<p>Hm. I was awarded a merit scholarship, but haven’t received an invitation. Oh well.</p>
<p>Mind if I ask what scholarship you got? (Just wondering what’s already been awarded.)</p>
<p>Can I reply in a personal message? I’d feel more comfortable that way :)</p>
<p>Oh, and apparently one must have posted at least 15 times on College Confidential in order to private message…so here’s my 15th post :P</p>
<p>So I am in a current predicament similar to that of many others on this thread. I am an out of state student, and I really want to attend U Mich. I was born in Michigan, but I moved at a very young age. Since then Michigan has been my hometown college, and just my ideal place to be. Now I not only admire it because of that, but also because of the education, achievements, and the great athletics.
Anyways, I am really starting to get scared that I will not receive any merit scholarships. Just yesterday I sent an update to my profile in case that helps me in any form. I just wish college applications did not have to be so tense.</p>
<p>Can I ask how many of you OOS will not be able to attend if you don’t get merit money? We are getting desperate here and like all of you, have great scores, GPA and extracurriculars. I understand it’s a state school and they need to cater to MI residents first. But I wonder if they know how generous other schools are being and how many great students they will lose by not giving them money?</p>
<p>@osserpusser
Yeah I’m OOS and will have to cancel my spring visit if I don’t get more merit because as it stands it’s just totally not an option for my family financially. I am feeling really sad and discouraged about it as Michigan has always been one of my top choices and its hard to accept that, at this point, it’s not a choice at all. I also understand the point of a state school isn’t too make it easy for OOS students to pay, but it’s not even as if it would just be a stretch to afford it, it would really be impossible.</p>
<p>Osserpusser… I don’t think they care. They have a line of kids beating down their door just to get in, so they really don’t seem to care that they may lose kids who can’t/won’t pay $52k per year. We’re in the same boat… and while I think we technically “could” pay it, we’re not really sure a degree from UM is worth that much more than a degree from some other well regarded engineering programs that don’t charge quite as much for their OOS tuition. Even at full price, S’s second choice school right now is well over $10,000 less than UM and is still an excellent school and top engineering program. It’s also clear that UM only takes the top OOS students, which means S’s stats look pretty average when stacked up against all the other OOS kids who are wanting UM merit money. 
Our state flagship is very similar… they just don’t give much OOS money because they have no need to do so.</p>
<p>Does anyone know whether or not most of the engineering scholarships have been given out yet or not?
If not, theres still hope! However as of now, chances look slim and I really am crushed that I will not be attending my dream school.</p>
<p>Adding to the info about good OOS students not getting merit aid from UMich.:
D has 2300 SAT, 780 SAT II math, 770 SAT II US History, 4.1 weighted gap, A’s in 2 college courses (@ Geo Washington), she’s a legacy, her grandfather taught at Michigan for 25 years, captain BB and Robotics team, plus varsity letters in two other sports, and black belt in taekwon do, has five “5’s” in APs including calc and music theory, studied Hindi in India last summer on State Dept scholarship and lived in remote Nicaraguan village with Amigos de las Americas after sophomore year, jazz soloist in band, et cetera
No merit aid</p>
<p>^ wow! Perhaps the unw gpa is a little low? I susPect all that ec goodness goes unappreciated at a school w so many apps. i guess the math is pretty compelling, if they were to have a 50-50 split of in vs oos, the oos pay for the in state.</p>
<p>I live in cal, so considering 24-26k for berkeley vs. 29k for michigan. Just no 
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<p>@Washdc I sense overproudparent syndrome, but your daughter is still really accomplished. I’d search through your mail again and if you can’t find anything go and call UMich to be sure. There are deadlines for the scholarship acceptances so…</p>
<p>I’m not sure how @Washdc is looking like an overproudparent… those look like pretty solid stats to me. And if it does make them an overproudparent, then I’m one, too. I’ve got one with a 34 ACT (35 on math), 4 year varsity sport, 2 year team captain, officer in community service club with over 1000 members, over 200 service hours, NHS officer, Boys State nominee, certified lifeguard, Math Honor Society, NM Commended, 4.62 wgpa and 3.91 uw gpa at a highly competitive high school, top 3% of his class of 950 kids, 9 AP classes, summer work experience, etc., etc. No merit aid. Oh well.</p>
<p>I feel everyones’ pain regarding the situation of very highly qualifed OOS students not getting significant merit aid from UMich. I am a resident of Maryland and paying full ticket price ($55K/yr) for my boy, a junior in the UMich College of Engineering. His qualifications are similar to all the previous posters’ kids. The thing is, UMich is not like the US Federal Government that can just print more more money. Look where that has gotten us. The pot of financial aid that is available at UMich is limited and should be given to their in-state students first.</p>
<p>I’m not disagreeing @Peterw… just a bummer. We were not expecting any need based aid, but even $5-10K a year in merit aid would have been nice.</p>
<p>I think Michigan should do away with merit scholarships but greatly enhance need-based financial aid. There are legions of talented wealthy students who are dying to attend Michigan at full cost. Where Michigan needs to allocate its resources is in helping students from middle and lower income families who are dying to attend afford the cost of attendance.</p>
<p>^^Agreed Alexandre. I am certain the upcoming fundraising campaign is going to address this issue.</p>
<p>I agree it’s disappointing that they don’t give more OOS merit and I understand that MI residents come first. However, we have substantial merit aid from other comparable state schools, including Texas, UVA and UNC (even though MI is DS’ top choice). We did learn today that for his major, 1000 OOS students applied for 150 spots so we better understand the competition now. We also learned all merit has not been distributed. March 22 is the deadline. It just breaks my heart not to be able to send him to his first choice school that he clearly earned a spot at.</p>
<p>Just curious Osserpusser; What is your son’s intended major?</p>
<p>@osserpusser send him to Texas. MUCH better weather, Austin is awesome, he will have a wonderful time and get a fabulous education. Can you tell I’m an alum? 
HOOK 'EM!</p>