<p>Many top students have now been admitted. By "top students", I mean students who are ranked in the top 1% of their class with 3.8+ GPAs and 1450+ SATs (of 33+ ACTs). There are about 40 of you who have posted your stats who will probably have a difficult choice to make. If you don't mind sharing with us your other options and where Michigan stands, I think it could make for some interesting postings. </p>
<p>I haven't been admitted to Michigan yet, but it's probably where I'll be going.</p>
<p>I'd consider every school that I applied to:
Cornell
Columbia
UPenn (Wharton)
Northwestern
USC
Washington U in St. Louis (might apply after break is over)</p>
<p>I've been admitted to Purdue, but I'm not really thinking about that at all.</p>
<p>Michigan stands at the top because of scholarships that make the cost differential between it and the other two enormous. Plus, Michigan engineering isn't too far behind the other respective engineering departments.</p>
<p>applying: Stanford, MIT, Penn M&T, Northwestern, Cornell.</p>
<p>Michigan and NW are on the bottom atm, but that might change if I get a scholarship--though Michigan engineering is very attractive, OOS tuition and board is not attractive at all...</p>
<p>Alexandre, do you know when the next batch of scholarship notices are sent out? I submitted my CSS a bit late--12/19. Thanks.</p>
<p>and a few British schools (I wanted to see if Oxford was a possibility, and there wasn't any more work/$ to apply to 5 more other than listing choices, so I did.)</p>
<p>unconditional offers: York, Edinburgh, Imperial, and Oxford
nothing yet from: LSE and St. Andrews</p>
<p>uh, honestly though, UMich > every British school in my book, except Ox.</p>
<p>Where UMich stands entirely depends on if I get any money; though, I really love AA .... I'm not ranking anything in my mind until there's a need, i.e., if I'm accepted elsewhere and where that may be.</p>
<p>Sonar: I didn't send any CSS form and I received an LSA scholarship last week.</p>
<p>Umm...As of right now, I have no other options, but I'm waiting for April to roll around. I have 10 other applications out there, so we shall see.
I'm thinking about Biochem so part of the reason I shy away from Mich is...their bio dept is not necessarily the best....</p>
<p>Its just a match for me. Good engineering program, close to home, my favorite college since I was a kid, cost-benefit ratio is great, and they're the m.f'in Wolverines!</p>
<p>Still wrestling with Yale v. U of M decision.</p>
<p>I got nominated for the Shipman Scholarship, which right now guarantees me $25K per year, and if I get the Shipman, it's basically a full ride. </p>
<p>It just seems like Yale is worth it. My parents can afford it without sacrificing much, but just barely.</p>
<p>I don't know if I want a huge university, where I'll become a number. I'm going on the Shipman weekend in March largely to see how I like U of M. If I really like the atmosphere, I'll take the scholarship offer. A free education is nothing to joke about, after all.</p>
<p>Money is going to be a huge issue when I choose what school I pick. I have enough money in my personal account to cover most of the cost at Michigan. Which is fine, I'd be happy going to Michigan.</p>
<p>But when I look at private schools that are double the cost, I don't know if I could do it. I doubt my parents will qualify for much (if any) financial aid based on their income. They've told me that they'll try to help me out as much as possible, but they are trying to save for retirement, have to pay mortgage, two car payments, a little sister who will be in school in four years, etc.</p>
<p>I think that any school that sees their combined income on the financial aid form will laugh us out of the office. They do quite well, but our lifestyle is by no means lavish. I don't know if they could afford to put that much money towards my schooling.</p>
<p>However, I think that if I do get admitted to some of these other schools, I will have to consider it strongly.</p>
<p>Hi, I'm also very interested in the following schools:
Naval Academy (just got a nomination)
Cornell
Tufts
Carnegie Mellon
Johns Hopkins
Lehigh
Georgia Tech</p>
<p>However, despite having a 3.8 UW Umich GPA and a 1450+ SAT, I am 28/169 (merely 16% of my class). This is because my freshman grades were not so good.</p>
<p>Hello - my daughter has also applied to Stanford and Berkeley - generally speaking, and knowing her stats, what do you think are her chances? She is also applying to Cornell, because she has her heart set on living in the Telluride House at either UMich (her first choice) or Cornell. :)</p>
<p>Surely in at berkeley, and as ladyinred said, she has as good a shot as any at Stanford, but I'd probably even venture to say over 50% chance. Why the heck did she spend the extra money and effort on more selective schools if umich is her first choice? makes no sense to mikey.</p>
<p>No offense audiophile, I'm sure you're a very intelligent person to be admitted to both U of M and Yale EA, but I think you've got to be a bit crazy to choose Yale over a nearly free UM. You can ask any of the UM students here, and I think they're agree with me to a certain extent: I don't feel like a number here. At least no more like a number than I would at Yale. With a Shipman scholarship, I assume you'd get into the honors college, and that's a fairly small program (around 500 per class). The students are academically on par with Yale students, you get the same small community feeling, the academic program (I'm not sure what yours is) will probably be roughly the same, and then Michigan has a nicer town and better sports. I think you'd be wise to give Michigan the edge. Also, being an audiophile, you probably enjoy Infinity speakers and JL Audio subwoofers in your automobile above other brands. They're also a good choice like umich. And they're cheaper than overhyped brands....like Yale...or something.</p>
<p>I am applying to 14 schools (all RD and UMich)</p>
<p>Duke
Harvard
Northwestern
Georgetown
Yale
Dartmouth
Brown
Cornell
U Penn
Vanderbilt
Emory
WUSTL
Colgate</p>
<p>As of right now, Duke and Michigan are at the top of my list because they have great academics AND great sports.</p>
<p>Also, I dont know if it matters, but I got a 2270 on the December SAT. If I send this to Michigan (I have a 4.0 Mich GPA), will I get into the Honors Program? I think that might make Mich my top choice...</p>
<p>Hi - she applied RD to all three schools, and is drawn to Berkeley and Stanford because almost all of our family lives in California, and of course the weather played a factor! We are from ND, and she is sick of the weather. She did visit UMich though, and absolutely loved it. She's just keeping her options open, I suppose!</p>