University of Michigan (UMich) (2025-2026)

[quiet crescent]

look like what

[robust garnet]

u gotta access it through my wolverine access > new/prospective students center > financial aid

[flint token]

what is my umich ID

[robust garnet]

its the 8 digit number on ur portal

[latent cove]

wait it doesn't work

it says invalid uniqname

Do I need to setup a friend account first?

nvm i did it

[jade walrus]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[flint token]

whew bro that legitimately took 5 billion page navigations

[flint token]

ty

[latent cove]

LITERALLY

and ther's nothing for me rn

did you have to create a friend accoun ttoo ?

[flint token]

ts

oh nvm

[latent cove]

do you see anything for finaid in your portal?

[flint token]

uhh wdym

it has stuff but it all says $0

[latent cove]

like did they offer u an

oh yea me too

I assume we're gonna have to wait the 4-5 business days

[robust garnet]

you'll get an email from the financial aid office with a direct link to aid offer when its ready

so u dont need to stalk finaid page everyday

[latent cove]

ah ok

yo I haven't gotten anything from UMICh since I got accepted, is that normal?

[surreal sail]

https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2026/01/missing-university-of-michigan-student-found-dead-after-20-hour-search-in-extreme-cold.html

[latent cove]

apparently he was at a party, got wasted, left without a jacket and froze....

[robust garnet]

yes its been barely 1 business day

[flint token]

lowk i cant w this cold

[marble warren]

They sent out some postponement confirmations

[wispy pilot]

are u ed?

[fathom iris]

assuming yes

[wispy pilot]

i was ea my thing was glitched for a while

[rain oriole]

I got this too

[inner spoke]

same (im also ed). umich admissions cannot figure out how to be decent for the life of them

treating ed terribly in this large rat race of deferrals

[fluid willow]

uh this doxxes your first name btw

just in case

[mossy ginkgo]

any students at umich know what resources at umich are great for those pursuing materials science and engineering?
i know theres a few organizations
but i was wondering like any specific classes or research labs

[marble warren]

What would anyone do with that information genuinely

[wheat charm]

just found out today my entire school got postponed

even the kid that got into stanford

[teal mantle]

Is that Fleet Foxes

https://open.spotify.com/track/0GegHVxeozw3rdjte45Bfx

I used to loop this song a lot

[marble warren]

Bro thinks ts is groundhog day

But yea

[teal mantle]

I’m spreading groundhog joy in advance

6 more days!

Who will be watching the livestream?

I will!

[fluid willow]

groundhog day ahhh

[fluid willow]

when will a2c release rd decisions

[teal mantle]

We’re still reviewing

Maybe after Groundhog Day

[fluid willow]

did my counselor submit my midyear report in time

[teal mantle]

Ykw maybe we can make that the deadline

[fluid willow]

great idea

as usual

[teal mantle]

Thank you

[teal mantle]

If the groundhog sees his shadow then mod decisions are delayed by 6 weeks

What if somebody codes an a2groundhog

https://www.nbcwashington.com/video/news/local/potomac-phil-makes-his-weather-and-political-predictions/2208552/

Here’s an alt one

The video is really funny

Oh wow GWU has one too https://youtu.be/mAICC6KUkTM

[fair frigate]

anyone got into flint but deferred from ann arbor?

[merry niche]

everyone gets into flint.

[fair frigate]

damn ok

[tender swan]

hey! I have a concern with multiple majors

how does it work in UMich? I will mention in my "how the curriculum will support your interests" supplemental essay about my desire for a CS+Math double degree

[jade walrus]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[latent cove]

Anyone at UMICH in the Rifle Club here?

Wondering what your thoughts are on the club, the overall vibe/experience

[jade walrus]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[latent cove]

Good Shout

[latent cove]

what's the process for transferring from LSA to engineering

[fluid willow]

you could probably qual for later years

not by your freshman year

[pearl sand]

what're the deferral acceptance rates in rd

[covert quartz]

low

[latent cove]

mostly rejections + acceptances????

[covert quartz]

no mosty WL

they WL a sht ton of people

[latent cove]

damn fr

crazyy

[runic harbor]

thats so annoying

[covert quartz]

ik what's obnoxious is that in prev years, they've done it to people who got deferred ea. This year some people might get deferred ed, then again ea, and might get WL in rd.

[arctic garden]

not bad tbh

you're more likely to be waitlisted but a lot of ppl convert

per my school's data

[runic harbor]

yeah and that might be me lol

i got deferred from ed and ea

[covert quartz]

same lmao

[odd vault]

guys does anyone receive the um uniqname email

Congratulations, you have been admitted to the University of Michigan-Flint for the fall 2026 term! Welcome to the Michigan community of students and scholars!

guys is this real

[quiet crescent]

Flint

[odd vault]

i just receive an email about um flint like yesterday and i am trying to set up the account right now and i got that email

[odd vault]

yeah but it's still a uni right

[odd vault]

im not even done setting my umich uniqname, how is the decision there alrd

[whole igloo]

bro drop iceman

wyd

[odd vault]

guys whats with umich flint?

like is it still good?

im very worried of not getting into any uni (0 acceptance so far), so getting into umich flint felt unreal (like how is the decision out alrd when i havent even done anything except submitting the form for flint?)

im abit in disbelief, is it real tho? and i mean it's better than not getting accepted anywhere right?

