My son was admitted to Michigan!
We got back from seeing Star Wars and my son read his email and found out he was admitted to UofM, LSA! We wants to be a microbiologist.
I'm thrilled, if he decides to go to Michigan he will be the 4th generation in our family to go there.
We're out of state (VA) so paying for this will be problematic, but he is applying for scholarships.
I suspect he would rather attend William and Mary or UVA, but hopefully he'll...
GO BLUE!
December 19th, 2015 at 2:33 PM ^
December 19th, 2015 at 2:35 PM ^
Thank you very much!
December 19th, 2015 at 2:33 PM ^
Amazing, congrats to both you and your son!
On the other hand, my sincere condolensces go out to you, your checkbook, and any vacations you might otherwise have taken between now and 2026... ;-)
December 19th, 2015 at 2:37 PM ^
IIRC, I think my tuition in the early 80s was $1600 per semester out of state.
Thanks much!
December 19th, 2015 at 3:15 PM ^
December 19th, 2015 at 4:04 PM ^
I was there from '79 to '83 as well (I hope you too saw AC at the Indiana game).
He can't go wrong with William and Mary or UVA and then off to Michigan for grad school. He wants to do research as an undergrad and he can get that at both those schools. His research now in HS (it's our county's STEM school) is working with cold resistant Ecoli. Nobody here has had the shits so I guess he's doing it right,
Being totally selfish, I was hoping to have an excuse to attend all the Michigan home games next year. Of course...I may not have the money for gas then! :-)
December 19th, 2015 at 6:28 PM ^
December 19th, 2015 at 2:35 PM ^
December 19th, 2015 at 4:20 PM ^
You must be so proud. Good luck to you and yours.
December 19th, 2015 at 2:35 PM ^
Go Blue, young man!
December 19th, 2015 at 2:36 PM ^
Go Blue!
December 19th, 2015 at 2:37 PM ^
Is he a MIKE or a SAM?
Congrats to him and to you actually.
December 19th, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^
POSBANGING you all!
December 19th, 2015 at 2:42 PM ^
That is wonderful. Congratulations!
December 19th, 2015 at 2:42 PM ^
December 19th, 2015 at 2:46 PM ^
I'm an alum and Michigan is a great school, but so is UVA. Assuming he was also accepted there, the difference in tuition makes it a tough choice. Good luck!
edit: And the same for goes for William and Mary, actually. I always forget it is a public school.
December 19th, 2015 at 3:24 PM ^
Virginia is strange. All those schools that seem private - William & Mary, Geroge Mason, James Madison, etc. - are all public schools.
December 19th, 2015 at 4:07 PM ^
I grew up in western PA and it is different here beyond the names of universities here.
December 19th, 2015 at 9:05 PM ^
December 19th, 2015 at 2:43 PM ^
Hope he goes Blue!!
December 19th, 2015 at 2:44 PM ^
December 19th, 2015 at 2:46 PM ^
Congrats...great news.
Both my sons went through engineering at Michigan and I still remember how happy we were when the letters announcing their acceptances were received....at least until tuition payments were due as we were OOS.
Michigan is one of those places that wonderfully hooks you for life. I have seen that block M in off the wall locales throughout the world, and it never fails to excite me and make me proud.
December 19th, 2015 at 2:47 PM ^
oh man congrats! Sounds like a fine young gentleman if he has those options ahead of him. I wish him luck, and that he follows in your family's footsteps.
December 19th, 2015 at 2:48 PM ^
December 19th, 2015 at 2:52 PM ^
UVA would be hard to turn down.
William and Mary is obviously a great school but I heard it is not very much fun at all.
December 19th, 2015 at 3:21 PM ^
You must not have met Mary. She's great fun. William? You're probably right -- not very much fun al all.
December 19th, 2015 at 3:30 PM ^
When Bo said "Nothing good ever happens after midnight", he never met Mary.
December 19th, 2015 at 2:55 PM ^
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December 19th, 2015 at 2:58 PM ^
to one proud papa!
December 19th, 2015 at 2:59 PM ^
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December 19th, 2015 at 3:08 PM ^
December 19th, 2015 at 3:14 PM ^
sounds like a young man to be proud of. You did well, Dad. Now let him make HIS choice. (It's okay to hope he goes Blue, though.)
December 20th, 2015 at 8:51 AM ^
But hard to follow. Our daughter received her acceptance e-mail (how different from the days of the 80s when we attended), but seems set on going out-of-state. Difficult to keep my mouth shut about the $40k per year that I will save, but we've made it pretty clear that it's her choice.
And to lose those season tickets? Painful.
December 19th, 2015 at 3:10 PM ^
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December 19th, 2015 at 3:17 PM ^
I'm sure Rashan will be very successful at UM.
December 19th, 2015 at 3:19 PM ^
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December 19th, 2015 at 3:24 PM ^
When I was there, tuition was much cheaper and we certainly didn't find out we were admitted by email. Oh how quickly times change.
December 19th, 2015 at 3:24 PM ^
December 19th, 2015 at 3:28 PM ^
The crystal balls say he's a lock to go to Michigan.
Ace has already typed up the HELLO: RGard's Son post.
December 19th, 2015 at 3:28 PM ^
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