<p>I know that UM is a really prestigious school and is ranked really high nationally, but is it hard to do well academically at UM? Is it hard to get a good GPA?</p>
<p>No, it’s pretty easy as long as you try.</p>
<p>It depends on the student and how hard they work. Students who barely got into Michigan (sub 3.7 unweighed GPA and sub 1300/1600 on the SAT or 28 on the ACT) will probably have to study harder than the top half of the student body. Either way, if one wishes to maintain a 3.5+ GPA, they are going to have to study hard.</p>
<p>Math/Science/Engineering will be very hard, humanities will be pretty easy unless you pick hard classes. But I think that’s the case everywhere and probably also depends on how comfortable you are with the subjects. I know people that thought Orgo was really easy.</p>
<p>I’m planning on being a Psychology major while taking the required courses for applying to med school. Does anyone know if Psychology majors or pre med courses at Michigan are difficult? Thanks for all your insights!</p>
<p>Pre-med courses at Michigan are difficult, not so much because of the material but rather, because of the level of competition (a lot of very talented premeds) and the grading curve. That will be the case at most universities, not just Michigan. </p>
<p>Psychology at Michigan, as in most universities, is not that difficult. It requires a lot of reading, but the material is relatively straightforward and the grading curve is not that bad.</p>
<p>getting an A in psych will probably be hard in the upper level classes, but i took psych 111 and almost didn’t study and got an A- (0.01% from an A). (I did take AP Psych and got a 5 though)</p>
<p>What do you think of Engineering Alexandre? I’m not good at just straight Calculus but I’m a lot better at Chemistry, Physics, and logic related things as opposed to mathmatical. Is something like that going to be a good thing for me or bad?</p>
<p>Engineering is tough anywhere, especially at top ranked programs like CMU, Cornell, GT, Michigan, Purdue, UIUC etc…</p>
<p>You won’t like engineering if you can’t do well in math. Math is the basic building block/language of engineering, pretty much every problem you get in engineering will involve calculus.</p>
<p>Math to Engineering is like English to Literature.</p>
<p>Engineering is more applied mathematics than pure mathematics (theories, etc). If you’re good at understanding how to approach a problem (like physics) your math should be ok in the engineering disciplines.</p>
<p>what about actuarial science(or actuarial math and finance at UM)? are all the math courses(calc, probability, stats) really tough at UM?</p>