[surreal sail]

it is not nearly as competitive as ann arbor but still a school

[odd vault]

ohhh i see, okayy thanku!

[merry niche]

Depends on the person, but it's generally not hard to get into (70%+ acceptance rate).

[covert quartz]

Pls contact OVO support team to get in touch with me

[odd vault]

Oh i see, okayy thanks!

[whole igloo]

don’t you directly have contact w ovo bro

[flint token]

yall can prob have my spot to get off waitlist

[covert quartz]

No you have to go on the OVO website and click one of the first buttons “Please Donate”. If you don’t know what it means, dw. Then type in the following number: “$99999.00” and fill out ur credit card info and click submit

Then u schedule a call w me

Then u can talk about ur wish

[covert quartz]

Did you get in?

[whole igloo]

https://tenor.com/view/fig-gif-26092737

[flint token]

yea

[covert quartz]

Are you gonna go or you don’t know yet?

[whole igloo]

preciate it Drake

[flint token]

.

[flint token]

dunno yet but probb not idk

[covert quartz]

Bet you’ll get a call in 30 days

[whole igloo]

🙏

gods plan

[covert quartz]

Alr if u end up not choosing umich, send the admissions team an email to accept “Aubrey Drake Graham” from Toronto.

For ur place

[covert quartz]

Respect. Gods plan

[lean pagoda]

Omg thank you

[latent cove]

how much yall get in aid???

[fluid willow]

lowk a lot

[thorn aspen]

Almost exactly how much net price calculator said

[latent cove]

ayoo?

did you rewards?

on top of like loans and work-study

[fluid willow]

coa 27k before loans and work study

[latent cove]

dangggg

What is COA again?

oh wait Cost of Atendance?

that' Crazyyy

[fluid willow]

yeah lmao

i was not expecting ts

[latent cove]

dude that's sickk

k

congrats

[molten jetty]

lowk not fire 💀🙏
but i’m oos so it’s to be expected

[latent cove]

Yea same

I j got the fafsa stuff I think lol

still gonna be >70K per yr for me

[fluid willow]

yeah my other oos friends have like 67k coa

[robust garnet]

wow u got that in state special

[fluid willow]

yeah 😭

[mighty shadow]

idk wth to write for the why us essay why is it so long

[finite anvil]

u won't qualify until you finish living a year in michigan

[eager topaz]

guys i need to talk to someone

about

this

ross portfolio

1. for the business case, can it be a problem im already working on solving?

2. what kind of file works for the artifact? can it be a collage of images? can it be a video?

ts slideroom is not working for me

[eager topaz]

oh it can't be a problem im already working on 🫩

[weak isle]

idk how much the prompt has changed from prev years but i've seen past successful examples that talk abt problems they've already solved

[carmine summit]

doesn’t it mention not to

even the ross ao said that in an insta reel

[alpine rapids]

i did something that i had begun solving but there were many aspects still not solved and still things i wanted to solve

[fresh ore]

woohoo js got u mich cs advanced selection

[wicked knoll]

yooo congrats

[drowsy tendon]

Yoo me too

[tender wren]

guys

how many recs do they take

can i do 1 counselor, 1 teacher, and 1 OOS?

so 3 total

also would it be better to do my business teacher (im doing econ) or a stem teacher (APES teacher)

cuz science is an academic rec but idt umich cares ab academic recs so idk

[flint token]

BRO my cs advance is out

[fresh ore]

did u get in?

[flint token]

no im in the car im not opening yet

[fresh ore]

idk how many ppl get rejected from cs advance

[tender swan]

Tbh 550 words was a perfect spot for me

Try not to focus on the uni itself, but in you

Show HOW YOU are a good fit to Umich

[odd ore]

same it was a little too little for me even

if u rlly wanna attend 550 words is not that much

[tender swan]

Yep. It's traumatizing explaining a why major + why us in 300W (im talking with you, gatech)

And I even had to cut some parts of my essay for umich

[cosmic orbit]

Does Michigan do any waves for RD or just drop?

[finite anvil]

did anyone get rejected from cs oos

[teal mantle]

We don’t know atp

Last year they didn’t do EA waves this year they did

[flint token]

I GOT IN CS

[lament frost]

ok goat

[flint token]

ty goat

[drowsy tendon]

I did not expect to get in cs, does anyone know what criteria they look for? My friend, who I feel was a lot stronger of a cs applicant got rejected

[flint token]

🥀 real

is there a disc server

[weak isle]

oh shit they did?? my bad and genuinely tysm i didn't know that

[teal mantle]

If you ask them admissions questions they may get upset

https://discord.com/invite/university-of-michigan-336844206389723156

[flint token]

lol thx but no need i got in

[drifting shale]

yall get the ea and defered eds yet?

[drifting shale]

the way you present urself matters alot

aka ur writing

fit and character is important

[flint token]

wait likee co '30 i meant ig

[teal mantle]

Yeah idk of any

But you can ask in there

And see if they know of any

[thorn kiln]

I didn’t get my cost of attendance email yet :(

do I email or wait

[fluid willow]

give it a bit

[thorn kiln]

ok ty

[steel harness]

i’m applying umich rd cuz i wanted my senior year grades to boost my gpa. should i mention that in the additional info section or say it to anyone?

