming in…</p>
<p>edit: infact, the posters on the Cornell Hum ec (SUNY tuition) board are convinced that in-state kids were all deferred so that OOS money can subsidize the NYS budget cuts…makes sense…</p>
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<li>YES, he actually got accepted. When he told me I didn’t believe him and he showed me his wolverine access account and the e-mail he received. He actually got accepted which is just unbelievable.</li>
<li>He is white.</li>
<li>I know he has the financial ability to pay for UM without any sort of aid…but do you really think that is the reason they accepted him?? Because the school needs money?? I really hope that is not how UM is basing some OOS decisions this year…ugh</li>
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<p>He must have had amazing essays and extraordinary teacher recommendations…</p>
<p>Not a surprise. Umich along with other top schools in the nation accept a small number of applicants with mediocre stats. In fact, around 2% of the enrolled freshmen here had a high school gpa of 3.0 or lower when accepted.</p>
<p>Actually, it is NOT illegal for a college to take a family’s financial standing into account…this is the case for most public universities as well as many private ones. Unlike some top schools who pledge to be “need-blind,” these schools are need-aware (and thus take ability to pay into the admission process). For U Mich, however, even though it is public, I believe it says on their website that they are need-blind? Not sure though. But yeah, it is quite surprising that this person got admitted.</p>
<p>And that’s what I thought, that they couldn’t take financial standing into account. But who knows.</p>
<p>I spoke to him about this on Friday and he told me that he worked really hard on his essays. I’m not sure what his writing style is like or anything, but it seems like that is where he focused all of his energy and it looks like it payed off.</p>
<p>I have a friend who got in last year with like a 3.1 and like an 18 on her ACT… and she applied really late too (February). It was for art though she’s an amazing artist and she told me her essays were kick-ass. She’s an URM and lives with her mom so she got a lot of financial aid. I’m jealous! Haha…</p>
<p>Michigan has been growing less and less selective. To be honest I cannot recall one person that I know who has NOT gotten into Michigan when applying, and that’s a ton of people considering I live in an area that is essentially a feeder to U of M and Michigan State… 25’s are nothing to worry about, nor are 3.2’s or crappy SAT’s. I don’t get it.</p>
<p>Michigan is not ‘growing less and less selective.’ You obviously have not looked at any of the statistics. The acceptance rate dropped about 8 percent from 2007 to 2008. Please, do some research before you make claims like that.</p>
Haha…</p>