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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
3194 A/O 1
May 2, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW
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FROM:
WILLIAM F. SITTMANN
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks for University of Michigan
Commencement
NSC submitted the President's remarks for the University of
Michigan Commencement stating that we concurred with changes. In
addition to our changes we sent you on Wednesday, General
Scowcroft had some additonal comments. Our initial review of the
third draft speech indicates that many of General Scowcroft's
concerns have been accommodated. However, there are some areas
that could be re revisited. I have attached the general's
comments for your consideration in the final review.
CC: Phillip Brady
3194
CLOSE HOLD
Document No. 733910
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
05/01
04/29/91
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10:00 A.M. Wednesday
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMMENCEMENT
(04/29 draft one)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
PETERSMEYER
SCOWCROF
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BRADY
SMITH
BROMLEY
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
DEMAREST
SNOW
FITZWATER
PORTER ROSE
GRAY
BOSKIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm. 122, x2930,
no later than 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 05/01, with a copy to this
office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
CLOSE HOLD
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Snow/Grossman
DRAFT ONE
91 APR 29 PM 9: 35
APRIL 29, 1991
MI
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMMENCEMENT
MAY 4, 1991
11 a.m.
It's a pleasure to stand here in Michigan Stadium, a place
that has forged its share of football history -- and political
history. John F. Kennedy proposed creating the Peace Corps here,
and Lyndon Johnson unveiled the Great Society in Ann Arbor.
I will not try to outbid those great men. Today, I want
to talh
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about this historic moment. Your commencement -- your journey
into the "real world" -- coincides with this nation's
commencement into a world freed from Cold War conflict and thrust
into a new age of cooperation and economic competition.
The United States plays a defining role in that world. The
economic expansion of the 1980s reaffirmed our preeminence as an
economic power. Our participation in the Persian Gulf war showed
the world that Americans really will risk dying for ideals we
hold dear. We will extend helping hands to the victims of brutal
aggression.
But the war also revived our belief in ourselves. It seemed
to rouse us from a fitful Vietnam-era sleep, a nightmare time in
ourselves
which we doubted our decency, our values, our abilities The
days of doubt and malaise are over. Americans feel free again to
feel good about themselves, to cherish their optimism, charity,
decency, toleration and ability.
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I have traveled around the country in recent months, and I
feel an idealism I have not felt for 30 years. From coast to
coast, people are excited. They squint into a hazy future and
ask themselves, "What next?" "How can I help?"
Here and everywhere Americans have begun to take on tough
tasks: helping the homeless, training the unskilled, pushing back
the wave of crime, building schools and neighborhoods in which
they may take real pride.
This revival of pride stems from the same source that
toppled the Berlin Wall and humbled Saddam Hussein. In Europe,
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in Asia, throughout the world, America's strength testifies to
the strength of an idea -- the idea of freedom.
Then why now
I would like to talk today about four aspects of after freedom, 30 yrs.
and how they promise an even greater future for this nation.
Let me start with the freedom to create. From its
inception, the United States has been a laboratory for creation,
invention, exploration. Here, merit conquers circumstance.
Here, people of vision -- Abraham Lincoln, Henry Ford, Tom
Monaghan -- outgrow rough origins and transform a world.
Our national history proves that capitalism is not a system
for accumulating profits, but a seedbed for creativity. It makes
it possible for people to accumulate wealth through productivity,
not theft. It enables people to convert good ideas into great
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works. It transports ideas and information move swiftly --
unfettered by censors of plantation bosses.
3
by picking Every
time societies attempt to improve on freedom -- say,
winners and losers in the economic market -- they
fail. No conclave of experts, no matter how brilliant, can match
the genius of a market in which millions of people swap thoughts
and inspirations.
Consider a few recent innovations. The information
revolution was hatched in garages and basements. The fast-food
chain -- an innovation many loathe, but one that has changed life
around the planet -- began in obscurity. Domino's Pizza would
never have stood a chance before a committee of planners. Tom
Monaghan was just a college kid with a good idea.
Free markets help give everyone access to unexpected
discoveries. They give the masses access to goods that once were
reserved for kings and party bosses. They spread the proceeds of
progress to everyone.
Our domestic program encourages market innovation. It seeks
our
what?
to push aside deadening and demoralizing barriers to creativity.
We have proposed re-inventing the American school, in hopes of
unleashing our national genius. We have proposed anti-crime
measures that would punish the terrorists who shove honest
businesses out of neighborhoods in need. He have proposed market
incentives that give taxpayers a better return on their dollar.
Last year's child care and clean air acts incorporate market
incentives. This year's transportation package seeks to invite
entrepreneurship. We even have proposed extending the dignity of
home ownership to people who now live in government apartments -
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- housing blocks in which tenants enjoy no pride of ownership,
and in many cases, no rights of protecting their dwellings.
But that's not enough. In a world transformed by freedom,
we must look for other ways to release our national ingenuity.
We must eliminate the petty harrassments we inflict upon people
with dreams.
The average worker in the United States now spends more than
four months of each year working just to pay the tax man. Here
in Michigan, Tax Freedom Day -- the day on which workers stop
paying the federal, state and local authorities and begin working
for themselves and their families -- won't take place for another
eight days. That's more than four months of labor that might
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otherwise help pay for the house and car, set aside money for
sehools
children's educations, purchasing clothes for work or leisure.
Four months of labor that might otherwise help a worker create a
little nest-egg.
whylver
But think about it: do these taxes liberate anyone from four
months' worth of want, of responsibility? or do they inspire
cynicism?
Americans transformed a rugged wilderness into the most
prosperous nation on earth not by decree or by tax payment, but
by action. If we want to provide the greatest good for the
greatest number, we must abandon the stale slogans of
redistribution or false compassion. We must look instead to
compassion that works.
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We have entered a new industrial revolution, but our
government lags behind. If I can risk learning how to use a
computer, surely this nation can begin thinking about addressing
its problems in new ways.
This leads to a second freedom, the freedom to think and
speak one's mind. Free speech exposes bad ideas and spreads good
ones. It nourishes the diversity upon which our national
greatness rests. It allows blacks and whites to share
experiences, rich and poor to talk about their needs and
frustrations; it removes the blinders of ignorance.
Unfortunately, free speech is under assault throughout the
United States, and nowhere more than on college campuses. The
tornado of Political Correctness has ravaged many fine colleges
and universities. Although it arises from the laudable desire to
sweep away the debris of racism and hatred, it replaces old
prejudices with new ones. It declares certain topics off-limits,
certain expression off-limits, even certain gestures off-limits.
Yet it does not establish new forms of respect. It actually
inculcates the arts of creative suspicion. It teaches people how
to look for an insult in every casual word, comment, action. It
attempts to force everyone into a conformist mold, to salute
authority mutely. In its own Orwellian way, it crushes diversity
in the name of diversity.
If we really want to take full advantage of diversity we
must encourage open and civil discussion. We must not permit
"diversity" to become a code word for intellectual tyranny and we
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certainly shouldn't prefer the empty etiquette of PC to honest
and rigorous inquiry.
Our Secretary of Education, Lamar Alexander, already has
confronted this cult of censorship by challenging college
certification organizations to abandon Politically Correct
decrees and stick to the business of determining whether colleges
meet basic educational requirements.
But it would be wrong to suggest that incivility has been
confined to our campuses. The trend toward intellectual bullying
flourishes everywhere. Too often liberals and conservatives
resort to fighting words -- to taunts and epithets that are
supposed to intimidate their opponents, to make people afraid to
speak.
This is outrageous, and not worthy of us as a nation. As
Americans we ought to recommit ourselves to openness and
tolerance. We must trust our persuasive powers to conquer
bigotry and prejudice.
You can lead the way. Free speech lets us share our
thoughts, our hopes, our experiences. Only when we share good
times and bad, joys and hardships, can we truly understand and
appreciate one another. If harmony be our goal, let's pursue
harmony -- rather than a new Inquisition.
The virtue of free speech leads naturally to another,
equally important dimension of freedom -- freedom of spirit. In
recent ages, often with noble intentions, we have discouraged
good works. Nowadays, many respond to misfortune by asking: Whom
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can I sue? And many would-be Samaritans must ask: Who can sue
me?
At the same time, government programs have tried to assume
roles once reserved for families, schools, churches. Franklin
Roosevelt once described the dole -- his word, not mine -- as a
narcotic. Every time Washington presumes to improve the quality
Truely?
of people's souls, individuals discard their own sense of
responsibility. They say: Why should I help the homeless? I'm
already paying taxes to help them. Why should I help the poor?
sierely
I'm already paying taxes to help them. And who can blame voters
for feeling this way. After all, every time Congress passes a
the
bill to address a social issue, it promises to solve that
problem. When taxpayers complain, they're simply saying that
government didn't keep its word. Yet while politicians demand
higher taxes and taxpayers demand better results, the sad fact is
that good deeds go undone.
When President Johnson spoke here in 1964 he brought up
issues that haunt us still. He proposed revitalizing cities;
rejuvenating schools; trampling down the hoary harvest of racism;
protecting our environment.
He believed that small cadres of experts could care for the
millions. They would calculate ideal tax rates, ideal rates of
expenditure on social programs, ideal distributions of wealth and
privilege. In many ways, theirs was an America by the numbers:
If the numbers were right, America was right.
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But bare numbers don't tell you much. Dollars don't always
guarantee progress, and the politics of coercion -- the politics
of virtue on demand -- have backfired. Programs designed to
ensure racial harmony have generated animosity. Programs
intended to help people out of poverty have invited them to stay.
all 501
Although the calcuations behind these programs seemed elegant and
defensible, they just didn't make sense.
We now must decide whether we want an America by the numbers
-- an America defined by equations, and exposed to the tiresome
politics of division and derision -- or an America defined by its
peoples virtues, desires, dreams.
I choose the latter. Our government ought to tell the
people: We believe in you. Not: prove yourselves to our courts,
our tax collecters, our meter readers, our agents and agencies.
When I talked of a kinder, gentler nation in my inaugural
address, I wasn't trying to create a slogan: I was serious. An
effective government must be gentle, kind, firm and humble. It
must know its limitations -- and respect its people's
capabilities.
But the flip side of limited government is the fourth face
of freedom -- responsibility.
Any introductory course in political philosophy teaches that
freedom entails responsibility. People who accept freedom also
must accept responsibility for preserving it -- for building a
society that prefers creativity to envy, brotherhood to faction,
plain talk to PC talk, environmental stewardship to plunder.
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I have been accused of lacking agendas or vision. If by
that someone means that I don't propose vast or costly new
programs, I plead guilty. I don't measure dreams in terms of tax
expenditures. My vision for America depends heavily on you, for
you are the men and women who will shape our future. You must
decide how to defend the freedoms of creation, expression and
spirit. You must build a more prosperous and peaceful society.
Politics too often demands nothing but money. I challenge
you to use your talents in service of goodness. We don't need a
Great Society, dedicated to taking money and power from the many
and placing it at the disposal of the incumbent few. We need a
Good Society, one that promotes service, selflessness, action.
The antidote to greed is not a tax increase; it is service.
If you want to take a stand against self-centeredness, get
involved. If you want a direct role in conquering prejudice, get
involved. Don't just wave plackards and shout: Have the decency
to talk with people, to bring out what is best in them.
The Good Society poses a challenge: It dares you to explore
the full promise of citizenship. You don't have to do grand and
dramatic things to accomplish this. Get to know your neighbors.
Try to build bonds of trust at home, at work, wherever you go.
Don't just talk about principles: Live them.
Let me leave you today with an exhortation: Make the most of
your abilities. Question authority but examine yourself. Demand
good government, but strive to do what is good yourself. Muster
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the courage to be a point of light, to take up the little deeds
that enable great things to happen.
Also: define your missions positively. Don't seek out
villains. Don't fall prey to obsessions about "freedom from"
various ills, such as want or fear of despair. Focus on
freedom's promise -- on your promise.
We live in the most exciting period of my lifetime -- and
perhaps of yours. The old ways of doing things have run their
course, and we must find new ways of chasing our destinies. Dare
to serve others, and you will serve your nation well.
It may seem a cliche, but you really do hold the future in
your hands. Treat it well -- and future generations will revere
you as the pioneers of a world blessed with unprecedented vigor,
possibility, prosperity and goodness.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless the United States of
America.
Snow/Grossman
DRAFT THREE
MAY 2, 1991
MI
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMMENCEMENT
MAY 4, 1991
11 a.m.
It's a pleasure to stand here in Michigan Stadium, a place
that has witnessed its share of gridiron glory -- and political
history. The last time I was in Ann Arbor, we commemorated John
Kennedy's unveiling of the Peace Corps. And, as your
commencement program indicates, Lyndon Johnson introduced the
Great Society in a University of Michigan commencement address.
That was nearly 27 years ago.
Today, I want to talk about this historic moment. Your
commencement -- your journey into the "real world" -- coincides
with this nation's commencement into a world freed from Cold War
conflict and thrust into an era of cooperation and economic
competition.
The United States plays a defining role in that world. Our
economic strength, our military power and most of all, our
national character brought us to this special moment. When our
policies unleashed the economic expansion of the 1980s, we
exposed forever the failures of socialism. We reaffirmed our
status as the world's greatest economic power. When we sent
troops to the Persian Gulf, we showed that we take principles
seriously enough to risk dying for them.
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Our successes in recent years have banished the doubts that
plagued us in the period following the Vietnam War. Self-
persecution and malaise have given way to a renewed confidence in
American decency, values, abilities. In my recent travels around
the country I have felt an idealism -- not self-congratulation,
but real idealism -- that I haven't felt in 30 years. People
have faith in the future. They ask: "What next?" "How can I
help?"
In a real and palpable sense, we have rediscovered the
invigorating power of the idea that toppled the Berlin Wall, and
led a world to strike back at Saddam Hussein. The idea and ideal
of freedom.
I would like to talk today about the nature of freedom, and
how its demands lie at the heart of our domestic agenda.
Let me start with the freedom to create. From its
inception, the United States has been a laboratory for creation,
invention, exploration. Here, merit conquers circumstance.
Here, people of vision -- Abraham Lincoln, Henry Ford, Martin
Luther King Jr. -- outgrow rough origins and transform a world.
These achievements testify to the greatness of our free
enterprise system. This system doesn't merely reward creativity:
it encourages it -- but in a very special way.
In past ages, and in other economic systems, people could
acquire wealth only by seizing goods from others. Free
enterprise liberates us from this Hobbesian quagmire. It rewards
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toil and determination. It lets one person's fortune become
everyone's gain.
No system of development ever has nurtured virtue as
completely and rigorously as ours -- a point the pope made
recently in an encyclical about economics.
When governments try to improve on freedom -- say, by
picking winners and losers in the economic market -- they fail.
No conclave of experts, no matter how brilliant, can match the
genius of a market. Markets collect and distribute the wisdom of
millions of people, each pursuing their destinies in different
ways. They make it possible for someone unknown to the high and
mighty to become high and mighty.
Thus, the information revolution was hatched in garages and
basements. The fast-food chain began as a lonely link on an
obscure roadway. My point is simple: Free markets help give
everyone access to unexpected discoveries.
Our economic and domestic programs grow out of an
appreciation of freedom's special power. In a variety of areas,
in a host of ways, we apply the lessons of freedom to the tasks
of government.
For example, we have committed ourselves to eliminating
rules, red tape and harrassments that prevent good people from
doing great things. The Competitiveness Council, chaired by the
Vice President, tries to liberate entrepreneurs from unnecessary
regulation.
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Our America 2000 educational strategy challenges the nation
to re-invent the American school, to create communities where
learning can happen, to unleash our national genius.
We have proposed anti-crime measures to punish the thugs who
shove honest businesses out of neighborhoods in need. We have
incorporated market incentives into our legislative proposals, so
taxpayers will get a fair return on their dollars. Just look at
last year's child care legislation and Clean Air Act, or this
year's transportation bill.
We repeatedly have tried to slash the capital gains tax, so
that people with dreams might have access to the capital
necessary to turn those dreams into works and deeds. And we have
proposed a comprehensive banking reform package that protects the
financial system upon which economic growth depends.
We even have proposed extending the dignity of home
ownership to people who now live in government-owned apartments -
- housing blocks in which residents enjoy no pride of ownership,
and in many cases, no rights of protecting their dwellings.
Ownership gives people a stake in their neighborhood -- and in
our shared future.
Although we have tried to transfer power into the hands of
our people, we haven't done enough. In a world transformed by
freedom, we must look for other ways to harness the hope that
thrills us all. We must inspire people to pursue ambitions,
build fuller lives for themselves.
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The average worker in the United States now spends more than
four months of each year working just to pay the tax man -- and
increasing numbers of citizens see that burden as a barrier to
achieving their dreams.
We have tried to put a lid on the spending that drives taxes
-- and to concentrate government efforts on truly national
purposes. If we want to prevent even greater cynicism about
government, we must demand public services that serve the
public. We must insist upon compassion that works. Just as our
nation has entered a new industrial revolution, so ought our
government catch up with the times.
But the power to create rests on other kinds of freedom --
especially the freedom to think and speak one's mind. This may
be the most fundamental and deeply revered of all our liberties -
- not just because Americans like to wrestle with ideas, but
because free speech helps us separate good ideas from bad. It
defines and cultivates the diversity upon which our national
greatness rests. It tears off the blinders of ignorance and
prejudice and lets us move on to greater things.
Ironically, on the 200th anniversary of our Bill of Rights,
we find free speech under assault throughout the United States,
including on some college campuses. The notion of political
correctness has ignited controversy across the land. Although
the movement arises from the laudable desire to sweep away the
debris of racism and hatred, it replaces old prejudices with new
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ones. It declares certain topics off-limits, certain expression
off-limits, even certain gestures off-limits.
One university, for instance, recently tried to outlaw
"inappropriately directed laughter" and "conspicuous exclusion of
students from conversation." In others, students have tried to
settle disagreements by starting fights -- or trying to get their
ideological foes kicked out of school.
What begun as a crusade for civility thus has soured into a
call for conflict, in which people resort to raw power -- rather
than the power of ideas.
Throughout history, attempts to micromanage casual
conversation have only incited distrust. Invited people to look
for an insult in every word, gesture, action. In their own
Orwellian way, crusades that demand correct behavior crush
diversity in the name of diversity.
We all should be alarmed at the rise of intolerance in our
land. Think of cases in which people have tried to discourage
smoking in restaurants not by asking others to stop -- but by
hailing the police.
Think of political extremists, who arouse emotions by using
fighting words -- taunts and charges designed to intimidate
opponents and to make people fearful of speaking their hearts and
minds.
Such bullying is outrageous, and not worthy of a great
nation grounded in the values of tolerance and respect. As
Americans we ought to recommit ourselves to the values of honest,
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open, probing discussion. We must use our persuasive powers to
conquer bigotry and prejudice. We must fight the temptation to
assign bad motives to people who simply disagree with us.
If we hope to make full use of the optimism I discussed
earlier, we must create an atmosphere in which people can talk
freely, honestly, openly. We must build a society in which
people can join in common cause without having to surrender their
identities.
You can lead the way. Share your thoughts and experiences;
your hopes and frustrations. Defend others' rights to speak. If
harmony be our goal, let's pursue harmony -- not Inquisition.
The virtue of free speech leads naturally to another,
equally important dimension of freedom -- freedom of spirit. In
recent ages, often with noble intentions, we as a nation have
discouraged good works. Nowadays, many respond to misfortune by
asking: Whom can I sue? Many would-be Samaritans ask: Who can
sue me? People have avoided such noble arts as medicine for fear
of facing unreasonable and undefined liability threats.
At the same time, government programs have tried to assume
roles once reserved for families, schools, churches. This is
understandable, but dangerous. When Washington tries to act in
behalf of families or churches, individuals may be tempted to
discard their own sense of responsibility -- to argue that only
government bears responsibility for helping people in need.
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If we have learned anything in the past quarter century, it
is that we cannot federalize virtue. Nor can we in Washington
solve the nation's woes by decree.
When President Johnson spoke here in 1964 he addressed
issues that haunt us still. He proposed revitalizing cities;
rejuvenating schools; trampling down the hoary harvest of racism;
protecting our environment.
He fought vigorously to enact the wisdom of his time. He
believed that cadres of experts really could care for the
millions. They would calculate ideal tax rates, ideal rates of
expenditure on social programs, ideal distributions of wealth and
privilege. In many ways, theirs was an America by the numbers:
If the numbers were right, America was right.
Somehow, we got to the point of equating dollars with
commitment -- and when programs failed to produce progress, we
demanded more money. In time, this crusade backfired. Programs
designed to ensure racial harmony generated animosity. Programs
intended to help people out of poverty invited dependency.
We should have learned that while the ideals behind the
Great Society were noble, the programs weren't always up to the
task. We need to rethink our approach -- and we should begin by
affirming our commitment to freedom. Let's tell our people: We
don't want an America by the numbers. We want to build a
community of commitment and trust.
When I talked of a kinder, gentler nation, I wasn't trying
to create a slogan. An effective government must be gentle,
9
kind, firm and humble. It must know its limitations -- and
respect its people's capabilities. In return, people must assume
the final burden of freedom -- responsibility.
Any introductory course in political philosophy teaches that
freedom entails responsibility. People who accept freedom must
preserve it -- build a society that prefers creativity to envy,
brotherhood to faction, plain talk to censorship, environmental
stewardship to plunder.
It may be tempting to pretend that truly important matters
demand crusades full of expense and drama. It may be comforting
to act as humanity's greatest battles unfold on fields shrouded
in smoke and soaked with blood -- or in packed hearing rooms
where dogged prosecutors unmask villains and cheats.
But that's just not how it works in real life. For most of
us, our greatest challenges arise in living rooms, on
neighborhood streets, around the dinner table, at the office.
And our greatest challengers are our families, friends,
colleagues.
If you teach your children and others how to hate, they will
learn. If you encourage them not to trust others, they will
follow your lead. If you talk about compassion, but refuse to
help those in need, people will notice.
Once your commencement ends and your adult life begins, you
will have to rely on the sternest stuff of all: yourself.
In the end, government will not make you good or evil. Religious
institutions will not make you good or evil. I will not make you
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good or evil. The quality of your life -- and of our nation's
future -- depends as much on how you treat your fellow women and
men as it does on the way in which we in Washington conduct
affairs of state.
My vision for America depends heavily on you. You must
assume responsibility for this nation's future. You must defend
the freedoms of creation, expression and spirit. You must build
a more prosperous and peaceful society.
We don't need another Great Society, with huge and ambitious
programs -- administered by the incumbent few. We need a Good
Society, built upon the deeds of the many -- a society that
promotes service, selflessness, action.
The Good Society poses a challenge: It dares you to explore
the full promise of citizenship, to join in partnership with
family, friends, government to make our world better.
The Good Society does not demand agonizing sacrifice. It
asks only for common decency and commitment. Get to know your
neighbors. Build bonds of trust at home, at work, wherever you
go. Don't just talk about principles: Live them.
Good Government is an integral part of the Good Society.
Our domestic agenda contains many new programs and initiatives,
but they involve precise approaches well-defined programs. The
idea is simple: limit government to what it can and should do --
and to leave the rest up to you.
Let me leave you today with an exhortation: Make the most of
your abilities. Question authority but examine yourself. Demand
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good government, but strive to do what is good yourself. Take
risks. Muster the courage to be what I call a point of light.
Also: define your missions positively. Don't seek out
villains. Don't fall prey to obsessions about "freedom from"
various ills. Focus on freedom's promise --- on your promise.
When John Kennedy talked of sending a man to the moon, he
didn't say: We want to avoid getting stranded on this planet. He
said: We will send a man to the moon.
We live in the most exciting period of my lifetime -- and
quite possibly of yours. The old ways of doing things have run
their course, and we need new ones. Find them. Dare to serve
others and future generations will never forget the example you
set.
