UM-Flint partners with local school districts to provide direct admission program

The University of Michigan-Flint today announced the launch of a direct admission program for graduating area high school seniors. The program, dubbed the UM-Flint Direct Admission Pathway, allows qualified students from the six participating school districts – Beecher, Bendle, Carman-Ainsworth, Flint, Grand Blanc, and Westwood Heights – to be admitted to UM-Flint without first applying.

The announcement was made by officials from UM-Flint and the participating school districts at the conclusion of the Genesee Intermediate School District's monthly superintendent's meeting.

"Through this initiative, the university's Office of Undergraduate Admissions will work with participating districts to identify students who meet our academic admission criteria and notify these students of their direct admission to UM-Flint," said Lori Vedder, UM-Flint interim vice provost of enrollment management and director of financial aid.

UM-Flint will, in each year during which the program runs, provide schools with the university's admission criteria for the current academic year. After receiving and reviewing the student-candidate information provided by the schools, UM-Flint will send an admission offer letter to those student candidates who meet the university's admission requirements.

To finalize their offers of admission, qualified students must complete UM-Flint's online application and submit an official high school transcript.

As part of the program, UM-Flint will begin working with participating district students early in their high school experience.

"This effort could include helping students prepare for college, including but not limited to, admissions planning, financial aid assistance, and career counseling," said Vedder. "We desire that all ninth-grade students realize they can be directly admitted to UM-Flint."

Vedder said that while the long-term goal of the program will be the ability to offer the direct admission opportunity to all Genesee County students, the university is launching it on a pilot basis for fall 2023 admission, with the six participating districts in order to more explicitly codify all of the processes involved.

"We have extended the opportunity to all districts affiliated with the Genesee Intermediate School District so that they might participate in the program with high school seniors who will enter college beginning fall 2024," said Vedder.

For additional information about the program, contact UM-Flint's Director of Admissions, Joe Vainner, at [email protected].