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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my kid toured Michigan, it sounded like the colleges were reviewed separately and by different criteria.  My kid applied kinesiology and needed demonstrated interest activities and classes etc all having to do with kinesiology. it is a much smaller pool of admits so assume more competitive than other majors.  But guessing they care more about science grades than English, for example.

Is that not the case? This thread makes it sound like all the schools are reviewed together.  If separate, would guess scores needed for LSA could be different from engineering, for example. [/quote]

No, you are correct.  They are reviewed separately. The Why Michigan essay comes into play here bc/, since you said Kinesiology, your kid had to explain why they wanted to be in one the top 3 programs in the country for that field of study.  :)[/quote]

Thanks, PP here.  That is what I thought. And yes, essay is all about kinesiology but even more, had to have tons of activities (internship, sports captain and managed a team, science club etc), classes (every bio and chem class they could squeeze in) and recs (from science teachers), bent towards the field too.

They thought about applying LSA but the major is more important than Michigan and is hard to get in later too.[/quote]

FYI - The regional rep and other readers in the main office still do the initial review and scoring of the file comparing against others at your high school applying for admissions (rigor, classes, etc.). So you are initially reviewed against the kids from your high school applying to LSA, Engineering, etc. They are very clear about this at the info sessions. [/quote]

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