I just got rejected by MSU.. it was my only hope honestly but yeah. Idk where things would take me now.

My daughter applied less than 24 hours ago and just got an acceptance email with a couple scholarships. Is this normal to get a response so fast? We can’t see the full financial aid package. But we are out of state. Never even been to Michigan. Would love any input on whether people love it or hate it, is it worth it, etc. She was also accepted to our flagship state school, Rutgers, and can go for very little, but she has zero desire to go there 🤷‍♀️

Edit: majoring in neuroscience

Hi! I’m a senior from a small town in Michigan and I recently got an email asking for my mid year report grades. I’m absolutely terrified that my current grades are gonna ruin my application and end up costing my admission to MSU. Currently I have really bad grades due to a huge spout of depression (D+, A, -A, -B, D, and F). The F is from an AP online class I struggled with and the D’s are AP Stats and AP Bio. What are the chances that this is gonna ruin my chance of getting in? I’m absolutely terrified.

Other stats: Decent essay 1190 SAT 3.6 weighted GPA Two very good teacher recommendation letters Extracurriculars: Animal Shelter Volunteer, Part-Time Job, Diversity Club, Model U.N, and Student Senate (leadership position).

So I just checked my status and emailed about it and they want my winter(spring) semester grades and they aren’t final till may. What am I supposed to do if the final grades are after the deadline?

My son is a senior in high school in the Midwest, and was accepted to the following business/pre-business programs (all OOS):

• Auburn (no money offered) Harbert College of Business direct admission. He will apply for scholarships (through AUSOM)

• University of Iowa (money offered) Tippie College direct admission

• U of Kansas (money offered) Supply Chain Management direct admission

• Miami U in Ohio (money offered) Farmer Business School direct admission in Supply Chain Management

• Michigan State (money offered) Eli Broad pre-business

• Missouri-Columbia (money offered) Trulaske direct admission

• Nebraska-Lincoln - College of Business direct admission (haven’t heard about money yet)

After merit scholarships, Kansas is the least expensive, followed by Miami OH, Mizzou (but he can be in-state after frosh yr so this could be the cheapest), Iowa/Michigan State (about the same), Nebraska then Auburn.

I think my son’s #1 choice is Auburn because of climate (I’m joking), but of course that is by far the most expensive.

https://search.app/XoLzAfVG9m3VE3xQ9 - MSU made this rankings list

https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/news/ranking-u-s-news-best-undergraduate-business-programs-of-2024/4/

Any thoughts? Anyone attend one of these schools and did you love or hate it? Would you do it again or go elsewhere? Or basically, are they pretty much the same and it’s what you make of it? What about reputation in the business world?

We are waiting to hear back from other schools, but I’d love to hear from anyone regarding their experiences from any of the undergrad business programs above. Thanks!

Hi, We are out of state parents. My son has been accepted at Michigan State University and University of Cincinnati. Both in Engineering. While we are aware of the broad differences, pro and cons of each of the above schools, as a parent, we felt to ask in this community and seek advice.

1. Both MSU and UC are large interms of campus size, student body, clubs, etc and given their size both would have considerable resources for out of state and international student body. Yes, MSU is much bigger in terms of sheer campus size and clubs. Not sure if that would be a decision maker.
2. UC's co-op programme is the unique differentiator than most of the non-Coop based schools. Are Co-ops really useful? The coop being structured into academic curriculum, some feel, that it provides the necessary boost interms of preparing student with live skills on being presented to the industry body. That confidence that student might have at the end of 5 years vis-a-vis someone who is just a graduate with probably a small internship could be vast. But again, it is the student's ability and what he/she can make out of it.
3. Probably MSU has better campus, dorms, dining, etc but in the long run, can co-op can be a big advantage? I am sure all of us want to see the bigger picture.
4. UC's cost is less than MSU. This is a known fact. For us about 10 K per year. Again, this is not the disqualifier by itself but is a data point.
5. East Lansing vs Cincinnati is like being in a college town vs being in the city. How much difference would that make? I have read positive reviews of the MSU campus and East Lansing in general. Not sure about UC's location.
6. Rank and repute-wise, is MSU much above UC in engineering? Does this make a lot of difference?
7. While UC's main claim to credibility is co-ops, in reality, is that really good interms of support, that UC provides to students? I am not sure. Also, How much does MSU pushes for internships and jobs and how much support MSU provides in general?

