To all Penn and Michigan Applicants

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>I know its late to be starting my app. for michigan, but i got a couple questions.</p>

<li><p>Is preferred admissions binding (not to Michigan itself, but lets say i get in preferred to their business school, then do I have to attend there business school or could I transfer my freshman year)</p></li>
<li><p>My 500 word essay is about 650 words. Are they like Penn whos pretty cool about it if it is a good essay, or are they going to get ****ed if its that long?</p></li>
<li><p>Some schools allow you to send in the Jan. 28 SAT scores even if the scores will be reported after the app. deadline, does Michigan?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks. And sorry for asking this on the Penn site. Im not sure who else to ask, the admissions office is closed.</p>

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<p>I applied ED to Wharton (Deferred) I also haven't sent out my Michigan app yet and I'm OOS. I'm writing the bazillion essays right now. Prefer admit to Ross. </p>

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<li><p>From what I know, preferred admissions isn't binding, its not like we had to sign a paper or anything, I'm pretty sure if you get accepted pre admit, you attend freshman year, if you don't get in pre admit, then you reapply end of freshman year.</p></li>
<li><p>My essay is 900, I don't think they much care as long as you aren't rambling</p></li>
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<p>3.Michigan will accept the scores, thats what admissions told me.</p>

<p>Good luck</p>

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<p>nice. Im in the same boat as you. defered Wharton and about to send in Michigan and UNC. What other scools are you applying to.</p>

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<p>Carnegie Mellon
Babson
NYU-Stern
Cornell
Dartmouth
UMiami</p>

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<p>I think that right now is really late to be applying to Michigan.</p>

<p>Ross is probably my first choice school (I love Michigan and the in-state tuition), and I think that I probably missed the boat by applying October 23. (People have already been offered admission to Ross)</p>

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<p>Ya, its late, but who knows what can happen</p>

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<p>yea, i mean its still a month before the deadline. Plus, im out of state so hopefully they havent filled their "quota" for my state.</p>

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<p>What about this Residencial College thing?</p>

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<p>Don't bother with it. From what I've heard, most of the people that do it are the ones afraid of Michigan's size.</p>

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<p>it's also extremely humanities-based. You have to take extra humanities courses and such. I originally put it down in my application, but I'm not going to opt for it even if I go to Mich.</p>

<p>out of curiosity why is this in the Penn forum?</p>

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<p>because the michigan forum is always sleepy (i assume), so they took this coversation to the livelier penn forum, which has a lot of umich applicants b/c of the whole business thing</p>