[cyan patio]

When you apply RD it’s pretty obvious ALR

But if you WANT you can give an explanation for why you weren’t able to apply EA OR ED

[steel harness]

if i do would i do that in the additional info section?

[cyan patio]

Yes

[steel harness]

alr tysm

[supple eagle]

is there interview

[fluid willow]

no

[hardy gale]

frick i just realized i mentioned clubs and labs opportunities instead of focusing on the curriculum in my essay

gg

[fluid willow]

it’s never that deep

[sullen marsh]

does anyone know the admit rate in ea

[arctic garden]

100%

[sullen marsh]

fairs

[wheat reef]

hi

[lime cove]

hey current/rising mich students, i'm curious what "leaders & best" means to yall? is the phrase like one of ur mottos or smth

@zealous trench grandpa any chance u know this 😭

[zealous trench]

It’s a part of our fight song

[fluid willow]

leaders and best 🥀🥀🥀

hail

[zealous trench]

Like “fight on” for usc

[fluid willow]

hail is more aura

[fluid willow]

hail >> fight on

[zealous trench]

Same meaning as that

[fluid willow]

i think hail has to be the most aura out of any like

[zealous trench]

My fav is victors

[fluid willow]

slogan

[lime cove]

can i dm u a sentence from my supp? i need someone to judge whether it fits or is too cheesy 😭

[zealous trench]

HAIL TO THE VICTORS VALIANT

[zealous trench]

Yes please!!!!

Sis isn’t it due today

[fluid willow]

average high schooler

dw abt it

i started mine w like 45 min to deadline

[runic harbor]

when does Umich RD come out?

[lime cove]

https://tenor.com/view/nub-nub-cat-silly-cat-silly-kitty-gif-7773816275616110994

april iirc?

[runic harbor]

u appledi to umich as well?

[rotund garden]

did anyone just start to write UMich essays?

😭

[zealous trench]

It’s ok

I got into umich

[fluid willow]

i just started

[lime cove]

a..pplying 😭

[fluid willow]

am i cooked

[lime cove]

ouch herm

[zealous trench]

And I started on the essay 30min before it’s due

[lime cove]

yeowch

[rotund garden]

last min grind guys

[sand ivy]

Pps here to single handedly increase the competition and get me rejected 😔

[runic harbor]

wdym?

[fluid willow]

can someone look over my essays

[lime cove]

didnt submit yet

[fluid willow]

😞😞

[lime cove]

im doing my essays rn 😭

[runic harbor]

when is the application due?

[lime cove]

herm herm herm

[runic harbor]

huh Umich app so late?

[rotund garden]

today

[lime cove]

bro is NOT me 😭

[rotund garden]

like in 5h

fuck

[sand ivy]

Feb 1st

[zealous trench]

Everyone here will get into umich

[rotund garden]

😭

[lime cove]

today 😭

[fluid willow]

even me 🥺

[runic harbor]

the RD COMP WILL BE SO MUCH IF ITS DUE SO LATE

AHHHH

[sand ivy]

🤞

[lime cove]

grandpa's blessings 🥀

[runic harbor]

i hate this

[rotund garden]

i also need to do fkin vid portfolio or brown 🥀

so cooked

[sand ivy]

I think Umich is the only public on my list I'd go to over uwm

[lime cove]

why do yall care about competition 😭 like genuinely

[fluid willow]

ts was due two weeks ago

[lime cove]

maybe im saying this with the gift of hindsight but

[runic harbor]

purdue ?

[rotund garden]

yea ik

[sand ivy]

Both uwm and umich are better for research

[rotund garden]

but they still take it

[lime cove]

wisco??? o

[sand ivy]

I love purdue don't get me wrong

[runic harbor]

i havent gotten in anywhere yet 😭 i did mostly RDs which im regretting

[runic harbor]

u did UIUC?

[zealous trench]

I love UIUC

[sand ivy]

Yah rejected 🥀

[lime cove]

idk for me i js do my best and try to focus on my own lane... :V

[zealous trench]

The UIUC interview was brutal

But I love UIUC

[runic harbor]

which major

[fluid willow]

ts why you got into all your schools

[sand ivy]

EE

Im a bit surprised

[lime cove]

i got rejected from stanny cand cambridge my dawg

😭

[fluid willow]

bro genuinely

[zealous trench]

Umich interview was so chill

[fluid willow]

how are your cracked

[sand ivy]

But my essays were mid

[fluid willow]

gtech purdue uiuc

[lime cove]

how are my cracked? i have a cracked?

[fluid willow]

😭😭

[rotund garden]

my counselor's umich alumni

[runic harbor]

which curriculum u doing?

