Is Michigan weak in any way?

<p>entenduintransit, I think Ann Arbor has a pretty healthy live music scene for a city its size. And let us not forget that Detroit which is a 1 hour drive away, has a large live music scene.</p>

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So what would you want them to do? Denied the second choice students preferred admit now to end the wait … or practice Tufts syndrome?</p>

<p>GoBlue81</p>

<p>What Ross should do is </p>

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<li><p>meet the f…ing deadlines that they announce to people up front. Not meeting them is unprofessional and disrespectful</p></li>
<li><p>If they need to have a small number on standby, then create a Ross preferred admit wait list and be honest about that.</p></li>
<li><p>For the 1200-1500 who are are the bottom 3/4 of the preferred admit applications, yes they should be denied. It is going to happen eventually, it is just courteous to let them know so that alternative plans and decisions can be made by those applicants.</p></li>
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<li><p>I thought Ross has already announced the first batch (probably most) of their pre-admits. I know a few and there are several on this board claiming they’ve been pre-admitted to Ross.</p></li>
<li><p>This is a good idea. Will pass it on to the Ross alumni board.</p></li>
<li><p>Agreed. I didn’t know Ross has not sent out any rejection letters by the deadline.</p></li>
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<p>Yes, they did announce some pre-admits. Everyone else got an email 4/1 (or sometimes later or not at all) that essentially said, “sorry we need more time. We will tell you by the end of April.” My daughter and 4 of her friends all received that message. That does not exactly give people time to make an informed decision by 5/1 deposit deadline.</p>

<p>A friend of ours visited yesterday from New York (which is half way across the country from me). Her son is a junior but several of his teammates on his high school crew team applied to Michigan and still had no decision from the university (not even wait list). This is well past the announced deadline. Michigan is going to probably have a very poor yield this year as a result of this incompetence. The admissions process is turning a lot of people of to the university.</p>

<p>What is more unfortunate is that this is not the first year Michigan has had problems. When the admissions officer visited our daughter’s high school in the fall, she talked about problems that occurred getting decisions out two years ago and promised that steps had been taken to prevent this from happening again. Apparently, she was wrong.</p>

<p>I know some people who were accepted literally everywhere and declined Michigan because of the high-arrogance issue that has plagued the students, and which usually is very rarely ever even deserved. I’ve also encountered and heard about the arrogance problem from a multitude of individuals. So I would say a key issue of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor flagship school is the lack of social integrity and values attributed and potentially the high degrees of intellectual immaturity.</p>

<p>Takeuproot: sorry to hear that you found Michigan unresponsive…possibly a result of the school being absolutely slammed with applications due to the common app implementation. You should also keep in mind that with 27,000 undergraduates: 1) 50% of the class or 13,500 kids come in with a GPA at 3.8 or higher, and 6,500 come in with a perfect 4.00 unweighted…which means your GPA is noteworthy, but hardly exceptional; 2) Likewise, over 58% of the class or 15,800 kids come in with a composite ACT over 30, so your ACT is very respectable, but also not exceptional.</p>

<p>How is the industrial design program in michigan ann arbor? i’m recently accepted as an transfer.
Ps: I’m an international student from china.</p>

<p>@Palier: A lot of people at U-M are pretty modest and down to Earth.</p>

<p>That is one of Michigan’s greatest qualities 777Blue77. Relative to many of its peers, Michigan students are relatively laid back and more approachable and friendly.</p>

<p>I don’t think one can make a definitive statement about the “friendliness” or lack thereof at any institution that has thousands of students with unique personalities. Michigan is no more and no less friendlier than any other school.</p>

<p>I was not stating an opinion, merely repeating a sentiment that many non-partisans observed on visiting Michigan’s campus. Whether it is true or not is obviously open to debate, but I have often noticed people commenting on how friendly and down to earth Michigan’s student body is.</p>

<p>"@Palier: A lot of people at U-M are pretty modest and down to Earth."</p>

<p>I hope you didn’t think that I considered that to be a weaknesses, Alexandre.</p>

<p>I was just stating how the “U-M people are arrogant” claim is not as true as some people believe it to be.</p>

<p>“I hope you didn’t think that I considered that to be a weaknesses, Alexandre.”</p>

<p>Not at all, I was agreeing with you.</p>

<p>Midwesterners tend to be friendlier than people from the coasts. By local standards, Michigan students can be seen as “up-tight” and “elitist” in comparison to schools nearby such as State but in reality we are much laid back compared to other out of state schools such as Cornell or Berkeley</p>

<p>I think it is hard to generalize the attitude of a collective student body, especially at a school as large and as academically and socially broad as Michigan. I’m sure there are many down to earth, friendly students. I also wouldn’t be surprised to find elitist students, too.</p>

<p>Michigan is way friendlier. I live in metro NY and visited UM last week. Wow, what a difference. People not only giving me directions but walking me to my destination. And the people in the offices are way nicer. I regularly interact with different UM offices via email and phone and their are always polite and responsive. It’s so relaxing.</p>

<p>I agree seaslipper. If you need something taken care, they take care of you when you call or email.</p>

<p>Regarding the friendliness, I’m an international student who had just arrived in Ann arbor a few days ago and I have never come across a city as friendly as Ann Arbor. I’ve visited numerous universities ranging from Rutgers and Mcgill to Harvard and MIT and none of the student populations came close to that of University Michigan.</p>

<p>Just as an example, I had to report to the Michigan Union and I had no idea how to get there. I got on a “the Ride” buses and this random person asked me why I paid for the trip when it’s free for UMich students. When I explained I was a new student who didn’t have an MCard he immediately took out a map of the campus from his bag and explained how I should get there. Then another person said he’ll walk me there. As an international student I was suspicious but I followed along and found out he was an economics grad student in his mid forties. I reiterate I never asked any of them for help at any point, they made the first point of contact. This happened several times in the following days, My parents were constantly surprised by the kindness of the people. I will even admit that at times I felt they were over friendly. In other universities students are not unfriendly (other than NYU, I had some horrible experiences with students there) but they’re just not as friendly and welcoming as UMich.</p>

<p>According to the CEO of the place I’m interning at, the Midwestern “niceness” is a disability we have to work to overcome when non-Midwesterners come to visit. Said in half-jest obviously.</p>