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I’d like to trust you. Are you saying that the admission standards are elite for everyone other than Detroit Public School students, or are there also other in-state students that don’t need to meet the “elite” standard?</p>
<p>i just wanna say that i agree with aglages…UMich has gotta go private before it’s considered an elite (at least undergrad-wise)</p>
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I don’t remember saying the above. Are you suggesting that UM is not elite because it is a state supported school and has low in-state admissions standards?</p>
<p>You have to be kidding me…since when does selectivity directly correlate with being ‘elite’ (which I’m going to assume means being a ‘top’ program). The College of the Ozarks has a 10.4% admissions rate, but I doubt that anyone here would put up the argument that the College of the Ozarks is more ‘elite’ than UChicago or Dartmouth (or Michigan!). Furthermore, Brown’s acceptance rate is pretty low, but by no means does that mean that it is on the level of UChicago even though UChicago’s acceptance rate is about 10% higher than that of Brown. </p>
<p>On top of that, I’d like to see what would have happened to you had you lived in inner-city Detroit all your life and gone to DPS. Chances are, you wouldn’t have been able to pull off the statistics that those students received had you done that. So, please, stop bi***** and allow those students to have their chance.</p>
<p>agreed with motion, there. lol, ozarks. & what does public/private have to do with ANY thing?</p>
<p>^ damn motion…word.</p>
<p>It is the faculty that fill the halls that make a University elite.</p>
<p>How does the College of the Ozarks admissions rate have anything to do with higher admissions standards? Nice try though. Bottom line is that UM admits some (many?) in-state students not based on their qualifications (or a supposed high UM admission standard), but regardless of whether they fit the overall profile of the average student. Does this “lowering of the bar” help UM to be an elite university? I can’t imagine how.
This addresses what part of this topic? Are we discussing whether the poor and disadvantaged can be expected to do worse on standardized tests and GPAs, or whether admitting students regardless of how low those scores are helps UM to be less elite? It seems to me that you’d like to take a statistical conversation and turn it into a moral question on poverty and secondary education instead of staying on topic. Good luck with that.</p>
<p>If this topic does not belong here, or is just something that you’d rather not discuss in public, let me know and we can move on.</p>
<p>you guys think there’ll be another wave of admits this week?</p>
<p>most likely not…UMich is on vacation!!! Happy holidays everyone!</p>
<p>My son applied for LSA / Informatics (1st choice), Comp Science (2nd choice) in ER process. We checked the status today and it shows LSA / undecided. Would anyone know why they would do this?</p>
<p>Honestly, “elite” can be based on numerous factors, and U of M has had these admissions policies for a while and continues to receive name recognition over hundreds of private colleges. So, the whole private vs. public as well as “non-elite in-state standards” arguments are completely moot.</p>
<p>scorechoice- I asked a similar question in an email to admissions. All LSA applicants are listed as “undecided” because they don’t declare a major first year. It does not affect what you want to eventually major in or what courses you take.</p>
<p>I have a question. A professor I know agreed to write an extra letter of recommendation for me (I already sent in the teacher, couselor recs.) Can anyone tell me who he should send it to?</p>
<p>And also to whom should he be writing it to? Should it be like: “Dear, admissions officer”?
I need a quick answer, thanks :)</p>
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Is this name recognition a result of the quantity of undergraduate students or the quality of its post graduate programs?</p>
<p>^ combination of both. Just admit that UM is a honored and respected institution and don’t hate based on some personal experiences that you may have had with regards to the school. (e.g. REJECTED)</p>
<p>I have a question. A professor I know agreed to write an extra letter of recommendation for me (I already sent in the teacher, couselor recs.) Can anyone tell me who he should send it to?</p>
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No negative experiences and no rejections. I am sorry if this topic embarrasses you. FWIW - I think UM has some (many) fantastic grad programs. It just seems that UM has substantially lowered their standards for admittance of in-state students.</p>
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<p>You send it to the office of undergrad admissions, where you sent everything else. I think you should only send it in if you get deferred though, along with your 7th sem grades.</p>