[rotund garden]

does ts help

[fluid willow]

bruh

[rotund garden]

by any chance

😭

[zealous trench]

Crack

[sand ivy]

French bac

[lime cove]

shush shush dont tell everyone, the AOs figure out they accidentally put my app in teh wrong pile

[zealous trench]

Umich should interview ngl

[fluid willow]

i’ll interview

[zealous trench]

For undergrad

[runic harbor]

my UIUC app is RD man and so stressed for it 😭

[zealous trench]

I’ll interview since I’m funnier than you

[lime cove]

he's js gonna be mean to eveeryone bruh

[fluid willow]

lowk i’ll go work at the admissions office and bless up the next gen of a2cer

[lime cove]

dont forget to do ur SRAR 😭

[sand ivy]

They done made me fill it out TWICE just to reject me

[fluid willow]

😞

[sand ivy]

#neverforget

[runic harbor]

the deadline was 11th jan

i finished it

[sand ivy]

This is why umich is better

[runic harbor]

anyone of ull did umd?

[zealous trench]

Also umich is coming out this week for me… I’m so scared

[sand ivy]

Good luck!!

You got it

[zealous trench]

According to the professor I interviewed with

It’s rolling

So round 1 is this week

[clever river]

is ts for grad school

[runic harbor]

u had an interview for umich?

[sand ivy]

Fuck umich with their waves

[zealous trench]

Yeah

[runic harbor]

did u do ed?

[sand ivy]

Phd

[zealous trench]

LMAO

[lime cove]

he's applying to phd :V

yall gotta remember that he's OLD

[runic harbor]

oh 💀

[zealous trench]

“For Me”

[sand ivy]

Imagine eding phd

[runic harbor]

😭

[zealous trench]

I WISH

OMG

[lime cove]

wait grandpa

[runic harbor]

where did u do ur undergrad

[lime cove]

when did u decide u wanted to go down academia?

[fluid willow]

good luck

[lime cove]

and what was the reason?

[fluid willow]

we should get a drink together

@zealous trench

[zealous trench]

After my internship

[fluid willow]

me you and christ

😋

[sand ivy]

Wait we're all in the midwest here

[lime cove]

i still feel so cloudy when i think abt my future. but "Dr" in front of my last name would be cold im ngl (im fantasizing 😔 )

[fluid willow]

yall can nepo me into some elite shit

[sand ivy]

Lwk a2roadtrip coming soon

[lime cove]

aye what happened to a2c midwest meetup

[zealous trench]

I realized that research and academia is way more friendly and less toxic, and I get to have more freedom in doing what I want

[fluid willow]

you can come too i guess 🙄

wait a2midwest would be fire

all the uchi and nu kids can come also

[lime cove]

a2c midwest + atlanta? 😭

[fluid willow]

huh why atlanta

[lime cove]

and the uiuc kids i suppose

[sand ivy]

And uwm

I just wanna be included

[zealous trench]

Academia gives more flexibility for me to do whatever I want, I also get to work at the edge of tech with a really stable job

[sand ivy]

Tbh it doesn't get more midwest than Wisconsin

[zealous trench]

Cal poly

[lime cove]

aye bro got over sending the video 😭 nice work

[fluid willow]

❤️‍🩹

[lime cove]

is wisconsin cheese

indiana is corn right

[sand ivy]

Yeah

[fluid willow]

michigan is aura

[sand ivy]

I mentioned cheese in my essay

[zealous trench]

That’s my interview message

[fluid willow]

good luck

😄

[zealous trench]

For

Oh that was dec30

[lime cove]

a2engineering experience

[fluid willow]

michigan ❤️‍🩹

[zealous trench]

We should move Stanford to Indiana

And MIT to Illinois

Good engineering universities should only be in the Midwest

[rotund garden]

can someone review my UMich essay?

😭

[lime cove]

i got rejected from stanford and coped by saying "theyre not in the midwest, and i was destined to be in the midwest"

[fluid willow]

i'll trade w you

i also need someone to look at mine 🥺

[rotund garden]

i dont trust Asian Srs

😭

[fluid willow]

@valid wharf i'm home now i can look at your shi

[zealous trench]

I think I got soft rejected from Stanford Berkeley Caltech and MIT

They never bothered to interview me

[lime cove]

bro we are NOT gonna bite 😭

[fluid willow]

paul bro i'm not gonna steal your essay 😭

if that's what you're worried abt

i alr submitted

[lime cove]

^ this broski GOT INTO michigan with a shit ton of aid

he's cracked asl

[fluid willow]

actually i'm already commited to cornell look at my server tag

[rotund garden]

nah

[fluid willow]

https://klipy.com/gifs/britt-lower-me

[rotund garden]

i dont rly mind

[lime cove]

bro is NOT hye

[fluid willow]

me rn

[lime cove]

yes you 😭

[fluid willow]

thank god

hye gets ZERO play and has the SADDEST life out of EVERYONE i know

[zealous trench]

Why do you know every Asians in this server

[fluid willow]

wait really

[rotund garden]

lmao

[zealous trench]

Like

Asia Asians

Asians in Asia in this server

[fluid willow]

i don't think there's that many lowk

it's j me hye and like

idk

and like

i'm lowk j good at networking ❤️‍🩹

ts why i'm gonna do capital markets law 🤞

[zealous trench]

The only people I know irl in this server are from my hs

All 5 of them

[fluid willow]

i lowk do not know anyone irl

i'm just so chornically online i have the socials of all of these ppl

😋

[zealous trench]

Dawg you dropped her irl name

🥀

[fluid willow]

😭 🙏

we're basically irls ❤️‍🩹

[lime cove]

bro could NOT get his vnmese visa 🥀 we were SO CLOSE

[rotund garden]

should i trust gemini?

