<p>I'm hoping to transfer to UM by the fall semester of 2012, when I'll be a junior. </p>
<p>Here are my stats:
College GPA: 3.71
Credits: 31, I think I'll have either 46 or 49 college credits (i'm undecided on whether to take 15 or 18 credits next semester).
Major: Economics and Business with a Chinese minor
ECs: Parliamentary Debate, Humane Society, Internet store, and I anticipate joining some business related clubs next year because I was originally a Poli Sci major.
High School GPA: 3.60
ACT: 33
I go to a top 60 school out of state but I am in-state.</p>
<p>I anticipate that I will get at least a 3.8 GPA next semester so if I have anywhere from a 3.74 to 3.8 GPA overall. Will I be able to stack up favorably to other applicants? What else should I do? Any suggestions are helpful. Thanks.</p>
<p>I think you have some pretty strong credentials coming from a top 60 school. I hope you know they don’t accept a lot of business courses (maybe all, but courses like accounting can transfer into LSA) , so I hope you already subtracted that from your listed credit count.</p>
<p>All I can suggest is that you write great essays and apply early!</p>
<p>I think you have a good chance seeing as you’re in-state and have an ACT score that your freshmen counterparts seemed to get admitted with this year. The ECs indicate you have well-rounded interests, so that will help. One concern I’ve heard people voice about transferring into Ross is the requirement to have 3 years of academics left during your tenure; if you haven’t you may want to check into it. I also agree that good essays will distinguish you to admissions.</p>
<p>I’m trying to transfer into College of Engineering for Fall '12 with 110 credit hours (switched my major and then worked on completing all of my prerequisites while serving in the military). I’ve maintained a 3.85 GPA, with a 3.94 in my science/math courses. I never took the ACT or SAT, but I’m hoping that my Phi Theta affiliation and four years of military service in addition to my GPA and completion of the required courses will set me above my peers for admissions. I’m really not sure how advantageous it is to apply EA, but I definitely plan to!</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Transfers don’t have the option of applying EA.</p>
<p>I’ve read that on the website as well, but I asked about it when I spoke to College of Engineering’s admissions and recruiting department. The person I spoke to said that they weren’t sure about all other colleges at U-M, but for CoE, transfer admissions can apply as early as August for the next fall semester. I e-mailed the transfer admissions for CoE as well as for LSA last week to verify this (I’m still a little hesitant to structure my entire application based off of what one person said, but at the same time I’d like to think that the staff at U-M knows what they’re talking about). I’ll post an add-on when I confirm whether it’s really true or not though.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses.
Mag734- Transfers to LSA or Ross definitely can’t apply EA and the person that said you can apply August might have meant for winter 2012 admissions, I’m pretty sure thats when you can first apply. Besides it wouldn’t help me since I need to have as many grades accumulated as possible to distance myself from my high school record. I think you’ll definitely want to make certain of that. And by the way, 3.85 with a 3.94 in science/math courses while serving in the military, I’m very impressed. Good luck with you admissions as well and hopefully we’ll both be Wolverines next year at this time.</p>
<p>MAG, just so you know, they can only use 60 of those credits toward any degree Umich might award, I believe. You may want to look into it.
Usually, they are reluctant to accept students with more than 60 credits.</p>
<p>kmcmom13, thanks for the heads up. I’ve asked about that before and the College of Engineering is a little bit more flexible than LSA (willing to accept a few more than 62 since I have my associate degree). I shared the same sentiment regarding the high number of credits, but they said as long as I realize I’ll lose a lot of credits then they just view it as a more consistent gauge to measure your academic strength. </p>
<p>After speaking to them, I really wouldn’t say they are reluctant at all assuming the applicant understands the implications of transferring credits over. Fortunately I’ll have a GI Bill to cover the costs of OOS tuition (which I’ll be forever thankful to taxpayers!) so I’ll be able to directly focus on the degree I’ve sought for a long time now!</p>