I am wondering whether to apply to U-M LSA or school of engineering. I would like to go to their school of engineering but idk if I can get in. I have a 33 on act overall but got a 34 on math and a 35 on science. I have a 3.93 gpa and have decent extracurriculars. I have taken honors precalc, chem, physics, algebra 2 and got a’s except for the first tri of honors algebra 2. I have also taken ap chem, bio, comp sci with an a and am currently taking ap phys, econ, calc bc. I had a couple b’s in feshman year but have had all a’s ever since. idk what to do. Do I have a good chance of getting in to U-M engineering or should I go to lsa (I am in state). Also my mom transfered into U-M and got a second degree or something so I think I am a legacy. I don’t have any awards except for ap scholar and honor roll stuff. I also did cross country for 4 years and volunteered and am starting robotics again. I am 10th percent in my class. Got 5s on the three ap tests I have taken so far but idk if that matters.
An uw3.93/33 ACT is almost the median for the CoE, which is uw3.9/34 for the Class of 2022:
https://www.engin.umich.edu/about/facts/
But that’s for the overall class, which includes OOS students, who skew higher. So, if you’re in-state and you want to enroll in the CoE, then I’d say apply to the CoE? I will say, the overall class median inched upwards a bit with the Class of 2023, but we don’t have the CoE breakout details yet.
Recently, a UMich official stated that legacy admissions is essentially “dead.”
https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2019/03/25/u-michigan-says-it-doesnt-consider-legacy-status-admissions-some
However, demonstrated interest is still considered. So, keep pushing hard on your volunteering and write some great essays. Good luck!
It’s a tough school to get into, even for in-state. You’ll want to apply to MSU and a few others to make sure you get the major you want.
One thing that I forgot to mention, which the poster above reminded me of, is that for the Class of 2022 the in-state acceptance rate was 41%. The OOS acceptance rate was 19%.
The CoE acceptance rate for the Class of 2022 was 19%. So, I’d surmise the CoE acceptance rate for in-state applicants is higher than 19%, but still difficult of course.
For the Class of 2022, there were about 4,200 enrolled LSA students and roughly 1,200 +/- freshan enrolled for the CoE.
So plan reaches, matches/targets and safeties accordingly.
LSA is 3.9 with 32-35 act. As mentioned Engineering is 3.93 34 Act from last year. Not really much of a difference anymore.
Cross campus transferring into engineering is not hard. See what your schools acceptance into Michigan is and how many of those went into engineering then decide.
Wisdom would say apply to where you want to go and have back ups.