Test-optionalED + EA

University of Michigan

MI · Public · Midwest · National university · Top 25 tier · 35,078 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate16.4%
Early roundNot reported by roundno Early Decision that year
Regular round†Not reported by roundearly counts not available

† Not reported by round: this school publishes an overall admit rate but not applicant and admit counts for each round, so early and regular rates can’t be shown.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%15%30%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2522.9%26.1%20.2%17.7%17.9%15.6%16.4%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Decision (binding, new for Fall 2026) + Early Action (non-binding) · as reported in the Common Data SetWhat this means:
The school’s admissions website lists Early Decision (binding, new for Fall 2026) + Early Action (non-binding) for Fall 2027. Its 2025-26 Common Data Set (file ↗) lists only Non-restrictive EA (Nov 1, notified Jan 31).

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Superscores
ACT
Superscores

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry. You may submit a superscore or all scores and let U-M calculate it.

How to send scores

Self-report accepted; official scores only after admission/enrollment

Self-report via the UM application portal after submitting.

School’s words: “can be self-reported on your University of Michigan application portal once you have submitted your application. ... All admitted and enrolled students who chose to self-report SAT or ACT test scores are required to submit official scores in order to validate their self-report submission.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡73%SAT 55% + ACT 18%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT55%
4,503 students
Submitted ACT18%
1,462 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1370–1530 median 1470
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
690–750 median 730
500800
SAT Math
680–780 median 740
500800
ACT composite
32–34 median 33
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'25100%100%86.0%78.0%70.0%69.0%73%63.0%64.0%54.0%54.0%52.0%51.0%55%48.0%48.0%32.0%24.0%18.0%18.0%18%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
1600150014001300'19'20'21'22'23'24'251340–1530153013401340–1520152013401360–1530153013601350–1530153013501350–1530153013501360–1530153013601370–153015301370

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36343230'19'20'21'22'23'24'2531–34343131–34343131–35353131–34343131–34343131–34343132–343432

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

  • 2025: 9%
  • 2024: 5%
  • 2023: 5%
  • 2022: 0.5%
  • 2021: 0.5%

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Recommended2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Recommended2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Recommended2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Recommended2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Not reported2021-22 CDSThis form’s own wording says Fall 2022; every CDS here is read as covering the fall two years after its first year.
  6. Fall 2022 Not reported2020-21 CDSThis form’s own wording says Fall 2021; every CDS here is read as covering the fall two years after its first year.
  7. Fall 2021 Not reported2019-20 CDSThis form’s own wording says Fall 2019; every CDS here is read as covering the fall two years after its first year.

Notes

Sources