OOS chances?

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<p>Back-story: Currently in a community college, looking to transfer out. Seeking an Engineering degree, possibly looking to go to medical school after.</p>

<p>Academic stats: 3.8 CC GPA.(Can up it to 3.85 possibly).
Only a 3.1 HS GPA though.</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular:
-Tutor in math/chemistry (fam/friends)</p>

<p>-Volunteer for two organizations for roughly 1 year and 8 months</p>

<p>-Church "volunteer" for 2.5 years.(can I list this? I have only helped out every Sunday by doing cleaning, serving, organizing a fundraiser, etc. But I don't know how I can verify if asked? We don't keep records at the church, my dad could verify) I don't know though.</p>

<p>-Part time work for my father.</p>

<p>Hobbies:
-Snowboarding
-Weight Lifting</p>

<p>Transfer into engineering chances?</p>

<p>I am a WA state resident.
Any chance for Financial Aid/Scholarships? My EFC is $0.</p>

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<p>How many credits have you completed?</p>

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<p>So far, 50.</p>

<p>I am enrolled for 20credits right now(summer).</p>

<p>Then roughly another 50(3 quarters)</p>

<p>I know they will only take 90, but some are classes like, precalulus, humanities, which I hope do not transfer out.</p>

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<p>Are you sure they take 90 credits for outside transfers? I believe it is only 60 but I may be mistaken if the COE has special limits. If you currently have 50 credits with a 3.8 GPA, you would be considered a match as a transfer student.</p>

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<p>I just searched around on the UMICH COE website. Under their FAQs for admissions it states:</p>

<p>Does the College of Engineering have a 60-hour rule?</p>

<pre><code>No, but you must complete at least 50 credit hours of U-M Ann Arbor coursework on campus, and you must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours of advanced level technical courses on campus.
</code></pre>

<p>So basically I take it that there is no credit limit, but rather, there are requirements for credits at the campus.</p>

<p>Is that the 60 credits limit you were mentioning?</p>

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<p>Ok, thank you for clarifying that. It seems as if you can bring any amount of credits you want, but you still need 50 in Ann Arbor.</p>

<p>The limit I was speaking of (it looks like it is only in LSA) is that you may only transfer 60 credits from another institution. Here are some transfer stats I compiled two months ago: <a href=“https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0yve243EBqtNlRwSlZpY3pTQzZFX1BNZXhnNjdZUQ/edit[/url]”>https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0yve243EBqtNlRwSlZpY3pTQzZFX1BNZXhnNjdZUQ/edit&lt;/a&gt;
It does not specify whether they applied LSA or COE, sorry.</p>

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<p>Awesome. Thanks so much!</p>

<p>I hope I can get admitted, UMich is one of my top choices.</p>

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<p>Yeah I’m in the same boat as you. This will be my third time applying, I will have about a 3.75 GPA with 60 credits pending at the end of Fall 2012 hoping for Winter 2013 admission.</p>

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<p>Are you instate or out of state?</p>

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<p>I’m instate.</p>

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<p>I wish you the best man, I hope this time around the admit you.</p>

<p>Its weird, by your stats and the fact you are in state, it seems like a match.</p>

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<p>Hi there. Generally, they admit about one third of transfer applicants, just so you know your general odds.
Slick, with a zero EFC, make sure you have a plan B. Michigan openly states it does not necessarily meet need, or even come close, for out-of-state students. Best wishes nonetheless – I just wanted to make sure you were aware of this so that you were not disappointed down the road. It’s always worth a shot, but even though you’re a good match, I’d say it’s not a “fiscal” match given the OOS aid track record.</p>