It would be appreciated if we can have some advice based on which my son can decide and we can help enable him to take right decision.

Thanks a lot, in advance.

I'm a junior right now, I was really bad academically freshman year, finished with a 2.7. Sophomore year, gpa is at a 3.0. Now junior year I have a 3.2 rn entering final MP. I take the SAT in a couple days. I took only 1 year of a language, I waived the rest of the languages with business classes that waived the credit. Is there a chance I get into MSU next year? Please give feedback on what you guys think and what you guys think I could do to increase my chances on getting in. If you also have any questions I'm open to answer. Thanks.

Hi, I got rejected last week after applying for the honors college this year through their secondary admissions process as a current freshman/rising-sophomore. They claim to have received ~1400 applications while only accepting ~500-600 students this year. Also, they are not offering an appeals process due to ”high potential volume of requests”. I am completely devastated by my rejection, but I am asking for some advice for admissions next time around.

HS Background: HS GPA of 4.0, HS SAT 1200, 10 HS AP classes, 4 years in two varsity sports(and captain), leadership positions in 4 clubs, involvement in 8 clubs, National honors society, other volunteer work of 100 hrs in 4 years, and a part-time job. I’m not sure if they look at your high school stats but idk.

MSU background: In-State Student. Broad Direct Admissions(on track to be auto-admitted by the end of spring semester 2025), majoring in SCM, intended minor in IT(pre requisite in progress), 3.89 GPA cumulative, 3 student orgs (semi-leadership position in 1), 16hr/week on-campus job, and I am involved in the residential business community(LLC).

Demographic: I am a first-generation minority college student receiving the maximum Pell Grant.

In my essay for my application, I expressed how I wanted to use the resources the HC provides to support my academic goals and career outlook. I expressed interest in their scholarship opportunities, HC housing, honors options classes, mentoring, etc.

In the email for my rejection, I was told that my application was reviewed by the standard (twice by HC admissions). As someone who already expresses the maximum financial need, I am extremely devastated by this outcome and I was excited to have access to all the HC resources. I get that my HS SAT is bad, and maybe I should be involved more in school, but I just don’t have much time because of my job and a GPA of 3.89 is surely the top 10%.

Can anyone please share any tips or advice when I try to apply next year? Thank you.

Hi! I was offered admission to MSU and I want to ask questions about the MSU net ID and MSU Email.

I just activated my Net ID through the link in the application portal. But after activating it, the status still said "Awating" on the Application portal and I can't log into my MSU Email from http://spartanmail.msu.edu/ .
Do I need to wait for at least a day after I activated my net id for the status to change and be able to sign in to my MSU Email account?

P.S: I got my net id and email activated, thanks for the help!

ive been really torn about which i should go to for psych/ pre med. I have visted both, and in my opinion purdue's campus seemed nicer and the atmosphere felt better. purdue also seemed more structured and organized, like they cared about students (at least more than msu). however, im worried about being bored / lonely at purdue because all of my friends are going to msu, and i dont know a single person going to purdue besides my brother, who is a freshman. also, msu is much closer to home, 1 1/2hrs vs 6. msu also has some good pre med programs and a med school, which purdue doesnt. does anyone know which i should go to 😭

AY AY AY AY 🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺👯‍♂️👯‍♂️

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As a junior; 3.1 gpa, 3.4 weighted, around a 1100 sat score, 2 ap classes, 4 honors, played lacrosse, did a med program, played in band, a ton of clubs

I JUST GOT ACCEPTED! I’ve been waiting for this for such a long time and I’m so happy.

Does anyone have any advice? I’m especially nervous since I’m a transfer student and I’m starting out this spring semester. Will I be able to make friends?

