<p>CCRunner: michigan does see that. i transferred from the most elite prep school in my area (i’m from central florida) to the best public school in central my area (yeah, i’m privilaged) during my junior year. as in, before the 4th quarter. a lot of my grades were lost in translation (my non ap prep school classes were 100x tougher than the non ap public school classes other kids had taken) and my prep school didn’t rank. thus, i was stuck with a very low class rank even though my courseload looked great (my transcript said i took like 10 classes my freshman year). hardly anyone ever applies to michigan from my public school, and my prep school rarely sends anyone to michigan either. michigan will examine your school, and if it does have that excellent reputation, michigan will notice.</p>
<p>by the way, my SAT is 2140 (700cr 700m 740w) and i had a 3.45 uw gpa. my class rank was like 150/900.</p>
<p>Accepted
800 M
660 V
650 W
Lots of leadership, music, honors in math comps
3.8 GPA
Alumni status…but I don’t think that counts in the app process anymore</p>
<p>Major:[ul]
[<em>] Major: Engineering
[/ul] Stats:[ul]
[</em>] SAT: 2100 composite, 780M, 660CR, 660WR
[<em>] SAT IIs: MathIIC: 800, Physics: 800, USH: 750
[</em>] GPA: 7.80/8.3W, 3.95/4UW Note: At my school, it’s almost a physical impossibility to get an 8.3W GPA.
[<em>] Rank: 2/287
[</em>] Other stats: APUSH: 4, Harvard Book Prize, National Latin, etc
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Very good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Presumably good
[</em>] Hook (if any): I don’t know?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New Hampshire
[</em>] School Type: Large public, 1300 students
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Math Team (tri-captain), Project Search, Tech Crew, NHS, Granite State Challenge quiz show, School co-webmaster/Student Technology Group
[</em>] Summer stuff: Harvard SSP (Analog & Digital Electronics)
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred/rejected: Not sure
[</em>] Other thoughts: N/A
[/ul]</p>
<p>Does the speed at which one recieves a decision correlate with their stats or simple on when their app was completed? It seems some people got decisions lightening fast, and others, not so much. And from all outwourd appearences, those students who looked more qualified recieved it sooner. Is that true? Also, does it have anything to do with in state or out of state?</p>
<p>not sure, but many got deferred really quickly too. I applied in january and at this rate I dont expect to hear until mid april. I havent heard anything!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[li] SAT: 2140 M-740 R-730 W-670[/li][li] SAT IIs:USHistory-740 Chemistry-770 MathIIC-680[/li][li] **GPA: **3.98[/li][li] **Rank: **9/229[/li][li] **ACT: **31 [/li][li] Other stats: Took 5 APs up to this point, 4 on four of them, 3 on one. This may have looked bad… was totally expecting at least 5’s on three of them.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Risky… I did them entirely on my own so many some errors, but people have told me they were “good” risks.
[li] Teacher Recs: Probably Excellent - my teachers love me and one says I’m one of the brightest he’s ever taught = good sign for rec[/li][li] Counselor Rec: Probably very good – I hope she mentioned I have the hardest schedule in senior class… would be rank 1 with weighted ;o[/li][</em>] Hook (if any): Very involved in church leading everything - serving in National Presbyterian General Assembly this summer as Youth Delegate.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[li] State or Country: Oregon[/li][li] School Type: Public[/li][li] Ethnicity: Korean[/li][li]** Gender:** Male</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Senior class president, senate president, tennis captain, model UN president, praise leader, bible study leader, Presby. GA delegate, newspaper editor, bowling team, tutor, NHS, soccer, … yeah… General Comments:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 640V, 720M, 580W
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 1: 770 Math 2: 690
[<em>] ACT: not my style
[</em>] GPA: 3.2/4
[<em>] Rank: 27/172 (or atleast thats what I remember)
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Quite good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Outstanding
[</em>] Hook (if any): lol
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Pakistan
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Bad at giving interviews
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: No idea. Could be my essay though
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: It all depends on luck and luck rhymes with the “F” word :p</p>
<p>I was accepted to the school of Engineering
I applied on the last day possible
SAT: 1300/1980 (720 M 580 V 680W)
GPA: 3.8UW ~4W (dont know Mich GPA)
3 APs taken, 4 this year
Out of State
Essays: pretty good
Mediocre ECs
no hook</p>
<p>I was accepted long ago applying out of state, but was too lazy to post, hehe. Been hanging aroudn the Penn forum.</p>
<p>Anyways, here we go.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED: LSA Honors Program. Awaiting Ross decisions.</p>
<p>SAT: 2150: 780 M, 660 V, 710 W</p>
<p>SAT II: 760 JApanese w/ Lst., 730 Biology, 710 Math IIC</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 UW. School does not weigh GPA’s, but I have taken all possible AP’s.</p>
<p>AP’s prior to possible matriculation:
US Govenrment
Comparative Govn’t
US History
Lit. and Comp.