[zealous trench]

Is ok we will all be irl friends next year

We’re making it out of this gc

In

[rotund garden]

ur applying for MS?

[zealous trench]

They have MIT. We hace MIP

[zealous trench]

No

[lime cove]

yess my 3 pookie schools

[fluid willow]

😭 why does the big 'nam want a visa from me anyway

ts pmo

will you go to worlds

i might go to worlds

[rotund garden]

?

[zealous trench]

It’s okay he will get US visa

[fluid willow]

on my college tour

[rotund garden]

Phd?

[fluid willow]

i'm ... american

😭

[zealous trench]

You’re Chinese now

[lime cove]

i'd get back like 2-3 days before my IB exams bro

[fluid willow]

bro istg all yall gonna get me slimed out by ice

[lime cove]

that's assuming i don't watch vexu/ms

[fluid willow]

god i hope not 😭

pls don't bomb us xi jinping

mr chairman

[lime cove]

i'd get obliterated

[zealous trench]

Very Chinese time of your life

[lime cove]

or maybe im js salty

i dunno. im js so tired atp

[zealous trench]

Yes

[fluid willow]

i mean purdue isn't conditional

so like

your ib doesn't matter

[rotund garden]

damn

[lime cove]

prob gonna email blrs and ask what the joining process is like js to know

[fluid willow]

j go and you can meet blrs

n shi

[rotund garden]

where did u do ur MS?

[zealous trench]

I’m only 21 chill out on me

[zealous trench]

I’m skipping it

[fluid willow]

https://klipy.com/gifs/lie-detector-lier

bro's pushing 50

[rotund garden]

😭

[zealous trench]

I’m literally 04

[rotund garden]

damn wtf

[lime cove]

add million at the end

[lime cove]

1904

[zealous trench]

You’re 2050

Class of 2068

[rotund garden]

lmao

[lime cove]

HA

[rotund garden]

nah

[lime cove]

wait grandpa can u add purdue as a sticker pweasee 🥺

[fluid willow]

bro who tf even tryna go to virginia 🤞

[lime cove]

i wanna spell out my simp combo

[fluid willow]

should i fill out their deferral form

[zealous trench]

I gotchu

[lime cove]

vaaatech 😭

[rotund garden]

UVA?

[fluid willow]

uva

[rotund garden]

VT?

[rotund garden]

i applied

[fluid willow]

any school w tech in the name i'm out lmao

[fluid willow]

first mistake 🥀

[zealous trench]

[zealous trench]

@lime cove

[fluid willow]

why is the p small 😢

[rotund garden]

eh.... idk

[zealous trench]

cuz

It’s cold

[lime cove]

wait but the P is from an outside server

[rotund garden]

took me like 5 sec to do ts

and it was free

[lime cove]

and can u make it big on a2c ;-;

u have perms to add emojis right?

[rotund garden]

bro is this pitt logo

[zealous trench]

I gotta get it through admin approval

[lime cove]

can we replace it wiht purdue 😔

[rotund garden]

lwk

bro

[zealous trench]

Modmail

Go

[rotund garden]

pitt has 0 aura

[lime cove]

surrpised it's not princeton tbh

tbf m isn't MIT either

[zealous trench]

Engineering

[lime cove]

enjineering

[fluid willow]

🥺 it's a grower huh

[zealous trench]

Oh yeah

I got a new windows laptop

For $300

[fluid willow]

no edating!!!

[lime cove]

wait gramps is there anything u think i ought to mentiion in my why mich

[rotund garden]

????

wt laptop is that

it looks clean asf ngl

[zealous trench]

It’s like Microsoft version of Chromebook

[lime cove]

dawg i have a bf (purdue pete)

[fluid willow]

lowk apply classics in lsa and than transfer to coe

classics --> engineering pipeline is undefeated

my pipeline finna be philosophy --> capital markets law

[lime cove]

wait lowk i also wannat alk about lsa cuz i wanna take classes in feminist literature

like i might minor in feminism/gender studies

[fluid willow]

how easy is it to enroll in other schools

[lime cove]

idk

[fluid willow]

i might do a ross minor

christ says it's easy

but christ also placed on jane st as a freshman so idk

[lime cove]

idk if feminism minor is the move, but i care a lot abt feminism in stem idk

ljadsklfj thinking about my future scares me

yikes!

[fluid willow]

i have chatgpt planning out my career

😍

💔

[zealous trench]

Did you mention what you do for fun, remember that umich is one of the more down to earth/social/fun T20 compared to other stuck up ivies.

[lime cove]

who needs a clanker, i can js put shit on a wheel n spin it

[fluid willow]

ts so real michigan has to be the best t20

[lime cove]

it's a t20?

[zealous trench]

Yes

[fluid willow]

💔

are we deadahh

[lime cove]

wait is illinois a t20 too?

[zealous trench]

No

They’re 34

[lime cove]

gt?

[fluid willow]

no

only publics are cal ucla michigan

[zealous trench]

32

[lime cove]

they have a vexu team 😔

[zealous trench]

When it comes to good public engineering universities, they’re all really chopped in general ranking

[fluid willow]

michigan's good at everything

[lime cove]

is it true that yall have a moon rock

[fluid willow]

every michigan deparment is like t10 but bc of private bias the university isn't ranked that high

like realistically michigan is probably a t5

[zealous trench]

You can wipe you prestige tear with $300k engineering salary

[lime cove]

what's your favorite part of michigan culture that u think makes it unique?

