Why would Sasha Obama attend University of Michigan?

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to hang out with celebrities and have a career in Hollywood and have connections and resources to do so, LA is where you should be. Michigan really limits your horizons and U Mich academics are challenging and competitive, not everyone needs to do that level of drilling to succeed in life, specially if there are many smooth paths available to you.

Yup life is not fair at all, yet some partents complain some richer kids prep for SAT

I think SAT/ACT/PSAT prep is overrated, otherwise all rich kids would make National Merit Scholars.

The vast majority of kids who make National Merit ARE rich kids. You might want to brush up on your logic.

National Merit is based on PAST and it's normally not prepped.

That doesn’t contradict anything I said.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to hang out with celebrities and have a career in Hollywood and have connections and resources to do so, LA is where you should be. Michigan really limits your horizons and U Mich academics are challenging and competitive, not everyone needs to do that level of drilling to succeed in life, specially if there are many smooth paths available to you.

Yup life is not fair at all, yet some partents complain some richer kids prep for SAT

I think SAT/ACT/PSAT prep is overrated, otherwise all rich kids would make National Merit Scholars.

The vast majority of kids who make National Merit ARE rich kids. You might want to brush up on your logic.

National Merit is based on PAST and it's normally not prepped.

Rich kids start test prep from 7th grade for Duke TIPS & Hopkins CTY. They should be well prepared by PSAT in 11 grade.

[Anonymous]

Even if not doing it earlier for TIPS or CTY, SAT prep programs are 4 years, starting at 9th grade.

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to hang out with celebrities and have a career in Hollywood and have connections and resources to do so, LA is where you should be. Michigan really limits your horizons and U Mich academics are challenging and competitive, not everyone needs to do that level of drilling to succeed in life, specially if there are many smooth paths available to you.

Yup life is not fair at all, yet some partents complain some richer kids prep for SAT

I think SAT/ACT/PSAT prep is overrated, otherwise all rich kids would make National Merit Scholars.

The vast majority of kids who make National Merit ARE rich kids. You might want to brush up on your logic.

National Merit is based on PAST and it's normally not prepped.

Rich kids start test prep from 7th grade for Duke TIPS & Hopkins CTY. They should be well prepared by PSAT in 11 grade.

then they should be rewarded for consistent hardwork
That's something not easy for any kid - poor or rich

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can't blame Sasha for transferring to USC. Classes at UMich end Tuesday, yet Monday they're predicting 1 to 3 inches of snow.

I had light snow today in Pa.

And it’s 40s and raining today in Boston. I’d take a fun spring snow over cold rain any day. Heck, it’s in the 40s here, and cold again tonight. Yet somehow the college students on the east coast will survive and thrive, just as they will in Michigan.

Not many transfer out of Harvard and MIT for warmer pastures.

And not many transfer out of UMich either. As a PP pointed out, the freshman retention rate is 97%.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to hang out with celebrities and have a career in Hollywood and have connections and resources to do so, LA is where you should be. Michigan really limits your horizons and U Mich academics are challenging and competitive, not everyone needs to do that level of drilling to succeed in life, specially if there are many smooth paths available to you.

Yup life is not fair at all, yet some partents complain some richer kids prep for SAT

I think SAT/ACT/PSAT prep is overrated, otherwise all rich kids would make National Merit Scholars.

The vast majority of kids who make National Merit ARE rich kids. You might want to brush up on your logic.

National Merit is based on PAST and it's normally not prepped.

Rich kids start test prep from 7th grade for Duke TIPS & Hopkins CTY. They should be well prepared by PSAT in 11 grade.

then they should be rewarded for consistent hardwork
That's something not easy for any kid - poor or rich

Still not many make scholars with all the prep, often stop at commended.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to hang out with celebrities and have a career in Hollywood and have connections and resources to do so, LA is where you should be. Michigan really limits your horizons and U Mich academics are challenging and competitive, not everyone needs to do that level of drilling to succeed in life, specially if there are many smooth paths available to you.

Yup life is not fair at all, yet some partents complain some richer kids prep for SAT

I think SAT/ACT/PSAT prep is overrated, otherwise all rich kids would make National Merit Scholars.

The vast majority of kids who make National Merit ARE rich kids. You might want to brush up on your logic.

National Merit is based on PAST and it's normally not prepped.

Rich kids start test prep from 7th grade for Duke TIPS & Hopkins CTY. They should be well prepared by PSAT in 11 grade.

then they should be rewarded for consistent hardwork
That's something not easy for any kid - poor or rich

A lot easier when you’re a rich kid. Less financial worries such as jobs in MS & HS.

