• Offers were sent on March 31 for applicants who applied for first round consideration. All other first round applicants received a deferred status email on April 8. We will continue to consider your application, you DO NOT need to apply again.
• We are currently reviewing applications submitted after the March 3 first consideration deadline. These applicants were not sent the status email listed above.
• Regardless of when you applied, we will now be using a rolling review and making offers throughout the month of April. We plan to make all offers by April 26.
• Recently admitted students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to get their application into the review process.
• The final application deadline for the LEAD scholarship will be April 26, prior to the May 1 enrollment deadline. We will not be making any scholarship offers after May 1.
• For the 2020-21 application cycle, students who are unable to provide standardized test scores are encouraged to apply and will not be disadvantaged in the selection process. Applications will be reviewed with the information a student is able to provide.
• For those students without access to the internet or to a computer, to complete the LEAD Scholarship Application download a PDF copy of the application. See details on how to submit within the document.

For questions about the LEAD Scholarship and/or the selection process, please contact Phyllis Taylor, Lead Assistant Director of Alumni Student Recruitment & LEAD Scholars, at phtaylor@umich.edu or 734.764.2316.

Looking for additional scholarship opportunities? Many of our alumni clubs and alumni affiliate groups also offer scholarships to incoming and continuing U-M students from their regions.

LEAD Scholars Requirements

To be considered for the LEAD Scholars program, admitted students must:

• Be an incoming freshman at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Dearborn, or Flint campus)
• Authorize consideration for scholarships on U-M application
• Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• Have undergraduate status
• Earn a high school GPA of 3.5 or higher
• Have an SAT score (R&W + M) of 1220 or higher or an ACT score of 27 or higher. Students will be considered regardless of their ability to test or provide test scores.
• Enhance diversity at U-M as a Black, Latinx, or Native American student

Please note: Students who do not meet the GPA and/or test-score thresholds may still be considered for the scholarship.

To continue receiving the LEAD Scholarship in their second through fourth years of study, students must maintain good academic standing, defined as a U-M GPA of 2.0 or higher. In addition, Scholars are required to participate in the LEAD community by attending two LEAD events per semester.