ACCEPTED CLASS OF 2020

Colleges & Universities University of Michigan
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If you got accepted, follow this format and let us know!

GPA-

of APs taken-

Ethnicity-
Gender-
Income Background (how much $ parents make)-
ACT-
SAT-
Extra Curriculars/Sports-
In State or OOS-
Majoring in-

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ALSO- For GPA, state if weighted or UW. Thanks!

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GPA- 4.08 (Weighted)

of APs taken- 6

Ethnicity- Caucasian
Gender- Male
Income Background (how much $ parents make)- about $200k
ACT- 31
SAT- N/A
Extra Curriculars/Sports- Captain of my school’s quiz bowl team, varsity golf, varsity tennis, ski club, NHS
In State or OOS- In State
Majoring in- most likely Aerospace Engineering

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Reporting wGPA is pretty meaningless. Indeed, one should post UM recalculated uwGPA to make the information more useful.

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Congratulations on being accepted! However, this is very frustrating on how U of M admits students. My son was deferred in December and then waitlisted last week with excellent stats, too.
GPA- 4.3 currently

AP - several

Ethnicity- Caucasian
Gender- Male
Income -$ 100,000+
ACT- 35
SAT- I don’t remember the actual score, but 800 Math and did well in SAT II tests (math and chem)
Extra curriculars- in STEM academy, team leader and build supervisor in robotics, mentors jr.high robotics, math tudor. Summer job.
In state- 30 mins from Ann Arbor
Majoring in- Engineering wanted Aerospace for several years!

He had no problem getting into Purdue and other universities, but oos is too much $$.

Congrats to those that got in…don’t take it for granted.

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Wow. Umich seems to deny or waitlist a ton of overqualified people.

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I would say “qualified”

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Bh1397: I think that there are several things at play worth considering:

  1. Michigan’s freshman retention rate is VERY high, something like 97% or 98%; this suggests that the school does a good job at finding “fit” for and with the students who are accepted;

  2. Some people treat the “holistic” admissions process as an affirmative action strategy/dodge, but I believe that the university actually does try to look past the numbers and “over qualified” in such a context may not be that meaningful, were one to consider elements such as essays which show a desire to attend;

  3. with the common app, the number and quality of students has gone up, the rejection of “over qualified” kids may really mean that Michigan has already admitted a cohort which is superbly well qualified with similar scores and is looking for various elements of diversity (geographic, intellectual, cultural…) to round out the class; check out the bottom edge of the interquartile range over the last few years…it is up by a very large margin over prior years; as a result, Michigan’s best students are still amongst the best, and the weakest are now much stronger;

  4. Michigan probably knows that any given applicant with any given metrics will have a certain probability, if admitted, of attending; like most school, Michigan wants to admit kids who want to be at Michigan, and high scores alone won’t cut it; Michigan is likely to accept kids who are likely to attend if admitted;

Proverbial bottom lines: 1) mere quantifiable dimensions aren’t the only driver of acceptance; 2) a strong kid getting waitlisted may simply mean an equal strong candidate with some other marker crowded the other/first strong kid out; 3) the 1st and 2nd quartile of each class has strengthened significantly with the common app coming on stream; 4) a kid who has great metrics but doesn’t demonstrate true interest is likely to be put on hold for a kid who wants to attend and who is likely to “fit” and build out the class’s more intangible dimensions.

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GPA/# of APs taken-
Ethnicity- US citizen/ Indian
Gender- Female
Income Background (how much $ parents make)- < / = 50K
ACT- NA
SAT- 2160 (CR 790/ M 720/ W 690)
(SAT II- Lit. 750/ Bio. 760)
Extra Curriculars/Sports- Orchestra/ Chamber Orchestra/ Choir/ Spoken Word Comp. & Group/ Dragon-boating/ Basketball (MVP)/ Volunteer (a large proportion of hours) at non-profit organisation helping disabled children through the Arts/ Indian Group/ Japanese Group/ Piano & Violin (final grade before diplomas for both)

In State or OOS-
Majoring in-

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GPA/# of APs taken- NA (Good grades though and in “top classes”)
Ethnicity- US citizen/ Indian
Gender- Female
Income Background (how much $ parents make)- approx. 50K
ACT- NA
SAT- 2160 (CR 790/ M 720/ W 690)
(SAT II- Lit. 750/ Bio. 760)
Extra Curriculars/Sports- Orchestra/ Chamber Orchestra/ Choir/ Spoken Word Comp. & Group/ Dragon-boating/ Basketball (MVP)/ Volunteer (a large proportion of hours) @ a non-profit organisation helping disabled children through the Arts/ Indian Group/ Japanese Group/ Piano & Violin (final grade before diplomas for both)
-I’ve done the majority of these for @ least 3 years (if not more for some)
In State or OOS- (OOS technically)
Majoring in- Intending Poli Sci/ Eco (Accepted into LSA)

Honestly UM was such SUCH a reach for me, initially I didn’t even want to apply because I thought I knew I wanted a UC school. (I grew up in California :)>- .) Just getting IN seemed like an accomplishment- though I thought it would be too expensive because I’m technically OOS. This was a PUBLIC FREAKING IVY that I got into tears of wonder/ joy/ amazement!!! (I was on WL from UNC/ UVa, and didn’t get into Berkeley.) But honestly [now] that I got accepted (and received absolutely miraculous financial aid) there’s NO WAY I could turn down this opportunity. I’m so so so excited to be attending UM!

  • A Future Wolverine
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SAT around about 2240 with superscore

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GPA- 3.93 uwUMICH recalc

of APs taken- 0 (6 IB classes)

Ethnicity- Middle Eastern (Caucasian)
Gender- Male
Income Background (how much $ parents make)- $8000 (SUPER low-income)
ACT- 30
SAT- N/A
Extra Curriculars/Sports- Prez of Spanish club, secretary and treasurer of drama club, NHS member, shadowed a doctor, volunteer at rabbit sanctuary (all long-term activities)
In State or OOS- IS
Majoring in- Bio or BCN or Anthro or Psych or might go to the school of public health. I hope you know by now I have no idea of my major

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GPA-4.03

of APs taken- 4

Ethnicity-
Gender- male
Income Background (how much $ parents make)- 100,000
ACT-32
SAT-2190
Extra Curriculars/Sports- XC, track, band, Nat. Honor Society, Spec. Oly. volunteer
In State or OOS- OOS
Majoring in- Statistics

Deferred EA then accepted 2/5. Honors College

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bump

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@blue13 Why did you bump this?