[Anonymous]

I wonder if safety was a concern in Michigan. Lots of MAGA blowhards with guns, rightwing militias, and the guys who plotted to kidnap the Governor were just acquitted. Transferring in January of your junior year is just weird. The timing of this doesn’t make a lot of sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if safety was a concern in Michigan. Lots of MAGA blowhards with guns, rightwing militias, and the guys who plotted to kidnap the Governor were just acquitted. Transferring in January of your junior year is just weird. The timing of this doesn’t make a lot of sense.

In Ann Arbor?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can't blame Sasha for transferring to USC. Classes at UMich end Tuesday, yet Monday they're predicting 1 to 3 inches of snow.

I had light snow today in Pa.

And it’s 40s and raining today in Boston. I’d take a fun spring snow over cold rain any day. Heck, it’s in the 40s here, and cold again tonight. Yet somehow the college students on the east coast will survive and thrive, just as they will in Michigan.

Not many transfer out of Harvard and MIT for warmer pastures.

And not many transfer out of UMich either. As a PP pointed out, the freshman retention rate is 97%.

"Not many" is relative. 3% of a massive U-M first-year class is about 225 students, which would be nearly 15% of the Yale first-year class.

How is this measured anyways? Our daughter transferred out of a T30 and did not notify anyone. Transferring just involved sending a transcript when applying and another transcript after she finished courses at the prior college and wanted those credits transferred in. She just didn't enroll that fall at the old college, but she could have, her enrollment login and email still worked for years after. Just as I'm sure Sasha's enrollment login and email at U-M still works, so is Sasha even counted on as a "loss"?

[Anonymous]

They post names of Sidwell’s NMS every year, if anyone famous makes it, newspapers would know and publish.

https://patch.com/district-columbia/washingtondc/2022-national-merit-semifinalists-named-washington-dc

[Anonymous]

Bottom line, lots of college students transfer for lots of reasons, no one needs to divulge it to public why they did it. Every kids deserves their privacy. Yes, people feel curious and can guess and that’s about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can't blame Sasha for transferring to USC. Classes at UMich end Tuesday, yet Monday they're predicting 1 to 3 inches of snow.

I had light snow today in Pa.

And it’s 40s and raining today in Boston. I’d take a fun spring snow over cold rain any day. Heck, it’s in the 40s here, and cold again tonight. Yet somehow the college students on the east coast will survive and thrive, just as they will in Michigan.

Not many transfer out of Harvard and MIT for warmer pastures.

And not many transfer out of UMich either. As a PP pointed out, the freshman retention rate is 97%.

"Not many" is relative. 3% of a massive U-M first-year class is about 225 students, which would be nearly 15% of the Yale first-year class.

How is this measured anyways? Our daughter transferred out of a T30 and did not notify anyone. Transferring just involved sending a transcript when applying and another transcript after she finished courses at the prior college and wanted those credits transferred in. She just didn't enroll that fall at the old college, but she could have, her enrollment login and email still worked for years after. Just as I'm sure Sasha's enrollment login and email at U-M still works, so is Sasha even counted on as a "loss"?

That's the point of percentages isn't it? If Yale had a class of 7000 they might have the same number of non-returning students. Although according to US News, Yale's freshman retention rate is 91%, so proportionally more students are transferring or leaving, which seems surprising.

The retention measurement isn't transfers for any institution, it's returning students. So when your DC didn't return to her school (e.g., enroll for classes and pay tuition), she would not be counted as a returning student.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if safety was a concern in Michigan. Lots of MAGA blowhards with guns, rightwing militias, and the guys who plotted to kidnap the Governor were just acquitted. Transferring in January of your junior year is just weird. The timing of this doesn’t make a lot of sense.

Oh sure. That’s why she moved next to south central LA. Thanks for the laugh.

[Anonymous]

She's a grown young woman, not a freshman in a dorm. She probably moved w her sister in some trendy high-end neighborhood like Silver Lake, West Hollywood, Westwood, Venice... or a luxury apartment around downtown. In addition to her sister, wealthy prep school graduates like her have dozens of friends in that USC and LA orbit. It's not like a sheltered Midwest farm town kid transferring to USC with absolutely zero friends or network. She's probably just ready to feel like an adult, likely work part-time in Hollywood while finishing her bachelor's, and enjoy life and the beautiful weather. Once you've done a few football games and big frat parties freshman year at UMich, you've seen about all Ann Arbor has to offer.