This is your day. Congratulations. Thank you. Good luck.
May God bless you and the United States of America.
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(Grossman/Smith)
May 1, 1991
Draft Four
COCHRAN
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HOUSING EVENT
COCHRAN GARDENS, ST. LOUIS
FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1991
Secretary Kemp, Bertha Gilkey, head of the National Tenant
Union. (acknowlegments) Residents of Cochran Gardens. Ladies and
gentlemen. /
First, let me say how pleased I am to be in St. Louis, along
with Secretary Kemp. ((I come here as a resident of public
housing. Like you, I've tried to get some troublemakers evicted
from my block. // But then Barbara reminded me about freedom of
the press. )) //
Second, I promise to be brief. ((After all, it was one of
St. Louis' favorite sons, Yogi Berra, who said, "It's not over
till it's over." Then he heard one of my speeches and changed it
to, "It seems like it'll never be over. ) //
Yogi would have loved what I've just seen -- your new
children's playground. I can't describe how wonderful it is to
see an area once called Little Nam -- a war zone of drugs and
decay -- replaced by an environment where children can play /
learn / dream / grow. //
Missouri, of course, is known as the "Show Me" state. But
while you are known for your skepticism, I come here today to
salute your example. //
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You've shown America what happens when people are freed to
take control of their communities. // When men and women seize
their homes and streets from drug dealers. // When playgrounds
become safe harbors for children, not safe havens for criminals.
// You don't live in a project. You have turned apartment
blocks into homes, tenants into neighbors. Your example gives
people around this nation hope. Pride. //
Contrast your success with the failure of projects like the
Pruitt-Igoe (PREW it - EYE go). Think of how Pruitt-Igoe
blighted this very neighborhood -- attracted crime, sheltered
drugs. / To me -- to many of us here -- that vacant lot
symbolizes the shortcomings of past public-housing policy. //
Today, more and more Americans know that the solutions of
the 1960s can't meet the challenges of the Nineties. / That a
system that puts government in charge of everything leaves no
room for individual dignity. / That a system that warehouses
people strips those people of their basic humanity. / I'm here
to say: If the system's not helping build a better life, then we
must help build a better system. //
Accordingly, I am proud today to announce two pioneering
initiatives. Each respects individual dignity. As we enter the
next American century, both will help break the logjam that
prevents poor Americans from breaking free. //
The first initiative is the Enterprise Zone and Jobs-
Creation Act of 1991, which will be introduced in Congress next
week. I call on the Congress to act swiftly / to pass this
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legislation / and so encourage grocery stores, shops, dry
cleaners, gas stations, and other small businesses to settle in
places like Cochran Gardens. //
This Act designates up to 50 enterprise zones over a four-
year period. Helping entrepreneurs to set up their own
businesses, and offer jobs to local residents. / It will turn
poor neighborhoods into potential business centers -- and offer
the hope that the biggest businessman in this neighborhood will
not be the crack dealer, but the responsible businessman or
woman. /
As part of this legislation, I also call on Congress to give
enterprise zone communities priority for free trade area status -
- and to eliminate capital gains taxes on investment such as
buildings and property. We want a tax code that will not punish
people who take responsible jobs in the inner cities. //
Let's remember. We don't want cosmetic change. You've had
enough of that. We don't want to clean up things just for
appearances, and turn our backs when times get tough. The
Enterprise Zone and Jobs-Creation Act of 1991 means real change
-- giving our communities a sense of purpose and pride. It will
help ensure the strong and stable economy that is the surest
guarantee of social justice. //
Toward that end, I am also proud to announce our second
initiative -- The Community Opportunity Act of 1991 -- which will
be transmitted to Congress today. This legislation rejects the
idea that "Washington Knows Best." Instead, it will let
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communities decide how federal programs can best address
individual, family, and community needs. //
The Community Opportunity Act will enable localities to
develop "community opportunity systems" and restructure Federal
programs. It shifts power from the heavy hand of the state, to
the hands that run your city. // We want to restore Urban
America's body so that America can throw wide her heart. This
legislation does that. It cuts down on what government must do -
- and increases what the individual may do. //
Cities like St. Louis don't want a crutch. They want a
ladder. These two initiatives will construct one. Broadening
access to the basics of the good life: jobs, opportunity, and
prosperity for all. //
Last November we moved toward those goals by signing the
National Affordable Housing Act -- the most radical departure in
Federal housing policy in two decades. / Its core is HOPE --
Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere. HOPE moves
housing policy in a new direction. It lets public housing
residents like you to manage your property -- and eventually own
it. //
It responds to a need Bertha Gilkey described when she said:
"We don't want to be taken care of, we want to be trained how to
take care of ourselves.' " / That is, to be treated like human
beings, not just as statistics to be warehoused in projects.
Bertha Gilkey has carried her message across America, and
Americans in housing projects have said: Yes, that is what we
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want. We want dignity. We want independence. We want
responsibility. //
This crusade is but a start. Although I am proud that under
our Administration, the number of residents groups training to
become resident managers has leaped from 13 to 100, we must do
more. //
Today, 3 million people live in public housing. Yet barely
9,000 units are managed by their residents. I call on Congress
to give us full funding for the HOPE Initiative. We want to help
launch 40,000 residents in some 400 public housing communities
towards homeownership by the end of 1992. //
This is a great goal -- worthy of this State, and of our
Nation. A goal which makes us all active partners in building a
better America. // Think of what you've already done. Think of
what -- together -- the two initiatives I've announced today can
do in the future. //
It once was said: "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is
a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a
thing to be achieved. " //
You, the people of Cochran Gardens, have made your choice.
Now, you're making history. Thank you all very much for being
here. God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.
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We need a Good Society, built upon the deeds of the many -- a
society that promotes service, selflessness, action.
The antidote to greed is not a tax increase; it is service.
If you want to take a stand against self-centeredness, get
involved. If you want a direct role in conquering prejudice, get
involved. Don't just wave plackards and shout: Have the decency
to talk with people, to bring out what is best in them.
The Good Society poses a challenge: It dares you to explore
the full promise of citizenship. Start with little, precious
acts. Get to know your neighbors. Try to build bonds of trust
at home, at work, wherever you go. Don't just talk about
principles: Live them.
Let me leave you today with an exhortation: Make the most of
your abilities. Question authority but examine yourself. Demand
good government, but strive to do what is good yourself. Muster
the courage to be a point of light, to take up the little deeds
that enable great things to happen.
Also: define your missions positively. Don't seek out
villains. Don't fall prey to obsessions about "freedom from"
various ills, such as want or fear of despair. Focus on
freedom's promise -- on your promise.
We live in the most exciting period of my lifetime -- and
perhaps of yours. The old ways of doing things have run their
course, and we must find new ways of chasing our destinies. Dare
to serve others, and you will serve your nation well.
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It may seem a cliche, but you really do hold the future in
your hands. Treat it well -- and future generations will revere
you as the pioneers of a world blessed with unprecedented vigor,
possibility, prosperity and goodness.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless the United States of
America.
Snow/Grossman
DRAFT ONE
APRIL 29, 1991
MI
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMMENCEMENT
MAY 4, 1991
11 a.m.
It's a pleasure to stand here in Michigan Stadium, a place
that has forged its share of football history -- and political
history. John F. Kennedy proposed creating the Peace Corps here,
and Lyndon Johnson unveiled the Great Society in Ann Arbor.
I will not try to outbid those men. Today, I want about
this historic moment. Your commencement -- your journey into the
"real world" -- coincides with this nation's commencement into a
world freed from Cold War conflict and thrust into a new age of
cooperation and economic competition.
The United States plays a defining role in that world. The
economic expansion of the 1980s exposed the failures of socialism
and reaffirmed our status as the world's greatest economic power.
Our participation in the Persian Gulf similarly affirmed our
special commitment to ideals. Americans really will risk dying
for ideals they hold dear. We really will extend helping hands
to people victimized by brutal aggression.
The war also stirred the American soul. It seemed to rouse
us from a fitful Vietnam-era sleep, a nightmare time in which we
doubted -- or at least questioned -- our decency, our values, our
abilities. The days of doubt and malaise are over. Americans
2
feel free again to feel good about themselves, to cherish their
optimism, charity, decency, toleration and ability.
In my recent travels around the country I have felt an
idealism that I haven't felt in 30 years. People believe in the
future. They ask themselves, "What next?" "How can I help?"
Here and everywhere Americans have begun to take on tough
tasks: helping the homeless, training the unskilled, pushing back
the wave of crime, building schools and neighborhoods in which
they may take real pride.
What happened was simple and dramatic. We rediscovered the
principle that helped topple the Berlin Wall and strike back at
Saddam Hussein -- the principle of freedom, and the understanding
that freedom makes strong demands of us in times of peace and
war.
I would like to talk today about several aspects of freedom,
and how they lie at the heart of our domestic political agenda.
Let me start with the freedom to create. From its
inception, the United States has been a laboratory for creation,
invention, exploration. Here, merit conquers circumstance.
Here, people of vision -- Abraham Lincoln, Henry Ford, Thomas
Edison -- outgrow rough origins and transform a world.
Our national history proves that capitalism is not a just a
system for accumulating profits. It is a seedbed for creativity.
It lets people build full lives and fortunes through dedication,
ingenuity, toil. Unlike past ages, in which one person could
obtain wealth only by pushing another toward poverty, our market
3
system makes it possible for an entire society to flourish, to
experience the thrill of creativity.
Our free markets serve as highways for ideas. They
transport information swiftly, efficiently and informally. Phone
calls, newsletters, television programs, movies, even little
discoveries in flee markets and dingy shops: These bits of
transmitted wisdom enable societies to thrive and grow.
Every time governments try to improve on freedom -- say, by
picking winners and losers in the economic market -- they fail.
No conclave of experts, no matter how brilliant, can match the
genius of a market in which millions of people swap thoughts and
inspirations. An expert, after all, must rely on the wisdom of
committees of computers. Markets, on the other hand, collect and
distribute the wisdoms of millions of people, each pursuing their
destinies in different ways.
Consider a few recent innovations. The information
revolution was hatched in garages and basements. The fast-food
chain began in obscurity. Here in Ann Arbor, Domino's Pizza
would never have stood a chance before a committee of planners.
Tom Monaghan was just a college kid with a good idea.
Free markets help give everyone access to unexpected
discoveries. Innovations once reserved only for potentates and
party bosses now make their way into our homes. Markets spread
the proceeds of progress to everyone.
Our domestic program starts with an appreciation of the
American people's genius for creativity, and strives to push
4
aside rules, regulations and other barriers to free thought and
discovery.
We have proposed re-inventing the American school, in hopes
of unleashing our national genius. We have proposed anti-crime
measures that would punish the terrorists who shove honest
businesses out of neighborhoods in need. He have proposed market
incentives that give taxpayers a better return on their dollar.
Last year's child care and clean air acts incorporate market
incentives. This year's transportation package doesthe same.
We even have proposed extending the dignity of home
ownership to people who now live in government-owned apartments -
- housing blocks in which tenants enjoy no pride of ownership,
and in many cases, no rights of protecting their dwellings.
But that's not enough. In a world transformed by freedom,
we must look for other ways to unleash the power and optimism we
feel roiling around us. We must eliminate the petty harrassments
imposed upon people with dreams.
The average worker in the United States now spends more than
four months of each year working just to pay the tax man. Here
in Michigan, Tax Freedom Day -- the day on which workers stop
paying the federal, state and local authorities and begin working
for themselves and their families -- won't take place for another
eight days. That's more than four months of labor that might
otherwise help pay for the house and car, set aside money for
children's educations, even pay for a much-needed vacation. Four
months of wages that might otherwise go into a family nest-egg.
5
I'm not proposing that we disband government or turn our
backs on our problems. But think about it: do taxes liberate
anyone from four months' worth of want, of responsibility? Or do
they inspire cynicism and distrust?
Americans transformed a rugged wilderness into the most
prosperous nation on earth through determined action. Our
forebears didn't wait for courts to order them into motion; they
didn't suspend their ambitions until they received a federal
grant. If we want to provide the greatest good for the greatest
number, we must abandon the stale slogans of redistribution or
false compassion. We must find compassion that works.
We have entered a new industrial revolution, but our
government lags behind. Too often we employ the same approaches
that have been tried over the years -- and never have achieved
all that we want. Just as our nation has entered a new
industrial revolution, so ought our government catch up with the
times.
This leads to a second freedom, the freedom to think and
speak one's mind. This may be the most fundamental and deeply
revered of all our liberties -- not just because Americans like
to wrestle with ideas, but because free speech helps us separate
good ideas from bad. It exposes nourishes the diversity upon
which our national greatness rests. It allows blacks and whites
to share experiences, rich and poor to talk about their needs and
frustrations; it removes the blinders of ignorance.
6
Unfortunately, free speech is under assault throughout the
United States, including on some college campuses. The tornado
of Political Correctness has set many students and teachers,
contributors and administrators at odds. Although the PC arises
from the laudable desire to sweep away the debris of racism and
hatred, it simply replaces old prejudices with new ones. It
declares certain topics off-limits, certain expression off-
limits, even certain gestures off-limits.
This kind of behavior does not establish new forms of
respect. It incites suspicion. It teaches people how to look
for an insult in every casual word, gesture, action. It attempts
to force everyone into a conformist mold, to salute authority
mutely. In its own Orwellian way, it crushes diversity in the
name of diversity.
If we really want to take full advantage of diversity we
must encourage open and civil discussion -- everywhere. We must
not permit "diversity" to become a code word for intellectual
tyranny. Instead, we ought to devote ourselves to dialog that
respects people's dignity, and treats ideas seriously.
This is true everywhere, not just on college campuses. The
trend toward intellectual bullying flourishes everywhere.
Instigators seem to love stirring up resentments in cities and
towns. They set up pickets, threaten violence, encourage one
group of people to hate another group of people. This practice
7
afflicts people of all races, all ages, all political creeds.
Too often liberals and conservatives resort to fighting words --
to taunts and epithets that are supposed to intimidate their
opponents, to make people afraid to speak.
This is outrageous, and not worthy of us as a nation. As
Americans we ought to recommit ourselves to openness and
tolerance. We must trust and use our persuasive powers to
conquer bigotry and prejudice. We must fight the temptation to
assign bad motives to people who simply disagree with us.
You can lead the way. Free speech lets us share our
thoughts, our hopes, our experiences. Only when we share good
Thatkind.
times and bad, joys and hardships, can we truly understand and
appreciate one another. If harmony be our goal, let's pursue
harmony -- rather than a new Inquisition.
The virtue of free speech leads naturally to another,
equally important dimension of freedom -- freedom of spirit. In
recent ages, often with noble intentions, we as a nation have
discouraged good works. Nowadays, many respond to misfortune by
asking: Whom can I sue? And many would-be Samaritans must ask:
Who can sue me? Just the other day
At the same time, government programs have tried to assume
roles once reserved for families, schools, churches. Franklin
Roosevelt once described the dole -- his word, not mine -- as a
narcotic. Every time Washington presumes to improve the quality
of people's souls, individuals discard their own sense of
responsibility. They say: Why should I help the homeless? I'm
8
already paying taxes to help them. Why should I help the poor?
I'm already paying taxes to help them.
We in Washington bear some responsibility for this. Every
time Congress passes a bill to address a social issue, it
promises to solve that problem. When taxpayers complain, they're
simply saying that government didn't keep its word.
Yet while politicians demand higher taxes and taxpayers
demand better results, the sad fact is that good deeds go undone.
When President Johnson spoke here in 1964 he brought up
issues that haunt us still. He proposed revitalizing cities;
rejuvenating schools; trampling down the hoary harvest of racism;
protecting our environment.
He fought vigorously to enact the wisdom of his time. He
believed that cadres of experts really could care for the
millions. They would calculate ideal tax rates, ideal rates of
expenditure on social programs, ideal distributions of wealth and
privilege. In many ways, theirs was an America by the numbers:
If the numbers were right, America was right.
But bare numbers don't tell you much. Dollars don't always
guarantee progress. Yet when programs failed to produce
progress, we in government often blamed the people. We demanded
even more. In time this politics of coercion -- of virtue on
demand -- backfired. Programs designed to ensure racial harmony
generated animosity. Programs intended to help people out of
poverty have invited dependency.
9
We now must decide whether we want an America by the numbers
--- an America defined by census tracts, financial equations,
distributional models, regulatory edicts -- or an America defined
by its peoples virtues, desires, dreams.
I choose the latter. Our government ought to tell the
people: We believe in you. Not: prove yourselves to us.
When I talked of a kinder, gentler nation in my inaugural
address, I wasn't trying to create a slogan: I was serious. An
effective government must be gentle, kind, firm and humble. It
must know its limitations -- and respect its people's
capabilities.
But the flip side of limited government is my final topic
today -- responsibility.
Any introductory course in political philosophy teaches that
freedom entails responsibility. People who accept freedom also
must accept responsibility for preserving it -- for building a
society that prefers creativity to envy, brotherhood to faction,
plain talk to PC talk, environmental stewardship to plunder.
I have been accused of lacking agendas or vision. But as a
nation we have let ourselves be seduced by the notion that we can
solve every problem if we only mount a huge campaign and spend a
lot of money. People like to pretend that humanity's greatest
battles unfold on fields suffused with smoke and soaked with
blood -- or in hearing rooms where dogged prosecutors unmask
villains and cheats. We act as if grand crusades, full of drama
and expense, are the only things that count.
In real life
10
But while we in goverment often declare on evils that
trouble us all -- poverty, illiteracy, disease, prejudice our
greatest challenges as human beings crop up in humble settings
In living rooms, on neighborhood streets, around the dinner
table, at the office. On these testing grounds, we show who we
really are.
If you teach your children and others how to hate, they will
learn. If you encourage them not to trust others, they will
follow your lead. If you talk about compassion, but refuse to
help those in needs, people will know you for your actions, and
not your rhetoric.
So once your commencement ends and your adult life begins,
you will have to rely on the sternest stuff of all: yourself.
In the end, government will not make you good or evil. Religious
institutions will not make you good or evil. I will not make you
good or evil. The quality of your life -- and of our nation's
future -- depends as much on how you treat your fellow women and
men as it does on the way in which we in Washington conduct
affairs of state.
My vision for America depends heavily on you, for you are
the men and women who will shape our future. You must decide how
to defend the freedoms of creation, expression and spirit. You
must build a more prosperous and peaceful society.
Politics too often demands nothing but money. I challenge
you to offer more. We don't need another Great Society, with its
huge and ambitious programs -- administered by the incumbent few.
MAY-01-1991 10:40 FROM DOEd OFFICE of SECRETARY TO
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Lamar Alexander's comments
Tony Snow
Wed a.m.
Couple of notes on the Michigan speech
1.
You could observe that this is the 200th anniversary of the Bill
of Rights and the First Amendment(I believe this is true) being
celebrated everywhere in America. That helps the political
correctness point.
2.
On page 9, about vision: "America 2000" is vision. It is
challenging America to reach its po tential. It is helping America
move itself toward the national education goals, community by
community. It is transforming the way we think about ourselves,
our schools and our world. It is a movement. It is based upon the
assumption that we want to be as good as we can be, which so often
in history has meant we have been first, the best.
We are rarely
happy as a nation when we are idling our engines.
Despite the fact that we have created a system of college and
universities that is the best in the world, we are not happy today
about our level of education. We sense that suddenly the world has
changed and that we need to know more and we able to do more to
live and worlk in the world the way it is today.
We know how to
make this land all it can be. We know we can't just say, "The
nation's at risk, but I'm OK." Or, "The Nation's at risk, and let the
schools do it." The schools need fixing. We need to a new
generation of American schools.
But, in the end, taking our
educational responsibilites more seriously as a nation depends
upon each one of us taking our own responsibilities more seriously.
That means helping ourselves and helping others. That is my vision
for America.
Lamar AlexAnder
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Any introductory course in political philosophy teaches that
freedom entails responsibility. People who accept freedom also-
must preserve it -- build a society that prefers creativity to
envy, brotherhood to faction, plain talk to PC talk,
environmental stewardship to plunder.
We should not let ourselves fall for the notion that we can
solve every problem if we only mount a huge campaign and spend a
lot of money. People like to pretend that humanity's greatest
shrouded in
battles unfold on fields suffused with smoke and soaked with
blood -- or in hearing rooms where dogged prosecutors unmask
villains and cheats. We act as if grand crusades, full of drama
and expense, are the only things that count.
But that's not how it works in real life. For most of us,
our greatest challenges arise in living rooms, on neighborhood
families friends ,Efe.
streets, around the dinner table, at the office. / There, we prove
ourselves through our deeds.
If you teach your children and others how to hate, they will
learn. If you encourage them not to trust others, they will
follow your lead. If you talk about compassion, but refuse to
notice.
help those in needs, people will know you for your actions, and
not your rhetoric.
Once your commencement ends and your adult life begins, you
will have to rely on the sternest stuff of all: yourself.
In the end, government will not make you good or evil. Religious
institutions will not make you good or evil. I will not make you
good or evil. The quality of your life -- and of our nation's
Snow/Grossman
DRAFT TWO
APRIL 29, 1991
MI
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMMENCEMENT
MAY 4, 1991
11 a.m.
It's a pleasure to stand here in Michigan Stadium, a place
that has forged its share of football history -- and political
in Ann Arber
history. The last time I was here, we commemorated John
Kennedy's unveiling of the Peace Corps. Today, as your
commencement program indicates, many of you will think back to
the last presidential commencement, Lyndon Johnson's Great
Society address.
Today, I want about this historic moment. Your commencement
-- your journey into the "real world" -- coincides with this
nation's commencement into a world freed from Cold War conflict
and thrust into an era of cooperation and economic competition.
The United States plays a defining role in that world. Our
economic expansion of the 1980s exposed the failures of socialism
and reaffirmed our status as the world's greatest economic power.
Our participation in the Persian Gulf showed that Americans
really will risk dying for ideals they hold dear -- really will
extend helping hands to people victimized by brutal aggression.
The war also seemed to rouse us from a fitful Vietnam era
sleep, a nightmare time in which we doubted or at least
The tri
questioned our decency, our values, our abilities. The days
of doubt and malaise are over. Americans aren't embarrassed to
2
feel good about themselves, their optimism, charity, decency,
toleration and ability.
In my recent travels around the country I have felt an
idealism that I haven't felt in 30 years. People believe in the
future. They ask themselves, "What next?" "How can I help?"
There is a new sense of possibility -- and excitement.
The triumphs of the past decade have led us to rediscover the
awesome power of an idea that helped topple the Berlin Wall and
strike back at Saddam Hussein. I'm speaking of the idea of
freedom -- an ideal that makes tough demands of us in times of
peace and war.
I would like to talk today about freedom's challenges, and
how they lie at the heart of our domestic political agenda.
Let me start with the freedom to create. From its
inception, the United States has been a laboratory for creation,
invention, exploration. Here, merit conquers circumstance.
Here, people of vision -- Abraham Lincoln, Henry Ford, Thomas
Edison -- outgrow rough origins and transform a world.
Our national history proves that capitalism is not a just a
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system for accumulating profits. It is a seedbed for creativity.
It lets people build full lives and fortunes through dedication,
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ingenuity, toil. Unlike past ages, in which one person could
obtain wealth only by pushing another toward poverty, our market
system makes it possible for an entire society to flourish, to
experience the thrill of creativity.
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Every time governments try to improve on freedom -- say, by
picking winners and losers in the economic market -- they fail.
No conclave of experts, no matter how brilliant, can match the
genius of a market in which millions of people swap thoughts and
inspirations. An expert, after all, must rely on the wisdom of
committees of computers. Markets, on the other hand, collect and
distribute the wisdoms of millions of people, each pursuing their
destinies in different ways.
