** Official Class of 2017 University of Michigan EA Decisions Thread **

Colleges & Universities University of Michigan
2081

<p>ACCEPTED (LSA, Philosophy)</p>

<p>Stats
[* ] ACT:31</p>

<p>[* ] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.65</p>

<p>[* ] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (N/A), Microeconomics (5)</p>

<p>[* ] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP English, Dual Enrollment Philosophy, Rest Electives</p>

<p>[* ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Lacrosse Team (4 Years Starting on Varsity), Sailing Team (Varsity as Freshman), NHS, School Paper, Quiz Bowl, Ski Club, Runner Up in Local Writing Competition</p>

<p>[* ] Job/Work Experience: Sailing Instructor at local Yacht Club, Take care of Epileptic brother while mom is working</p>

<p>[* ] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered on 2 Political Campaigns, Lots of time at Local Soup Kitchen, NHS work</p>

<p>[* ] Summer Activities: Top 10 National MC Scow Sailor in 2012, 2nd Place Butterfly National sailor in 2008, other sailing stuff, Boys State</p>

<p>[* ] Essays: I tried really hard but I went on a sort of tangential spiel and I wasn’t sure if it would work, I guess it did!</p>

<p>[* ] Teacher Recommendation: Never got to read them but my english teacher is basically my mentor and we’re really close so I’m sure it was great.</p>

<p>[* ] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan</p>

<p>[* ] School Type: Public (Top 2% in Nation, 8th in state)</p>

<p>[* ] Ethnicity: White</p>

<p>[* ] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[* ] Income Bracket: 70k</p>

<p>[* ] Hooks: Dad has MS, Low Paying Job, Single Mom, Have to take care of Epileptic Brother, Pretty Good at Sailing, Off-kilter essays (good creative writer)</p>

2082

<p>lillyp4: No, not everyone who is accepted receives the invitation. But anyone who is accepted is free to apply.</p>

2083

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>**College and Program:**College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):CR: 690, M:800, WR: 720
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II: 760, Physics: 760</p>

<p>[li] APs:World History, Comp Sci, Physics C, BC Calc, US Government, Stat</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] GPA (UW, W):3.77, 4.48
[</em>] Rank:?</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Academic Decathlon, Math Team, Robotics, NHS, MHS, Model UN, Rubik’s Cube
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Tutor
[li] Essays (subject and responses): Starting Academic Decathlon at my school</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Applied on (EA?): Indeed
[</em>] Hook (if any): Moved fourteen times, three countries, three states, countless cities
[/ul]Person/Location:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MD
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Eh…Safety school. But I heard its got a good engineering program and great campus. Plan to visit soon.</p>

2084

<p>Has anyone received the letter in the mail?</p>

2085

<p>I got my letter! Nice certificate included. I also got my honors invitation email a couple days ago. Merry Christmas, Wolverines!</p>

2086

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College and Program: LSA</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 640 CR, 680 M, 700 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 Spanish, 730 US History
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: Euro (3), Environmental (3), APUSH (5), AP Lang (4), currently taking Psych, Micro, Calc AB, Spanish and Bio
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 95.5 W
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Drama Club, Student Government, and many, MANY, more. A lot of community service
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I’ve held 4 jobs over the course of high school
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common App: wrote about my grandparents, thought it was really good; Community: I wrote about my theatre club; LSA: generic, wrote about my grandpa
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably generic, but I am very close with my counselor so maybe a bit better than average? He’s not the best writer.
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): EA, 9/25
[<em>] Hook (if any): My grandfather is an alumni
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY, USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I’m very happy. It’s a target school. Not my number 1, but definitely in my top 5! Congrats to everyone who got in!</p>

2087

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]College and Program: LSA (Applied for Ross Business School, get results in March)[ /b]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section): 2010 Superscore, 660 R 670 M 680 W
[ *] SAT IIs: None
[ *] ACT: 30 Composite, 34 E 28 M 27 R 30 S 11 Essay
[ *] APs: World History 4, European History 5, Human Geography 5
[ *] IBs: None
[ *] GPA (UW, W): 5.03/6.0, 4.0/4.0
[ *] Rank: Top 5%
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Triathlete, wrestling team captain, a bunch of clubs
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Owned 2 websites
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): Alright I guess
[ *] Teacher Recs: good- from my social studies and science teachers
[ *] Counselor Rec: good- she knows me pretty well
[ *] Applied on (EA?): Early Action
[ *] Hook (if any): first-generation, single parent
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Florida
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

2088

<p>gcjames:</p>

<p>“Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Eh…Safety school…”</p>

<p>While I am happy to see that you got in, someone with ONLY a 3.77 uw GPA should NEVER look at Michigan as a “safety school.” There have been many students with better stats than yours who have been deferred.</p>

2089

<p>It’s also not like You destroyed the sats a 2210 is good, but not spectacular</p>

