Would UMich give me some merit based aid?

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I'm considering Univerisity of Michigan. I'm sure I can get in; now, would Michigan give me some merit aid? (I don't qualify for financial aid). </p>

<p>SAT: 2200 (C 750, M 680, W 770).
GPA: 96.00.
Homeschooled, has taken many courses at community college, will enter a prep school for senior year. GPA at the college is a 3.8.
Asian American-Pacific Islander
Many ECs, including boot camp with Navy SEALs, other military training, public speaking programs, twelve years of piano (having won and placed in many competitions). </p>

<p>Will my minority status and my good grades (which are above the 50th percentile for Michigan) get me any scholarships or just merit aid from the school? Thanks.</p>

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<p>Your minority status will hurt rather than help you. You are part of an overrepresented minority. </p>

<p>As for getting merit aid, it is certainly possible. You have excellent credential and an interesting background. See to it that you apply as early as possible.</p>

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<p>So is Michigan generous with merit based aid? I am near the top of their applicant pool, so you think I'd get something?</p>

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<p>Michigan is not generous with merit aid for out-of-staters. Apply in September to improve your chances.</p>

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<p>And how generous are they for in-staters?</p>

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<p>So am I right in saying that the earlier you apply to UMich, the better chance you have of getting merit aid?</p>

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<p>out of staters with much higher stats than you typically get no aid</p>

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<p>yeah, just being top 50% of Michigan's incoming class wouldn't get aid, maybe top 5-10%.</p>

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<p>does applying in september mean that testing should be done by then? i.e., you can't take the october SAT? i'm looking for merit aid from umich also...</p>

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<p>At the financial part of the orientation the financial officer said that they gave about 800 merit scholarships to an incoming class of 5000. So it's pretty sparce.</p>

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<p>What scholarships could I get from UMich? Leadership? Academic?</p>

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<p>Trust me, you have to be even better than top 5% to get merit aid. To get purely merit aid, you have to be top 1% of Michigan's entering class. There are, however, some "merit" scholarships that you are QUALIFIED for solely on merit, but are AWARDED based on need, so that is why that 800 number is so large. As far as pure merit scholarships go, the number is under 100. Top 1% in your class, 2200+ SAT, and solid extracurriculars are not enough.</p>

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<p>It's really hard, plus you better be in-state.</p>

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<p>From what I've seen. pure merit is mostly through the different departments, plus you usually have to apply separately for them. Honestly don't count on it, especially if your EFC on the FAFSA is over 20 grand or so. I know many people who had 4.o's with high 1500's on their SAT's who got nothing.</p>

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<p>i received the michigan scholars award and my stats are on par, even a little inferior to yours...so there is hope (and i definitely didn't qualify for need-based aid)!! go to this site: <a href="http://www.finaid.umich.edu/index.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.finaid.umich.edu/index.asp&lt;/a> and follow the links under "types of financial aid." pretty good stuff.</p>

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<p>Does anyone know about telluriders getting merit aid? I attended a telluride summer program (Michigan sponsors one on their campus, although I didn't attend the U-M one, and they have the telluride house on campus, which gives room and board scholarships to U-M students--i'm applying for that separately). I heard that once the U-M scholarship committee sees that an applicant went to the telluride summer program, they advance them automatically to the scholarship pool. They don't even have to have qualifying sat scores or anything. Is that true? If so, does that mean telluriders get a better chance at scholarships?</p>

<p>By the way, my stats are above average for Michigan--2250 SAT, 4.0 GPA Unweighted.</p>

<p>Also, I mailed my application October 14. I sent them my SAT scores weeks before. Do you think they received everything by Nov. 1? I know they cashed my check, but I haven't heard from them about my application being complete or anything. I sent it by snail mail (I wanted to attach an activity sheet and I just like the paper method better.)</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>This is news. Michigan gives out merit-based aid? Really?</p>

<p>And as an international student, am I eligible?</p>

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<p>Michigan gives out merit-based aid, but not to international students.</p>

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<p>Goshdarnit. <em>sigh</em></p>