Consider a few recent innovations. The information
revolution was hatched in garages and basements. The fast-food
chain began in obscurity. Here in Ann Arbor, Domino's Pizza
would never have stood a chance before a committee of planners.
Tom Monahan was just a college kid with a good idea.
Free markets help give everyone access to unexpected
discoveries. Innovations once reserved only for potentates and
party bosses now make their way into our homes. Markets spread
the proceeds of progress to everyone.
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measures that would punish the terrorists thugs who shove honest
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incentives that give taxpayers a better return on their dollar.
Last year's child care and Élean Air acts incorporate market
incentives. This year's transportation package doesthe same.
We even have proposed extending the dignity of home
ownership to people who now live in government-owned apartments -
- housing blocks in which residents enjoy no pride of ownership,
and in many cases, no rights of protecting their dwellings.
But that's not enough. In a world transformed by freedom,
we must look for other ways to unleash the power and optimism we
feel roiling around us. We must eliminate the petty harrassments
imposed upon people with dreams.
The average worker in the United States now spends more than
four months of each year working just to pay the tax man. Here
in Michigan, Tax Freedom Day -- the day on which workers stop
paying the federal, state and local authorities and begin working
for themselves and their families -- won't take place for another
eight days. That's more than four months of labor that might
otherwise help pay for the house and car, set aside money for
children's educations, even pay for a much-needed vacation. Four
months of wages that might otherwise go into a family nest-egg.
I'm not proposing that we disband government or turn our
performance
backs on our problems. But think about it: do Americans get
language
their money's worth from government? Do taxes liberate anyone
from four months' worth of want, of responsibility? Or do they
inspire cynicism and distrust?
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Americans transformed a rugged wilderness into the most
prosperous nation on earth through determined action. Our
forebears didn't wait for courts to order them into motion; they
didn't suspend their ambitions until they received a federal
grant. If we want to bring out the best in ourselves, we must
abandon the stale slogans of redistribution and false compassion.
We must demand that a compassion that works. Just as our nation
has entered a new industrial revolution, so ought our government
Strengas
catch up with the times.
This leads to a second freedom, the freedom to think and
speak one's mind. This may be the most fundamental and deeply
revered of all our liberties --- not just because Americans like
Billof Rtsx
to wrestle with ideas, but because free speech helps us separate
good ideas from bad -- expose and nourish the diversity upon
which our national greatness rests -- remove the blinders of
ignorance and prejudice.
Unfortunately, free speech is under assault throughout the
A phonomanon known as
United States, including on some college campuses. The tornado
of Political Correctness has set many students and teachers,
this movement
contributors and administrators at odds. Although the PC arises
from the laudable desire to sweep away the debris of racism and
hatred, it simply replaces old prejudices with new ones. It
declares certain topics off-limits, certain expression off-
limits, even certain gestures off-limits.
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future -- depends as much on how you treat your fellow women and
men as it does on the way in which we in Washington conduct
affairs of state.
P ship Etc.
My vision for America depends heavily on you. of You will
decide how to defend the freedoms of creation, expression and
spirit. You will have to build a more prosperous and peaceful
society.
Politics too often demands nothing but money. But
I
challenge you to give more. We don't need another Great Society,
with its huge and ambitious programs -- administered by the
incumbent few. We need a Good Society, built upon the deeds of
the many -- a society that promotes service, selflessness,
action.
The Good Society poses a challenge: It dares you to explore
the full promise of citizenship. Start with little, precious
acts. Get to know your neighbors. Try to build bonds of trust
at home, at work, wherever you go. Don't just talk about
principles: Live them.
Good Government is an integral part of the Good Society.
Government must live within its means and its competence, so that
it can deliver upon the modest promises it makes. Our domestic
agenda contains many new programs and initiatives, but we have
tried in all cases to propose precise solutions for well-defined
problems
- programs that prepose to blot 1st huge and various woes in a with a
programs. Broad programs don't work. Modest ones can. So what single
some people may regard as mere technocracy really is an attempt
or burreacry approach
Comments on Michigan Commencement
In general some very nice and sometimes powerful rhetoric. I
particularly liked the closing few pages about what kind of
society we should aspire towards, and the Good Society phrase is
a good one.
With some tightening the first four pages are on target. I'm
sure others' comments will highlight word problems like
"loathsome" fast food, etc. but I'll leave that to the staffing
process. I would like to see the comments people send in.
I do have a problem with a framework that is essentially 'four
freedoms', I'm not sure how that should be fixed but I do think
it comes across unorginal, and in fact loses its consistency when
on the fourth freedom it becomes a "face" of freedom. Perhaps
calling them freedoms is unnecessary.
The points of light section is good and I like the part on the
top of page 7 particularly.
The most difficult for me is the entire section on PC. Potus
will not be in synch on this section, I'm not even sure I get it.
It certainly is not of the same import as the other three
sections, and comes across as, "And while I'm talking about some
weighty issues, let me get some trivia off my chest". It might
work if GB really was into the issue and it had been on his mind,
but I don't think that's the case. I also think it
philosophically flies in the face of his call for constitutional
amendment on the flag, which many perceive as anti-free speech.
End result, bag the section.
Like I said, lots of good stuff, we'll see how others react. I'd
like to see it prior to going to Potus.
PP
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MI
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMMENCEMENT
MAY 4, 1991
11 a.m.
It's a pleasure to stand here in Michigan Stadium, a place
that has forged its share of football history -- and political
history. John F. Kennedy proposed creating the Peace Corps here,
and Lyndon Johnson unveiled the Great Society in Ann Arbor.
I will not try to outbid those great men. Today, I want
about this historic moment. Your commencement -- your journey
into the "real world" -- coincides with this nation's
commencement into a world freed from Cold War conflict and thrust
into a new age of cooperation and economic competition.
The United States plays a defining role in that world. The
economic expansion of the 1980s reaffirmed our preeminence as an
economic power. Our participation in the Persian Gulf war showed
the world that Americans really will risk dying for ideals we
hold dear. We will extend helping hands to the victims of brutal
aggression.
But the war also revived our belief in ourselves. It seemed
to rouse us from a fitful Vietnam-era sleep, a nightmare time in
which we doubted our decency, our values, our abilities. The
days of doubt and malaise are over. Americans feel free again to
feel good about themselves, to cherish their optimism, charity,
decency, toleration and ability.
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I have traveled around the country in recent months, and I
feel an idealism I have not felt for 30 years. From coast to
coast, people are excited. They squint into a hazy future and
ask themselves, "What next?" "How can I help?"
Here and everywhere Americans have begun to take on tough
tasks: helping the homeless, training the unskilled, pushing back
the wave of crime, building schools and neighborhoods in which
they may take real pride.
This revival of pride stems from the same source that
toppled the Berlin Wall and humbled Saddam Hussein. In Europe,
in Asia, throughout the world, America's strength testifies to
the strength of an idea -- the idea of freedom.
I would like to talk today about four aspects of freedom,
and how they promise an even greater future for this nation.
Let me start with the freedom to create. From its
inception, the United States has been a laboratory for creation,
invention, exploration. Here, merit conquers circumstance.
Here, people of vision -- Abraham Lincoln, Henry Ford, Tom
Monaghan -- outgrow rough origins and transform a world.
Our national history proves that capitalism is not a system
for accumulating profits, but a seedbed for creativity. It makes
it possible for people to accumulate wealth through productivity,
not theft. It enables people to convert good ideas into great
works. It transports ideas and information move swiftly --
unfettered by censors of plantation bosses.
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Every time societies attempt to improve on freedom -- say,
by picking winners and losers in the economic market -- they
fail. No conclave of experts, no matter how brilliant, can match
the genius of a market in which millions of people swap thoughts
and inspirations.
Consider a few recent innovations. The information
revolution was hatched in garages and basements. The fast-food
chain -- an innovation many loathe, but one that has changed life
around the planet -- began in obscurity. Domino's Pizza would
never have stood a chance before a committee of planners. Tom
Monaghan was just a college kid with a good idea.
Free markets help give everyone access to unexpected
discoveries. They give the masses access to goods that once were
reserved for kings and party bosses. They spread the proceeds of
progress to everyone.
Our domestic program encourages market innovation. It seeks
to push aside deadening and demoralizing barriers to creativity.
We have proposed re-inventing the American school, in hopes of
unleashing our national genius. We have proposed anti-crime
measures that would punish the terrorists who shove honest
businesses out of neighborhoods in need. He have proposed market
incentives that give taxpayers a better return on their dollar.
Last year's child care and clean air acts incorporate market
incentives. This year's transportation package seeks to invite
entrepreneurship. We even have proposed extending the dignity of
home ownership to people who now live in government apartments -
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- housing blocks in which tenants enjoy no pride of ownership,
and in many cases, no rights of protecting their dwellings.
But that's not enough. In a world transformed by freedom,
we must look for other ways to release our national ingenuity.
We must eliminate the petty harrassments we inflict upon people
with dreams.
The average worker in the United States now spends more than
four months of each year working just to pay the tax man. Here
in Michigan, Tax Freedom Day -- the day on which workers stop
paying the federal, state and local authorities and begin working
for themselves and their families -- won't take place for another
eight days. That's more than four months of labor that might
otherwise help pay for the house and car, set aside money for
children's educations, purchasing clothes for work or leisure.
Four months of labor that might otherwise help a worker create a
little nest-egg.
But think about it: do these taxes liberate anyone from four
months' worth of want, of responsibility? Or do they inspire
cynicism?
Americans transformed a rugged wilderness into the most
prosperous nation on earth not by decree or by tax payment, but
by action. If we want to provide the greatest good for the
greatest number, we must abandon the stale slogans of
redistribution or false compassion. We must look instead to
compassion that works.
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We have entered a new industrial revolution, but our
government lags behind. If I can risk learning how to use a
computer, surely this nation can begin thinking about addressing
its problems in new ways.
This leads to a second freedom, the freedom to think and
speak one's mind. Free speech exposes bad ideas and spreads good
ones. It nourishes the diversity upon which our national
greatness rests. It allows blacks and whites to share
experiences, rich and poor to talk about their needs and
frustrations; it removes the blinders of ignorance.
Unfortunately, free speech is under assault throughout the
United States, and nowhere more than on college campuses. The
tornado of Political Correctness has ravaged many fine colleges
and universities. Although it arises from the laudable desire to
sweep away the debris of racism and hatred, it replaces old
prejudices with new ones. It declares certain topics off-limits,
certain expression off-limits, even certain gestures off-limits.
Yet it does not establish new forms of respect. It actually
inculcates the arts of creative suspicion. It teaches people how
to look for an insult in every casual word, comment, action. It
attempts to force everyone into a conformist mold, to salute
authority mutely. In its own Orwellian way, it crushes diversity
in the name of diversity.
If we really want to take full advantage of diversity we
must encourage open and civil discussion. We must not permit
"diversity" to become a code word for intellectual tyranny and we
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certainly shouldn't prefer the empty etiquette of PC to honest
and rigorous inquiry.
Our Secretary of Education, Lamar Alexander, already has
confronted this cult of censorship by challenging college
certification organizations to abandon Politically Correct
decrees and stick to the business of determining whether colleges
meet basic educational requirements.
But it would be wrong to suggest that incivility has been
confined to our campuses. The trend toward intellectual bullying
flourishes everywhere. Too often liberals and conservatives
resort to fighting words -- to taunts and epithets that are
supposed to intimidate their opponents, to make people afraid to
speak.
This is outrageous, and not worthy of us as a nation. As
Americans we ought to recommit ourselves to openness and
tolerance. We must trust our persuasive powers to conquer
bigotry and prejudice.
You can lead the way. Free speech lets us share our
thoughts, our hopes, our experiences. Only when we share good
times and bad, joys and hardships, can we truly understand and
appreciate one another. If harmony be our goal, let's pursue
harmony -- rather than a new Inquisition.
The virtue of free speech leads naturally to another,
equally important dimension of freedom -- freedom of spirit. In
recent ages, often with noble intentions, we have discouraged
good works. Nowadays, many respond to misfortune by asking: Whom
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can I sue? And many would-be Samaritans must ask: Who can sue
me?
At the same time, government programs have tried to assume
roles once reserved for families, schools, churches. Franklin
Roosevelt once described the dole -- his word, not mine -- as a
narcotic. Every time Washington presumes to improve the quality
of people's souls, individuals discard their own sense of
responsibility. They say: Why should I help the homeless? I'm
already paying taxes to help them. Why should I help the poor?
I'm already paying taxes to help them. And who can blame voters
for feeling this way. After all, every time Congress passes a
bill to address a social issue, it promises to solve that
problem. When taxpayers complain, they're simply saying that
government didn't keep its word. Yet while politicians demand
higher taxes and taxpayers demand better results, the sad fact is
that good deeds go undone.
When President Johnson spoke here in 1964 he brought up
issues that haunt us still. He proposed revitalizing cities;
rejuvenating schools; trampling down the hoary harvest of racism;
protecting our environment.
He believed that small cadres of experts could care for the
millions. They would calculate ideal tax rates, ideal rates of
expenditure on social programs, ideal distributions of wealth and
privilege. In many ways, theirs was an America by the numbers:
If the numbers were right, America was right.
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But bare numbers don't tell you much. Dollars don't always
guarantee progress, and the politics of coercion -- the politics
of virtue on demand -- have backfired. Programs designed to
ensure racial harmony have generated animosity. Programs
intended to help people out of poverty have invited them to stay.
Although the calcuations behind these programs seemed elegant and
defensible, they just didn't make sense.
We now must decide whether we want an America by the numbers
-- an America defined by equations, and exposed to the tiresome
politics of division and derision -- or an America defined by its
peoples virtues, desires, dreams.
I choose the latter. Our government ought to tell the
people: We believe in you. Not: prove yourselves to our courts,
our tax collecters, our meter readers, our agents and agencies.
When I talked of a kinder, gentler nation in my inaugural
address, I wasn't trying to create a slogan: I was serious. An
effective government must be gentle, kind, firm and humble. It
must know its limitations -- and respect its people's
capabilities.
But the flip side of limited government is the fourth face
of freedom -- responsibility.
Any introductory course in political philosophy teaches that
freedom entails responsibility. People who accept freedom also
must accept responsibility for preserving it -- for building a
society that prefers creativity to envy, brotherhood to faction,
plain talk to PC talk, environmental stewardship to plunder.
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I have been accused of lacking agendas or vision. If by
that someone means that I don't propose vast or costly new
programs, I plead guilty. I don't measure dreams in terms of tax
expenditures. My vision for America depends heavily on you, for
you are the men and women who will shape our future. You must
decide how to defend the freedoms of creation, expression and
spirit. You must build a more prosperous and peaceful society.
Politics too often demands nothing but money. I challenge
you to use your talents in service of goodness. We don't need a
Great Society, dedicated to taking money and power from the many
and placing it at the disposal of the incumbent few. We need a
Good Society, one that promotes service, selflessness, action.
The antidote to greed is not a tax increase; it is service.
If you want to take a stand against self-centeredness, get
involved. If you want a direct role in conquering prejudice, get
involved. Don't just wave plackards and shout: Have the decency
to talk with people, to bring out what is best in them.
The Good Society poses a challenge: It dares you to explore
the full promise of citizenship. You don't have to do grand and
dramatic things to accomplish this. Get to know your neighbors.
Try to build bonds of trust at home, at work, wherever you go.
Don't just talk about principles: Live them.
Let me leave you today with an exhortation: Make the most of
your abilities. Question authority but examine yourself. Demand
good government, but strive to do what is good yourself. Muster
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the courage to be a point of light, to take up the little deeds
that enable great things to happen.
Also: define your missions positively. Don't seek out
villains. Don't fall prey to obsessions about "freedom from"
various ills, such as want or fear of despair. Focus on
freedom's promise -- on your promise.
We live in the most exciting period of my lifetime -- and
perhaps of yours. The old ways of doing things have run their
course, and we must find new ways of chasing our destinies. Dare
to serve others, and you will serve your nation well.
It may seem a cliche, but you really do hold the future in
your hands. Treat it well -- and future generations will revere
you as the pioneers of a world blessed with unprecedented vigor,
possibility, prosperity and goodness.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless the United States of
America.
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The Challenge Of Diversity
"The art of progress is to preserve order amid
the Director
change and to preserve change amid order."
Alfred North Whitehead
of Admissions
1
he University
ence. In every aspect, the spirit and
of Michigan has
vitality of this diverse community will be.
engaged in a new
felt - from the classroom to the social life
mission for the
to the residence halls to the city.
twenty-first century
To make progress toward the goal of
- the challenge of
diversity, we need a commitment and a
diversity. To accom-
plan. Fundamental changes are needed
plish that goal, efforts
to achieve the University's goals of
are underway across the campus to meet
excellence through diversity. James J.
the challenges of racism, community and
Duderstadt, president, believes, "The
change, while preserving the important
University has a special responsibility to
balance between tradition and preparation
seek this diversity and to nurture the sen-
for the future. As the University's more
sitivity, tolerance and mutual respect that
than century-old tradition of excellence
are such necessary characteristics of a
serves as its foundation, progress toward
community in which all may thrive."
building a multicultural community is
Diversity is essential to creativity, inno-
occurring at all levels of the institution.
vation and freedom of thought. The kind
The campus engages the participation
of change occurring at the University is
of individuals from a wide variety of
extraordinary. It is a more than century-
cultures in the life of the University.
old educational community being trans-
Students and scholars study and work
formed into a model for the twenty-first
closely together; the residence halls create
century - a multicultural community
a living community where lifelong friend-
where all voices are heard and where all
ships unfold. In addition, the University
people are welcome.
community and the Ann Arbor commu-
nity complement one another - adding
depth and even more choices to the long
list of resources available. Your under-
graduate years can be filled with cultural,
recreational and social opportunities that
Richard H. Shaw Jr.
greatly enrich your educational experi-
Director of Admissions
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W
Bentley Historical Library, The University of Michigan
hen Henry P. Tappan
citizens. Six buildings were completed in 1841,
became president of
and together with two professors the first
The University of
students, six freshmen and one sophomore,
Michigan in the early
were enrolled.
the
1850s, he envisioned
One of the first maladies to befall the
a university education in "the spirit of a free
University when it moved to Ann Arbor was
country," where its citizens could pursue "the
wandering livestock. To remedy the situation,
ossibilities
possibilities of the highest knowledge. Today,
a fence was constructed around the forty acres
the University extends that opportunity
to keep the livestock out and to protect the
the highest
to Michigan citizens as well as to students
innocent animals from student pranksters.
throughout the country and the world.
Today, the original wooden fence is gone
knowledge.
Michigan was among the first public uni-
(as well as the wandering livestock), and the
versities founded in the United States. In 1817,
2,500 acre Ann Arbor campus with seventeen
the Michigan territorial legislature chartered a
schools and colleges, enrolls more than 35,000
"Catholepistemiad, or university, of Michi-
students. Although the number of campus
gania." The local Indians - Chippewa,
buildings has grown with the enrollment,
Ottawa, Potawatomi and Wyandotte -
the President's House, one of four identical
presented 1,920 acres of land for "a college of
professors' homes built in 1839, is the only
Detroit," and the Reverend John Montieth
surviving building from the original campus.
was named president.
It is listed in the National Park Service Regis-
In 1837, the college was renamed The Uni-
ter of Historic Places.
versity of Michigan and moved to its present
Tappan's dream for a university education
site on land donated by a group of Ann Arbor
where individuals could pursue "the possi-
Bentley Historical Library, The University of Michigan
3
bilities of the highest knowledge" has
Some Central Campus buildings look clas-
unfolded. The resources available at this large,
sical, such as Angell Hall with its impressive
comprehensive university far exceed those of
white columns. Still others are historic, such
smaller institutions. Computer technology at
as the Michigan Union where President Ken-
Michigan, for example, exceeds 1,800 termi-
nedy first proposed the formation of the Peace
nals dedicated to student use. These are
Corps. Many buildings have been restored,
clustered at 36 campus sites including 16 sites
several are new, and the cranes and builders
in the residence halls. The newest facility
seem perpetually busy.
opened in fall 1989 with 330 computers. The
From the Central Campus you can walk to
$4.5 million, 15,000 square foot site, one of
the Medical Center adjacent to the new Uni-
several open 24 hours a day, seven days a,
versity Hospital. Or you can take one of the
week, is one of the largest single installations
free maize and blue University buses to the
of computers in the country.
North Campus. The North Campus, estab-
The next few pages will further introduce
lished in the 1950's, houses the College of
you to The University of Michigan: its
Engineering, the School of Music, the School
campus, academics, students, resources, com-
of Art, the College of Architecture and Urban
munity, residence halls, recreation, supportive
Planning, residence halls and the Ford Library
student services, and student life - a univer-
as well as many other buildings.
sity where you can explore "the possibilities of
If you take a bus south from Central
the highest knowledge" in a rich, diverse edu-
Campus, you will find the Athletic Campus.
cational community poised for the twenty-
This is the location of Crisler Arena and
first century.
Michigan Stadium which is the only univer-
sity-owned stadium in the country that holds
The 1989 Gour-
more than 100,000 spectators.
Campus
In total, the University has approximately
man Report of
The heart of Central Campus action is on
220 major buildings on 2,608 acres. This in-
the "Diag." This long walkway, diagonally
cludes nine museums, a medical center which
Undergraduate
slicing through a square block of University
is one of the largest concentrations of health
buildings, is always busy with students
care facilities in the world, hundreds of labora-
Programs ranks
on their way to classes, throwing frisbees,
tories (including the nuclear and scanning
campaigning for causes or lounging under
electron microscope labs), thousands of class-
The University
the trees.
rooms and offices, eighteen student residential
of Michigan first
among all public
institutions,
third in the
country, for the
quality of its
undergraduate
education.
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units, nearly a dozen theaters, several audi-
At the University, students often pursue
toriums, and 225 acres devoted to athletics,
the rigorous challenge offered by the Honors
recreation and intramural sports.
Program within the College of Literature,
Science, and the Arts. Admission to the pro-
gram is by secondary application (see "LSA
Academics
Honors Program" on page 10). The Honors
The University of Michigan consistently
program includes about 2,000 students, 550 of
ranks among the very best universities in the
whom are first-year students.
country, and it is in the classroom where this
Success stories are very much the norm at
excellence is particularly evident.
The University of Michigan. The University
The University of Michigan faculty in-
works hard at doing what it does best -
cludes distinguished, nationally recognized
teaching - knowing it will be measured not
authorities in many fields, and outstanding
by the past but by the students' successes in
members of the faculty teach many freshman
the present. For example, more students are
classes. To provide the low student/faculty
accepted into U.S. medical schools from The
ratio that makes access to faculty possible for
University of Michigan than from any other
all students, the University does employ doc-
university. In addition, this is the largest pre-
toral-level graduate students as teaching
law university in the country with U-M stu-
assistants for some recitation and laboratory
dents having an acceptance rate of 86 percent
sections. However, overall responsibility for
into nationally recognized law schools. Michi-
courses is with the senior professor who lec-
gan graduates earn a world-class degree, and
campus including 16 sites in the residence
tures one or more times each week.
the rewards are high. A Michigan baccalaure-
halls. These provide approximately 1,800 mi-
The program of Freshman Seminars, each
ate degree will not only open the door to a full
crocomputers, and the number continues to
averaging about 15 students, has been de-
spectrum of career options, it will also set you
grow. The newest facility opened in fall 1989
signed specifically to provide freshmen with
apart from your peers. Because the kind of ac-
with 330 computers. The $4.5 million, 15,000
the opportunity to study closely with out-
ademic depth and personal growth achieved
square foot site, one of several open 24 hours
standing professors in a small group setting.
by our students is unique, Michigan graduates
a day and seven days a week, is one of the
In addition, faculty set weekly office hours
are prepared to assume leadership roles in
largest single installations of computers in
providing further times to meet individually
their fields.
the country.
with students.
