Ferris recently adopted the 3.0 GPA guarantee, which allows anyone who applies with a 3.0 GPA to be accepted.
The program, referred to as the Michigan Assured Admission Program, allows students going directly from a Michigan high school to college to apply to select universities with a guaranteed acceptance if they meet the GPA requirements.
The program began this past fall with 10 of Michigan’s public universities joining. Ferris is the only university in West Michigan that is part of the program.
Heavy equipment freshman, Gretchen Woodbury graduated high school with roughly a 3.1 GPA. Woodbury explained her enthusiasm for the MAAP being adopted by Ferris this year.
“I’ve met a lot of people who are smart in the sense of actually doing some hands on or doing lab stuff like that, but they aren’t exactly the smartest with books and stuff like that,” Woodbury said. “Like I’m not the best with English. I have ADHD and I also have dyslexia, and I’m not afraid to say that, and so English is not my strong suit. So, I think that it’s actually kind of nice.”
The goal of the program is to follow the plan of the State of Michigan, which hopes to have 60% of those who are working have a college degree. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer commented on the program’s purpose, as well as her hopes for it.
“Our future depends on helping young people graduate without debt so they can get a good-paying job and ‘make it’ in Michigan,” Whitmer said. “The MAAP is proof of what’s possible when we come together to create opportunity for tens of thousands of Michiganders. In tandem with the Michigan Achievement Scholarship, we are lowering costs, building a skilled workforce, and leading the future of advanced manufacturing, technology, and so many other industries.”
The program’s purpose is to help support students in Michigan to receive a higher education and be guaranteed access to that higher education. To learn more about the process, you can go to the Ferris website’s Ferris State Assured Admission page.