[lime cove]

300k? sheesh i thought id be making like 60k/yr as an engineer

[fluid willow]

like our law school ross engnieering are all literally like goated

[fluid willow]

YOU are not getting ANY work bc you are NOT getting a visa 😂 🤞

[zealous trench]

I believe that people tend to be less stuck up, they’re very down to earth and chill. But at the same time, they are known to be very hard workers, esp in finance where icy people dominate

[lime cove]

i don't intend on staying in the US anw brochancho 😭

[zealous trench]

You’d make $60k as a PhD student

LMAO

[fluid willow]

rossholes 🥺

[zealous trench]

I would recommend staying in the US for engineering

The pay is very unparalleled

[fluid willow]

being able to like do beer pong with frat bros and at the same time network w ppl like christ

[zealous trench]

The median pay after 5 years in your field is $97k

https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?243780-Purdue-University-Main-Campus

That’s Purdue tho

@lime cove ^

For umich, aerospace gets $113k median

[lime cove]

yall's tuition is also 30k more expensive 😭

[zealous trench]

https://tenor.com/view/bih-please-gif-7953510298892076313

[lime cove]

wait how do u find the specific major?

[zealous trench]

Field of study section dropdown

[lime cove]

oh i found it

yey

[zealous trench]

For Stanford it’s $140k

Oh yeah keep in mind

This dataset is only for people who got financial aid

So no rich people is in that data set

“The median yearly income of students in this field of study 5 years after they graduated. Only data from students who received federal financial aid are included in the calculation.”

[lime cove]

purdue mogs mich and gt for masters aeroE woah

i should prob lock in on my essays tho

ack

[zealous trench]

I love my aero people

[lime cove]

wait @zealous trench is the moon rock still there at the FXB atrium? ion wanna write abt smth that's been removed whatnot 🥀

[zealous trench]

YOU KNOW FXB

It’s still there during the summer

OMG

[lime cove]

i'm applying to aerospace 😭

[zealous trench]

https://tenor.com/view/announcer-meme-announcing-meme-ball-knowledge-ball-meme-benjammins-gif-12241853788039925284

[lime cove]

this is so funny 😭

[sand ivy]

Thats a lot of signatures

[lime cove]

the whole apollo 15 crew were all alum apparently

[sand ivy]

That's crazh

[lime cove]

doesn't matter cuz they don't have neil armstrong smh 😤

[sand ivy]

I see trees of green

[zealous trench]

I just realized we have the same name @lime cove

I’m putting ‘30 when I get in

[lime cove]

copycat 😔

[sand ivy]

4 year phd?

[zealous trench]

I’m being optimistic

[sand ivy]

Very

[zealous trench]

And yk it’s ok

[clever river]

whats the umich deferral acceptance rate

[zealous trench]

I’m matching the theme

[sand ivy]

Have you taken any grad level coursed?

[zealous trench]

Nah I’m version 2

[zealous trench]

Nope

I do have 2 publications in umich

In the lab I want to do PhD in

[sand ivy]

That's great

Would you recommend taking grad level courses?

[valid wharf]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cat-turning-head-confused-cat-rizalalthur-orange-cat-behavior-gif-10491959385063137392

[eager topaz]

whys the portfolio due in est

the commonapp is still local time zone right

[fluid willow]

wait wrong ping

DISASTROUS PING

mb

i’m a minor

[rotund garden]

wtf am i looking at

wtf is 1.01 UW

😭

[surreal sail]

slop

different grading scale because it’s INTL

or they put it in wrong

[carmine summit]

its wrong lol
should be 3.7(5) or smthing

real

unless they r like the person i know who transferred out of cornell because of they couldnt bear the cold

it isnt

[surreal sail]

gt weather >>

[carmine summit]

the person came from a hot region and wasnt able to live there

💀

true

[rotund garden]

bros asian majoring Community And Public Health

and chose NYU

over cornell

😭

[surreal sail]

i live in new england and it’s basically greenland right now

[carmine summit]

but dont these people make fake profiles

fake essays and shi

[rotund garden]

idk

no idea atp

[carmine summit]

they do

have u read their essays?

they r prolly written by gpt or a drunk and high gpt

[rotund garden]

https://www.clastify.com/supplement/university-of-michigan-ann-arbor/689aeb18222d61c86325895a

wtf is this profile

😭

[carmine summit]

gng whats this essay

[rotund garden]

cool ECs though

but wtf happened to her GPA lmao

3.4 UW gets into UMich

as Intl

🥀

[carmine summit]

bro this is a GPT essay

this sentence=auto reject

[rotund garden]

no idea

[carmine summit]

oh my

"one animal at a time"

[rotund garden]

ts is gpt fs

[rotund garden]

yea

[carmine summit]

bro this is a drunk and high gpt

not even normal gpt

[rotund garden]

eh... idk abt this though

[carmine summit]

u see the dash

it was an em dash

converted

[rotund garden]

yea

so?