At the larger computing sites, consultants
More than 4,000 undergraduate courses
are always ready to answer your questions. In
are available. Most students take four classes
Library and Computing
addition, assistance is only a phone call away
per term for a total of 14 to 16 credit hours.
Resources
through 764-HELP, the hotline to the Com-
Classes range in size from about 15 students
The University of Michigan library system
puting Assistance Center. The Center also
to large lectures for 200 to 500 students. The
ranks among the top U.S. research libraries in
provides walk-in consultation, non-credit
large lecture courses also include small recita-
the country. Its more than six million volumes
courses, and workshops at no charge.
tion groups to discuss the course material.
are housed in 23 libraries, and each residence
Most students schedule a balance among
hall has its own library facility.
large, small and medium-sized classes.
The Undergraduate Library, affectionately
Beyond the Classroom
referred to as the "UGLI," contains a large
The opportunities for learning beyond the
collection of books, periodicals and audio-
classroom are exceptional. In Project Commu-
Students
visuals as well as special study rooms for the
nity for example, students earn academic
Students at The University of Michigan
blind and visually impaired. Reference ser-
credit by volunteering in areas outside the
represent diverse social, ethnic and economic
vices will help you with research, and a
University. The experiences range from
backgrounds - originating from all 50 states
Micro-computer Center is conveniently
schools to prisons and from consumer advo-
and more than 96 foreign countries. Minority
located on the fourth floor.
cacy agencies to health care facilities. Faculty
student enrollment has increased to approx-
At the University, because computer
from the Department of Sociology and the
imately 17 percent of all undergraduate
technology is considered an integral part of
School of Education oversee the Project
students. At the University, diversity is an im-
education in all fields, the campus resources
Community program.
portant asset - fostering a rich exchange of
provide extensive computing services.
Special summer programs often have
ideas and greatly expanding the learning expe-
Throughout your education, you will have
unique settings. The Biological Station, for
rience. All students, however, share both an
access to a wide range of computers, from
example, in northern lower Michigan is the
interest in learning and a high record of aca-
personal units such as Macintoshes and
world's largest inland field station for instruc-
demic achievement. Seventy percent of
Zeniths (IBM-PC compatible) to mainframes
tion and research in biological science. In
incoming freshmen will have graduated in the
and even supercomputers.
addition, "Geology in the Rockies" offers
top ten percent of their high school classes.
There are 36 computing sites around
eight hours of credit for studying some of the
5
credit applicable to U-M degree requirements.
Financial aid is available for U-M international
programs on the same basis as in Ann Arbor.
Living on Campus
The residence hall system at The University
of Michigan is committed to the philosophy
that education is not only confined to the
classroom, but is also an important part of the
student living environment. In support of this
ideal, the residence hall system offers a variety
of programs and services designed to enhance
academic pursuits. These include academic
advising, computing, libraries and special
programs.
More important, the residence halls offer a
place to develop friendships. By meeting and
associating with fellow residents, students
experience personal and social growth.
According to the Living at Michigan Credo:
"The Housing Division affirms its profes-
sional and personal commitment to a
sensitive, tolerant, and humane community in
our residence halls and family housing apart-
ments.
We aspire to an ideal of openness
- an allowance not only for people to be dif-
ferent, but a recognition that diversity is the
virtual core of University life."
There are many types of residential com-
munities in which you may request to live
most scenic and interesting geology in the
including those with single, double or triple
Rocky Mountain region.
rooms; rooms modified to meet special needs;
Students are able to study almost anywhere
or in apartments or cooperatives. Most resi-
in the world. Programs sponsored or recog-
dence halls offer meal service and students
nized by U-M have been established in
living in those halls are provided with 13 meals
Michigan houses
Mexico, England, France, Germany, Italy,
per week as well as the choice for a contract
one of the
Scotland, Africa, Egypt, Spain, Israel, Greece
option for more. Other students, living on or
and Sweden. In addition, students can create
off campus, also may buy a meal contract al-
largest single
their own foreign study program by working
lowing for meals at any of the 10 dining halls
with advisers and faculty members to establish
or three snack bars on campus.
installations of
computers in
the country.
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After submitting their enrollment deposit,
admitted students are automatically sent
housing applications (beginning in April for
the fall term, November for the winter term,
(O'E William
and March for the spring/summer term). The
enrollment deposit must be received by the
University at least one month before the
housing application will be sent. Since the
University can guarantee housing only to
first-term freshmen, transfers are encouraged
to apply early. The only students required to
live in University housing are freshmen under
the age of eighteen who do not have their
parents' permission to live off-campus.
Other options for housing include: 1) small
group housing (sororities, fraternities and stu-
dent-owned cooperatives); 2) off-campus
housing (privately owned and managed
houses, apartments, and rooms); and 3) Uni-
versity-owned family housing apartments.
For more information about any of
the options, you can contact the Housing
Information Office, 1011 Student Activities
Building, The University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1316; (313) 763-3164.
Student Life
Nowhere is the diversity and vitality of
The University of Michigan more evident
than in its tremendous variety of extra-curric-
ular activities. Choosing among a great many
options is one of the first survival skills a new
Students can write for the daily student
services, please contact the Campus Informa-
student develops.
newspaper, volunteer at one of the three Uni-
tion Center at 763-INFO.
Joining a student organization is usually a
versity radio stations, or celebrate annual
New Student Orientation is provided for
favorite first step toward getting involved in
cultural events such as the Hispanic Heritage
all new students to ensure that they get off to
campus activities. With more than 400 campus
Celebration, Black History Month, and the
the best possible start and make wise decisions
organizations, students always find a group
Ann Arbor Indian Pow Wow.
for their first term. The program provides a
of interest.
To keep it all straight, everyone calls the
smooth transition with a complete introduc-
For example, one organization list includes
Campus Information Center which has two
tion to the University. Topics, which are
the Ann Arbor Morris and Sword Club, the
24-hour tape lines. 763-FILM gives informa-
interspersed with social activities, include aca-
Chess Club, the Folklore Society, Friends of
tion on the many on-campus movies presented
demic requirements, available classes, student
Siddha Yoga, the Music Co-op, the Public
each day. 76E-VENT tells about other events.
organizations, understanding the diversity of
Relations Club, and the Science Fiction &
the campus community and learning about
Fantasy Wargamers. In addition, there are
student services. In addition, an actual class
all kinds of professional groups, computer
Supportive Student
schedule is completed as well as all steps for
groups, recreational clubs; minority/ethnic
Services
registration.
groups, performance groups, political organi-
At the University, because we recognize
Counseling of many types is available at the
zations, religious associations, and social
that there is more to living than learning,
University. In addition to the assistance pro-
fraternities and sororities.
students have access to a broad spectrum of
vided by academic advisers during
The University provides frequent scholarly
supportive services. The University offers stu-
Orientation, each school and college provides
activities such as public lectures, conferences
dents assistance from their first Orientation
continuing academic counseling services. For
and symposia. Presidential candidates come to
to their first job after graduation. This section
example, the College of Literature, Science,
campus as well as world-renowned musicians,
highlights some of the student services avail-
and the Arts (LSA) provides advising services
artists and dancers.
able. For information regarding additional
in several residence halls as well as in the LSA
7
Academic Counseling Office. LSA students
Career Planning and Placement assists
also maintain a peer advising service, with
U-M students and alumni with their career
other schools and colleges offering similar
decisions and job searches. Seminars, career
assistance.
conferences, counseling sessions, and an ex-
Beyond academic counseling, other offices
tensive career library are among the resources
on campus-maintain trained staffs to help you
available to assist students with making and
with other types of problems including hous-
implementing career choices. In addition, the
Michigan played
ing, financial aid, employment or personal
office offers assistance in locating summer
problems.
jobs as well as internships that will help pro-
its first Rose
Minority Student Services are available to
vide valuable experiences as students progress
advise individual students as well as minority
from their freshman year to their first job
Bowl game in
student organizations. The office promotes
after graduation.
community involvement by providing several
1902 against
resources of special interest to members
Recreation and Sports
of minority groups. The programs include
Hundreds of recreational and sports activ-
Stanford. By the
sponsoring cultural and social programs and
ities are available to U-M students. Whether
middle of the
publishing a newsletter.
you prefer indoors or out, impromptu or
The University Health Service offers com-
scheduled, competitive or casual, you will find
second half, the
prehensive primary health care to students.
the recreational activity or program you want.
Most services are provided at no extra charge
If you prefer outdoor activities, you have
score favored
if you are currently enrolled. It is recom-
the opportunity to rent equipment from the
mended, however, that you also have health
Outdoor Recreation Program. It has, among
Michigan, 49-0.
insurance to cover emergency hospitalizations.
many other items, camping equipment, boats,
The University Health Service offers clinics in
touring bicycles, wind surfers, and for the
At that point,
almost all specialty areas.
winter, toboggans, snow shoes or crosscoun-
The Office of Services for Students With
try skis. Program personnel also organize trips
the Stanford
Disabilities offers assistance to any student
and clinics.
with a disability who may need supportive
Indoors, students use some of the finest ath-
coach waved his
services to attend the University. The many
letic and recreational facilities in the country.
team off the
study aids available include Braille campus
The Drop-In Program provides space and
maps, telecommunication devices for the
time for impromptu play regardless of skill
field and the
deaf, carbonized note-taking pads, and lift-
level. A few of the possibilities include basket-
equipped transportation. Many of the latest
ball, handball, racquetball, squash, weightlift-
game was never
aids for reading and studying, including a
ing, volleyball, swimming and jogging.
talking computer terminal and a Kurzweil
The Intramural Sports Program offers
completed.
Reading Machine, are housed in reserved li-
leagues and tournaments in more than 25 dif-
brary study rooms. The staff of this office
ferent sports with sports clubs ranging from
also acts as intermediaries and advocates
aikido to water polo.
for students.
The University of Michigan Intercollegiate
Some disabled students may qualify for
Sports Program is world-class. Big Ten sports
special financial support programs. For more
enhance not only the enjoyment of the U-M
information, contact The Office of Services
spectators, but also the undergraduate educa-
for Students With Disabilities (313) 763-3000,
tional experience of the athletes. There is
Voice/TDD or return the Information Request
nothing quite like a crisp fall afternoon in the
Form on page 22.
Michigan Stadium with 100,000 fans cheering
for the Maize and Blue.
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Schools
and
Colleges
Ц
he University of Michigan has
College of Literature,
eleven undergraduate schools and
Science and the Arts (LSA)
colleges, and admission is made
LSA is the liberal arts college of The
directly into one of these units. The following
University of Michigan. Its undergraduate
descriptions briefly introduce each unit.
mission includes developing intellectual
The College of Literature, Science, and the
attitudes and skills as well as providing the
Arts (LSA) is the University's liberal arts col-
background students need to be successful in
lege. It is the largest school in the University
their professional and personal lives. To this
and offers the widest variety of fields of study
end, the College offers courses and programs
as well as many special and unique programs.
to develop thinking, writing, and speaking
LSA is especially known for its excellent
skills. Its curriculum, consisting of approx-
Honors Program.
imately 2,700 courses and 64 concentration
Smaller units, such as the School of Natural
programs, taught by more than 800 faculty,
Resources, the School of Nursing, and the
allows students to study and explore almost
School of Music offer more intimate academic
any field of study in which they are interested.
settings. Students in these schools enjoy both
Although LSA students use their under-
the focus of a smaller community as well as
graduate years to pursue particular fields of
the resources of a comprehensive university.
study, they also must elect courses from a vari-
Other units, such as the College of Archi-
ety of departments and disciplines to ensure
tecture and Urban Planning, have a more
exposure to different ideas and ways of think-
professional orientation. This College as well
ing. Graduates of the College move into
as others admit students only at the junior
careers in business, industry and government,
level. Students typically prepare for these units
the arts, medicine, law, and scholarly or
by spending their first two years in LSA.
academic life.
Because of these differences, prospective
LSA offers the concentrations listed on page
students are encouraged to study the descrip-
10. These programs may be integrated with
tions below and then to request the specific
courses required for admission to professional
leaflets of the units that interest them most.
schools, e.g., architecture, business adminis-
These are available from the Office of Under-
tration, dentistry, education, law, medicine,
graduate Admissions and may be requested
pharmacy and social work.
by returning the order form on page 22.
The College offers the degrees: Bachelor
Many students are undecided about a field
of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Sci-
of study or will change their minds several
ence in Chemistry, and Bachelor of General
times before receiving a degree. After all, a
Studies. Freshmen and transfers are admitted
major strength of the University is that stu-
to all terms. Sixty semester hours in residence
dents are exposed to professional and scholarly
on the Ann Arbor campus are required. for all
areas they may not have previously consid-
degrees offered by the College
ered. LSA, for example, does not encourage
cross-campus:t er-student from either
students to declare a particular field until the
the Dearbornor Flint campuses applying to
junior year. In addition, if students meet the
LSA, you mustisubmit your application by
admissions requirements, they may transfer
August1 for fall term and November 15 for
from one school or college to another.
/winter term.
LSA Fields of Study
Afroamerican and African studies
American culture
anthropology
anthropology-zoology
Asian languages and cultures
LSA Honors Program
who seek direct involvement in their education
(Chinese and Japanese)
For the student who needs academic chal-
within an environment that fosters intellectual
Asian studies
lenge, the Michigan Honors Program offers
and social growth and sensitivity to diversity.
astronomy
a rigorous yet flexible academic curriculum.
For more information, write the Residential
biological sciences
(biology, botany, cellular
Honors students take enriched classes; meet
College, 133 Tyler, East Quad, The University
and molecular biology)
with senior faculty at an early stage in their
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1245;
biophysics
academic career; receive regular, personal
(313) 763-0176.
chemistry
academic counseling; and live in Honors
LSA: Pilot Program. Housed in Alice
classical studies (classical
archaeology, classical languages
housing if they choose.
Lloyd Hall, the Pilot Program offers students
and literatures - Greek
About 10 to 12 percent of the entering lib-
small classes and personal attention in the resi-
and Latin)
eral arts students join the Honors Program.
dence hall. Pilot Program teachers live in the
communication
In exceptional cases, a student may be invited
residence hall and are available to students for
comparative literature
at other times. At the beginning of the junior
tutoring, out-of-class discussion and academic
computer science
economics
year, students make an application to an
counseling. The program is comprised of a
English language and literature
Honors concentration. Honors students may
diverse student body of 50 percent out-of-
film and video studies
also enroll in the Residential College or the
state and 50 percent in-state, 15 percent of
general studies
Comprehensive Studies Program.
whom are minority students. For further
geological sciences
For more information about the Honors
information, contact Alice Lloyd Hall, 100
Germanic languages and literatures
Program, write or call: Honors Program,
Observatory, The University of Michigan,
history
The University of Michigan, 1210 Angell
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2025; (313) 764-7521.
history of art
Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1003; (313)
LSA: College Community Program. This
Individual Concentration Program
764-6274.
freshman program (CCP) provides a small ac-
Judaic studies
ademic community of just 80 students each in
Latin American-and
Caribbean Studies
Bursley Hall, Couzens Hall and West Quad.
Latino (Hispanic-American) studies
Other LSA Programs
As a CCP student, you are required to take
linguistics
Other units highlighted below offer addi-
two CCP courses: Freshman Composition and
mathematics
tional alternatives including small group
the CCP one-credit seminar. Smaller classes,
Medieval and
settings within the resources of this compre-
individualized counseling, and closer student-
Renaissance Collegium
hensive University.
faculty interaction highlight the program. For
microbiology
LSA: Residential College. The Residential
further information, write CCP, Alice Lloyd
music
Near Eastern and
College (RC) is a liberal arts college that
Hall, 100 Observatory, Ann Arbor, MI
North African studies
emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to
48109-2025; (313) 764-7521.
Near Eastern studies (ancient and
learning. Students have easy access to dedi-
LSA: Comprehensive Studies Program.
biblical studies, Arabic, Hebrew,
Iranian, Islamic studies, Turkish)
cated faculty and counselors within the small
The Comprehensive Studies Program (CSP)
philosophy
living/learning environment of the RC. (Fac-
offers LSA students a unique educational
physics
ulty and counseling offices, RC classrooms
opportunity to be part of a community of
political science
and dorm rooms are all located in East Quad.)
scholars who plan, study, learn, share experi-
psychology
Students are not limited to the RC
ences and work together towards academic
religion (studies in)
curriculum which is focused mainly on the
excellence. CSP's offerings are intended to re-
romance languages and literatures
humanities, social sciences, foreign languages
alize each student's potential, particularly in
(French, Italian, Spanish)
Russian and East European studies
and the creative arts; students usually take
subject areas where the student's prior experi-
Scandinavian studies
about half their courses in LSA, and many
ence may have been limited but in which solid
Slavic languages and literatures
choose an LSA concentration. If invited,
foundations are indispensable for success. CSP
social anthropology
students may also be enrolled in the Honors
provides academic support in the following
sociology
Program.
areas: personalized academic counseling,
statistics
The Residential College is for students
intensive course sections, educational enrich-
theatre and drama
women's studies
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ment, tutorials and skills workshops. To
admissions qualifications for graduate or pro-
Program leading to a Master of Urban Plan-
inquire about application procedures, contact
fessional programs. Preferred admissions is
ning (MUP) degree. You will be considered
the Comprehensive Studies Program, 1018
designed to allow students greater freedom
for either program if you have a high school
Angell Hall, The University of Michigan,
and diversity of course selection during their
GPA of 3.5 (University of Michigan calcu-
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1003; (313) 764-6410
pre-professional years.
lated), or rank in the top five percent of your
or 764-9128.
The participating professional schools
class and have a total SAT score of 1200 or
LSA: Integrated Premedical-Medical Pro-
and colleges listed below have specific
ACT composite score of 27.
gram (Inteflex). This joint program with the
requirements for both admission and program
Preferred Admissions in Business Administration
Medical School offers a special seven-year cur-
of study. Generally, during the first years of
admits up to 15 students per year on a prefer-
riculum leading to both the baccalaureate and
undergraduate study, students take specified
red admissions basis to each of their three
medical degrees. The program integrates a
prerequisites (with counseling from the school
degree programs, the Bachelor of Business
broad selection of undergraduate studies with
or college) and must maintain a "B" average.
Administration (BBA), the Master of Ac-
the sciences basic to medicine in preparation
Interested students must submit the regular
counting (MAcc), and the Master of Business
for medical clerkships. The program's goal is
University admissions application by Febru-
Administration (MBA).
to educate physicians who are compassionate,
ary 1 to receive consideration for one of these
If you rank in the top three percent of your
scientifically competent, and who can bring
programs. Consideration for a preferred
high school class or have a GPA of 3.7 (Uni-
into a successful medical career the richness of
admissions program will not affect the
versity of Michigan calculated) and a total
a broad education in the liberal arts. Students
admissions decision (either positively or nega-
SAT score of 1200 or ACT composite score of
fulfill all LSA requirements for the under-
tively) to the College of Literature, Science,
27, you may be considered for this program.
graduate degrees (BA or BS) with a
and the Arts or regular admission to the pro-
Preferred Admissions in Dentistry admits up
biomedical sciences concentration.
fessional program at a later date.
to 12 students per year. If you have a 3.4 high
Inteflex students enter the program directly
Preferred Admissions in Architecture and Urban
school GPA (University of Michigan calcu-
out of high school and are admitted to both
Planning admits up to 10 students per year into
lated) and total SAT score of 1100 or ACT
the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
the Preferred Admissions Program leading to
composite score of 27, you may be considered
and the Medical School. No further applica-
a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree and up to
tion to Medical School is required.
five students into the Preferred Admissions
Entrance into Inteflex involves a two-stage
admissions process. High school students
committed to a future career in medicine
should first submit their complete LSA appli-
cation, which must be received no later than
January 10.
Applicants formally accepted by LSA and
who have indicated an interest in Inteflex on
the LSA application will then be sent a sepa-
rate application for the Inteflex Program.
Inteflex applicants should have a total SAT
score of no less than 1200 or a 29 composite
ACT score, a University of Michigan calcu-
lated high school GPA of 3.5 or more, and
rank in the top 10 percent of their high school
graduating class. Persons on temporary U.S.
visas are not eligible to apply. A complete ap-
plication to Inteflex must be received no later
than February 15. For more information about
Inteflex, write or call the Inteflex Admissions
Office at 4303D Medical Science Building I,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0010; (313) 763-5468.
LSA: Preferred Admissions Program. Pre-
ferred admissions guarantees admission to
specific graduate or professional schools to a
limited number of highly qualified freshmen.
The purpose is to reduce the pressure many
students may feel to take a narrowly struc-
tured undergraduate program to enhance their
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for the program. A letter stating reasons for
sign of the physical environment. The College
desiring admission to the program should
offers a six-year professional architectural pro-
accompany the application.
gram consisting of a Bachelor of Science (BS)
Preferred Admissions in Information and Library
degree, awarded upon completion of under-
Studies admits five students per year to its
graduate studies, and a Master of Architecture
Master of Information and Library Studies
(MArch) degree, which is granted after two
degree program (MILS). Requirements for
additional years of graduate-level work. The
consideration include a high school GPA of 3.4
Master of Architecture degree is the profes-
(University of Michigan calculated) and a total
sional degree required for architectural
SAT score of 1200, or an ACT composite score
licensing.
of 27.
Admission is at the junior level (students
Preferred Admissions in Natural Resources
must have completed 60 semester hours of col-
admits a limited number of students each year
lege-level work) to fall term only. Most U-M
to the programs leading to a Master of Science
students spend their first two years in the
(MS), Master of Forestry (MF) or Master of
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Landscape Architecture (MLA) degree. If you
Please contact the Office of Admissions
have a high school GPA of 3.5 (University
concerning the mandatory professional goal
of Michigan calculated) and a total SAT score
statement, the optional portfolio, and other.
of 1200 or ACT composite score of 27, you
information to support the admissions applica-
may be considered. Students interested in be-
tion. Questions on careers in architecture or
ginning their studies in natural resources at
details of the architecture program may be re-
the undergraduate level should apply directly
ferred to: College of Architecture and Urban
to the School of Natural Resources in their
Planning, 2510 Art and Architecture Building,
freshman year.
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Preferred Admissions in Pharmacy admits up to
48109-2069; (313) 764-1300.
five students each year for the doctor of phar-
More University
macy program. If you have a high school GPA
of 3.5 (University of Michigan calculated) or
School of Art
of Michigan
class rank in the 95th percentile and a total
The School of Art is a professional art
students are
SAT score of 1200 or ACT composite score of
school where students prepare for a career
27, you may be considered for the program.
in the visual arts or in design. The degree re-
accepted into
In addition, you must have completed at least
quirements are flexible, enabling students to
three years of high school laboratory science
tailor individual programs to suit their career
United States
(biology, chemistry, and physics) and four
goals. Since students select concentrations
years of college preparatory mathematics.
rather than majors, they may also take advan-
medical schools
A letter stating reasons for desiring admission
tage of the diversity of courses offered both
to the program should accompany the
within the School and throughout the
than from any
application.
University.
Preferred Admission in Social Work admits a
The School offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts
other university
limited number of students per year to the
(BFA) degree with concentrations in ceramics,
in the country.
preferred admission program leading to a
computer graphics, drawing, graphic design,
Master of Social Work (MSW) degree. Re-
industrial design, interior design, metal work
quirements for consideration include a 3.5
and jewelry design, painting, photography,
high school GPA (University of Michigan
printmaking, sculpture, weaving, and textile
calculated) and a total SAT score of 1200 or
design or a combination of these. Within all
composite ACT score of 27.
concentrations are opportunities to study ap-
plications of computers to art and design as
well as the relationship of the visual arts to
College of Architecture and
other academic disciplines. Admission for
Urban Planning
first-year students and transfers can be consid-
Architectural education prepares
ered for any term. If it is determined that you
the individual for professional practice,
are academically qualified, a portfolio will be
research, education, industry and
requested. Transfer students must have some
governmental service as these relate to the de-
basic studio art experience at the college level.