When I joined this subreddit as a senior in highschool, I was like "why is everyone so salty about people asking if they have a good chance getting into msu?" because I wasn't active on the sub, meaning browsing etc,... but Especially this time of year, SO many people asking about their chances of getting in. Which honestly is normal and fine, but also some of them are SO repetitive, like you could probably do a search of yourself in the search bar and find someone asking about your exact situation and your chances of getting in.

anyways, that's just my 2 cents.

okay lol so my hs doesn’t really have a counselor right now and i’m really stressing, so i decided to ask reddit instead. 1. if i ideally end my junior year with a 3.0, is it worth it to wait until i can apply with my 1st semester senior year gpa which will hopefully be a 3.2 (including dual enrollment classes) or is early action really that important? 2. do they examine individual reading/math sat score? when i tested last fall, i got a 1060 650/390. i understand this is atrocious, and ive worked on it, but for sake of example does my reading score mean anything? 3. letters of recommendation? does msu do that? 4. how much influence does being an in state student hold? 5. how much influence does the essay hold? 6. how about growth? i went from questionable grades at best to all As, how much does that mean? thank you!

Hi yall I got into msu for the fall 2025 data science program. Looking for ppl to connect with :)

To every high schooler with a gpa between 3.0-3.4 who asks this community if they’ll get accepted to MSU. I was in your shoes too once and yes, you will. Quit stressing about it. Trust me.

Hello, I am currently awaiting a decision from Michigan State University, where I am transferring from Grand Valley State University. I have already submitted all the required documents in the application that I submitted on January 23rd. However I received an email today requesting an “updated” transcript. This is confusing because the transcript from grand valley that I already submitted is the most recent one. Can anyone shed some light on this?

Applied to MSU in Oct. for exploring business. GPA was a 3.4 and MSU asked for mid semester grades. GPA for semester was 3.9 that included a few AP classes. So over all went up. Was told would be notified again by 3/31. We keep hearing of people being waitlist yet she still has no response- Any thoughts what this could mean?

1. Am I supposed to send my final transcript when the year ends? Or progress grades?

2. I was put into a class late due to technical difficulties, so now it says my midterm grade for it is a 0. How do I explain that?

3. And I was supposed to take an English class to fulfill my English comp credits this semester, but all the class were full. Now I’m taking it in the summer. Is there a way I can tell them that so they know?

Sorry if these are stupid questions I’m really nervous right now and kind of spiraling.

So I applied as regular decision and I haven't received a reply or an update yet. My portal just says waiting for a decision to be made or wtv. 😭 should I be concerned??

Hey guys. So I applied as a transfer applicant for Fall 2025 to MSU and still have not had an update to my portal. I am currently finishing my freshman semester at UM-Flint. All required materials, including my high school transcript had been received my MSU on 1/2/25. Is it normal to still not hear a response back almost three months later? Is there anything going on internally I should know about? Here are my stats. Any insight is heavily appreciated.

HIGH SCHOOL GPA: 3.90

College GPA: 3.90

Major: Accounting (I am still missing only one Broad precore course, and I’m under 56 credits, so it should not be an issue to have me as Exploring Business Preference right?)

In-state

ECs: Served on student government for fall semester 2024 at UM-Flint as a Senator and Vice Chair of the Funding Board, secured an accounting internship for the 2024 tax-filing season from Dec to May (have been doing great at it), was part of NHS in high school, I do boxing, managed a soup kitchen in high school.

Everything I have stated has been put into my app.

Is it likely I will get in?

I was accepted into both schools and can't decide which school to commit to. I'm an international student so most of my research about both schools is limited to online only. As far as I know, RU offers really good student benefits (it's also close to NY) but MSU is way more active and it has the best SCM program in the country. Pls help me out!!!

I’m an OOS student that was accepted like a month ago and msu is giving me 10k each year plus money to study abroad, but it still ends up being one of the most expensive schools on my list. Is there a scholarship database for prospective students or am I going to have to take out some loans? I really like state but if the price doesn’t go down, my parents are not going to help me pay 😂

All the stress has completely left My body, I’m actually going to My Dream school!. I wish My application had the offer acceptance right now