<p>What is acceptance like to UMich (college of Literature, Science and Arts) for transfer students? I am a sophomore right now at MSU and I am in James Madison College, a small residential college within MSU that is more intense than the other colleges. I am also double majoring in Classical Studies. I want to come to U-M to study Classics (their program is much better than MSU) and I want to eventually go on to get a phD. My grade point my first semester was a 3.9. Then I transfered into James Madison, which is much harder, and my gpa the second semester was a 3.1. My GPA, however, will definitely go up after this semester. James Madison students are often accepted into Ivy Leagues after graduation, so I am hoping it will work in favor of my acceptance.</p>
<p>Just accepted as a second semester sophomore. Hoping to double major in Poli Sci and Econ. I am At WMU right now, but i had a 3.89 last year and 27 ACT. Lots of EC's and was accepted before most individuals were, oct 16th. Had my app in and complete by mid September - app in by the 2nd and all materials received by oct 8th. So if a schmuck from WMU ( i am in the Honors College though, not much by UM standards but good for WMU) with a crappy hs gpa - 3.0 - can get in with a 3.89 from WMU, i'd say you have a competitive chance for getting in.</p>
<p>My niece last year was denied with an overall gpa of 3.9, and dean's lists every semester after her sophomore year at MSU. Who knows exactly what they look at?</p>
<p>rjkofnovi you are correct - the admin process is very odd and erratic - i have a friend who was top ten in my grad class gets denied out of hs and goes to Kzoo college for one semester - got a 3.0 and the transfered and got in... so who knows.</p>
<p>To say that UMich is weird in admissions decisions is an understatement.
I attend one of the satellite schools of UMich, UMich-Dearborn. Many people who go here had solid HS stats but were unable to get into UMich as a freshman for some reason, so they attend Dearborn which has cheap tuition so that they could easily transfer into the Ann Arbor Campus. </p>
<p>I personally know someone who went to Dearborn because she wanted to transfer into UMich-Ann Arbor despite the fact she got into other pretty decent schools. she had a 3.79 HS GPA with a 2010 SAT and 29 ACT, All APs and what not, and UMich denied her freshman year. Then, she got a 4.0 at Dearborn and applied for LSA Fall 2008 and got denied AGAIN. On the other hand, this dude in one of my classes got a 2.7 in HS, and finished his sophomore year in college with a 3.0 and got accepted as a transfer. So yeah, I really dont know what UMich is looking for.</p>
<p>I dont blame your neice rjkofnovi, its really strange.</p>