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Contact: The School of Art, 2055 Art and
Architecture Building, The University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2069;
(313) 764-0397.
School of Business
Administration
The School of Business Administration em-
phasizes broad preparation and development
of critical, analytical and problem-solving
capabilities. Students combining this broad
preparation with additional study in particular
or university. Final decisions are based upon
or elsewhere), you may apply to complete re-
fields can prepare themselves for a variety of
scholastic achievement with particular em-
quirements for the BS degree. Your transcript
challenging opportunities.
phasis on mathematics and science.
will be individually evaluated to determine
The School offers the Bachelor of Business
Dental hygiene is a licensed profession. Fol-
which courses you must take. You will also be
Administration (BBA) degree with areas of
lowing graduation from an accredited dental
required to demonstrate comparable clinical
study including accounting, finance, human
hygiene program, you will be required to
skills as prescribed by the dental hygiene de-
resources and marketing. Admission is to the
demonstrate proficiency by the successful
partment. This requirement can be satisifed by
fall term only, and applicants must have com-
completion of a board examination that in-
either successfully passing a clinical challenge
pleted 55 semester hours (approximately two
cludes both written and clinical practice
examination or by enrolling in an appropriate
years) of college-level work as well as some
sections. The hygienist must be licensed by
advanced clinical course.
specific coursework. Most U-M students
the state board of dentistry in each state where
For more information about either pro-
spend their first two years in the College of
he or she is employed.
gram, please arrange to see Prof. Wendy
Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Degree Completion in Dental Hygiene. If you
Kerschbaum, Director of Dental Hygiene,
Requirements are outlined in the School of
hold the certificate or associate degree in den-
1206 Dental Building, The University of
Business Administration Bulletin. Separate trans-
tal hygiene from an accredited school and are
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078;
fer applications are obtained from, and are
licensed to practice under state law (Michigan
(313) 763-3392.
submitted to, the Director of Admissions,
School of Business Administration, The
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
48109-1234. For more information, call
INCOME
(313) 763-5796.
School of Dentistry
The School of Dentistry provides a four-
year Dental Hygiene Program leading to the
degree Bachelor of Science (BS). The course of
1.00
study provides a broadly-based education in
the social, behavioral and biological sciences
with special emphasis on teaching, commu-
nity health or research. The program in
dentistry includes many specialty clinics with
a variety of patient experiences that enhance
the Dental Hygiene Program.
Students enter the Dental Hygiene Program
as sophomores and acceptance is for the fall
term only. As a candidate, you must have
completed at least one year of college (30
hours) which includes prescribed prerequisite
courses. These classes can be completed either
at The University of Michigan (usually com-
pleted in LSA) or another recognized college
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74%
tutions may apply for admission to the School
of Education and to the Teacher Certification
Program as special (post-degree) students.
The School of Education offers a second
bachelor's degree program in elementary
education. For further information contact the
School of Education.
If you will be enrolled in another unit, you
must apply for admission to the Teacher Certi-
fication Program separately. Applicants for the
Certification Program only must obtain the
appropriate application from the address below.
If you are a special (post-degree) student not
earning provisional certification, but wishing
to complete additional teaching majors and
School of Education
may be admitted to winter term). Most Uni-
minors, you may apply for admission to
The Teacher Education Program empha-
versity of Michigan students spend their first
any term.
sizes a broadly-based liberal arts background
two years in the College of Literature, Science,
Interested students can contact the Office of
combined with specializations in subject areas.
and the Arts. In most instances, students
Academic Services, 1033 School of Education,
You may enroll in the elementary or secondary
transfer to the School of Education to pursue
610 East University, Ann Arbor, MI
education program following completion of
teacher certification. The School of Education
48109-1259; (313) 764-7563.
two years (54 semester hours) of coursework
awards two degrees: Bachelor of Arts in Edu-
primarily in liberal arts. Contact the School of
cation (BAEd) and Bachelor of Science (BSEd)
Education for details. Professional education
in Education. You may, however, be enrolled
College of Engineering
courses are elected through the School of Edu-
in another University school or college and
The College of Engineering educates for
cation beginning with the junior year. Prior to
pursue a teaching certificate. In fact, if you in-
technological leadership. Students learn to
student teaching, you are given the oppor-
tend to complete a certification program with
approach engineering issues and problems
tunity to integrate coursework with actual
a major in music or physical education, you
through an integration of knowledge, experi-
experience in the classroom. If you wish to
must be enrolled in that respective unit.
ence, and judgement. At Michigan, students
earn an elementary teaching certificate, you
Decisions on applicants are based not only on
associate with a distinguished faculty that
may select majors and minors from fine arts,
coursework and grades but also on personal
combines solid academic grounding with
language arts, science, social science, and
statements, letters of recommendation, ACT
broad professional involvement - the result of
mathematics. If you are interested in second-
or SAT scores, and paid or voluntary experi-
continuing research and consultation on actual
ary education, you may choose majors and
ence with children.
engineering projects. The College provides
minors from computer science (minor only),
If you intend to enroll in the School of
state-of-the-art laboratory and teaching facili-
dance, English, environmental studies, foreign
Education, you must complete the required
ties as well as an opportunity for involvement
languages, journalism (minor only), mathe-
supplementary application (located at the back
in a variety of engineering related projects.
matics, music, physical education, science,
of this Bulletin) for admission to the Teacher
The degrees of Bachelor of Science in Engi-
social science, and speech (minor only).
Certification Program in addition to the regu-
neering (BSE) and Bachelor of Science (BS)
Admission is to the fall term only (except
lar application. Students with baccalaureate
are offered in the following fields of study:
music and physical education candidates who
degrees from accredited teacher training insti-
aerospace engineering; atmospheric, oceanic
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and space science; chemical engineering; civil
grees. Fields of study offered in the School of
engineering; computer engineering; electrical
Music are: performance, music theory, com-
engineering; engineering science; industrial
position, music education, dance, music
and operations engineering; materials science
history, and musical theatre. The Artist and
and engineering; mechanical engineering;
Scholar Honors Program is available for ex-
naval architecture and marine engineering;
ceptional students.
nuclear engineering; and engineering physics.
Also, dual degree programs with the School
Also offered is a BS in Engineering that is
of Music and LSA or the College of Engineer-
suitable preparation for professional pro-
ing can be arranged. Students proposing to
grams, e.g., dentistry, law, medicine, business
pursue dual degree programs must satisfy the
can be requested from the School of Music
administration, etc.
admissions and curriculum requirements of
Admissions Office. Direct specific questions
Dual degrees within the College of Engi-
the School of Music as well as the require-
to: School of Music Admissions Office, 2290
neering as well as with the School of Music,
ments of the other proposed unit. Freshman
Moore Building, The University of Michigan,
the College of Literature, Science and the Arts
applicants should clearly explain their goals in
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2085; (313) 764-0593.
(LSA), and other units can be attained. The
the personal statement of the application. For
College offers a co-op program for students
details, contact Laura J. Strozeski at the School
who wish to enhance their education through
of Music.
School of Natural Resources
professional work experience.
Freshmen and transfers are admitted to fall,
The School of Natural Resources offers stu-
Freshmen students are admitted to fall
and, if quota openings exist, winter terms. As
dents an exciting, interdisciplinary program
term only. Freshman applications should be
an applicant to the School of Music, you must
combining coursework in the liberal arts and
submitted to the Office of Undergraduate
submit the Request for Audition form, in-
sciences with specialized study in natural re-
Admissions. Questions may be directed to
cluded in this booklet, as part of your formal
sources and environmental studies. Classroom
the College of Engineering, 2419 Electrical
admissions application. The admissions direc-
and field studies include areas as diverse as
Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
tor will review your application and then
ecology, economics, environmental sociology,
Building, The University of Michigan,
schedule an audition. All students seeking ad-
computer science, environmental history and
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2116; (313) 764-5158.
mission must audition either in person or by
policy, and natural resources management.
Transfer students are admitted to all terms.
tape. Please send your taped audition directly
Students receive an excellent pre-professional
Transfer and readmission applications are
to the School of Music Admissions Office.
education for graduate study and careers in a
obtained from and submitted to the College
The School of Music Bulletin contains specific
variety of fields.
of Engineering, 2417 Electrical Engineering
curriculum and audition information. Copies
This unique program provides all the ad-
and Computer Science (EECS) Building,
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
MI 48109-2116; (313) 763-6841.
School of Music
The School of Music offers programs in
music and dance for students interested in
professional performance, composition,
choreography, conducting, research and teach-
ing. The School offers a distinguished resident
teaching faculty, excellent facilities for study
and performance, and one of the nation's out-
standing concert series.
Students may participate in orchestras,
bands, choirs, glee clubs, operas and opera
workshops, musical theatre workshops and
fully staged productions, studio and concert
dance, and smaller ensembles of diverse
kinds. In addition, students enjoy the intimate
environment of the 800-student School com-
bined with the resources of the University.
The School offers Bachelor of Music (BM),
Bachelor of Musical Arts (BMA) and Bachelor
of Fine Arts (BFA) (dance, musical theatre) de-
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resources (e.g., environmental psychology,
environmental education, environmental law
and policy, environmental design, landscape
architecture, and environmental economics).
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The School offers a Bachelor of Science in
1415 Cambridge
Natural Resources (BSNR) degree. Freshmen
and transfers are admitted to all terms. Note
that applicants should include within their per-
sonal statement a description of their interests,
activities and experiences related to natural
resources. A separate essay is not required.
For transfer students, coursework from the
following academic areas is recommended
prior to transfer: calculus, psychology or
sociology, chemistry and microeconomics.
Transfers and special students may be admit-
ted to the summer session held at U-M's
Biological Station in northern lower
Michigan.
Information may be obtained from the
Office of Academic Programs, 1024 Dana
Building, The University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1115; (313) 764-1404.
School of Nursing
The School of Nursing offers academic
degrees in professional nursing at the bacca-
laureate, master's, and doctoral levels. At the
undergraduate level, students are admitted
directly from high school or with an AD or a
Diploma. Student clinical experiences occur
primarily in the University Hospital and the
various clinics and institutes that comprise the
vantages of the University within the context
83 acre Medical Center. All graduates of the
Apollo 15 was
of a small school (only 90 freshmen are
School are eligible for state licensure and may
apply directly for admission to the master's or
the first moon
enrolled each year). As part of their curricu-
lum, students take coursework in the liberal
doctoral programs.
arts and sciences in LSA together with natural
Full-time freshmen and transfer students
mission where
are advised to seek admission to the fall term.
resources courses.
all members of
Two undergraduate concentrations are of-
For further information, write the School of
fered. The biophysical concentration is for
Nursing, Office of Student Affairs, 400 NIB,
the crew (Major
students interested in the relationship between
Room 1160C, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482, or
the biological and physical sciences and natural
call toll-free 1-800-458-8689.
Worden, Colonel
resources (e.g., wildlife and marine biology,
Registered nurses seeking the BSN degree
conservation biology, forest and plant ecology,
are admitted to fall and winter terms in Ann
Irwin, and Colo-
computer science applications). The socio-
Arbor, the winter term in Kalamazoo and to
behavioral concentration is for students
alternate winter terms in Traverse City. You
nel Scott) were
interested in the relationship between the
may obtain an information packet by writing
alumni of the
social and behavioral sciences and natural
to the School of Nursing, Office of RN
Studies, 400 NIB, Room 2320A, Ann Arbor,
same school -
MI 48109-0482, or by calling toll-free
1-800-458-8689.
The University
of Michigan.
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College of Pharmacy
in pharmacy, you may be considered for ad-
Division of Physical
The College offers the professional degree
mission at advanced levels depending upon
Education
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) and the
your qualifications and the availability of
The academic departments in the Division
academic degrees Bachelor of Science in
places at a given class level.
offer programs of study leading to the degrees
Medicinal Chemistry (BSMedChem) and
The Bachelor of Science degree programs
Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education (sports
Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sci-
are designed for students who are interested
management and communication) and Bache-
ences (BSPharmSc). Admission requires junior
in employment in the pharmaceutical industry
lor of Science in Physical Education (kinesi-
standing (at least 60 semester hours of credit).
or who wish to qualify for graduate work in
ology and teacher education). The curriculum
Most U-M students spend their first two years
pharmaceutically-related fields. Graduates
in kinesiology supports the study of move-
in the College of Literature, Science, and the
of these bachelor degree programs are not
ment with emphasis on exercise physiology,
Arts. Students with international educational
eligible for licensure as a pharmacist. These
biomechanics and motor control.
experience should complete one year and pref-
degrees may be completed in two additional
In sports management and communication,
erably two years of prior study in residence
years beyond the preparatory requirements
the focus is on the legal, marketing and media
at an accredited college or university in the
described above.
perspectives of sports programs, enterprises
United States or Canada.
Admission is to the fall term only. To apply,
and facilities. Academic requirements for
The Doctor of Pharmacy degree program is
students are required to submit both the appli-
teaching certification include coursework in
designed for students who wish to qualify for
cation for admission and the Supplementary
kinesiology, skill development and profes-
the several career opportunities available to li-
Pharmacy Application (included in this
sional education.
censed pharmacists. If you have no previous
booklet) to the Office of Undergraduate
,These programs of study provide initial aca-
work in a U.S. college of pharmacy, you will
Admissions. For more information contact
demic and practical experience leading to a
be considered for admission to the first year
The College of Pharmacy, 1028 College
variety of professional careers including: man-
of the four-year professional program. If you
of Pharmacy Building, The University of
agement positions in professional, collegiate
have completed work in a college of pharmacy,
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1065;
and interscholastic sports; management posi-
including having earned a baccalaureate degree
(313) 764-7312.
tions in campus and community recreation
programs; sports information and communi-
cations specialists; teaching positions (K-12
certification); athletic coaching; movement
and fitness specialists in business and industry;
basic and applied research positions; sports
medicine including athletic training; and clini-
cal careers such as cardiac rehabilitation and
physical therapy.
Freshmen are admitted to fall and winter
terms, and transfer students are admitted
to all terms. For more information, contact
the Office of Academic Services, Division
of Physical Education, 3060 CCRB, The
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
48109-2214; (313) 764-4472.
Special Interest Programs
ROTC (Military Officer Education
Programs). The Army, Air Force and Navy
conduct Officer Education Programs (ROTC)
at the University. You may obtain information
about career alternatives and financial support
for ROTC participants by writing to ROTC,
North Hall, The University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1085.
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he students who enroll at The
As a state-assisted institution, the Univer-
University of Michigan all share a
sity reserves the majority of its places for
record of academic and personal
Michigan residents. Consequently, the admis-
achievement that suggests continued success at
sion of non-residents to some schools and
Admissions
the University's high level of challenge. Appli-
colleges may be more competitive. Among
cants are judged on their perceived ability to
non-residents some preference is given to
succeed. As a result, U-M retention and grad-
well-qualified applicants from alumni families.
uation rates are better than many other four-
All freshmen and most transfers are admit-
year public higher education institutions in the
ted to the University through the Office of
United States.
Undergraduate Admissions. Actually, stu-
Space limitations are a second major factor
dents are admitted not to the University at-
in the admissions process. In recent years, the
large but to one of the schools or colleges, and
Undergraduate
number of applicants has increased to 19,000
requirements differ somewhat among them.
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while the number of freshman openings has
For this reason, it is important to note specific
Social Security No.
remained at 4,500. In those schools and col-
application instructions for the different units
leges lacking sufficient facilities to accept all
as stated on the application.
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qualified applicants, preference is given to the
Each school and college publishes a bulletin
canscripts First other documents:
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best qualified. In addition, the director of ad-
describing its academic policies and course of-
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ferings. Prospective applicants may request a
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cases where exceptional circumstances prevail.
bulletin directly from the unit (see addresses
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Admissions also provides a summary leaflet
The University does not offer probationary
about each unit. These may be requested using
admission. To be admitted at the freshman
the order form at the back of this booklet.
level, an applicant must be at least 16 years old
Special Student Status is available for
and a graduate of an accredited secondary
students who do not intend to earn a U-M un-
school. Graduates of unaccredited schools may
dergraduate degree. Interested students may
be asked to take College Board Achievement
contact the Office of Undergraduate Admis-
Tests or the American College Test. The re-
sions to determine eligibility, understand
quirement of a high school diploma may be
procedures, and obtain the appropriate form.
waived for a few exceptionally gifted students.
Request a "Non-Degree" application to be-
For older students, the results of the General
come a visiting student to the College of
Education Development (GED) test may be
Literature, Science, and the Arts. Request
presented in place of a high school diploma.
a "Special" application for visiting student
Testing Requirements include the submis-
status at any of the other schools or colleges.
sion of scores of either the American College
Request a "Guest" application if you wish to
Test (ACT) or the Scholastic Aptitude Test
enroll in spring/summer terms only.
(SAT). Scores are considered in making the
admissions decision as well as for placement
and counseling. It is the applicant's respon-
Freshman Applicants
sibility to have scores sent directly from the
As stated above, admission is dependent
testing agency to the Office of Undergraduate
upon a high probability of success in the cho-
Admissions.
sen school or college and the availability of
The ACT and SAT tests are given several
places. Students are strongly encouraged to
times a year throughout the United States and
completed before transfer. In certain fields
submit their applications early in the fall of
in most foreign countries. Although the tests
such as music and art, specific kinds of prepa-
their senior year.
may be taken any time in the junior year
ration are imperative.
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions
through January of the senior year, preferred
Transfer applicants are especially encour-
considers the strength of an applicant's high
times are at the end of the junior year or by
aged to request the bulletin from the school or
school background including the degree of
November of the senior year. You may obtain
college (as described above) and to plan elec-
difficulty of courses selected, the record
application blanks from your high school or
tives according to that unit's requirements.
of academic achievement, special or unique
directly from the testing agencies: ACT Regis-
Transfer applicants are also welcome to visit
accomplishments both in and out of the
tration, P.O. Box 414, Iowa City, IA 52243;
the Office of Undergraduate Admissions to
classroom, and the ACT or SAT scores (these
(319) 337-1270; or College Board ATP (SAT),
plan their transfer to the University.
tests are described below). In general, the
Box 592, Princeton, NJ 08541; (609) 771-7600.
Although optional for most transfer stu-
admissions requirements include a "B" aver-
dents, scores of standardized tests taken in
age or above (beyond the ninth grade) in a
high school or college are welcome on the ap-
rigorous and appropriate college preparatory
Transfer Applicants
plication. In general, the availability of scores
program and standardized test scores compa-
Transfer students are to have qualifications
allows more effective counseling and better
rable to freshmen pursuing similar programs
comparable to those of students already
course placement. Specifically, students apply-
in the University.
enrolled. Although there is no grade-point
ing to the Dental Hygiene Program who have
Decisions on applicants are made on an indi-
average that in itself assures admission, the
not previously earned fifteen credit hours in
vidual basis, and all available information is
major criterion used in evaluation is the qual-
any one semester are required to submit ACT
considered. No specific class rank, grade-
ity of previous achievement. Consideration is
or SAT scores. If you are applying to the
point average, test score or other qualification
given to high school and college records, the
School of Education Teacher Education Pro-
in itself will assure admission.
appropriateness of previous college courses,
gram, you are required to submit ACT or
The admissions office will consider ap-
the accreditation and general nature of the
SAT scores. Also, at the discretion of the
plications from individuals with an unusual
institutions attended, and other academic
Office of Undergraduate Admissions,
background or demonstrated potential in spe-
and individual qualifications. There is no
other applicants may be required to submit
cial fields. If the applicant has been away from
probationary admission.
test information.
a formal education setting for three or more
Transfer applicants are also evaluated in
Older students whose education has been
years, he or she is urged to make an appoint-
relation to the intended field of study.
interrupted for several years are urged to make
ment with an admissions counselor to discuss
Requirements for admission to the under-
an appointment with an undergraduate admis-
appropriate application procedures and pro-
graduate units vary, and many programs have
sions counselor to discuss program interests
gram interests.
specific course requirements that must be
and application procedures. The Center for
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able. Your check or money order (do not send
cash) will serve as your receipt. This fee covers
one calendar year. For example, if a student
applies for fall term but does not enroll, no
additional fee is required for application to the
following winter and spring/summer terms.
A new fee would be required for the following
fall term.
Consideration for admission to all units is
made on a space available basis. Processing of
complete admissions applications (including
all required material such as test scores and
transcripts) begins after September 1.
Admissions are granted as rapidly as the
necessary processing can be done. Normally,
you will hear from the University within six
weeks from the date we receive all application
materials. At that time you will be informed
that your status is one of the following:
Admitted - you meet the requirements and a
place is available for you. When you are admit-
ted, you will be informed of the steps to be
completed for enrollment.
the Education of Women (CEW) has a staff of
Send the letter of petition to the school or
Delayed - you may be required to submit
professional counselors who are particularly
additional information before a decision can be
college (for LSA send to College of Literature,
experienced in counseling students beyond the
Science, and the Arts, Academic Actions
made. It is your responsibility to make sure
traditional age. You can contact CEW at 350
Board, 1223 Angell Hall, Ann Arbor, MI,
the required information requested in your let-
S. Thayer St., The University of Michigan,
48109-1003; the other schools' and colleges'
ter is received by the Office of Undergraduate
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1634; (313) 763-7080.
addresses can be found in the section
Admissions prior to the stated deadline.
Intra-University Transfer applies to cross-
"Undergraduate Schools and Colleges"). List
Denied - your admission cannot be
campus transfers from one college or school
dates of attendance, any factors contributing
approved because of inadequate qualifications
on campus to another, or from U-M-Dear-
to dismissal, and the reasons for wishing to
or lack of places.
born and U-M-Flint. These transfer students
continue studies. An application for re-
are also required to have qualifications compa-
admission is also required by the Office of
rablè to those of students already enrolled.
Undergraduate Admissions except for
International Admissions
Interested students are encouraged to consult
applicants for readmission to the College
The University of Michigan welcomes stu-
with an academic adviser in the proposed unit
of Engineering who apply directly to
dents from around the world. The following
since requirements for admission and accept-
that College.
information applies to all applicants with
able amounts of transfer credit vary among the
significant academic experience outside the
schools and colleges. For example, auditions
United States.
are required for the School of Music, and port-
The Application Process
Prospective applicants also are encouraged
folios are required for the School of Art.
Complete material for application is pro-
to request and read The University of Michi-
Applicants with a U-M grade-point average
vided in this booklet including the general
gan "International Admissions Information"
below 2.0 are advised to make an appointment
application and special forms for specific units
booklet prior to completing an application
with an undergraduate admissions counselor
and transfers. In addition, each applicant is
for admission. This booklet outlines special
before submitting an application. Freshmen
expected to write a one-page essay (see the
requirements and guidelines for students
cannot submit an application before the begin-
application for details).
with international academic experience.
ning of their second term.
Remember to include your Social Security
The booklet is available from the Office of
Readmission is required when a previously
number on the application. It is used by U-M
Undergraduate Admissions.
enrolled student wants to re-enter more than
for identification purposes. If you reside out-
Proof of high school completion is required
12 months after the end of the last completed
side the United States and do not have a Social
at the time of application. Complete high
term. If academically ineligible to return,
Security number, you may apply without it.
school records, such as official copies of
the student must first petition in writing for
A substitute number will be assigned when
leaving certificates, diplomas, etc., should be
reinstatement well in advance of the desired
your application is received.
sent directly to The University of Michigan
registration period.
