<p>In conclusion, according to Blah2009, student selectivity and high test scores are what matter most when choosing an undergraduate school. If you’re not as selective as a top private like JHU, you’re just not as good.</p>
<p>Christine123:</p>
<p>Nice to hear from you again! Congrats and best of luck to you in all of your future endeavours. :-)</p>
<p>Hey Christine123, welcome back! It is always good to see oldtimers find their way back.</p>
<p>Blah, we don’t need to argue about Michigan’s selectivity. I am not saying that JHU is not selective. It is indeed one of the most selective universities in the US. All I am saying is that Michigan is more selective than the numbers may suggest. I have seen first hand students rejected by Michigan get into schools such as Chicago, Cornell, JHU, Northwestern etc… It is not the norm mind you, but it is not on an exceptional basis either. It happens far more frequently than you realize. </p>
<p>By the way, the USNWR does have a selectivity ranking. According to their latest slectivity rankings, JHU was #23 and Michigan #26. I am not sure how accurate that is, nor how relevant it is because of the following criteria: </p>
<p>-Michigan is much larger and obligated to accept a certain number of residents
-Michigan does not superscore SAT results nor does it emphasize standardized tests
-Michigan is much larger and as such will admit a broader cross-section of students
-Michigan offers several non-traditional majors such as Education, Kinesiology and Nursing which attract a different type of student.</p>
<p>For these reasons, I think it is impossible to clearly compare admissions data between a school such as Michigan and a school such as JHU.</p>
<p>However, if you look at Michigan’s placement into major graduate programs or corporations, you will notice that Michigan holds its now nicely.</p>
<p>ok blah can i just say how easy it is to get a 1600 on the math and critical reading section of the sat. i did it with no preparation at all, but i only got a 33 on the ACT. getting a 1600 is nothing special at all</p>
<p>okay mjmay7, there is no need to make all of us actual human beings feel bad about ourselves…</p>
<p>i wasn’t trying to make anyone feel bad, i was just trying to show that the math & critical reading section just by themselves are not a good measure to judge by, especially because the sat also has the writing portion. one can do really well on just those, if they are an analytical person, with relative ease whereas the act requires a broader depth of knowledge i believe</p>
<p>how is masters in sport management at michigan-ann arbor?</p>
<p>thank you.</p>
<p>pk, I recommend you start a new thread, but honestly, I doubt anybody on the Michigan forum will be able to give you a good answer because your program is highly specialized.</p>
<p>Northwestern, NYU-Stern, Virginia, and a few others for Mich Ross!</p>
<p>Virginia, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Carnegie Mellon
excited for Michigan!</p>
<p>One anecdotal (sp?) comment on the Michigan v. Johns Hopkins conversation here. My d did not get into JHU, and did get into Mich Honors, but that is almost definitely because she did NOT APPLY to JHU. She was in JHU’s talented and gifted program for elementary and junior high students. She also took a class there last summer before her senior year. Both of those programs increased her odds of being accepted, but she DID NOT like JHU. I can assure you that had she applied (just for the ego stroke) under no circumstances would she have gone there Michigan and yes she is OOS. JHU is certainly a wonderful school and many students like it, but it is not right for everyone. I don’t doubt for a moment that many students including OOS choose Mich over JHU (and the converse is undoubtably true). Hopefully, most students don’t pick a school only because of slight differences in SAT or ACT scores.</p>
<p>I’ve always found the label of an ‘Ivy reject’ school sort of odd, because I imagine that pretty much all non-Ivy schools have students who didn’t get in to Ivys. Schools that are given this label just seem to have more students who applied to them, which probably implies a fairly competitive student body.</p>
<p>(Stanford, Duke, Chicago, Caltech, and MIT are the exception, of course)</p>
<p>^^^Why would Chicago and Duke be the exceptions?</p>
<p>I agree rjk. Chicago and Duke lose the cross-admit battle with most Ivies.</p>
<p>Henry Ford Community College… Peace!</p>
<p>Lol it’s funny cause I went to a cc to save money at first and Michigan is the only school I applied to for transfer. Did you guys know I was accepted to every single school I applied for? You jelly?</p>
<p>Sent from my DROIDX using CC App</p>
<p>My decision really came down to Northwestern or U-M. As an in-state student, Michigan was a lot cheaper. A few years later, I’m pretty confident that I absolutely made the correct financial choice.</p>
<p>Accpeted - DePauw (w/ presidential scholarship), University of Indiana (some random scholarship) and Emory off the waitlist. </p>
<p>Still waitlisted at pomona but I’m sticking with Umich!</p>
<p>go Blue!</p>
<p>BTW, has anyone else noticed that lesdiablesbleus comments have been eliminated from the Michigan forum? :-)</p>
<p>Shhhh, don’t agitate him; he might try to spew more false venom.</p>