<p>Alexandre...Michigan paying you to spin for them??? U Penn not much better than Michigan...nice try?</p>
<p>Salem, I never said Penn wasn't much better than Michigan. If anything, I would say Michigan and Penn are roughly the same. Last time I checked, Michigan's peer assessment score was 4.5/5.0...so was Penn's. I am pretty confident that the hundreds of college presidents and deans of admissions from Michigan's and Penn's peer group paint a far more accurate picture than either one of us. </p>
<p>Here's how one of them actually articulated his point:</p>
<p>"I am extremely skeptical that the quality of a university - any more than the quality of a magazine - can be measured statistically. However, even if it can, the producers of the U.S. News rankings remain far from discovering the method. Let me offer as prima facie evidence two great public universities: the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and the University of California-Berkeley. These clearly are among the very best universities in America - one could make a strong argument for either in the top half-dozen. Yet, in the last three years, the U.S. News formula has assigned them ranks that lead many readers to infer that they are second rate: Michigan 21-24-24, and Berkeley 23-26-27."</p>
<p>Gerhard Casper, Stanford University President, 1990-2000</p>
<p>Criticism</a> of College Rankings - September 23, 1996</p>
<p>Dr. Casper and hundreds like him are the ones who decide which universities are the best, not you or I.</p>
<p>You may not think very highly of Michigan, but the majority of the academic and professional word clearly disagree with you.</p>
<p>Since this is an active thread, I'll post my question here: Is today the deadline for all notifications? I haven't received word by email, nor mail, nor by WA. I'm an international, so I'm expecting word by WA--can anyone verify this?</p>
<p>How many people who applied in January do you think got in?</p>
<p>liberate, if you can start a company sell it and then have it bring in six figures what do you need college for?</p>
<p>@taav_2... I'm wondering the same... I applied late January and got waitlisted. As for my stats, they're pretty good but I applied on Feb 1st (the date of the deadline) so that probably reeaally affected me:</p>
<p>*] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT:n/a
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):n/a
[ *] ACT:34
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: international...so I'm on a different system.... umm 3.92 I'm guessing (one B)
[ *] Rank:1/156
[ *] Other stats: Lots of school awards, top 25% multiple national math contests
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):Student Council President, Astronomy Club president/founder, co-editor for school newspaper, Mission Team (travel to 3rd world countries to build houses), Band (clarinet - 4 yrs), Ballet (15yrs) - recieved distinction on every exam & worked with some companies, tutor 4 students in math, physics, and chemistry. Work at a Greek Deli 20hrs/week
[ *] Essays: This is where it goes downhill.... my essays weren't the greatest - one about overcoming the language barrier at the deli I work at, another about a ballet performance, then I attached an additional essay that I really liked and spent a lot of time on.
[ *] Teacher Recs: excellent - top in career
[ *] Counselor Rec: never saw? good I hope.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):none
[ *) Location/Person:Vancouver
[ *] State or Country: Canada
[ *] School Type: Religious
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Female</p>
<p>Anyways... so now I'm kinda debating...should I accept the spot on the waitlist?? I want to major in aerospace engineering, go to grad school at MIT, and eventually work for NASA. I got accepted to Purdue with $10,000 a year for scholarships, but apparently I'm qualified for another $ 40,000 scholarship... I don't if I'll get it though. I don't know how eager my parents are to help pay the cost of Michigan if I do happen to get off the waitlist.... are the programs between Michigan and Purdue for aerospace really that different??</p>