Lang. and Comp.
Calculus</p>
<p>Gender: Male
Race: Asian
State: NY</p>
<p>Some EC’s: From school with music program ranked top 100 in the nation. Drum Major of school marching band. Regional, state, and national awards for piano. All-State first trombone first chair for trombone. More details of musical history will not be listed. Boys State Deputy Chairman of Federalist Party. Varsity Tennis.</p>
<p>4.25 W/3.9 UW/3.85 Umich GPA
31 ACT
Rank: 3/498 (Top 1%)
In-State
Limited EC’s and AP Classes
36 College Credits (Dual Enrollment)</p>
<p>I have to take a summer language class at U of M to fulfill my foreign language requirement (I only took 1 year instead of 2 years). I will be taking Modern Standard Arabic 101/102, a ten (yes, you heard right…10) credit class that runs from early June to August (10 Weeks).</p>
<p>Also, I haven’t officially received my acceptance letter yet. However, a lady from Michigan called me to notify me that I have received the William K. Brehm Scholarship (full tuition for 4 years), which is only offered to 3 students at my high school. She also made it clear that I was, in fact, accepted to the University.</p>
<p>-In-state resident
-27 ACT
-3.9 uw gpa
-top 5% of class
-Lots of ecs (I’ve heard that they really look at those!)
-No alum status
-female, Asian (but, I did hear that they don’t technically consider Asians a minority because there are so many of us at umich…)
-Good teacher recommendations (however, my essays were not that good)
I also applied pretty early (Oct. 1) and heard from them in about a month. Good luck. I hope to see you there this fall!</p>
<p>Accepted to College of Engineering
Out of State
SAT: 1500/2220 (800 Math, 700 Verbal, 720 WR)
Non-weighted GPA when applying: 3.9ish (2 B’s both in english)
Weighted GPA when applying: 4.36
Total AP classes in 4 yrs: 12
AP Exams: 5 in Euro, US history, Calc BC, Chemistry, 4 in Stats
AP Scholar with Distinction, Nat’l Merit Finalist</p>
<p>Extra-curriculars: 4 years on tennis team (2 varsity), 3 years cross country, Forensics Debate (Vice-President as senior), DESI (indian cultural club) Vice President, Student Council Officer (Sophomore Class treasurer), Model UN, School Newspaper</p>
<p>Recs: Probably good/excelletn
Essay: Very poor lol (but it didnt matter!)</p>
<p>I have not Decided yet, but Michigan is one of my top 3 choices (Cornell, Duke are others)</p>
<p>Going to UM for sure… LSA honors, hearing from Ross in a couple days (not keeping my hopes up)</p>
<p>Very competitive public from suburban Chicago (newsweek top 100 high schools)
White sexy male
Rank: 65/1113 (top 6%)
GPA: 4.40W, 3.79UW (3.6 umich GPA)
SAT: 1540/2300 (800M 740V 760W)
ACT: 35
Total 9 AP classes, all 4s and 5s… most challenging program offered except for science
Essays were well-written, but now that I look back at them, pretty vanilla and dispassionate
Sweet-ass recs
Extracurric: varsity tennis, NHS, FBLA (vice prez my jr yr), freshman mentor, boys pep club, school mascot (hells yeah)</p>
<p>Michigan said honors, Wisconsin said honors, Wharton said nope. I would have turned down Penn in a heartbeat for Umich tho, just applied for fun. I know thats CC heresy but oh well. Was going to apply to Cal but I heard the girls there are ugly.</p>
<p>my friend got in today
ACT: 21 or 22
SAT: 1740 or in the 1700s
GPA: 95.4
Rank: 15/240
Few AP classes but no score higher than a three or two
Essays: No clue
ECs: Varsity Football (Co-Captain, 2 letters, all division), Varsity Spring Track (Captain, 4 letters, all division), Class Vice-Prez (11th and 12th), 50 hours of volunteering, some other non-important clubs</p>
<p>He wasn’t recruited for any sports, so this is proof that test scores aren’t everything. Just do what interests you and try to excel in it, thats what he did. From NY, white male, middle class and won’t get finaid. He going for engineering and he couldn’t be happier.</p>