The application fee of $30.00 is nonrefund-
Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Official
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Preparation
uggested 9th-12th Grade Subject Patterns
or Students Who Plan to Enter the University
lote: One unit equals one year of study. This plan is advisory only. See footnotes. The director of admissions is
athorized to grant exceptions to the prescribed course patterns.
Profiles
Subject Group¹
chool, college,
Foreign
Mathe-
Social
Total
Γ division
English²
Language
matics
Science³
Studies
Other4
Units
it., Sci., and the Arts
4
2⁵
3
3
3
5
20
ngineering⁶
4
2
4
4
2
4
20
Jursing⁷
4
2
4
4
2
4
20
The University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Enrolled Freshmen Fall 1989
Natural Resources⁸
4
2
4
4
2
4
20
High School Class Standing
Music
4
2
3
3
3
5
20
15% U-M freshmen are from top 1% of high school class
hysical Education
4
2
3
3
3
5
20
47% U-M freshmen are from top 5% of high school class
irt
4
2
3
3
3
5
20
71% U-M freshmen are from top 10% of high school class
Ideally students will have completed five units during each of the four years. Also, students should elect
Advanced Placement, honors, enriched, and accelerated high school courses when appropriate and possible.
91% U-M freshmen are from top 20% of high school class
Students are urged to complete at least two rigorous writing courses.
Students are encouraged to complete at least two laboratory science courses.
Students are advised to elect "other" courses from the five subject groups listed as well as courses from such
Test Profile Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
areas as music, art, industrial arts, business education (including typing), home economics, physical education,
and others that may not be included above.
STD
Verbal
Math
Students entering the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts are encouraged to take four years of language
Score
(%)
(%)
study.
Students entering the College of Engineering should have completed four units of mathematics and at least one
650 or above
13
50
unit each of chemistry and physics.
Students entering the School of Nursing must have completed three units of mathematics including second year
550 or above
53
85
algebra, and two units of laboratory science including chemistry.
Students entering the School of Natural Resources should have completed a minimum of two units of
500 or above
76
93
mathematics with one unit of chemistry, or three units of mathematics.
below 500
24
7
American College Test (ACT)
The University of Michigan, as an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Ac-
STD
tion employer, complies with applicable federal and state laws prohibiting
Engl. Math Soc. Std. Nat. Sci. Composite
Score
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
discrimination, including Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. It is the policy of The
30 or above
5
34
21
56
19
University of Michigan that no person, on the basis of race, sex, color,
27 or above
28
62
49
74
60
religion, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, handicap, or
Vietnam-era veteran status, shall be discriminated against in employment,
21 or above
90
96
90
95
96
educational programs and activities, or admissions. Inquiries or complaints
below 21
10
4
10
5
4
may be addressed to the University's Director of Affirmative Action, Title
IX and Section 504 Compliance, 2012 Fleming Administration Building,
*By using these charts applicants can compare their
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1340, (313) 764-3423 (TDD 747-1388).
qualifications with University of Michigan freshmen.
The Regents of the University: Deane Baker, Ann Arbor; Paul W.
Brown, Petoskey; Neal D. Nielsen, Brighton; Philip H. Power, Ann Arbor;
Thomas A. Roach, Ann Arbor; Veronica Latta Smith, Grosse Ile; Nellie M.
Varner, Detroit; James L. Waters, Muskegon; James J. Duderstadt
(ex officio).
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CAMPUS VISITS
APPOINTMENT REQUEST FOR A
Prospective students and their parents are in-
CAMPUS VISIT
vited and encouraged to visit our campus.
Prospective Freshmen: A small-group
meeting for prospective freshmen is offered by
the Office of Undergraduate Admissions most
Mail To:
Prospective Freshman
weekday mornings and afternoons and on Satur-
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
1220 Student Activities Building
Admitted Freshman
day mornings from mid-September through
mid-November. A student may request a pro-
The University of Michigan
Prospective or Admitted
spective student group which is helpful in pro-
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1316
Transfer Student
viding information concerning the University
and becoming a student here.
Admitted Freshmen: Throughout the win-
Name:
ter term, admitted freshmen are invited to partici-
pate in Campus Day. This program is offered
Address:
each weekday for small groups of students and
their parents and consists of several activities
that last for the better part of an entire day. In-
City, State, Zip:
formation is sent to students after admission has
Telephone:
(
)
been offered. To arrange a campus visit at any
time during the year, you may use the Request for
a Campus Visit appointment form located to the
Social Security Number:
right.
Transfer Students: Prospective and admit-
High School Graduation Date:
ted transfer students are encouraged to request
an individual interview. Members of the Office
Proposed Field of Study:
of Undergraduate Admissions staff are available
on weekdays and, from mid-September through
List three choices of dates:
mid-November, on Saturday mornings. Busi-
ness administration and engineering transfer
students should contact the admissions offices in
those units.
Campus Tours: The U-M Alumni Associa-
tion provides tours of the Central Campus.
Please mail this completed form to the Office of Undergraduate Admis-
These are conducted by volunteer students and
are available several times most weekdays and on
sions. Appointments will be confirmed by mail. Information concerning
Saturdays. Information may be requested of the
hotel accommodations and transportation will also be provided. Appoint-
UM Alumni Association (313) 763-9754, or the
ments may also be made by telephone: (313) 764-7433.
Office of Undergraduate Admissions (313)
764-7433.
OFFICE OF SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES:
INFORMATION REQUEST FORM
Mail to: Office of Services for Students
Print Disability:
With Disabilities
2211 Michigan Union
Name:
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1349
Address:
(313) 763-3000 Voice/TDD
City, State, Zip:
Please send information on support services
available to students with physical, emotional,
and/or learning disabilities.
Please send information on special financial sup-
port programs for disabled students.
LEAFLET ORDER FORM
Mail to: Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Each school and college provides a leaflet describing
1220 Student Activities Building
its programs, courses, degree requirements and
The University of Michigan
career opportunities in that field.
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1316
Leaflet(s) Requested:
Print Name:
1.
Address:
2.
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City, State, Zip:
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Application Checklist
Specific Requirements of Schools and Colleges
Some of the admitting units request material in addition to the general application. These units are listed below. For other units, the application itself
contains complete instructions.
College of Architecture and Urban Planning - requires junior standing. Note the specialized essay. Contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions
regarding the optional portfolio.
School of Art Do not submit portfolio until requested to do so.
School of Education Return Supplementary Application (in this Admissions Bulletin) with this application. Contact the Office of Undergraduate
Admissions regarding the Letters of Recommendation.
College of Engineering - This application is for freshmen only. Transfer applicants should contact the College of Engineering for a transfer application.
School of Music - All students applying for admission must complete an Audition Form (in this Admissions Bulletin). For specific audition requirements,
refer to the School of Music Bulletin.
School of Natural Resources - Note the specialized essay.
School of Nursing Note the specialized essay. RN's please indicate testing dates for ACT-PEP exams on ACT line under #14.
College of Pharmacy Return Supplementary Application (in this Admissions Bulletin) with this application.
Division of Physical Education - Note the specialized essay.
Freshman Applicants
(1) Complete the entire application, except page 4 (which is completed by your high school counselor).
(2) Write and include the personal essay (limit to one page). Note in the essay instructions any special requirements of the specific unit to which you
are applying.
(3) Attach a $30.00 check or money order payable to The University of Michigan. Write your name and social security number on the front of the
check. This application fee is nonrefundable and is required before processing can begin.
(4) Submit the completed application to your high school counselor (who will complete the High School Information section on page four, add official
academic transcripts, and forward the completed file directly to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions). Please do not submit sections separately.
(5) Have the required ACT/SAT score sent directly to the University by the testing agencies.
(6) Normally, you will be notified of your admission status within six weeks after we receive all materials and the fee. Processing of admissions
applications begins after September 1.
Transfer Applicants
(1) Complete the entire application, except page 4 (which applies only to freshman applicants).
(2) Attach a $30.00 check or money order payable to The University of Michigan. Write your name and social security number on the front of the
check. This application fee is nonrefundable and is required before processing can begin.
(3) Send the application to Undergraduate Admissions, 1220 Student Activities Building, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
48109-1316.
(4) Have official transcripts forwarded to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Include final high school transcript as well as transcripts from each
college attended. Have any Advanced Placement Test scores sent to the office of Undergraduate Admissions. These materials must arrive by the deadline
date.
(5) If you are applying for financial aid, you must also submit a completed Financial Aid Transcript from every school you have attended. Forward the
form to the Student Financial Aid Office at the previous school. Forms may be obtained from the financial aid office of any college or university, or
contact the Office of Financial Aid, 2011 Student Activities Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1316.
(6) Normally, you will be notified of your admission status within six weeks after we receive all materials and the fee.
Note: Transfer applicants to the School of Business Administration (313-763-5796) and the College of Engineering (763-6841) apply directly to those
units. Forms can be obtained from those units.
Intra-University Applicants
This section applies to cross-campus transfers from one college or school on campus to another, transfers from U-M-Dearborn and U-M-Flint and to
readmission applicants (those who have been students at U-M but have not attended classes for more than one year).
(1) Complete the entire application, except page 4 (which applies only to freshman applicants). No application fee is required for intra-University transfer
or readmission.
(2) Complete a U-M Transcript Order Blank, available from Undergraduate Admissions.
(3) Send the application, along with Transcript order form, to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, 1220 Student Activities Building,
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1316.
(4) Have official transcripts of all other colleges attended since last enrolled at the U-M forwarded to Undergraduate Admissions. Applicants from
U-M-Dearborn or U-M-Flint also need to have high school transcripts sent directly to Undergraduate Admissions.
Deadlines
Freshman applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible in the fall of the senior year. All freshmen and new transfers must be aware that
February 1 is the deadline for most fall applicants. Note the specific dates listed in the Admissions Bulletin.
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WORK
22.
List your most recent work experience:
EXPERIENCE
Name of Employer
City and State
Type of Work
Hours per Week
Dates of Employment
PERSONAL
23
Write a brief personal statement according to the specific instructions below. Limit the essay to one sheet and
STATEMENT
enclose with this application.
Freshmen (Note exceptions listed below as specialized essays):
Provide a brief essay about your activities, interests, achievements, and talents. The goal of the essay is to help us get to know you as an individual. Point out
your strengths and explain any inconsistencies in your record. You might comment on your experiences at school, in the community, or at work. Other possible
topics are your educational and career objectives.
Specialized essays for applications to the following units:
School of Natural Resources, School of Nursing, or Division of Physical Education: Please provide additional comments to the above essay explaining your
previous experience and interest in issues related to your educational and career goals.
Bachelor of Musical Arts in the School of Music: Include in your statement a description of your non-musical interests.
Transfer Students (Note exceptions listed below as specialized essays):
Provide a statement of educational purpose. If you know the field you wish to pursue, include your rationale for choosing that field. If there have been any inter-
ruptions in your education, explain the circumstances. Do you feel that this interruption has been advantageous or disadvantageous to your educational goals?
If you have had any academic difficulties (poor grades, incompletes, drops, or term withdrawals), please explain.
Specialized essays for applications to the following units:
Architecture Program in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning: Essay may extend to 3 or 4 pages. Focus your essay on your background, interests and
experience in architecture and related fields; comment on your career goals.
College of Pharmacy: See Supplementary Application.
24.
This form must be filled out completely and accurately in order to be considered a valid application for admission. Falsification or
omission of information or credentials may result in revocation of admission. I certify that all the answers I have given on this
application are complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge.
Signature
Date
Continue on page 5.
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
The University of Michigan, as an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, complies with applicable federal and state laws prohibiting
discrimination, including Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. It is the policy of The University of
Michigan that no person, on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, handicap, or Vietnam-era veteran status, shall be
discriminated against in employment, educational programs and activities, or admissions. Inquiries or complaints may be addressed to the University's Director
of Affirmative Action, Title IX and Section 504 Compliance, 2012 Fleming Administration Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1340, (313) 764-3423 (TDD
747-1388).
The Regents of the University: Deane Baker, Ann Arbor; Paul W. Brown, Petoskey; Neal D. Nielsen, Brighton; Philip H. Power, Ann Arbor; Thomas A. Roach,
Ann Arbor; Veronica Latta Smith, Grosse Ile; Nellie M. Varner, Detroit; James L. Waters, Muskegon; James J. Duderstadt (ex officio).
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HIGH SCHOOL
This page is to be completed by the high school counselor or principal. Enclose an official transcript. Please include a
INFORMATION
current school profile. Enrolled students at U-M have access to their application, documents, and all recommendations.
(freshman applicants only)
Student's Name:
LAST (Family Name)
FIRST
MIDDLE
Graduation date:
Public
Withdrawal date:
Private
Number in class:
Accredited by
Rank in class:
% of graduates who attend college:
(or approx. rank from top:
Mark required for passing:
quarter 1, 2, 3, 4; or third 1, 2, 3.)
ACT/SAT H.S. code
COUNSELOR COMMENTS are helpful and may assist in interpreting the student's record. Such information might include characteristics of the student's curriculum,
factors influencing an inconsistent academic record or testing pattern, unusual grading practices, as well as comments on awards, achievements, and outstanding
contributions.
Signed:
NAME
TITLE
(please print)
DATE
TELEPHONE NUMBER
Area Code
NOTE TO HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS: Return this completed application with all necessary documents enclosed. Send to Office of Undergraduate Admis-
sions, 1220 Student Activities Building, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1316. Documents sent separately will delay the processing of
the application and will be incomplete. Please remind students to have test scores reported directly to the University by the testing agency.
DO NOT DETACH (duplicate if necessary)
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SCHOOL OR COLLEGE
25
Check the box of the school or college you wish to enter. Be sure to note any instructions specific to your unit
CHOICE
on the "Application Checklist." You may apply to only one school or college. See Admissions Bulletin for
specific information on each unit.
0510
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING (requires junior standing).
1010
SCHOOL OF ART (Do not submit portfolio until requested to do so.)
Circle area of interest: Ceramics, Computer Graphics, Drawing, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Metal Work and Jewelry Design,
Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Weaving, Textile Design, or combinations of these.
My portfolio was reviewed at a Portfolio Day event.
2020
Dental Hygiene Degree Completion Program (for R.D.H. holders only)
2040
Dental Hygiene Four-year Degree Program (requires sophomore standing)
2510
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION (select only one degree program)
Elementary Education (requires junior standing)
Secondary Education (requires junior standing) List teaching major:
minor:
3010
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (freshman only)
(Transfer applicants should contact College of Engineering for transfer application.)
If determined, list area of engineering study:
5010
COLLEGE OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND THE ARTS
Honors Program: All students are automatically considered for the LSA Honors program. Selected students will be invited to enroll. See page 10 of
the Bulletin for further information.
What academic interests do you hope to pursue in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts? (check one or more boxes)
Humanities (For instance: English, History of Art, Afro-American Literature)
Social Sciences (For instance: Psychology, History, Political Science)
Natural Sciences (For instance: Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics)
List one or two possible majors:
Are there any particular professional or career interests that you have considered up to this point in time? (check one or more boxes)
Business (MBA)
Public Health
Dentistry
Social Work
Information and Library Studies
Graduate studies (list area of study)
Law
Other career interests (please list)
Medicine
LSA students may also check these sub-units:
5020
Integrated Pre-Medical/Medical Program. Freshmen only. Application must be submitted by Jan. 10.
5040
Residential College (a small college providing an academic/residential program)
Preferred Admissions Program. Freshmen only. Check just one program: (Refer to Admissions Bulletin page 11.)
Architecture and Urban Planning Business Administration:
BBA
MBA
MAcc
Dentistry
Information and Library Studies
Natural Resources
Pharmacy
Social Work
6010
SCHOOL OF MUSIC (Select only one degree program or curriculum)
Composition
Music History
Performance
Dance
Dance - Teacher Certification
Musical Theatre
Strings
Music Education:
Choral
Instrumental
Music Theory
Winds
Winds - Teacher Certification
Instrument or Voice Type
Bachelor of Musical Arts. If you are interested in entering the BMA program (see Music Bulletin), check appropriate field of study above, BMA
box, write in instrument or voice type, and include in your Personal Statement a description of your non-musical interests.
Dual Degree (five-year program): Music and (check one)
College of Engineering or
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
(See Admissions Bulletin regarding dual degrees with Music.)
6510
SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES
7010
SCHOOL OF NURSING
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
BSN Completion Program for Registered Nurses
7510
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY (requires junior standing)
7810
DIVISION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION (select one program)
Kinesiology
Sports Management and Communication
Teacher Certification
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TESTING
14
The American College Test (ACT) or the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is required of all freshmen. College Board
Advanced Placement (AP) Program and Achievement Tests are optional. Indicate previous and future test dates. Please have
scores reported directly to U-M by testing agency. Test scores should be on file when application is reviewed.
ACT
Month/Year
/
/
/
/
/
SAT
Month/Year
/
/
/
/
/
AP
Subject/Year
/
/
/
/
/
ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TEST: If non-native speaker of English,
Test/Month/Year
/
/
/
/
indicate arrangements made for the Michigan English Language Battery
(MELAB) or the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL):
Test/Month/Year
/
/
/
/
CURRENT/FUTURE
15
List all current and future courses you will complete before your proposed enrollment. If these courses are high school
COURSES
level identify those which are honors, accelerated or advanced placement. If these courses are college level, include
course number and credit hours. If future courses will be taken at an institution other than the one listed in #13, please
identify.
Term
Ending
Term
Ending
Month
Year
Month
Year
Current Courses
Course Number
Hours Credit
Future Courses
Course Number
Hours Credit
List additional future course elections (i.e. third quarter, summer session, etc.), if any, indicating course completion date.
PERSONAL
16.
Optional: Identify your racial or ethnic status (only if U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident Visa holder). You are not
BACKGROUND
required to provide this information; its purpose is to evaluate our recruitment efforts.
1)
African-American
4)
Hispanic-American (Specify)
2)
Asian-American (Specify)
5)
White/Caucasian
3)
American Indian 1/4 blood quantum or more Yes
No
6)
Other (Specify)
Tribal affiliation
17
For students with certain handicapping characteristics, untimed SAT and ACT scores are acceptable. Special scholarships and services are also available. Infor-
mation regarding disabilities is optional, but to receive appropriate information, please identify your disability:
18
(Optional) List names of parents, siblings, grandparents, or spouse who attended U-M. Give their relationship to you and their dates of attendance. (No other
alumni relations should be included.)
19.
Father's name in full
Mother's name in full
Occupation (optional)
Occupation (optional)
Current Michigan resident?
Yes
No
Current Michigan resident?
Yes
No
FINANCIAL
20
The request for financial aid has no influence on the admission decision. All financial aid applicants (who do not already have
AID
a U-M degree) will be considered for scholarships or grants first. There are not enough grant funds to meet an applicant's
full financial need; indicate the other types of aid you would prefer to be awarded. (Foreign students on temporary visa are
not considered for financial aid.) Complete information on financial aid is included in the Admissions Bulletin.
I do not wish to be considered for financial aid.
I wish to be considered for financial aid and will submit the FFS or the FAF.
1. Grants plus loan and work-study employment, but prefer loan
4. Work-study employment only
2. Grants plus loan and work-study employment, but prefer work-study employment
5. Neither loan nor work-study (full financial need will not be met)
3. Loan only
HOUSING
21.
I prefer the following University housing:
residence hall
student family housing
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OF MICHIGAN
The University of
MICHIGAN
Undergraduate
Application
1817
1. Name:
2.
-
-
OFFICE
Last (Family)
First
Middle
U.S. Social Security No.
USE
3.
Please list former name(s) which may appear on transcripts or other documents:
ONLY
Last
First
Middle
4.
Female
Male
5.
Birth Date:
/
/
Month
Day
Year
6.
Birth Place: City
State or Country
7.
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen
If non-U.S. Citizen, Country of Citizenship
If non-U.S. Citizen, give U.S. visa type you have or plan to obtain while a student
If U.S. Permanent Resident Alien, give Alien Registration Number
Date
Attach $30 application fee.
8.
Permanent Address:
to
mo/day/yr
mo/day/yr
)
Number
Street
Telephone
City
State or Country
Zip Code
9.
Mailing Address (if different from Line 8) valid from:
to
mo/day/yr
mo/day/yr
(
)
Number
Street
Telephone
City
State or Country
Zip Code
10.
Are you now a Michigan resident as defined in the regulations? (Read "Residency Requirements" in the Admissions Bulletin)
Yes
(1)
No
(2) If yes, how long?
/
/
Month
Day
Year
If a Michigan resident, in which county do you reside?
If non-resident, in which state (or country) do you reside?
11.
Term of proposed enrollment:
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
19.
(Jan.)
(May)
(July)
(Sept.)
12. Have you previously applied for admission to the U-M, or are you currently applying to any other U-M campus or program?
Yes
No
If yes, to which campus and program:
Ann Arbor
Flint
Dearborn
School or College
Term
PRIOR ACADEMIC
13.
Beginning with ninth grade, you are required to list all high schools and colleges attended, including the
EXPERIENCE
institution you are currently attending if you are a student. Include the ACT/SAT high school code. U-M
students indicate unit(s).
Dates of Attendance
Degree/
ACT/SAT
Institution
City, State or Country
From Month/Year to Month/Year
Diploma
Code
SPACE BELOW FOR ADMISSIONS OFFICE USE ONLY
A
L
TYP
COUNS
S
VA
UN
LEVEL 1/.
C
NB
FOS
GPA/Q
/.
U
RT
YYT
GPA/Q
/.
G
AU
INS
CTP
A
MA
ATH
HSPR/Q
/
BK
ETH
HOLD FOR
BE
ALUM
FOREIGN CRED
RN
FIN
EVAL
RU
DIS
CSP
SC
SUM BP
1991
TO:
copies of records of any university-level work
agencies), etc., must be received in The Uni-
their intention to enroll for fall term. Students
should also be sent by the institution of higher
versity of Michigan Office of Undergraduate
submitting enrollment deposits that are re-
education.
Admissions before the following equal consid-
ceived after the May 1 deadline may not be
All documents must be in the original
eration deadlines: winter term, November 1;
allowed to enroll due to space considerations.
language and certified appropriately by an
fall term, February 1; spring term, February 1;
American Embassy or consular official, an
and summer term, February 1.
American notary public, a school administra-
Course Credit
tor or national government official. Officially
Many freshmen as well as transfer students
certified English translations also are required
Deadlines
enroll in the University with earned college
for documents not issued originally in English
Freshman applicants are encouraged to
credits. According to the guidelines presented
by the school.
apply as early as possible in the fall of their
below, credit is awarded either by examination
Freshman applicants should take the
senior year. All applicants should be aware that
or by transfer.
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) several months
some schools and colleges may close admis-
Advanced Placement (AP) is a College
prior to application and request that the testing
sions before the "equal consideration" date.
Board program. The University participates
agency send the scores directly to The Univer-
February 1 is the deadline for most fall term
by awarding college credit and advanced
sity of Michigan Office of Undergraduate
applicants. Note the specific dates in the table
placement based on satisfactory scores on the
Admissions. This test is generally available
and the exceptions listed below the table.
national examination of this program. The
around the world.
These are the dates by which you must apply
applicant must have the College Board send
All speakers of English as a second language
and have all required credentials on file in or-
official scores to the Office of Undergraduate
must demonstrate proof of English language
der to receive equal consideration with other
Admissions. Students placing into honors
proficiency. The Michigan English Language
applicants. Allow sufficient time for other
mathematics may not be eligible for placement
Assessment Battery (MELAB) or the Test
offices to process your request and for mail
credit because of the accelerated nature of the
of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
services to deliver your materials so that they
course sequence.
is required. Minimum scores ranging from
arrive in this office prior to the deadline. Appli-
The College Level Examination Program
80-90 on the MELAB or 560-600 on the
cations will be considered after these dates
(CLEP) is another credit alternative. The Uni-
TOEFL are necessary. Both tests are available
only if places are available.
versity grants credit for the CLEP Subject
in the United States and other countries.