2090

<p>[size=+2]Decision: Accepted<a href=“LSA”>/size</a></p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): (did not send)
[</em>] ACT:35 w/ writing (one sitting)
[<em>] SAT II: US History 780; Eng Lit 760; Math II 750 (reported on supp but didn’t send)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5% (doesn’t rank)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng Comp (5), U.S. History (5), European History (5), Environmental Science (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Gov, AP Eng, Orchestra
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, AP Scholar w/ Honors, US Rowing Scholastic Honor Roll, Cum Laude Society, National Honor Society
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Rowing (co-captain) varsity 4 years; Irish Dance; Girl Scouts (Gold Award); Link Crew (head); School and community orchestras / viola. Compete at Nationals for both Rowing and Irish Dance.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor (one year)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of different efforts; Presidential Volunteer Service award each year Bronze and Silver levels (over 400 hours to date)
[<em>] Summer Activities: only thing different than rest of year is one college-level Intro to Oceanography course at Stone Lab (OSU)
[</em>] Essays: Common App good and somewhat different than most (according to English teacher and college counselor I know); Michigan short answer shows passion
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both probably strong, but waived access
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Waived access but she knows student well; likely very strong
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[</em>] School Type: Public; highly-ranked in state
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: F
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): possible rowing recruit[/li][/ul]General Comments: Mom posting daughter’s info. She’s not on CC. She was notified 12/14; also invited to apply to Honors.</p>

2091

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]College and Program: LSA[ /b]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section): 780 W 740 CR 750 M (2270)
[ *] SAT IIs: 780 Chem 740 French Reading
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs: 5’s on AP Chem & AP lang
[ *] IBs:
[ *] GPA (UW, W): 4.11 W
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Hospital volunteer, president of environmental club and member of numerous clubs that i’m not gonna list, emergency medical technician, babysitter, waitress, camp counselor, peer leadership programs within my school, student government, and some other miscellaneous stuff.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: waitress, babysitter, camp counselor, EMT
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): decent enough essay i guess
[ *] Teacher Recs:good
[ *] Counselor Rec: fine i guess
[ *] Applied on (EA?): yes
[ *] Hook (if any): probably being a certified EMT and my sat scores
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CT
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: half german half russian
[ *] Gender: female
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: congrats to all!</p>

2092

<p>rjkofnovi:</p>

<p>Hahah, I think you were talking to me, not gcjames.</p>

<p>Yes, it is a fantastic school, and I agree that it is more of a target school rather. At the time I thought it was safety just because Parchment gave me 95% chance of getting in. And I know that it quite a superficial aspecct to look at, but it was what gave me the minds set that it was a safety school. </p>

<p>And the people who have better stats and got deferred: most likely because the admission committee just didn’t have enough time to look at all of them, or had weak essays. I am sure that they will get in soon enough.</p>

2093

<p>Anyone else get a merit scholarship?</p>

2094

<p>“Hahah, I think you were talking to me, not gcjames.”</p>

<p>Yes, my apologies to gcjames. You were a match for Michigan wolferber. Best of luck wherever you end up going to school. :-)</p>

2095

<p>lauren32–did you get word already about merit scholarship?</p>

2096

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/michigan-2017/1436847-merit-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/michigan-2017/1436847-merit-scholarships.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I heard about scholarships too!</p>

2097

<p>@ohmydd95 yes, received it in the mail today.</p>

2098

<p>Thanks for that info, lauren32. It looks like the ones who have responded so far are all in-state. It looked to me like there is a lot more oppty for merit aid for in state so it will be interesting to see when OOS awards are received.</p>

2099

<p>Decision: Accepted (LSA)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2050, 730 M, 690 R, 630 W 8 essay
ACT:33 w/ writing 35 M, 33 S, 32 E, 32 W (29 with 8 essay)
SAT II: Chem 750; Eng Lit 650; Math II 690 (reported on supp but didn’t send)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng Lang (3), U.S. History (3), Chem (5), Spanish Lang (5), World History (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Bio, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Physics B, AP Stats, Orchestra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nat’l Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar w/ Honors, Mu Alpha Theta, Foreign Language National Honor Society
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis varsity 2 years; School and community orchestras / violin (concert mater this year). Superiors at Districts for Violin
Job/Work Experience: worked at my dad’s company one summer
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring 2 years, volunteer at a hospital playing violin
Summer Activities: NYLF/MED program sophomore year and GYLC in China junior year
Essays: Common App talked about China experience, cultural awareness and whatnot; Michigan essay talked about undergrad research and mentioned two professors, the other essay I talked about my family really and more cultural awareness since I’m from Miami
Teacher Recommendation: Had my AP Chem and APUSH teachers write one, they loved me so it was probably good
Counselor Rec: Probably good
Other
State (if domestic applicant): FL
School Type: private, Christian
Ethnicity: hispanic
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy</p>

2100

<p>My son received a merit-based scholarship, is instate and #1 in his class. I think the scholarship is due to class rank, as prior valedictorians who have attended U of M have been given this scholarship ($1,500. for the first year - not much, but we will take it!).</p>