OT: Congrats to the Newest Wolverines!

Submitted by Zoltanrules on

This afternoon the first early decision applicants found out their fate. My daughter was amongst the lucky ones accepted and will be a third generation Wolverine! Without missing a beat she exclaimed, " Well Harbaugh better come now!".

The Daily ran a story with all the acceptance twitter reactions and it reminded me of one of the happiest days of my life being accepted to the greatest school in the land.

http://michigandaily.com/news/applicants-react-admissions-decisions

With the e-mail came a link and a simple and great video. Hope you like it half as much as I did:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yfOYIPWK1F8

GO BLUE and CONGRATS to all the newest Wolverines!!!

Njia

December 19th, 2014 at 9:14 PM ^

Then I'm really an old fart. No, I'm not there. A close friend of mine got his Ph.D. in Geology (actually, Minerology) many moons ago after undergrad at Michigan. Based on your first response, I thought there was a chance you could be him. He says exactly the same thing about his experience at Michigan and Stanford.

MichiganTeacher

December 19th, 2014 at 9:09 PM ^

Maybe not, but maybe. I don't know you, but if you haven't looked at the SAT recently and you're as old as I am, you'll probably be surprised how easy it is now. Still not too easy to get a perfect score, but easier than it was, and WAY WAY easier to get in the 700s on each section.

Same thing with GPAs. If you're looking at M's admission stat of something like 50% (or whatever it is now; it's huge) of acceptances have 4.0+ GPAs, and you're comparing that to when you went to high school pre-1990/1980, then you're not getting an accurate picture. SO MANY kids have ridiculously inflated GPAs these days.

So who knows - but I didn't want you to beat yourself up over nothing, if you didn't know this. :)

Wendyk5

December 20th, 2014 at 12:11 AM ^

I often think this, too, but then I remember back to my high school and from a graduating class of 59, 15 people went to ivy league schools, 5 to Harvard. Once I got to freshman English in college, my teacher took one look at my first essay and created a separate curriculum for me. I was very well-prepared after a rigorous and demanding English curriculum in high school. 

Wendyk5

December 20th, 2014 at 10:31 AM ^

I did, but only because we moved to a new city my sophomore year and the public schools were considered to be very poor. My son goes to public school now and there are things I miss about private school, mostly the high concentration of serious students. Compared to my high school peers who went to Harvard, I wasn't a top notch student, but compared to my peers in college, I was very well-prepared. I've heard that from other private schoolers. A friend of mine went from private school to Brown and found high school to be harder than college. It depends on the schools, of course, and the students, but I certainly appreciate the education I received in high school. 

mdigg3

December 19th, 2014 at 8:09 PM ^

I was accepted, then went to Kettering U in Flint. Big time oops.. 10 to 1 guy to girl ratio at Kettering should have raised the critical error flag ughh

Ironically, I grew up a lifelong Michigan while growing up in northwest Ohio, and was the only kid w Wolverines gear on Fridays before "the Rivalry" each year.. At least it was great on Mondays at the time since Cooper just couldn't seem to beat Blue.. ahh those times..

Oh well, now I'm a doctor at U of M hospital, so it all worked out even though i missed the experience of being an undergrad at one of the greatest schools ever.

Ray

December 19th, 2014 at 8:41 PM ^

Think it might have been partly because we had lived overseas for part of high school and they were struggling with all the required stuff from two countries. 

I think those letters are routine--if they have any questions about anything (and check to make sure that her reference letters made it there in time)--so no reason for panic. Just double check all the required things and sit tight.  Best of luck.

readyourguard

December 19th, 2014 at 9:53 PM ^

My daughter was deferred last year after applying early action. Me and my wife are alumni and my son is currently in his 3rd year. She was ultimately placed on the waitlist and finally told there were no spots available. She just finished her first semester in Engineering at Alabama and got a 3.91gpa. I'm a little bitter about her not getting accepted but I think she's going to attempt to apply for transfer. That application is due Feb 8.

The competition at Michigan is more fierce than ever. Good luck to your daughter.

nappa18

December 19th, 2014 at 10:27 PM ^

Yes, my daughter. Goes back a while, 1992. I remember the date the letter came because it was my 45 th birthday, 12-10-47. We were all disappointed and surprised especially since at the time my son was a senior at UM (now class of '93.

She spoke to her guidance counselor the next day who was also surprised. He called someone in admissions and a few days later she got her acceptance letter. Don t know to this day what happened except the GC vouched for her and said she had a brother in the B school. She s class of '96. And met her now husband there as well.

caliblue

December 19th, 2014 at 11:01 PM ^

But for Med School somebody called on the phone during Thanksgiving break. I made damn sure I got her name ! All the while I was thinking my roomates got some woman to claim she was from Med School admissions and they were going to call me back later and we were all going to laugh about the joke ( they were a bunch of engineers ). No joke. Med School was the greatest time of my life. The support was awesome and the pride great. Even the people who would not help you in undergrad ( because they were pre meds too ) were more than willing to help now. Too bad my son will likely not have the grades to go to the "U". My two brothers have 3 grads between them though including a Masters AE. 

Njia

December 19th, 2014 at 8:12 PM ^

She just got her email and she is SO EXCITED!

She applied to both LS & A and SMTD. LS & A just arrived moments ago. SMTD not until after her audition in February.

GO BLUE!

Her Maize & Blue Dad (B.S. Aero Eng, '90) is overcome with pride and all verklempt ....

Ray

December 19th, 2014 at 8:26 PM ^

As I mentioned in another thread, my daughter just finished up the first semester of freshman year.  It was a tough decision for her because we've moved around a lot and I think she had a bit of a struggle with being away from home (we're out of state).  But when I asked her about her decision she said she's glad she did it.  She has a 3.7 or 3.8 going (as a science major) and is happy and fulfilled (if a bit sleep deprived).

If Michigan is your daughter's destination, expect her to thrive there. 

Njia

December 19th, 2014 at 10:10 PM ^

My son is a freshman in high school and is taking biology this year. The subject is a difficult one as it is but his study habits are absurd. Oh, sure, he studies, I guess, in the broadest possible terms, but it's not an approach with which I'm terribly familiar or that I think is all that effective (if he gets a "B" for his semester grade, I'll be ecstatic and very pleasantly surprised).

And don't even get me started on algebra or English....

On the other hand, he's up in his room right now, building his own gaming computer with a 6-core processor and optimizing an operating system that he developed himself. So what do I know? He'll probably be funding my retirement.

Wendyk5

December 19th, 2014 at 10:36 PM ^

Njia, we have the same son! He's been planning his own computer for months and saving money to finance all the pieces, but we're making him wait until after finals in January. He's doing great in history, debate, and french, fine in English, struggling in geometry honors and suddenly getting a d in biology. As for studying....to be honest, I don't think he even knows how to study. Deep breath, deep breath.