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Incoming student admission
requirements
To be admitted to Wayne State
University with no minimum
ACT or SAT score requirements,
incoming freshmen must have
at least a 2.75 high school
grade-point average. Test
scores must be submitted,
however.
If your GPA is between a 2.0
and 2.74, you must have an
ACT score of 21 or better or an
SAT score of 970 or better.
Estimated costs for 2008
Wayne State's estimated tuition
for full-time first-year students
ranges from $6,446 to $7,988
depending on the number of
credits, but costs and fees are
subject to change by vote of
the WSU Board of Governors.
Room and board ranges from
$6,702 to $8,450, depending
fm, the
Economics Professor Allen
Goodman recently appeared
on the TV show Jeopardy!
Goodman was urged by his
daughter to try out for his
favorite game show more
than a year ago. He took the
40-question, short-answer
Web-based quiz and patiently
waited to hear from the show.
"Sitting in a cyber-café in Paris,
I checked my email and learned
that I had qualified for the next
round of try-outs," Goodman
said. "I went to Chicago last
August to be interviewed and
play a round of the game. I
made it in to the contestant
pool and was told that I might
be asked to appear sometime in
the next two years." In January,
Goodman was invited to tape
a show. "It was a lot like taking
an oral exam on national TV,"
he said, when asked about his
Here's what you need to know
on the meal plan and room
type chosen. For more
information and current tuition
and fee information, visit sdcl.
wayne.edu/RegistrarWeb/
Tuition/chart.
Financial aid information
Our tuition rate offers
tremendous value — it's
the lowest of any research
university in the state. Last
year our students received
$244 million in financial
aid. No matter what your
circumstances, we can help you
meet the financial challenges
of higher education today.
For more details on funding
your WSU education, check
financialaid.wayne.edu .
Where do you go to class?
Wayne State has more than
100 education and research
buildings on a beautiful,
.. .
appearance. "It was a great,
once-in-a-lifetime experience,
but I've kept my day job." ...
Law School Assistant Professor
Jocelyn Benson is the Cohn
Family Endowed Scholar in
Legal History for 2008-2009.
The program was established
by the Honorable Avern Cohn
of the United States District
Court for the Eastern District
of Michigan. Benson's work
on a book analyzing laws
for administering elections
in multi-lingual societies will
be supported through the
endowment ... Dr. Robert
Lisak, chair of neurology at
the School of Medicine, was
elected to the prestigious
Fellowship of the Royal College
of Physicians "by distinction,"
one of the highest honors the
organization bestows. Lisak
is among only 13 physicians
200-acre campus of landscaped
green spaces in Detroit's
University Cultural Center.
Extension centers in Harper
Woods, Madison Heights,
Farmington Hills, Port Huron,
Clinton Township and
northwest Detroit provide
convenient access to a wide
selection of courses offered
at various times days and
evenings, including weekends.
Learn more at www.mpss.
wayne.edu/info.php.
What departments should
you contact?
Where do you put your car?
Campus tours
admissions.wayne.edu
We have seven well-lit parking
structures and 44 surface lots,
so you're always just a short
walk from classrooms. A patrol
vehicle monitors the parking
facilities 24 hours a day, and
a free shuttle bus is available
on both the main and medical
campuses. For more details,
check parking.wayne.edu .
selected this year and one
of only five Americans. "This
award is special to me because
it acknowledges that the
work I've done is recognized
by a historic and prominent
body," Lisak remarked. "It
is a great honor." Lisak was
a Fulbright Scholar in the
United Kingdom in 1978 and
1979 ... Freshman Rebecca
Cooper will have an exciting
story to share when she moves
onto campus in August. The
Berkley High School graduate
received a handshake from
presidential candidate Barack
Obama at his June 16 rally,
and a hug from former vice
president Al Gore ... Robert M.
Ackerman, a Pennsylvania State
University Dickinson School
of Law professor and former
dean of Willamette University
College of Law, has been
named the 10 1h dean of the
Law School. He taught torts,
dispute resolution, conflict
The university's main Web site
is loaded with useful
information and links. Check it
out at wayne.edu .
Other helpful Web sites:
Undergraduate Admissions
admissions.wayne.edu
Scholarships
scholarships.wayne.edu
Testing and Placement
testing.wayne.edu
Map of campus
campusmap.wayne.edu
Housing and Residential Life
housing.wayne.edu
resolution theory, negotiation
and mediation at Dickenson
and was director of the Center
for Dispute Resolution. A cum
laude graduate of Harvard Law
School, Ackerman has held
academic appointments at
Bar-Ilan University, the
University of Vienna School of
Law and Leicester Polytechnic
School of Law (now deMontfort
University) ... Students in their
second professional year in the
doctor of pharmacy curriculum
within the Eugene Applebaum
College of Pharmacy and
Health Sciences participate in
visits to underserved clinics/
agencies in southeastern
Michigan including Jewish
Family Services in West
Bloomfield and Oak Park. The
students work with agency
personnel (pharmacists,
physicians, and nurses,
directors) to provide pharmacy
services as needed.
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