Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 20:01     Subject: Michigan ED is out
3.91 GPA, 1510 SAT, 11 AP 5s, In-state, president of key club. Child got flat out rejected from LSA today. We're currently distraught.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 19:31     Subject: Michigan ED is out
Anonymous wrote:Hearing undersubscribed majors got in.


Michigan has a lot more direct admit majors so I could see this making a difference. It is not easy to transfer between schools from what we were told on the tour info session.

You can’t apply LSA and then assume you can transfer to engineering for example.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 19:29     Subject: Michigan ED is out
DMV private, stem major in LSA
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 19:18     Subject: Michigan ED is out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sorry, 3.95 UW, 1530 (780M, 750v)


Ugh I’m sorry. What major?


Public or private? What state?
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 19:18     Subject: Michigan ED is out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I know that they received over 100K applications. I can't remember where I saw the number. Looking now.


115K total applications and 109K first-year applications.

What’s so special about Michigan? Like sure great school, but 100,000 for a good state school feels insane.


ha! You must be new on this forum. Wrong place to ask that.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 19:13     Subject: Michigan ED is out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I know that they received over 100K applications. I can't remember where I saw the number. Looking now.


115K total applications and 109K first-year applications.

What’s so special about Michigan? Like sure great school, but 100,000 for a good state school feels insane.


It’s very popular in affluent suburbs in major metro areas (Scarsdale, Wilmette, etc) where kids want “rah rah” culture with strong academics and reputation. Plus there a lot of legacies across the country whose kids apply. Additionally, it’s very sought for in-state students since it’s a great deal and the state of Michigan doesn’t have any big, private universities.

Does this not describe every state school ever?


None, it doesn’t. Michigan and Wisconsin took east and west coast Jewish kids when ivys and other state schools didn’t, so there is a century of history and culture of out of state students that most other schools didn’t have until recently.


Cal and UCLA enrolled African Americans in the 1930s (sadly, not so much anymore).
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 19:12     Subject: Michigan ED is out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Public MCPS
3.5 GPA
ACT 34
Full pay

decision?


3.5 GPA for MCPS? Seems like there must be something we are missing?
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 19:10     Subject: Michigan ED is out
What's the point of deferring high stats? Shouldn't they be locking them in?
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 19:09     Subject: Michigan ED is out
UCLA easier to get in than Michigan? You are an idiot. Michigan superior? You are, again, an idiot.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 19:08     Subject: Michigan ED is out
Anonymous wrote:Hearing undersubscribed majors got in.


Well that would be a logical goal, wouldn't it? I like those undersubscribed departments.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 19:06     Subject: Michigan ED is out
Hearing undersubscribed majors got in.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 19:06     Subject: Michigan ED is out
Anonymous wrote:Sorry, 3.95 UW, 1530 (780M, 750v)


Very sorry. Is this the year that high stats kids get shut out of ED or something?
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 19:05     Subject: Michigan ED is out
Anonymous wrote:Sorry, 3.95 UW, 1530 (780M, 750v)


Ugh I’m sorry. What major?
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 18:59     Subject: Michigan ED is out
Sorry, 3.95 UW, 1530 (780M, 750v)
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 18:59     Subject: Michigan ED is out
3.95, 1530 deferred (as was everyone else DC knows of who applied ED)