<p>Would this student get merit money? Any thoughts on how much appreciated.</p>
<p>*black female from CA
*top 20% at schools that sends over 20% to top colleges but school does not officially rank
*2300 SATI
800/800/710 SATII
*average ECs for top college and great jobs in business</p>
<p>Would she be a Ross pre admit?</p>
<p>Yeah, I think so. Your daughter has a better profile than me and I got Ross PA and merit money. The Ross essay has to be good though -- they put an unusually large amount of emphasis on it.</p>
<p>It's possible she'll get strictly merit money, although more likely that it will be one of the combined merit/URM scholarships that UM gives out. It depends on how high her gpa is and what kind of courses she took, I guess.</p>
<p>How is your daughter's unweighed GPA?</p>
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<p>said top 20%</p>
<p>^But that doesn't say anything about the GPA.</p>
<p>That's all you really need to know. It's more useful than the actual number. Not every high school has standardized grading curves. For example, a 3.8 at my high school would have put you in the top 5%, but at other schools it could be only top 30%.</p>
<p>UM no longer gives the Michigan Scholar Award which was for URM and geographic diversity. They had to stop when the measure restricting UM from using AA became law.</p>
<p>Her UW GPA is a 3.6 at a school where maybe one kid/yr has a 4.0. She is somewhere between top 10-20% but the school literally send over 20% to ivies and equal. I know the GPA number will hurt at state schools that don't put in context.</p>
<p>She probably will not get any merit money with a 3.6, but I could be wrong.</p>
<p>Kastsm, it's not everyday that a black female scores a 2300 on the SAT. I'd say the OP's daughter will get merit scholarships from Michigan, but I could be wrong.</p>
<p>Well, you're probably right if they take race into account, but then it's not strictly a merit scholarship. According to entomom, UM no longer has their Michigan Scholar Awards, so I took from that that they would not be considering race/geography as much in giving out scholarships. Although I'm sure there are ways around it.</p>
<p>If they don't take race into account, I know plenty of people with equal or better stats that didn't get any scholarships.</p>
<p>Michigan really does not give many merit scholarships at all. they give 525 regents, which is only $1500/year. Apart from that, most scholarships are strictly need/merit based. If your family makes more than $60,000 a year, don't count on getting one. I'm not saying you are a bad candidate, but you are not THAT rare at Michigan, mainly because of your typical ECs and top 20%. Michigan only gives about 10 substantial merit based scholarships, mostly from alumni groups. Check out Michigans financial aid site for more info. As the top (arguably) public school in the nation, they really don't need to offer much aid apart from need-based. If you are black with those scores and your school doesn't rank, I assume that you are fairly well-off, so don't count on much. Michigan IS HUGE on scholarships for poor, black girls with great scores though. I know a girl who went to HS in detroit. SHe was the vale at detroit cass tech and was given a full ride despite her low ACT, because she demonstrated need.</p>
<p>I disagree with 1MX that Michigan gives only about 10 substantial merit scholarships. Michigan gives 15 full Shipman (40k/yr for OOS), 35 partial Shipman (26k/yr OOS). LSA gives about 90 Deans scholarships of 5-20k/yr. Engineering and other departments give scholarships too.</p>
<p>I agree with Alexandre and Kastsm, her GPA is a negative, but being AA with a high SAT is a plus, so it's hard to predict. While they no longer give the MSA since it was tied to diversity, I'm not sure how Michigan deals with race for their other scholarships.</p>
<p>I looked at the scattergram at her school for UMich today. Every kid from her school that applied in the last four years (8) was admitted, most with ranks well below her's and all with much lower SAT (highest 1300). Will this help?</p>