Chances? and would i survive?

Colleges & Universities University of Michigan
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<p>Regular Decision 2014
White Female
Very competitive school in NW Florida (hence the would i survive, its cold up north :p)
Unweighted GPA 3.7, weighted 4.4 (lots of honors and ap lol)
ACT 33
very good recs, good senior grades</p>

<p>senior schedule:
Latin IV
AP Chemestry
AP Calculus BC (independent study, not offered at my school)
AP Literature
Psychology (independent study AP, not offered at my school)
AP Micro/Macro Economics
First quarter grades are all a’s.</p>

<p>Past AP Classes:
AP Government (3) - soph year
AP Biology (2) - soph year (bad i know, ha)
AP US History (3) - jr year
AP Language (4) - jr year
AP Calculus AB (5) - jr year
Plan on taking AP exams for Chem, Calc, Lit, Psych, Micro and Macro this year.</p>

<p>Took all honors freshman year, maxed out all classes.</p>

<p>Resume:
Academic Extras
• 2 years of FL Virtual School Spanish
• AP Calculus BC (FL Virtual School) – not offered at GBHS
• AP Psychology (independent study) – not offered at GBHS
• Immediate Scholarship Reserve for Navy ROTC. Scholarship awarded pending medical/physical examination.
• AP Scholar (Score a 3 or higher on 3 or more AP exams)
• History Fair (school and county): 1st place at school History Fair, Honorable Mention at County History Fair(11th)</p>

<p>Sports
• Competitive Equestrian: three day eventing (all 4 years)
• JV Basketball (11th grade)</p>

<p>Clubs
• Latin Club: member (all 4 years)
• ABC Club: founder/president (11th and 12th)
• Swing Dancing Club: member (10th)
• Student Government: Senator/class representative (11th and 12th)</p>

<p>Academics
• Latin Competition (9th)
• Calculus Team (11th, intend to participate 12th grade year)
• Math Competition (11th)</p>

<p>Volunteering
• Office Aid at school (11th and 12th)
• Over 100 hours with ABC Club (11th, intend to participate the same amount 12th grade year)
• Math and Chemistry tutoring (11th and 12th)</p>

<p>Jobs
• TCBY (03/08-07/08); approximately 20 hours a week.
• Babysitting (all 4 years); approximately 5 hours a week.
• Nanny (06/09-08/09); approximately 35 hours a week.</p>

<p>Honor Societies
• Spanish Honor Society: Member (10th-12th)
• Latin Honor Society: Member (11th and 12th)
• National Honor Society: Member (11th and 12th)
• Rho Kappa- History Honor Society: Founding year member (12th)</p>

<p>Miscellaneous
• National Leadership Forum – Harding University: Scholarship from Civitan Club of Pensacola (11th summer)
• Nominated for National Forum on Medicine (all 4 years)</p>

<p>Elaboration on Important Events
• Equestrian: Three day eventing all four years; Participated in 3 major rated events at nationally renowned facilities such as Poplar Place (GA), River Glen (TN) and Rocking Horse (FL); participated in schooling events in three day eventing, hunter/jumper and stadium jumping; was a working student for Angela Gotler in 11th grade; invested 10-15 hours a week in the sport.
• ABC Club: founded in 11th grade year; president both 11th and 12th grade; raised $2000 for American Cancer Society; organized Guitar Hero Tournament; collected over 200 bags of necessities for patients families at the Ronald McDonald House.
• Student Government: served on homecoming court committee; served on prom court committee; served on member motivation committee.</p>

<p>Essay was very good (reviewed by many people), on losing a house to a hurricane, and how to overcome such a tragedy.</p>

<p>Anything else? Thanks so much, honest opinions please (=</p>

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<p>you are in no doubt</p>

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<p>with UM regular decision and OOS it is going to be very hard to get in no matter what your stats are. Thus, reach for anyone.</p>

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<p>^ applicants like yellowbird are what makes U of M regular decisions so difficult, and the OOS/IS divide wouldn’t impede applicants as qualified as yellowbird, IMO.</p>

<p>I would stick with ckl22 and say that yellowbird is all but admitted. And you can survive the winter, though you should probably do a college visit in January of February for a realistic idea of what Michigan is like in the winter.</p>

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<p>I lived in England for a few years, so i hope that that kind of prepared me, it is looking like i am moving up north for college (deferred from Duke which was my first choice, looking at Boston College, Notre Dame, UMich, Dartmouth, Cornell, Tufts, Northeastern, etc.)…either way, i believe i will be in the cold! haha.</p>

<p>Thanks for the positive feedback, and yes Jimmy i realize OOS adds a lot of pressure.</p>

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<p>I am from Florida as well and I visited UM in the winter and I loved it…even though the cold did kill me but I lived all my life in Fl.</p>

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<p>I doubt i will have a chance to visit this winter, as i am taking a big college visiting trip to New England 'cuz most of my college choices are there. Which sucks, but i will deal with the cold if i end up at UMich.</p>

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<p>you are in</p>

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<p>What part of England are you from? Michigan is very much like north of London near the ocean :). I lived in Broadstairs (southeast England) and the winters are nothing like here in Michigan lol. We also get much less precepitation then anywhere in England that I know of lol.</p>

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<p>Oh and you’ll survive, you’ll just be in for a shock after a week or so when you realize that the cold doesn’t go away for a few months :).</p>

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<p>I was near Newmarket. And yeah, i figure it will be a shock.</p>

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<p>also what is the chance for merit scholarships? i’m oos sooo… haha.</p>

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<p>you would have had a really,really good shot if you did ED, but i don’t know how hard it is to get in RD. good luck, though!</p>

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<p>Michigan does not have ED or EA, it uses a modified rolling admissions system referred to as “early response”. Yellowbird is a safe-match or a straight match given her stats. If she is a US citizen, there is a chance she could get some merit money, but one never knows with Michigan.</p>