Students are encouraged to submit their
Examinations in introductory psychology,
Those who choose to take the TOEFL are
deposit prior to May 1. All admitted students
introductory sociology, and human growth
encouraged to register for a date when the
have until May 1 to notify the University of
and development. No credit is granted for the
"Test of Written English" is administered.
When taking either test, request that the test-
ing agency send the scores directly to the
Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
Arrangements can be made to take the
MELAB by contacting the Testing Division,
English Language Institute, The University
Deadline for Equal Consideration
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1057,
U.S.A.; (313) 764-2416. Obtain information
Term
Deadline*
on the TOEFL by writing to CN6154, Prince-
Fall
February 1
ton, NJ 08541-6151, U.S.A.; (609) 921-9000; or
Winter
November 1
contact a U.S. Embassy or Consulate.
Spring Half
February 1
For admitted students, English language
Summer Half
February 1
skills will be re-evaluated during Orientation
to verify proficiency. Advanced English as a
*Freshman applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible in the fall of the
second language courses may be required.
senior year. All applicants must be aware that some schools and colleges may close
admissions before the equal consideration date.
If you are requesting eligibility forms for
either an F-1 Student Visa or a J-1 Exchange
EXCEPTIONS:
Visitor Visa, you are required to submit the
Fall - Integrated Premedical-Medical Program: Jan. 10; Pharmacy: March 1
All terms - Intra-University transfer to LSA and readmission applications to all units
Financial Resources Statement (in the back of
should be made at least one month in advance of desired enrollment.
this booklet on pages 33-34) and proof of suf-
Cross-transfer applications from either the Dearborn or Flint campuses to LSA should be
ficient financial resources.
submitted by August 1 for fall term, and November 15 for winter term.
Readmission applications to the School of Education should be submitted as early as
Please note that all documents including
possible, and students are encouraged to have their records evaluated at the Academic
high school (and any university) records
Services Office, SEB.
(originals with official English translations),
Consideration for admission to all units is made on a space available basis.
all exam results (sent directly by the testing
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CLEP General Examinations or any other
need to attend classes on a college campus in
continuously for not less than one year imme-
Subject Examinations. For information con-
order to be eligible for U-M transfer credit.
diately preceding the first day of classes of the
cerning guidelines for CLEP credit, contact
This means that the student is enrolled in class
term for which classification is sought.
the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
with other college students and that the in-
3. For purposes of these Regulations, a resi-
University Credit by Examination is avail-
structor is a full-time member of the staff. On
dent student is defined as a student domiciled
able to U-M students in specified courses.
the other hand, credit is not granted for col-
in the State of Michigan. A non-resident is
Credit is awarded upon the successful comple-
lege-sponsored courses taken in a high school.
defined as one whose domicile is elsewhere.
tion of departmental examinations designed to
This applies to all in-high school courses even
A student shall not be considered domiciled in
assess competence gained outside the formal
though the instructor is from a college or
Michigan unless she/he is in continuous physi-
instructional channels. Additional information
university or considered an "adjunct" in-
cal presence in this State and intends to make
may be obtained by contacting the Depart-
structor. For these courses, students may be
Michigan her/his permanent home, not only
ment of Independent Study Extension Service,
able to receive credit by obtaining an accept-
while in attendance at the University, but in-
200 Hill St., The University of Michigan,
able score on a corresponding Advanced Place-
definitely thereafter as well and has no
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3297; (313) 764-5311.
ment Examination.
domicile or intent to be domiciled elsewhere.
International Baccalaureate (IB) offers a
Transfer of Professional Courses in archi-
4. The following facts and circumstances,
supervised curriculum including syllabi and
tecture, studio art, dental hygiene, education,
although not necessarily conclusive, have pro-
standard examinations. This is available in se-
engineering, music, natural resources, nurs-
bative value in support of a claim for residence
lected secondary schools in the United States
ing, and pharmacy usually cannot be evaluated
classification:
and throughout the world. Students in an IB
until the student has registered on campus.
a. Continuous presence in Michigan during
curriculum may take various subject examina-
periods when not enrolled as a student.
tions. Credit is given for satisfactory scores in
b. Reliance upon Michigan sources for
subject examinations taken at the higher level.
Residency Requirements
financial support.
Credit by Transfer is also available. Evalua-
Residency Regulations of The University of Michi-
C. Domicile in Michigan of family, guardian
tion for this credit is done after admission is
gan Approved by the Board of Regents, March 15,
or other relatives or persons legally respons-
granted, in time for academic counseling.
1974. Effective Summer Half Term, 1974
ible for the student.
The University accepts transfer credit with
d. Former domicile in the State and mainte-
consideration of the accreditation, nature, and
1. Since normally a student comes to The
nance of significant connections therein
purpose of the previous institution(s). The
University of Michigan for the primary or
while absent.
applicant must have earned such credit with
sole purpose of attending the University rather
e. Ownership of a home in Michigan.
grades equivalent to "C" or better, and the
than to establish a domicile in Michigan, one
f. Admission to a licensed practicing
course should apply to the intended U-M
who enrolls in the University as a non-resident
profession in Michigan.
program of studies.
shall continue to be so classified throughout
g. Long-term military commitments
For accepted transfer credits, the credits
her/his attendance as a student, unless and un-
in Michigan.
alone and not the grades are recorded on the
til she/he demonstrates that her/his previous
h. Commitments to further education
U-M academic record. Only the grades
domicile has been abandoned and a Michigan
in Michigan indicating an intent to stay
earned in the University (including the cam-
domicile established.
here permanently.
puses at Dearborn and Flint) are used in
2. No student shall be eligible for classifica-
i. Acceptance of an offer of permanent
computing your GPA at the University.
tion as a resident unless she/he shall be domi-
employment in Michigan.
High school students taking college classes
ciled in Michigan and has resided in Michigan
Other factors indicating an intent to make
Michigan the student's domicile will be
considered by the University in classifying
a student.
5. The following circumstances, standing
alone, shall not constitute sufficient evidence
of domicile to effect classification of a student
as a resident under these Regulations:
a. Voting or registration for voting.
b. Employment in any position normally
filled by a student.
C. The lease of living quarters.
d. A statement of intention to acquire a
domicile in Michigan.
e. Domicile in Michigan of a student's
spouse.
f. Automobile registration.
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g. Other public records, e.g., birth and
marriage records.
6. An alien who has been lawfully admitted
for permanent residence in the United States
shall not, by reason of that status alone, be
disqualified from classification as a resident
provided, however, that aliens who are present
i. Provide the Residency Appeal Com-
in the United States on a temporary or student
mittee with a written notice of appeal
visa shall not be eligible for classification as
stating the reasons therefore;
a resident.
ii. File said notice with the Assistant Reg-
7. These Regulations shall be administered
istrar for Residence Status, together with
by the Office of the Registrar in accordance
a written request that all documents sub-
with the following residence review procedures:
mitted pursuant to paragraph "b," above,
a. It shall be the responsibility of the student
be forwarded to the Residency Appeal
to register under the proper residence
Committee. Failure to timely comply
classification, to advise the Office of the
with this paragraph "c" shall constitute a
Registrar of possible changes in residence
waiver of all claims to reclassification or
and to furnish all requested information
rebates for the applicable term or terms.
pertinent thereto.
The decision of the Residency Appeal
b. Applications for reclassification shall be
Committee shall be the final recourse
filed not later than 20 calendar days follow-
within the University.
ing the first day of classes of the term for
d. Reclassification, whether pursuant to
which such reclassification is sought. Such
paragraph "b" or "c" above, shall be effec-
application shall be filed with the Assistant
tive for the term in which the application
There is an
Registrar for Residence Status (see "f"
therefore was timely filed in accordance
below for address), and shall set forth in
with paragraph "b" and for each term there-
absolute com-
writing a complete statement of the facts
after so long as the circumstances upon
upon which it is based, together with affi-
which the reclassification was based shall re-
mitment to
davits or other supporting documentary
main unchanged. Appropriate refunds shall
continued access
evidence. Failure to timely file such an
be made or accounts credited within a rea--
application shall constitute a waiver of all
sonable time following such reclassification.
and enrollment
claims to reclassification or rebates for
e. Classification or reclassification based
such term.
upon materially erroneous, false or mislead-
of historically
C. Any student may appeal the decision of
ing statements or omissions by or in support
the Assistant Registrar for Residence Status
of the applicant shall be set aside retroac-
underrepresented
made pursuant to paragraph "b," above, by
tively upon the discovery of the erroneous
taking the following steps within 20 calen-
nature of such statements.
minorities at the
dar days after she/he has been served with
f. Inquiries should be addressed to: Resi-
notice of such decision personally, by mail,
dence Status Office, Office of the Registrar,
undergraduate
or by posting in a conspicuous place at
LSA Building, The University of Michigan,
level.
500 South State Street.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1382.
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A
quality education is a major
room and board and personal/miscellaneous
financial investment, and
expenses which vary considerably from these
the Office of Financial Aid is
figures. For more appropriate information,
Financial Aid
available to help you plan and manage your
please contact the Office of Financial Aid.
financial resources. A goal of The University
The table on page 27 estimates fixed costs.
of Michigan is to ensure that students
In addition to the fixed costs, you will need
admitted to the University are able to
to consider, other expenses including books,
attend regardless of their family finan-
supplies and personal expenses. A budget
cial circumstances.
constructed from the fixed costs and these
The student's family (the student, his or her
estimated other expenses represents a modest
parents and/or spouse) is primarily responsible
but adequate standard of living for eight
for paying for an education and is expected to
months for a single student.
contribute according to ability (as calculated
using a standard, uniformly applied formula).
Books and Supplies: $430
If, however, you think you will need assistance
Some units such as Architecture, Art, and
to meet college costs, you are encouraged
Dental Hygiene will have higher expenses.
to apply for financial aid. Most assistance
is awarded based on demonstrated financial
Personal/Miscellaneous Expenses: $1,960
need. Some assistance is based solely on merit.
This includes estimates for expenses such as
There are three general types of financial as-
transportation, clothing, laundry, entertainment,
sistance: scholarships and grants, loans, and
medical/dental, and other miscellaneous expenses.
employment. These types of aid are available
from a variety of sources, some of which are
indicated below.
Need-Based Aid
Deferred Payment is a U-M financial op-
The goal of need-based aid is to help stu-
tion available to every student. The University
dents cover the difference between the cost of
of Michigan allows the payment of each term's
their education and the resources available to
tuition, room and board to be made in three
them. Resources include the student's own
installments. For fall term, for example,
savings and earnings, support from parents
payments are due at the end of September,
and/or spouse if appropriate (see "Determin-
October and November of at least one-third,
ing the Family's Resources" below), and any
two-thirds, or full payment.
other financial assistance being received in-
cluding scholarships, loans, veteran benefits
and other benefits. Expectations for both the
Costs
student's and parents' contributions are strictly
Estimating costs is, of course, an important
based on a standard formula.
step in financial planning. These estimates
Need-based aid is generally offered as a
may be of value to you and your parents
"package" consisting of two or more types of
whether or not you are applying for
aid including the possibilities of grants, loans,
financial aid.
and work-study employment. The Office of
All cost and expense information given
Financial Aid will determine the mix of re-
here is for the 1990-91 academic year except for
sources that best meets your preferences and
tuition and fees which are for 1989-90. As ex-
eligibility.
pense information is updated, it is available
Grants are from federal, state and Univer-
from the Office of Undergraduate
sity General Fund sources. These may include
Admissions.
one or more of the following: Pell Grant,
Please note that these estimates apply only
Supplemental Educational Opportunity
to single undergraduate students. If you are
Grant, University Grant, Michigan Grant or
married or have dependents, you will have
Michigan Educational Opportunity Grant.
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IN
ZILLO
FACER
Long-term student loans are from federal
you may contact the Office of Financial Aid.
If you are working on your first University
sources. These may include one or more of
Work-study employment is from federal
of Michigan degree, you are considered for
the following: Perkins Loan, Nursing Student
and state sources. Work-study programs pro-
grants, loans and work-study employment
Loan, Health Professions Loan or Stafford
vide funds for student jobs on campus and in
from federal, state and institutional sources.
Loan (formerly Guaranteed Student Loan).
non-profit agencies off-campus. You must
If you are working on your second University
These loans do not require collateral or a
work in order to receive funds awarded under
of Michigan undergraduate degree, you
co-signer, carry no interest while you are in
these programs. Most students work 10-15
are considered for loans and work-study
school, and are repayable after graduation (or
hours per week. The hourly wage is based
employment only.
after you are no longer enrolled in school). In-
on the type of job and is at least the current
You are always considered for your maxi-
formation about terms and conditions (interest
minimum wage rate. You may be assisted in
mum grant eligibility first, then for loans and
and repayment) is available in The University of
locating jobs which are related to your
work-study employment according to prefer-
Michigan Bulletin, Directions in Financial Aid, or
educational interests.
ence and eligibility. If you apply for these
funds, therefore, you are also required to ap-
ply for the Pell Grant (see "Other Sources of
Financial Aid" below).
Since it is generally impossible to meet full
Fixed Costs for
need with grants, it is important that appli-
Academic Year 1990-91
cants consider all types of assistance. Grant
funds will not be lost if loan or work-study
Non-
Michigan
Michigan
employment is also accepted.
Residents
Residents
Several basic regulations apply to most of
the aid discussed in this section. The student
Fr.-So.
Jr.-Sr.
Fr.-So.
Jr.-Sr.
must carry a full-time credit hour load. He or
Tuition and
she must be a U.S. citizen or hold a permanent
Fees a,b,c,d,e
$3,288
$3,638
$11,016
$11,816
resident or refugee visa. Foreign students on
Room/Board
temporary visas are not eligible for financial
b,f
3,854
3,854
3,854
3,854
aid. For federal financial aid students required
Total
$7,142
$7,492
$14,870
$15,670
to do so must also certify that they have regis-
tered with the Military Selective Service.
a Two terms (12-18 credit hours per term), including health service fee.
b Subject to change at any time by the Regents of the University.
Determining the Family's
C Figures listed are for 1989-90; these are the most recent figures available.
Resources
d Including fees for registration, information technology access, and school and college
Since the financial aid process is based on
government, and Michigan Student Assembly. Does not include such incidental costs as
the family's expected contribution, financial
laboratory fees.
statements are essential. The information col-
e An additional $50 to $100 (approximate) per term will be assessed students who are
lected on the standardized financial statement
enrolled in degree programs in Engineering, Computer and Communication Sciences,
is analyzed according to a common formula.
and Business Administration.
This assures that each applicant's eligibility
f Represents rate for a double occupancy dormitory room. Some triple rooms cost less,
for financial aid funds is determined in the
single rooms more. Meal plan includes lunch and dinner (excluding Sunday evening).
same way.
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One of two forms is used: the Financial Aid
The Office of Financial Aid will be notified of
5. Submit a Financial Aid Transcript from
Form (FAF) or the Family Financial Statement
this request when you are admitted.
each college or university you have previously
(FFS). All financial information reported on
2. Complete the FAF or FFS. Forms may be
attended. Complete the release of information
the FAF or FFS will be verified with federal
obtained from high school counseling offices
at the top of the form and send it to the pre-
income tax returns, copies of which must also
or the financial aid office at any college or uni-
vious institution(s) you attended. This form is
be supplied (as explained below under "Appli-
versity. The FAF or FFS should be completed
to be submitted even if no aid was received or
cation Procedures"). In fact, award offers to
using figures from parents' 1990 federal in-
applied for at the previous institution. Tran-
entering students are tentative and remain so
come tax returns (Form 1040, 1040A or
script forms may be requested from any
until the required federal income tax returns
1040EZ).
college or university's office of financial aid.
have been submitted and reviewed by the
As early as possible but not before January 1,
6. Non-U.S. Citizens only: Submit a
Office of Financial Aid.
1991, submit the FAF to the College Scholar-
photocopy of the documentation to establish
For the 1991-92 academic year, federal
ship Service or the FFS to the American
permanent resident status in the United States
regulations require parental resources to be
College Testing Program. Indicate that a
- a status that was established by the Immi-
considered when determining a student's eligi-
report is to be sent to The University of
gration and Naturalization Service.
bility for federal financial aid. These are the
Michigan, Ann Arbor. The required codes are
Please note: Additional information or doc-
only exceptions: a) the student is an orphan or
1839 (FAF) and 2062 (FFS).
umentation may be required. If so, it will be
a ward of the court; b) the student is a veteran;
3. Submit to the U-M Office of Financial
requested by the Office of Financial Aid. Your
c) the student has legal dependents; d) the stu-
Aid complete copies of 1990 federal income tax
prompt response to these requests will expe-
dent is married (before the date the financial
returns (Form 1040, 1040A or 1040EZ) includ-
dite processing and will prevent cancellation of
aid forms are filed) and will not be claimed as
ing all attached schedules and W2 forms. You
the application.
a federal income tax exemption in 1991 by his
must submit copies of your own and your par-
Financial aid is offered for a specific aca-
or her parents; or e) the student had at least
ents' 1990 tax returns. If you are married and
demic year. If you have been admitted for the
$4,000 in earned income and benefits during
do not file a joint return, you must also submit
fall term, you will be considered for both the
1989 and 1990 and was not claimed by his or
a copy of your spouse's 1990 federal income
fall and winter terms. If you have been admit-
her parents as a federal income tax exemption
tax return. All tax returns need to be signed
ted for winter term, however, you will be
in either 1989 or 1990.
by the filer and labeled with your name and
considered only for winter term aid. If you
Students who meet one of the above criteria
Social Security number. If you or your parents
have been admitted for the spring/summer
must still complete either the FAF or FFS, but
do not file a tax return, you need to submit a
term, you will automatically be considered for
will supply only their own (and their spouse's)
signed statement to that effect.
spring/summer, fall and winter.
financial information. Students applying for
Tax returns should be submitted as soon
Continuing students need to reapply for
Health Professions Loans must submit paren-
as possible after they are completed; how-
financial aid each year and for spring/summer
tal information regardless of these criteria.
ever, a reminder request for income tax
terms. To be considered, they also need to
returns will accompany each award notifica-
1) submit The University of Michigan Appli-
Application Procedures
tion. Should any adjustment of awards be
cation for Financial Aid in addition to the
To apply for need-based aid as an entering
necessary, students will be notified at the
documents required for entering students, and
student, you follow several steps. For all of
earliest possible date.
2) contact the Office of Financial Aid in Febru-
these steps including your Social Security
4. Submit all parts of the Pell Grant Student
ary for required application materials and
number is very important. It is especially
Aid Report (SAR). All undergraduate students
deadlines unique to their continuing status.
important to include your name and Social
applying for need-based financial aid are re-
Security number on all correspondence and
quired to apply for the Pell Grant (see "Other
documents sent to the Office of Financial Aid.
Sources of Financial Aid" below).
1. Check the boxes requesting financial aid
consideration on the admissions application.
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XEROX
Deadlines and Notification
These scholarships are one-time awards of
Dates
$1,000. Equal consideration for these scholar-
Because funds are limited, it is important to
ships can be guaranteed only for students who
submit all required application materials be-
have been admitted by February 10.
fore the applicable deadlines below. In general,
you must submit complete application mate-
Scholar Recognition Awards
rials before the end of the first month of the
Scholar Recognition Awards are granted to
first term in which you are enrolled to receive
entering resident students from underrepre-
consideration for that term. Earlier submis-
sented minority groups with superior high
sion of materials is, however, strongly advised
school academic records and test scores. The
because it may be necessary to impose earlier
award covers full tuition for four years of un-
deadlines when funds are limited.
dergraduate study. Potential candidates are
If you are applying for fall, spring or sum-
identified from information contained in the
mer term admission, you are requested to
admissions application. No separate applica-
submit the 1991-92 FAF or FFS (and all other
tion is necessary.
required documents) between January 1 and
February 15, 1991, or as soon thereafter as pos-
Michigan Community College Scholarships
sible. Beginning in mid-March, notices of
Michigan Community College Scholarships
financial aid eligibility will be sent to you if
recognize outstanding transfer students from
your financial aid materials were completed by
Michigan community colleges. Nominations
February 15. Others are notified on a rolling
for this award are based on information
basis as promptly as possible. It normally
contained in the admissions application; no
takes six to nine weeks from the time materials
separate application is required. These scholar-
are complete until notifications are mailed.
ships are one-time awards of $500.
For winter term admission, please submit
financial aid materials by November 1 in order
Michigan Achievement Awards -
to receive notification by the beginning of
Community College Transfers
winter term.
Michigan Achievement Awards for Commu-
nity College Transfers are awarded to Michi-
gan residents from underrepresented minority
University Academic
groups. Recipients must have completed two
Scholarships
years of full-time study with a distinguished
Scholarships and grants are an important
academic record. Nominations for this award
financial resource. Several scholarships
are based on information contained in the
specifically encourage superior academic
application; a separate application is not
achievement at The University of Michigan.
necessary. These awards of up to $1,500 may
For these, the admissions application alone is
be renewed depending on the level of the stu-
used to identify potential candidates. Financial
dent's demonstrated financial need.
need is not a factor. If you are selected to re-
Last year, U-M
ceive one of these scholarships, the Office
Michigan Annual Giving Scholarships
of Financial Aid will notify you between
Michigan Annual Giving Scholarships are
undergraduates
March and May.
granted to academically outstanding freshmen
received nearly
Other scholarships may require separate
who are not residents of the State of Michi-
applications. Please note the specific
gan. Nominations are made from information
$40 million in
requirements of each of the scholarships
contained in the admissions application; no
mentioned below.
separate application is required. Finalists are
financial assis-
invited to interview with an alumnus, and re-
Regents-Alumni Scholarships
cipients are selected from this group. These
tance, most of it
Regents-Alumni Scholarships are granted
scholarships are one-time awards of $1,500.
to academically outstanding Michigan high
Equal consideration for these scholarships can
awarded on the
school graduates. Potential candidates are
be guaranteed only for students who have
basis of finan-
identified from information contained in the
been admitted by February 10.
admissions application; no separate application
cial need.
is required. Nominees are referred to local
alumni for interviews and recommendations.
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Michigan Achievement Awards
first-choice institution (then NMSC will no-
criteria as GPA, SAT scores, faculty audition
Michigan Achievement Awards are granted
tify the University of your eligibility for the
reports, recommendations from departments,
to academically promising students from un-
program). Award amounts are based on finan-
and other selective devices are used to deter-
derrepresented minority groups with State of
cial need and range from $250 to $2,000.
mine each student's relative abilities. All
Michigan residency. Potential candidates are
Further information may be obtained from
students who apply and audition by the dead-
identified from information contained in the
the Office of Financial Aid or the National
line indicated on the Request for Audition
admission application; no separate application
Achievement Scholarship Program for
form (which is included in this Bulletin), will
is required. These scholarships of $1,500 are
Outstanding Negro Students.
receive consideration for awards. No addi-
made based strictly on academic achievement
tional application forms are necessary. School
for the first (freshman) year. Awards for sub-
Scholarships for Achievement
of Music merit-based scholarship awards are
sequent years may be renewed up to $1,500
Scholarships for Achievement are awarded
announced after April 1.
provided the student applies for financial aid
to students who qualify for the National
and demonstrates financial need.
