<p>I’m curious as to your thoughts – Michigan’s reputation (OOS at least) was that the acceptance process is largely numbers driven. In other words, if your grades were at least XX and your ACT/SAT at least YY, you were highly likely to be admitted (not guaranteed though – the school hasn’t been a true ‘safety’ in 25 years probably). If significantly below these standards, not so much of a chance to get in. All of which meant (at least in the past) that Michigan was a good target school for top students – Also, to be honest, the Rolling Admissions/EA policies meant that top students heard early (and getting into one’s first top-tier school is always a relief).</p>
<p>As to the future – honestly, who knows what it will bring? I think the Common App is a true paradigm shifter in college admissions, and it will be 5-10 years at least before anyone knows the rules.</p>
<p>I have my predictions, but my Ouija board isn’t any better than anyone else’s.</p>
<p>I agree with you Alexandre, but the original discussion was about the person with a 35 ACT, which again, is well above the middle 50%, making it a statistical shoe in unless another part of the application is very weak (and no a 3.7 GPA is NOT very weak). I could see a rejection if she made word art of the OSU logo in one of her essays… but only then.</p>
<p>I agree the selectivity will go up significantly with the common app, but I can’t see the test scores required going up too much beyond where they are now. With the common app, the number of applicants will go up, but the yield will also go down.</p>
<p>Kyle – FWIW, my guess for Michigan is that in state admissions will pretty much remain unchanged (because of the cost, most qualified IS who would consider Michigan already apply, and the University will want to maintain the overall pct of in-state students). </p>
<p>OOS my best guess is that long term is that number of applicants goes up, acceptance percentage goes down and in the long run, yield (percent accepted who attend) remains constant or rises.</p>
<p>liv4physicz- UM actively searches out qualified women to apply to engineering-- if I were you, I’d start now in forming a <em>personal</em> relationship with the engineering admissions people. Get in touch & ask them if they have any special programs/ advice, etc. for prospective women in engineering. Make sure they know about you, and your passion for U-M. U-Mich has a very high percentage of women enrolled in CoE compared to other top schools I’ve seen, and they like to keep it that way if they can.</p>
<p>OP: Try taking the SAT. Some people do better on SAT than on ACT, & vice versa, and I believe that U-M takes both scores. By all means, also take ACT again, since most people improve their scores the 2nd time around, cuz of less nerves if nothing else. Don’t have your scores “automatically” reported to universities, wait till you get the scores then decide if/where you want to send them. Maybe try getting into an ACT or SAT prep course; if cost is an issue (and you tell them), they will often work out some deal where you pay less.</p>
<p>Purple there’s no need for that. I was pointing out the ridiculousness of her concerns but I’ve tried to stay respectful, you should do the same.</p>