[carmine summit]

anyways

who writes like this

so generic

[rotund garden]

https://www.clastify.com/supplement/university-of-michigan-ann-arbor/688385e175fd7ee601b3cf3d

[carmine summit]

i still used them

[rotund garden]

realistic app ig

ngl

holy GPA

[carmine summit]

what is this essy

[rotund garden]

wtf 😭

[carmine summit]

mid ecs

awards r scam awards lol

the first 2

[surreal sail]

huh intl is a different game

[rotund garden]

u sure?

[carmine summit]

SOF oly r scam lol

[rotund garden]

?

lwk?

isnt it Science Olympiad Foundation Oly?

[carmine summit]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Indian_Academia/comments/1q268kq/i_got_into_sof_ieo_round_2_what_do_i_do_should_i/

[rotund garden]

oh ic

[carmine summit]

lol

[rotund garden]

😭

btw

I just realized that

ur the guy from stanny threads

😭

[carmine summit]

lmao

[rotund garden]

hows ur decision?

any acceptance yet?

damn

[surreal sail]

yeah he’s in gt with me

[carmine summit]

i didnt rea

[surreal sail]

also deferred umich

[carmine summit]

shouldve done cs

[surreal sail]

why would you willingly apply cs

[carmine summit]

😭

im cooked regardless

[surreal sail]

what country are you applying from

[carmine summit]

somewhere in asia

a very cooked country

[surreal sail]

south or east if you don’t mind sharing?

[rotund garden]

🗿

[surreal sail]

yea put the fries in the bag

[rotund garden]

damn wtf

at least u got into college

[carmine summit]

i wont get in anywhere

[surreal sail]

but you did get in gt

[carmine summit]

i didnt apply any college lower than uiuc

[surreal sail]

did you apply local anywhere

[rotund garden]

i mean... u got into gtech and uiuc though

one of the best CS unis

[carmine summit]

no

[rotund garden]

IIT

y

u should've tried

[carmine summit]

iit needs jee

[surreal sail]

am domestic so can’t relate entirely but i did not apply anywhere in state

except yale but that doesn’t count

[carmine summit]

yea

[rotund garden]

damn lucky asf

[carmine summit]

where did u apply

rd

[rotund garden]

I mean... theres not rly good unis in conn though

[rotund garden]

sht ton

[surreal sail]

wesleyan and conn college are okay

uconn is your average state school

[rotund garden]

oh yea. wesleyan

[surreal sail]

yale is on a different level…

[rotund garden]

but in state doesnt matter for yale right?

[surreal sail]

they say they consider state residency..

[rotund garden]

at least ur domestic

💀

[rotund garden]

ic

better than intl

[surreal sail]

idk man I just want to go to stanford

not even for the prestige

the band and tree mascot are too funny to pass up

[carmine summit]

real

but i wont get in

[surreal sail]

i applied to gt partly for buzz

[carmine summit]

im so cooked

should have shifted to us 10 years back

[surreal sail]

lowkey what is this

[rotund garden]

at least u have an acceptance bro

[carmine summit]

2/17

[surreal sail]

no wonder i got deferred 🥀

[rotund garden]

I didnt early applied anywhere

[carmine summit]

oh yea i remember

[rotund garden]

so i only have my safety decisions

[surreal sail]

i applied early to three reaches and targets

[carmine summit]

which

[surreal sail]

princeton - ass fucked
umich - defer 🥱
gatech - accept 🐝

applied cs ba to pton and umich and cm at gatech

[carmine summit]

damn

[surreal sail]

could not tell you why I grinded so much all i want to do in life is gamedev

[carmine summit]

did u send in an eci for mich

[surreal sail]

yes

would go to gt over mich tbh but want to have options in different areas

also have local connections in michigan but sadly they’re all stacked around msu

[carmine summit]

i wont get stanford anyways

[surreal sail]

apply cornell

[carmine summit]

i did

[surreal sail]

my best ivy supp section was brown

worst was harvard

[carmine summit]

i applied 6/8 ivys

[surreal sail]

same

[carmine summit]

i did not apply harvard and pton

lmao

[surreal sail]

i got rejected REA princeton so not counting it

didn’t do dartmouth because meh location

but I regret not doing dartmouth

[carmine summit]

💀

i mean i applied for aid

[surreal sail]

they have keggy the keg that’s an auto yes for me

[carmine summit]

cause intl need blind

otherwise i wouldnt have

[carmine summit]

lol

[rotund garden]

1h late

but i think they'll take it

[surreal sail]

how many schools did bro apply

[fallen pawn]

Promise? 😧

[fallen pawn]

I submitted several apps a week late 😭

[rotund garden]

67

[rotund garden]

They still accepted?

I actually did for 1 lac

[fallen pawn]

One withdrew my application LOL

the others accepted

[rotund garden]

Which one?

