Chances at U Michigan Ross and Engineering

<p>I am a junior currently and first in my class. I’m really interested in finance and engineering and am going to apply to UMich for Ross and Engineering. What are my chances (both RD and EA)?</p>

<p>ACT:35(first attempt in 10th grade) planning to retake
SAT II: 790 SAT Math II 780 SAT Physics planning to take SAT Chinese
GPA : 4.1 (unweighted)
Taken 7 AP’s during Freshman and sophmore year
Achieved 5 (maximum score) on:
Physics C Mechanics, Microeconomics, U.S. Government and Politics, Calculus BC, Calculus AB,
Achieved 4 on:
World History, Computer Science</p>

<p>I took AP Calc BC freshman year. I took linear algebra and number theory and as a sophomore.
Junior year schedule: AP Chinese, APUSH, AP Physics C Emag, AP statistics, AP Chem, English, APMacroeconomics, differential eq </p>

<p>Special Achievements:
First place in Ohio in state Economics Competition (2012)
CoFounder of Econ/Investment Club</p>

<p>May 2011: Placed first in the National Chinese Bridge Speech competition organized by the Confucius Institute (affiliated with Ministry of Education of China) </p>

<p>October 2011: Represented United States in the Fourth Annual Chinese Bridge Competition for Foreign Secondary School Students in Chongching, China.</p>

<p>Spring 2012: 1st place in Ohio in National Economics Challenge</p>

<p>Fall 2012: Invited to perform kuaiban, a traditional Chinese instrument, at Harvard University in front of a delegation of Chinese consulate members.</p>

<p>four year member of state math team to compete in ARML
high achievements in math competitions</p>

<p>Many awards in chess (have played competitively since fifth grade)</p>

<p>Impromptu speaking awards</p>

<p>I have over 100 volunteer hours a hospital. Additionally, since 8th grade I have been tutoring at a College math lab. I have also started a private math and chess tutoring service. I also started an Economics team and am very interested in economics.</p>

<p>I have been playing competitive chess since elementary school and have many state and national awards. </p>

<p>I have been taking many math, physics, and computer science classes at a community college during summer and school year.</p>

<p>My most distinguished achievement in in Chinese. I have been studying for about 5 years. I won a national level Chinese competition as a Freshman and was one of three representative from USA for the international round. I was selected to participate in the prestigious U.S. Dept of State NSLIy program in China (study abroad).</p>

<p>Leadership
• President of High School Chess Team
• Member of High School Speech and Debate Team
• Member of Academic Challenge Team
• President of High School Science Bowl Team
• Member of Model United Nations Team
• Member of high school newspaper
• Member of school jazz band for 5 years
• Member of high school varsity tennis team
• President of Economics Team</p>

<p>Research/ Internships</p>

<p>Computer Science Intern at local company</p>

<p>Did research in a mechanical engineering lab in the summer before junior year.</p>

<p>Worked in evolutionary biology lab in summer before sophmore year.</p>

<p>What are my chances?? My grades are not a problem, although I will retake the ACT. How about my EC’s ? Are my achievements enough?
Thanks</p>

<p>Ok, 35 ACT, 1st in class, and a lot of depth and breadth in ECs- you have a very good chance. DO NOT retake the ACT, a 35 is really good. You have a lot of ECs, so try to figure out how you can tie them with your interest in finance and engineering. </p>

<p>Also, since you’re interested in finance and engineering, you should definitely apply to the Jerome Fisher M&T program at UPenn. </p>

<p>Thanks for making me feel as if my achievements aren’t enough… lol</p>

<p>bump…</p>