Achievement Scholarship and who have addi-
School of Nursing Academic Merit
tional financial need. These scholarships,
Scholarships
Michigan Scholar Awards
ranging up to $500 for resident students and
The School of Nursing awards 20 academic
Michigan Scholar Awards recognize aca-
up to $1,500 for non-resident students, are re-
merit scholarships annually (10 of these schol-
demically promising non-resident students
newable over four years.
arships are awarded to minority students). The
from underrepresented minority groups.
awards are renewable for four years and range
Candidates are identified from information
Bentley Scholarships
from $1,000 to $1,500. Nominations are made
contained in the admission application; no sep-
Bentley Scholarships are awarded each year
through the admission process and students
arate application is required. This scholarship
to two freshmen who are entering the College
do not need to complete additional applica-
is made strictly on the basis of academic
of Literature, Science, and the Arts and who
tion materials.
achievement and is made for four years of un-
are Michigan residents. Nominations are
dergraduate study. The awards of $12,000 are
made through the admissions process by
Academic Scholarships for Enrolled
to be used over the four years (8 terms; $1,500
professional staff members of the University
Undergraduates
per term). Renewability of this award each
with final selection by the Bentley Foundation
Academic scholarships for enrolled
year is contingent upon good academic stand-
Trustees. No separate application is required,
undergraduates may be available from your
ing and full-time enrollment.
but to be considered for this scholarship, the
university school or college after you have
student must submit the admission application
been enrolled at The University of Michigan
Horace H. Rackham Undergraduate
by January 16. The awards are renewable for
at least one term. Information may be ob-
Scholarships
up to four years and cover the full cost of
tained from the dean's office of the appropriate
Horace H. Rackham Undergraduate Scholar-
tuition, fees, room and board, and a book
school or college once you are enrolled.
ships are awarded to several entering freshmen
allowance of $300 per year for full-time atten-
each year. To be a recipient, you must be a
dance during fall and winter terms.
U.S. Citizen, and preference is given to Mich-
Other Sources of
igan residents. High academic and personal
College of Pharmacy Academic Recognition
Financial Aid
standards are selection factors. Nominations
Scholarships
for this award are based on information con-
With the help of alumni contributions,
Pell Grants
tained in the admission application. Nominees
the College of Pharmacy awards up to eight
Pell Grants are federally funded and
will be invited to submit additional informa-
scholarships each year to first-year doctor of
available to students working on their first un-
tion, a personal statement and letters of
pharmacy students. Up to four awards of
dergraduate degree. If you are enrolled at least
recommendation. These scholarships of $1,000
$1,000 each to residents of Michigan and up to
half-time, you are eligible to apply for this
each are renewable each year if a University of
four awards of $7,500 each to non-residents
program. Eligibility for an award is based on
Michigan grade-point average of 3.0 or better
are given for superior scholarship. Nomina-
your demonstrated financial need. If you are
is maintained.
tions are made through the admissions
applying for need-based financial aid through
process. If nominated, you are invited to
The University of Michigan, you must also
National Achievement Scholarships
submit a formal scholarship application.
apply for the Pell Grant. No separate applica-
National Achievement Scholarships are
Recipients of the awards are selected by the
tion is required if you are using the FAF or
awarded to entering Black students. Nomina-
College Executive Committee.
FFS to apply for other types of financial aid.
tions for this renewable award are based on
By checking the appropriate box on the FAF
PSAT/NMSQT scores and a review of aca-
The School of Music
or FFS, information will be released to the Pell
demic credentials by the National Merit
The School of Music awards scholarship
Grant Program. A Student Aid Report (SAR)
Scholarships Corporation (NMSC). To be
funds annually to freshmen and transfer stu-
will be sent directly to you by the Department
nominated, you must indicate on the PSAT
dents based on the demonstrated musical and
of Education after processing. You must then
test that The University of Michigan is your
scholastic abilities of the applicant. Such
submit the SAR to the Office of Financial Aid.
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Michigan Competitive Scholarships
quarterly; repayment of principal may be de-
Michigan Competitive Scholarships are avail-
ferred while the student is enrolled at least
able to many Michigan high school graduates.
half-time.
These scholarships are funded by the State of
Michigan. Eligibility is based on academic po-
Loan and Budget Programs from Private
tential and financial need. You should consult
Organizations
your guidance counselors during February of
Loan and budget programs from private
your junior year for details on how to apply
organizations are available to students and
for this program. You may also obtain
parents who find they need financial support
information by writing to the Michigan
beyond that which is provided by the Uni-
Department of Education, Student Financial
versity. Contact the Office of Financial Aid
Assistance Services, Box 30008, Lansing,
to obtain an information sheet describing
MI 48909.
these options.
State Scholarships for Non-Michigan
Jobs
Students
Jobs (other than work-study employment)
State scholarships for non-Michigan stu-
are available on campus. Generally, financial
dents are often available through the student's
need is not a factor in selection. You may ob-
home-state Department of Education. Non-
tain information at residence halls, University
Michigan residents should contact the Depart-
libraries, University departments, and Student
ment of Education in their states or their high
Employment, 2503 Student Activities Build-
school counselors for details on state scholar-
ing, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
ship programs.
MI 48109-1316. Temporary student jobs are
also posted on a job board located on the sec-
additional information for final selection.
Stafford Loans (formerly Guaranteed
ond floor of the Student Activities Building.
Recipients are selected by professional staff
Student Loans - GSLs)
members of the University and members of
Stafford Loans are available to students who
Alumni Club Scholarships
the Alumni Association. These scholarships
demonstrate financial need based on federally
Alumni Club Scholarships are available
are one-time awards ranging from $500 to
approved criteria. You apply for a Stafford
through the generosity of many alumni club
$1,000. Further information may be obtained
Loan by following the general application
members. Potential candidates normally are
from the Alumni Association, Alumni Center,
procedures for financial aid described above.
identified from information submitted on the
200 Fletcher St., The University of Michigan,
Students who will enroll at least half-time in
admission application. Limited funds are also
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1007.
a degree or certificate program are eligible to
available to assist with financial emergencies.
apply for Stafford Loans.
You may obtain further information from
Laverne Noyes Scholarships
the Alumni Association, Alumni Center,
Laverne Noyes Scholarships are available to
PLUS Loans
200 Fletcher St., The University of Michigan,
direct blood descendents of American veterans
PLUS Loans are available to the parents
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1007.
of World War I. A special application is re-
of dependent undergraduate students. These
quired. You may obtain further information
loans are intended to assist families facing high
Army, Navy, and Air Force Scholarships
from the Office of Financial Aid.
educational expenses, and families who have
Army, Navy, and Air Force Scholarships
little or no eligibility through the Stafford
providing tuition, fees, books and $100 per
The Center for the Education of Women
Loan. Parents may borrow up to $4,000 per
month are available through three Military
(CEW)
child, per class level, up to a cumulative maxi-
Officer Education Programs. Information on
The Center for the Education of Women
mum of $20,000 per child. Interest is variable,
these merit-based scholarships and other offi-
(CEW) provides annual competitive scholar-
but not to exceed 12 percent. Monthly pay-
cer training programs is available from the
ships for women who have at any time
ments begin 60 days after disbursement.
appropriate department chairman at North
experienced an interruption in their education
Hall, The University of Michigan, Ann
of two or more consecutive years. CEW also
Supplemental Loans for Students
Arbor, MI 48109-1085.
has small emergency grants available to either
Supplemental Loans for Students are
men or women. They also provide informa-
available to independent undergraduate and
Martin Luther King Scholarships
tion and consultation about meeting the costs
graduate students. Students may borrow up to
Martin Luther King Scholarships are
of higher education, planning careers, and
$4,000 per class level, up to a cumulative max-
awarded to academically promising Black
adapting to a university environment. For fur-
imum of $20,000. Interest is variable but not
students who have been admitted to The
ther information, please contact CEW, 350 S.
to exceed 12 percent, and may be paid quar-
University of Michigan. If you are nominated
Thayer St., The University of Michigan,
terly or added to the outstanding principal
for this award, you will be asked to provide
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1708; (313) 763-7080.
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Academic Calendar
Winter Term, 1991
Spring-Summer Term, 1991
Ann Arbor Campus
Ann Arbor Campus
Orientation
January 6-8
Orientation
May 5-7
*
Registration
January 7-8
*Registration
(Full Term & Spring Half)
May 6-7
Classes begin
January 9
Classes begin
May 8
Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday
January 21
- University Symposia. No Regular Classes
Memorial Day (Holiday)
May 27
Vacation begins 12:00 noon
February 23
Classes end (Spring Half)
June 25
Classes resume 8:00 a.m.
March 4
Study day
June 26
University Honors Convocation
March 24
Examinations
June 27-28
Classes end
April 24
Spring Half Term ends
June 28
Study days
April 25, 27-28
Orientation (Summer Half)
June 30, July 1-2
Examinations
April 26, 29-May 3
*
Registration
(Summer Half)
Commencement
July 1-2
May 4
Summer Half Term classes begin
July 3
Dearborn Campus
Registration
Independence Day (Holiday)
January 3
July 4
Classes end
Classes begin
January 7
August 20
Study day
August 21
Flint Campus
Examinations
Registration
January 2-3
August 22-23
Classes begin
Full Term & Summer Half Term end
January 4
August 23
Dearborn Campus
Registration
May 1-2
Classes begin
May 8
Summer Half Term
Fall Term, 1991
Registration
June 27-28
Ann Arbor Campus
Classes begin
July 3
Orientation
September 1-4
Flint Campus
Labor Day (Holiday)
September 2
Registration
May 3
*
Registration
September 3-4
Classes begin
May 6
Classes begin
September 5
Summer Half Term
Registration
June 26
Thanksgiving recess 5:00 p.m.
November 27
Classes begin
June 27
Classes resume 8:00 a.m.
December 2
Classes end
December 11
Study days
December 12, 14-15
Examinations
December 13, 16-20
Commencement
December 15
Dearborn Campus
Registration
August 28-29
Classes begin
September 4
Flint Campus
Registration
September 3
Classes begin
September 4
* Check School Office for registration dates to avoid late registration fee.
This calendar is subject to change.
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FINANCIAL RESOURCES STATEMENT
For Foreign Nationals Desiring F-1 or J-1 Visa Eligibility Forms
Financial aid for undergraduate foreign students is so severely restricted that before The University of Michigan can issue you an
application for a visa, we must have assurance of full financial support for your entire program of study.
Complete both sides of this form. Return it with your completed application to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, 1220 Student
Activities Building, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI U.S.A., 48109-1316.
I. Family
First
Term of Proposed
Name
Name
Enrollment
Address
Number of months you expect to be a student each year
Number of months you expect to be in the United States each year
Total number of years you expect to be an undergraduate student
If a spouse or children will accompany you, what is the name, birthplace and the birth date of each?
II. ESTIMATED AVERAGE COST OF ATTENDANCE 1990-91
Length of Stay
Tuition and Feesa
On-Campusb
Totalsc
Freshman/Sophomore
Junior/Senior/Non-Degree
Living Expenses
Freshman/Sophomore
Junior/Senior/Non-Degre
Two months study
$ 2,972
$ 3,188
$ 1,546
$ 4,517
$ 4,733
Four months study
5,943
6,375
3,092
9,035
9,460
Eight months study
11,886
12,750
6,183
18,069
18,933
Ten months study
14,858
15,938
7,729
22,587
23,666
Twelve months:
(8 mos study + 4 mos vacation)
11,886
12,750
9,275
21,161
22,025
(10 mos study + 2 mos vacation)
14,858
15,938
9,275
24,133
25,212
(12 mos study)
17,829
19,125
9,275
27,104
28,400
ᵃPlease note that these are anticipated costs for 1990-91. Actual tuition and fees may be different.
ᵇOff-campus living expenses per month: $950.00.
Expenses of dependents: Spouse: $500/month; $6,000/12-month year.
Child: $220/month; $2,640/12-month year.
cFall term, 1991, or later term: add 10% of TOTAL for inflation.
TOTAL PROJECTED YEARLY EXPENSES:
$
III. ANTICIPATED YEARLY FINANCIAL RESOURCES IN U.S. DOLLARS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Personal funds from student
Family funds from abroad
Funds from other sources*
Type:
Source:
Type:
Source:
YEARLY TOTALS
*Specify type (loan, scholarship, etc.) and source (name of government, individual, or organization).
IV. APPLICANT'S STATEMENT
I certify that I am aware of the costs of attending The University of Michigan and that I understand I ultimately am responsible
for all anticipated yearly expenses for the entire length of my stay in the United States.
Signature
Date
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Please complete other side.
V. DATA FOR F-1 AND J-1 VISA AUTHORIZATION
Check the visa status which you prefer:
F-1 (Form I-20);
J-1 (Form IAP-66).
F-1 applicants only. If you are currently studying in the U.S. and already hold the F-1 visa, state your INS Admissions number from
your current I-20 copy:
J-1 applicants only. Exchange students and degree seeking students coming to professional schools such as music, pharmacy, and
architecture, who wish to enter the U.S. on, or adjust status to, the Exchange Visitor Visa are asked to complete the following:
Marital status: Single
Married
Country of legal permanent residence:
Position or employment prior to being a University of Michigan student
(Example: Student):
Current U.S. visa, if applicable:
Sponsor:
Do you wish The University of Michigan to issue the IAP-66 Certificate? Yes
No
If no, indicate here the agency
issuing the IAP-66 Certificate
CERTIFICATION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT
1. Complete the section below. The person(s) or agency responsible for paying for all educational, living, and other expenses while
you are a student in the United States must officially complete and sign this form. Example: If a relative is supporting your education,
this individual completes this form. If you have more than one sponsor, duplicate this form and provide us with a copy completed by
each sponsor.
2. Attach supporting documents. Sponsored students must also attach an official sponsorship agency letter explaining the details of the
scholarship, including terms and amounts of the award. Individual sponsors should attach original, official bank statements or employer's
letters substantiating their ability to support the student. Please note: Xerox and other electrostatic copies are not acceptable.
I/We
guarantee to finance the entire education of
(Name of Sponsor)
(Name of Student)
in the amount of
United States Dollars per year as long as he/she is enrolled in The University of Michigan
as an undergraduate student.
Signature of Parent/Guardian/Sponsor or Scholarship Agency Representative
Sponsor's Relationship to Applicant
Sponsor's Complete Name Printed
Complete Mailing Address
Complete Phone Number
A
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THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Request for Audition
Instructions:
Please PRINT all requested information and return this form with your application for admission. Should you have any questions about
this form, please contact the School of Music Admissions Office (313/764-0593).
Name:
Home Phone:
(
)
Last
First
Middle
Address
Street
City
State
Zip
Degree Level: Freshman
Transfer
Cross-Campus
Proposed Term of Entrance/Year:
Degree Program/Curriculum (e.g., Performance, Composition, etc.):
Instrument or Voice (please specify):
Summary of Private Music Study: Please list below your background on your major instrument and any other secondary instrumen-
tal and/or vocal study that you have had. Please give the instrument, name of teacher, and amount of time that you have worked with
that teacher. Attach a list of your complete repertoire, including technical studies, to this form. List title of work (role of work, if
applicable), and composer. Mark those compositions performed in studio class or recital with a "P," and those memorized, with an "M."
Instrument/Voice
Teacher
Length of Study
Instrument/Voice
Teacher
Length of Study
Instrument/Voice
Teacher
Length of Study
Instrument/Voice
Teacher
Length of Study
For Musical Theatre and Dance applicants ONLY: Please list below your background in acting, dance (specify genres), and voice.
Give the teacher and/or school where you studied, length of time, etc. If you have a resume or portfolio, please submit this as well.
For ALL students applying to the School of Music: Please list below your participation in summer music festivals, music camps,
ensembles, workshops, etc. Give names and dates of attendance. Please also list any awards, honors, concerts or recitals which you have
participated in during the last three years.
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(over)
Each person applying for admission to the School of Music must complete an audition either in-person or by tape. No offer of admission can be made
until the audition and applicable academic records have been reviewed by the School of Music Admissions Office. Certain programs, i.e., Composi-
tion, Music Theory, Music History, require additional materials. Audition requirements for all programs are listed in the School of Music Bulletin, which
is available on request from the School of Music Admissions Office, 313/764-0593.
School of Music Merit-Based Scholarships: If you wish to compete for a merit-based scholarship, you must complete your application and
audition not later than March 11, 1991. School of Music Merit-Based Scholarships will be announced after April 1, 1991.
ANN ARBOR Auditions: Please indicate below a minimum of 2 dates for your audition. Your request must be made at least 3 weeks before the
scheduled date to allow for scheduling and confirmation by the School of Music Admissions Office.
For all applicants except Musical Theatre and Dance.
November 30, 1990
February 15, 1991
April 5, 1991
January 25, 1991
March 8, 1991
Musical Theatre Applicants ONLY: All applicants to the Musical Theatre Program must have a live audition in Ann Arbor or New York City. No
tapes or exceptions to this requirement can be accommodated.
Ann Arbor
New York City
November 30, 1990
March 8, 1991
March 2, 1991
January 25, 1991
April 5, 1991
February 15, 1991
Dance Applicants ONLY: All applicants to Dance must have a live audition in Ann Arbor or New York. Video tapes can be accepted only in extreme
circumstances with permission of the Chairman of the Dance Department.
Ann Arbor
New York City
January 14, 1991
March 11, 1991
March 2, 1991
February 8, 1991
April 8, 1991
REGIONAL Auditions: If you are unable to come to Ann Arbor for an audition, you may elect to audition at one of the following sites (except students
applying to Dance, Organ, Percussion, and Musical Theatre).
Boston
Interlochen
New York City
Washington, D.C.
February 23, 1991
February 18, 1991
March 1, 1991
March 3, 1991
March 2, 1991
TAPED Auditions: Applicants who reside 300 miles or more from Ann Arbor may audition via tape recording. It should be noted that if at all
possible a live audition is encouraged, especially if merit-based scholarship consideration is being requested. High-quality videotape auditions
(required for piano, percussion, or dance) or cassette tape auditions should be sent directly to the School of Music Admissions Office, 2290 Moore
Building. Please be sure to have your name, degree level, program, instrument, and recorded selections clearly marked on the protective cover as well
as on the actual cassette. The School of Music urges you to read carefully the instructions regarding auditions in the School of Music Bulletin. Errors in
this area of the application process could significantly delay a decision on your application.
I reside more than 300 miles from Ann Arbor and will submit a tape before February 15 in order to be considered for scholarship consideration
by the School of Music.
I reside more than 300 miles from Ann Arbor and will submit a tape by April 1.
Special note to percussionists: Videotaped auditions will be accepted only in extreme circumstances with prior permission of the Professor of
Percussion, Dr. Michael W. Udow, 313/764-6520.
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PHARMACY SUPPLEMENTARY APPLICATION
Thank you for your interest in becoming a student in the College of Pharmacy. Please complete this form which is a supplement to your
application for admission. Detach and return with your application.
Name:
Social Security Number:
Address:
City, State, Zip:
Telephone:
To which degree program of the College of Pharmacy are you applying?
Doctor of Pharmacy
Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science
in Pharmaceutical Sciences
in Medicinal Chemistry
(The Bachelor of Science programs do not qualify graduates for licensure as pharmacists.)
REQUIRED PREPARATION FOR ADMISSION - All applicants must have completed preparatory work of at least sixty
semester hours or the equivalent in required and elective courses. At least one year of studies must have been completed in the United
States or Canada. After each requirement listed below, please indicate whether you have already met this requirement or that you plan to
have done so by the time of proposed enrollment. Those requirements preceded by (1) apply to all degree programs; those preceded by (2)
apply to the Doctor of Pharmacy and Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences degree programs only; those preceded by (3) apply to the Bachelor
of Science in Medicinal Chemistry program only. "TERM" AND CREDIT HOURS APPLY TO THE "SEMESTER" SYSTEM. THERE-
FORE, 60 "SEMESTER" HOURS EQUALS 90 "QUARTER" HOURS; TWO "SEMESTER" COURSES EQUAL THREE
"QUARTER" COURSES.
HAVE COMPLETED
WILL COMPLETE BY
(1) Biology (general, including lab,) 1 term
(1) Chemistry (general, including lab), 2 terms
(1) Chemistry (organic, including lab), 2 terms
(1) English Composition, 1 term
(1) Physics (general, including lab), 2 terms
(1) Mathematics (through Calculus I)
(2) Electives to total sixty hours which must include at
least two courses in the humanities (or foreign language)
and two courses in the social sciences
(3) Mathematics (through Introduction to Differential
Equations)
(3) Electives to total sixty hours which must include two
terms of study in a modern foreign language, preferably
German
NOTE: A personal statement of your academic and career goals is required. (See reverse side of this sheet for instructions.)
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Please use this space to describe your academic and career goals, and your reasons for selecting the specific degree programs (Bachelor of
Science or Doctor of Pharmacy) you wish to enter. You should also mention courses, work experiences, and any other factors that have
contributed to your decision to pursue the degree program you have chosen. You should note that your personal statement will be
considered carefully by the College of Pharmacy Admissions Committee. (If additional space is needed, attach a separate sheet.)
NOTE: At the discretion of the Admissions Committee for the College of Pharmacy you may be required to submit letters of
recommendation and/or appear for a personal interview. You will be contacted if these are to be required of you.
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SCHOOL OF EDUCATION - SUPPLEMENTARY APPLICATION
Teacher Certification Program - February 1 Deadline
Thank you for your interest in becoming a student in the School of Education. Students must have at least junior standing at the time of
enrolling in the program. Please complete this form which is a supplement to your application for admission. Detach and return with
your application.
Social Security Number or
1. University of Michigan I.D. Number:
Date:
2. Name:
Last
First
Middle
Former
3. Permanent Address:
Street
City
State
Zip
4. Local Address:
Street
City
State
Zip
5. Permanent Telephone: (
)
Local Telephone: (
)
6. If a current U-M School/College: LSA
Music
Rackham
Other (Specify)
7. Certificate Program applying to: Elementary
Secondary
FALL TERM 199
8. For a list of majors and minors, refer to the School of Education Bulletin.
Teaching major(s):
minor(s):
Secondary applicants: If more than one major, please mark (*) the major in which you wish to do your methods course and student
teaching.
9. Degree expected: Bachelor's
Master's
School/College
Date:
10. Degree completed: Bachelor's
Master's
School/College
Date:
11. Date certificate expected: August 199
April/May 199
December 199
12. A personal statement of academic and career goals must accompany this form. (See reverse side of this sheet for instructions.)
13. Letters of recommendation are required from two individuals capable of assessing your ability to become a successful teacher. It is
your responsibility to make sure the letters are submitted. If they have not already been inserted in this Bulletin, obtain the recommenda-
tion forms from the Undergraduate Admissions Office. The letters should be sent to the Office of Undergraduate
Admissions, 1220 Student Activities Building, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1316. Please list
the names of your two references below:
1)
2)
14. Transcripts: Two official transcripts (interdepartmental copies if University of Michigan) are required from each of the institutions
you have attended, even if the transcripts were previously submitted to other offices of the University. One set of transcripts must be
sent directly by each institution to: Office of Academic Services, 1228 School of Education, The University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, Michigan 48109-1259; and the other must be sent to: Office of Undergraduate Admissions, 1220 Student Activities Building,
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1316.
15. ACT/SAT scores: You are required to submit either American College Test (ACT) or the Scholarship Aptitude Test (SAT) scores. It
is your responsibility to have scores sent directly from the testing agency to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Contact: ACT
Records, P.O. Box 451, Iowa City, Iowa 52243, (319) 337-1313; or College Board ATP (SAT), CN 6200, Princeton, NJ 08541-6200,
(609) 771-7600.
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Pending:
Date:
Accepted:
Authorized
Rejected:
Signature:
Please turn over.
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16. Please use this space to describe your career objectives and your reasons for seeking admission to the School of Education and the
Teacher Certification Program. You should mention courses, work, and other experiences that have contributed to your decision. (If
additional space is needed, attach a separate sheet and include your name and Social Security number.)
17. At the time of application to the program, have you ever been convicted of a misdemeanor involving children or a felony?
Yes
No
Signature
Date
If yes, you must provide the Office of Academic Services in the School of Education with additional information.
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Hospital Education
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Children's Psychiatric
Street
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Main Street
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