<p>allright, first of all, i'm an out of state student; i live in texas.
next, does it look bad if i take the sat more than 2 times
third, do i (being an out of state student) have a better chance of getting into michigan if i do early admission
fourth, is it harder to get in the college of engineering or the lsa college
fifth, if i take a sat subject test after i apply, will michigan still count that test
and last, what is the least gpa that michigan will accept</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>They won’t even know how many times you take the SAT, you only have to submit one score.</p>
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<li>No I doubt it will look bad taking the SAT more than once</li>
<li>Applying early admission is suggested by the school, though was stated that it does not increase ones chances. ( I wanted to apply early admission, but I may not be able to re-take the ACT/SAT until October! I thought I would have everything sent by October.)</li>
<li>From reviewing this forum, its been stated that LSA is more easier to get into.</li>
<li>From my understanding Michigan does not have a cut off GPA ( as most universities don’t), this is more common for graduate schools ( at least from what I observed). With Michigan being very popular with sports, I wouldn’t be surprise if one was admitted with a 2.0 University of Michigan GPA.</li>
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<p>people have gotten in there with a 2.0 gpa?!?</p>
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I just wouldn’t be surprise if some recuirted athletes have been admitted with a 2.0 GPA.</p>
<p>Coolbrezze, there are perhaps some 2.0 GPA Basketball and Football superstar athletes (**** or ***** Rivals.com type players) that are recruited into elite universities such as Michigan and Notre Dame, but even that is uncommon. Generally speaking, most athletes that are recruited by elite universities tend to have 2.5-3.5 GPAs.</p>
<p>johnsyed, although Michigan does not have an official GPA cut-off (no university does), typically, most successful applicants have 3.6+ unweighed GPAs in their core academic classes (not including electives such as PE, Home Economics, Religion etc…). There are exceptions of course. Some students attend elite private high schools where 3.5+ students get into Harvard, Princeton and Yale, and where 3.0-3.5 students get into the remain Ivies and other elites such as Brown, Cornell, Michigan, Northwestern, Penn etc… As Coolbrezze point out, some exceptions are made for recruited football and basketball superstar athletes. There are other exceptions, but there are probably not worth mentioning.</p>
<p>LSA and Engineering are equally selective, but in different ways. The CoE has a significantly higher acceptance rate (60%-65%) than LSA (40%-45%), but the successful applicant to the CoE has a slightly higher GPA and slightly higher test scores. Also, generally speaking, the CoE looks for students who have taken AP Math and AP Physics in high school and done well in those classes. In short, only highly qualified applicants are admitted into the CoE. </p>
<p>And yes, applying Early Response improves one’s chances, although the applicant should be qualified to start with.</p>
<p>Just to fix a statistic. The acceptance rate for the college of engineering is 54%. Average GPA is a 3.9 and Average ACT is a 31. LSA admitted 41.67% of students in 2008. Average GPA was 3.8 and Average ACT was a 29-30. Engineering students are generally more qualified academically. LSA students are judged based on a wide variety of factors. The school is larger, thus they are looking for well rounded applicants. There is no cutoff GPA or test score for any school.</p>