<p>Wait, wasn’t there a discrepancy in your SAT scores too?</p>
<p>Yea there was a discrepancy in my SAT scores. A good 400 point alteration.</p>
<p>I know. I meant did they address that issue? You didn’t mention it in your last post (unless I missed it?).</p>
<p>You’ll be okay as long as you work hard, Entertainer. I was a slacker in high school too and always managed to scrape by, and then there was one college class in particular where, all of the sudden, I realized that I really needed to work harder and if I did I could be great-- and then I got accepted to Michigan. Just don’t get discouraged if you don’t do as well as you hope right away. A lot of people get to college with expectations about what amount of work will yield certain results and then are horrified when they make lower grades than they expected. I know that if that happens to me I will have to consciously force myself to not panic.</p>
<p>Well i didn’t talk to my advisor about the issue. I’m not sure if I should. But I asked her about my class rank and she told me that those were the test scores and transcript information that she received. I’m going to e-mail her later today. I hope nothing bad happens.</p>
<p>Wishing you the best of luck. Hopefully, there’s a simple explanation.</p>
<p>Yea I hope so… I just sent her an e-mail.</p>
<p>Nothing bad will happen. They can’t rescind your admission unless you lied. Because UMich or your school made a mistake isn’t your fault. Don’t worry :).</p>
<p>I sent them my SAT score information and my counselor sent them my transcript information. All of the statistical information Michigan should have received wasn’t altered or changed by me at all. I think there was an error involved, but I’m not sure. That is why I asked if Michigan alters grades to make the school look more competitive. I know there have been talks about elite schools that alter SAT scores and stuff to seem more competitive only to attract the most talented and qualified students. I also registered for classes already so I don’t think they can rescind me or anything like that.</p>
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I like you already! Welcome to the Wolverine family.</p>
<p>Haha… yea I love being a Wolverine and thanks!!</p>
<p>So here is the final result. This is a word from my advisor.</p>
<p>“On occasion, even when accurate information is input into the computer, another student’s information is retrieved. I just “rechecked” your information and did find a different set of SAT scores than we looked at on Thursday afternoon. On your orientation summary, I note that your class rank is listed as 89th. I stand by my original statement: you earned your place at UM!”</p>
<p>So I’m guessing it was a mix-up like everyone said. My class rank was higher I think because my senior grades jumped a lot while other students fell victim to “senioritis”. A 4.4-4.5W GPA at my school is 91-95 percentile. So I’m guessing that information might be accurate. Like I said my GPA was accurate, 3.3 U-M GPA. My academic advisor is very encouraging and I think that she is a great advisor and motivator. U-M advising doesn’t lack in my opinion.</p>
<p>Sweet, that’s good to hear, and I’m glad you got everything sorted out.</p>
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<p>Good to hear. UM advising normally gets its share of complaints…</p>
<p>I’m curious, who is your adviser? I have spoken to TONS of them in the past few months.</p>
<p>Mine is a little silly, he tends to say one thing and then a few minutes later be like “oh wait I missed something,” but he is very patient with my numerous questions so I don’t mind him. I was not pleased that they assigned me an adviser at orientation who only works there for the summer and that I had to be switched to someone else. There was a serious problem with my language placement test and she hauled me down to the disabilities office to talk to them so that the three of us could appeal to the department to put me in a different course, but now I am with a different adviser who probably has no idea about that. I liked that adviser, too, though. I had a lot of problems at my orientation and got very frustrated, and until toward the end she was very encouraging and helpful.</p>
<p>Well I’m not sure if I am allowed to give names so if you want to PM me I can let you know who my advisor is. I can give you some details about her in a post though:</p>
<p>Well my advisor is an academic advisor as well as a medical advisor for medical school and their applicants. Because I’m a pre-med major, she is like a two in one deal so to speak. She has already given me advice about where I can receive free tutoring. She is also a co-writer of one of the chemistry text books/study guides that U-M professors and students use. Because I want to be a neurosurgeon, she has told me that she wants to let me meet one of her friends who graduated from Harvard Medical School, who is now a neurosurgeon in an effort to familiarize myself with medical school admissions and what its like to be a surgeon, specifically a neurosurgeon.</p>
<p>My academic advisor is a very good motivator. I’m not a really confident person when it comes to my ability and talent. I’m usually silent and shy and my academic advisor is pretty much a person I can talk to about my problems and concerns. She is someone I can have an intelligent discussion with about the neurotransmitters in the human body. She is like a friend in a sense. I remember during orientation, we had a little talk about why humans close their eyes when they sneeze and stuff like that. She is very patient and she even had me take a test to figure out what kind of learner I am so that I can excel in subjects like Chemistry, Biology and Statistics. She also wants me to take it easy my first semester since my SAT scores and stuff weren’t too good. She is trying to put me into a General Chemistry class that meets 4 times a week instead of 3 so that I can gain an extra lecture and learn more information about the subject so I can excel and take organic chemistry sometime next year. </p>
<p>You know how at orientation, there was a day where students had like 25 minutes to talk to their advisor. I talked to mine for about an hour and 30 minutes. It probably would have went on longer, but I had some backpacking to do, I also was hungry. I’m a one on one person so I like to express my views to someone that will actually listen rather to someone I hardly know. I hope to take full advantage of office hours and stuff like that so I can get to know my teachers, because you never know what kind of positive advice and connections you can gain.</p>
<p>She is very positive and down to earth. I think she might be the one I choose to write my recommendation for med-school, If I continue towards that path. Like I said this is just a preliminary view of my advisor. School hasn’t really started yet so I’m not sure what and how she will be like with so many students coming to see her and stuff like that.</p>
<p>To edit my post: I’m not a pre-med major. I’m heading on the pre-med track. I’m hoping to concentrate in psychology, but right now my options are open. Anthropology and Geoscience seem pretty cool to.</p>
<p>Good for you. 
That sounds awesome. A good adviser, I think, can really make a difference in a persons academic experience. I am like you as well, and I really appreciated the encouragement I received from all the staff while I was there for orientation-- we got to have dinner with someone from admissions too and that was also great, she was so friendly compared to how we envision them when we’re applying! I think that while there may be some professors who are not as encouraging, when we are in need of encouragement we ought to have plenty of it available to us if we know where to look. That makes me really happy I chose Michigan.</p>
<p>Would you guys just hurry up and get here already? Can’t wait to have you!!!</p>
<p>haha… I cant wait either. Summer is passing by too slow, but on the flip side I’m having a fun summer. Just catching up with friends and partying until the day when I leave them all for Michigan.</p>