Page 14 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, August 1, 1986
'U' modifies admissions process
has persisted in something and
By EUGENE PAK Sjogren, director of undergraduate achieved distinction in an area, which
Applying to a public university can admissions, the minimum threshold is better than having a 'cookbook' of
be a dehumanizing experience. Three levels - academic guidelines which activities."
to four important years of high school help determine whether an ap- Monique Washington, an assistant
- studying, learning, and growing - plication will not be accepted im- director of admissions, said, "We'll
are expediently summarized into two mediately - will be raised to a 3.4-3.6 look out for something gleaming or
numbers: GPA and SAT score. GPA and 1100 SAT score for in-state sparkling, something that really
But recent modifications in the students, and a 3.7 GPA and 1200 SAT stands out. . . if a student published
University's admissions practices, score for out of state students. research findings or won some award
designed to control the number of Threshhold levels for engineering at a state or national level, in addition
enrollments, will allow admissions of- students will also be raised slightly, to their overall record."
ficials to take a closer look at both the This will delay more admissions Sjogren added, however, that his of-
academic and extracurricular record decisions until March, in an attempt fice is particularly looking for
of applicants. to control the record high number of characteristics that make a student
"WE CAN look more critically at applications and enrollments, stand out, such as "maturity,
the overall strength of a student's Examining delayed applications, discipline, and character," and not
record," said Donald Swain, an admissions officials will look for out- just awards or prizes.
assistant director of undergraduate standing achievements in an "Ifa student worked to help support
admissions. "For example, some academic or non-academic area, and his family and perhaps.ran a suc-
students take easy courses and get improving senior year performance. cessful lawn maintenance business,
high GPAs while some take harder Nearly 50 percent of these ap- we'll certainly look at that," Sjogren
courses and get lower GPAs. We can plications will be accepted. said.
fine tune our analysis a little more so WE'LL LOOK at senior grades, Swain added another advantage of
those who take a more rigorous quality of the school, quality of the the new policy is that "it will enable us
curriculum and harder courses will courses and for students who have to look at people with more recent
have an advantage." persisted in an extracurricular ac- upward trends, we can look at more
Under the new plan, said Clifford tivity," said Sjogren, "someone who recent SAT or ACT scores."
Study break Daily Photo by CHRIS TWIGG
Graduate student Paul Challen catches a few rays while poring over his
chemistry.
Ortho profrejected by certifation board
(Continued from Page 1) of interest for Isabel Sands, a dental. important. said his letter had been written at the Maxillofacial surgeons. He added that the
says, or anyone says, you must make assistant at the University who as a SANDS denied any conflict of in- request of Richard Christiansen, dean organization is considering hiring an
decisions on facts and only facts, board member voted to grant Vig terest. of the University's School of Den- attorney to monitor the state board,
within the parameters of the law, and
not on gut feeling alone, eligibility to take the exam. The final After Vig failed the examination, tistry. Although Vig did not take the
Hopmznga i g ' vote was 7-6. Roderick Daane, the University's The state board agreed to rescore examination again when it was of-
Hoplamazian ad ote .fi "ANYTIME there was a conflict of General Counsel, wrote a letter to the Vig's examination. The state Office of fered this year, dental school officials
Hoplamaziandand other officials interest, because she was being paid Michigan Board of Dentistry saying Testing determined that Vig's initial continue to defend his
criticized what they say was a conflict by the University of Michigan, she the test was not impartially graded. failure had resulted from his score on professionalism.
should not have voted. She was under He requested that it be rescored. the objective portion of the test, "Speciality licensure is not in-
Barber Stylists the direct supervision of Dr.'Doerr," Daane's letter, a copy of which was rather than the written subjective dicative of intellectual capacity or
Hoplamazian said. obtained by the Daily, stated that, "it portion. Despite the rescoring, he teaching ability," said Fred More,
"My feeling is that the whole is important that this process com- failed. associate dean of dentistry. "I have
Professional * Experienced university should not involve itself mence immediately and be promptly "The crux of the issue is that the high personal and professional regar
NO WAITING! with the state board examination," concluded. It is equally important State Board in doing that (rescoring ds for Peter Vig."
added Major Ash, a dentistry that strict confidentiality be main- the exam) did a great disservice to Christiansen added that Vig, "is in-
DASC l Tl T professor who serves on the school's tained to avoid further damage to the first speciality examination team. deed a foremost orthodontic educator
Maple Village- .761-2733 executive committee. He said the reputations and embarrassment, not Secondly, they abrogated their recognized nationally and inter-
Liberty off state ......... 6-9329 State Board of Dentistry is "a only to Dr. Vig and the University, but responsibility to the citizenry," said nationally."
separate body" whose autonomy is to the State Board of Dentistry." Robert Bruce MacIntosh, president of Yet some say department's
DAANE, commenting last week, the Michigan Society of Oral and troubles are continuing, even after
the faculty members who left upon
Vig's arrival have been replaced.
FURNTUREUNLI ITED"My impression is that this has
FURNTUREUNLI ITEDbeen a troubled group for many,
many years," said Thomas Roach (D-
--e lSaline), a member of the University's
Student specials Board of Regents.
Current and former faculty mem-
Sofa, Loveseat ..................$60.00 bers continue to criticize what they
$45 00 see as the School of Dentistry's ex-
Table, 4 chairs........... .. 5. 00 cessive emphasis on research. Since
Desks. $12.00 and up Vig's arrival, research grants have
grown from $50,000 to approximately
Dressers ..................... $15.00 and up $500,000.
Beds...... ............. $25.00 and up
Bookcases ....................$ 8.00 and up
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