But it’s kinda their fault to keep the app open

[fallen pawn]

LACs 😭

[fallen pawn]

The grace period 💔

[rotund garden]

Lmao

😭

[wintry heath]

i have 12 hours left 😭

[drifting fable]

How deep is essay #1 and #2

Im oos

[flint token]

idk i got in oos cs w buns essays

[drowsy tendon]

I think it depends

[drowsy tendon]

I think neither are deep, be genuine and for essay #2 do good research and also be genuine

Essay #1 felt like a "how are you going to change the world" type prompt for me initially but I found it easier if I just focused on a more narrow issue

(I got in oos coe)

[quick oar]

lol me too last yr

[sand ivy]

I talked about my alarm clock and got deferred

[drowsy tendon]

I feel like state schools value quirkiness less

Idk tho lol

[flint token]

i talked abt geder bias

[flint token]

maybe u misinterpreted the prompt

[sand ivy]

No i used it as a hook don't worry

[flint token]

lol

[sand ivy]

I feel like it too

[flint token]

im so grateful for this bro

[sand ivy]

I was pretty quirky in uiuc and gtech and got rejected, although thdy weren't great essays

[flint token]

bc my essays got good for RD ivies

but were so generic in EA

[sand ivy]

Uwm though my essay wasn't quirky, just unique

[sand ivy]

Same bro

I cooked so hard for my stanny and caltech essays

[drowsy tendon]

I don't know how I feel about most of my essays

And probably won't for a while

Umich was the first college I applied to

[surreal sail]

my best essays were for brown

yale and stanford close behind

[surreal sail]

based on the ea results maybe generic is the strat for you 🥀

[flint token]

yes bro that must be the case

cuz im so lost

[sand ivy]

I talked about minecraft, JFK and failure in my stanford essays

[sand ivy]

You got GT

That's already great

[flint token]

thats what i mean

[flint token]

yes

[sand ivy]

Congrats

[barren wedge]

This may sound like a dumb question but do yall have any tips on what to write for umich’s loci

[eager topaz]

is ts due feb 2nd? im so confused

ill js submit today

[sand ivy]

It says due in 1 day 8 hours

[flint token]

ty

[eager topaz]

yea that's eod feb 2

[eager topaz]

feb 2 2026

does it say the same for u?

[sand ivy]

I didn't apply for ross

[eager topaz]

oh

[lament frost]

how long are you guys' biz portfolio responses

i think the char limits are way above the word count for a reason bc they said around, but i don't want to go too extra

my case study is hitting 550 rn but my artifact is 270

[flint token]

mine is 5 billion words

[lament frost]

fuck im at 587

[light island]

oh do business kids need to answer extra Qs?

[robust garnet]

yea dont aim for deep, aim for genuine

[robust garnet]

if ur talking about the ross portfolio thats separate from commonapp then yes

[light island]

oof, good luck guys

[eager topaz]

im gonna hit the 4k character count

however many words that comes out to be

[eager topaz]

howre u getting that many words in 4k😭

i wouldn't go over ~550

since it says around 500

600 is a bit much

[lament frost]

i dont think this is huge lol

the average char count of a word is smth around 5

[eager topaz]

yea but line breaks and punctuation and everything

when r u submitting? do u see feb2 deadline too?

[lament frost]

yeah

tonight probably

[thick crow]

what are things that only ross does

[grand pulsar]

we are allowed to submit it tomorrow?

i saw the deadline too n i got really confused

[drifting fable]

its over i rushed the 2nd essay 🌄

[lament frost]

how many words did you hit in 4k

[eager topaz]

im at like 625 words and 4.5k characters rn

[rotund garden]

when is UMich deadlinie for u guys?

[eager topaz]

🫩

[eager topaz]

1st

[rotund garden]

ik its 1st

isnt it alr 2nd in US?

unless ur in cali

[eager topaz]

pst still has 3 ish more hours i think

[rotund garden]

icic

did u alr submit ur app?

[eager topaz]

but apparently the portfolio deadline is feb2 now

submitted commonapp

[rotund garden]

oh ic

[eager topaz]

doing portfolio

[rotund garden]

so ur applying to ross?

[eager topaz]

yea

[rotund garden]

damn

gl

[eager topaz]

thankuu

to u too

[rotund garden]

intl ross is not easy

🥀

[eager topaz]

what even is easy vro

[rotund garden]

intl UMich itself is hard ngl

[eager topaz]

🥀

[rotund garden]

nothing

🥀

[thick crow]

really?

[rotund garden]

Lmao

This is the mindset after 67 colleges 😭

I shouldn’t have rushed and just randomly submit before deadline

Fuck

[teal rover]

DONE ALLL

ly umich

[fluid willow]

❤️‍🩹

[merry niche]

yeah umich portal is shit

[surreal sail]

its slop it broke on EA decisions and didnt show deferrals correctly

[runic harbor]

lmao

[sinful pasture]

the worst portal I had

and I applied to a school that basically didn’t even have one

[jade walrus]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[fallow tundra]

Has anyone got an admit pkg yet for the last ea wave? I'm bored an inpatient

[surreal sail]

Did you get in

[clever river]

wisconsin is the worst

[radiant laurel]

wdym how did it break?

[surreal sail]

didn’t show the yellow banner

[radiant laurel]

oh

I see

[fallow tundra]

yea

[radiant laurel]

When does SMTD come out

[latent cove]

March

[drifting fable]

Commonapp portals when

[latent cove]

lol wut

[drifting fable]

When does umich usually open the commonapp accounts

after last minute submissions

[latent cove]

what

huh

[drifting fable]

gng did you use commonapp

[latent cove]

Yes

wdym open the accounts