Hi there, I recently posted asking for advice on my chances of acceptance to the University of Michigan. I was shocked when I found out that if I am denied from Michigan engineering, I will be denied from Michigan as a whole. Can someone please explain how/if this is true?
Also, if the above mentioned predicament is the case, I will probably apply to another school such as LSA so that I can get in to Michigan and then transfer to engineering, or I am also interested in econ so I might major in that. People keep throwing out stats for admission at these different schools. Please tell me what the median or average or 25-75 percentiles of ACT scores and GPA are for admission into UMich LSA (and other schools if you have that info, but I care the most about LSA).
It’s actually pretty simple, Michigan engineering is rated in the top 10 in almost every discipline and is one of the very few highly ranked programs that isn’t mostly a tech and science school. Many undecided engineering applicants like that because whatever they go into, it will be good. Engineering attracts students with higher credentials in general so the applicant pool is larger and more qualified then the other colleges in the university. It is very difficult to transfer into engineering because of all of the foundation courses you need and still complete your degree in 4 years.
The engineering school has different criteria … they don’t consider your SAT writing score, just your CR and Math and math has a higher importance than in the other schools. They want SAT II tests too. For women, the standards at engineering have been a little relaxed in the past because the college wants more women, and many have historically transferred to LSA from engineering. This may not be the case today.
That doesn’t mean you won’t get into engineering. ACT is 32-35, GPA is 3.9 average. LSA is likely going to be 31-34, GPA 3.85. That isn’t a huge difference. GPA varies between schools, and Michigan will adjust if they know your school and based on your school profile.
Finance is taught through the BBA program at Ross which admits only about 40% of the freshman/sophomore transfers , and tiny percentage of pre-admits (guaranteed admission if your freshman GPA holds up and you take the intro class). Dual Engin/Ross and LSA/Ross programs are fairly common too.
nevermind, i called the admissions office. for anyone reading this post out of interest, if you are denied from Umich engineering, you are denied from the school as a whole. however, the admissions representative I talked with told me that that it is possible to transfer from LSA to engineering. it is called a “cross-campus transfer” and many students have done it in the past.
Yes, it is feasible to transfer from LSA to CoE. It is not difficult if you fulfill the course requirement although it is not guaranteed. Nevertheless, engineering is not an easy field. You will need to work hard in order to survive. When you got deferred from EA for CoE, you may ask the admission office to switch your application for LSA. Some students did that in the past too. The numbers from TooOld4School are close to my estimates. The LSA ACT mid 50 I have already mentioned above. THe CoE admission stat for this year is not available yet while 33 was the admission ACT median last year. They did not show the mid 50 for 2014 but my estimate is 31-35 (it was 31-34 in the last few years). The enrolled freshmen of 2014 has ACT mid 50 of 31-34 while the admission stat is usually around 1 point higher. For instance, the enrolled freshmen mid 50 was 30-33 in 2013 while the admission mid 50 was 31-34.