@Imdizzy High match would be around 30-40% chance.
@PotatoSalad How is your ACT section scores?
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: None
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): None
[ *] ACT: 32 (E:35, M: 27, R: 34, S: 33)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0
[ *] Rank: 10/390
[ *] Other stats: 5 APs (My school only offers 7)
3 AP’s for Senior Year (AP English, AP Calculus, AP Government)
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
2 years Co-Owner/Employee at a party entertainment business I co-founded. We’ve been in newspapers, events, and currently expanded to hire new employees.
4 years Theatre (Leads,Ensemble, Supporting, Set Work, received best dancer, dedication to drama, and best ensemble member).
4 years Drama Club (Treasurer and inducted into International Thespian Society)
2 Modeling (New York Fashion Week, various city and local shows)
Young Artists at Work- A summer job where I created art to help beautify my city.
Miami Summer Scholars- Summer program that allowed me to live on a campus and learn computer programming.
2 years Dance
1 year Soiree-elite singing group
4 years choir (Varsity Choir Student Director)
1 year Business Professionals of America
Volunteering
2 years National Honor Society-30+
2 years tutor
3 years zooteen-200+
Paint murals at local zoo
[ *] Essays: 8/10 - U of M specific questions were great! Common App Essay was very well written but lacked a little in the “why you” question.
[ *] Teacher Recs: 10/10 ; English teacher who is a U of M alumni.
[ *] Counselor Rec: 9/10 Did not read but she loves me so I’m sure it’s great!
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Older sibling attends Umich LSA. Step-father is an alumni.
[ *) Location/Person: 1600 student public school in a semi-suburban Michigan town.
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strengths - GPA, Legacy, In-state, Lots of EC’s ; Weaknesses - ACT Math Score, Common App Essay was average
[ *] Other Factors/questions:
@billcsho 35E, 32M, 31R, 32S
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT: N/A
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): N/A
[ *] 1st ACT: 31: (E: 31, M: 24, R: 35, S: 33)
[ *] 2nd ACT: 31: (E: 31, M:28, R:33, S: 33)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.983, only one B in an AP class. Several A-'s
[ *] Rank: 11/200
-My school does not weight GPA, if they did I would have above a 4.0, and would easily finish within the top 10
[ *] Other stats:
-Have taken Project Lead The Way engineering classes at my school since Sophomore year
-4 AP classes- my school offers ~8 I believe, but until this year students were not able to take more than 2 per year, and most were reserved for upper classmen
-Took AP U.S. Government last year- recieved A’s the first 2 terms and a B+ the 3rd term- got a 4 on the exam
-Taking AP calculus currently- I have an A so far
-Taking AP English currently- no grades posted yet, it just started 2 weeks ago
-Will be taking AP physics 2 next semester. My school just started offering Physics 2 this year, so all students that took regular physics as Juniors last year are skipping AP physics 1 and going to straight to AP physics 2
-Have taken other advanced courses at my school- Advanced Composition, Advanced Algebra 2A, Advanced Algebra 2B
[ *] Extra Curriculars-
-Played Football all 4 years of High School- earned an academic all conference award both years of varsity
-National Honor Society for 2 years
-Junior Rotarian in my school- the top students are picked to go eat lunch at the community rotary meetings once a week
-Rotary Interact club- community service club sponsored by Rotary International, club was founded last year at my school
-Was on the golf team my Junior year and plan to play again my senior year
-Was VERY involved in my teams first ever First Robotics Championship last year. We made it all the way to the world championship in St. Louis in our first year ever competing
-Freshman Mentoring Program- I mentored math classes an hour a day my junior year. I mentored both Geometry and Algebra 2
-I also worked part time at Pizza Hut for the better part of a year
[ *] Essays: I believe my essays were very strong. I worked closely with my English teacher to write them and got a lot of good input from her. I feel that my essay about the school of engineering captured my passion for engineering, and for the University of Michigan very well
[ *] Teacher Recs: I got my letter of recommendation from my engineering teacher, who attended college at the University of Michigan
[ *] Counselor Rec: Probably very positive, she has known me almost my entire life and hand-picked me for being a Junior Rotarian earlier this year
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person: Michigan
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Public, mid-sized, about 800 students, very few apply to Michigan but it seems that all that are near the qualifications usually get accepted
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: I believe that my strengths are a passion for engineering, as well as some experience with engineering. I have taken engineering classes at my school for 3 years, learning how to code as well as many other useful skills. My major weakness that I have identified is my low math ACT score, at only a 28
[ *] Other Factors/questions:
@billcsho her intended major is LSA. psych & Spanish
I’m a senior and I applied early action to Michigan. I’m out of state! Could someone chance me?
College: LSA Undeclared with Preferred missions to Business (Finance)
SAT I (breakdown): 2020 - 590 CR- 700 M- 730 W
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 800 - Spanish
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.2 (out of 4.5)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% (out of 95)
AP (before senior year): AP US History
Senior Year Course Load: AP Human Geography, AP Spanish, AP English Language and Composition, Honors Italian 3, Honors Calculus, Honors English, Christian Anthropology (required), and History of Puerto Rico (no honors or AP available)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NAtional Hispanic Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (Activity Coordinator), Business Club (historian), investment club (treasurer), National Honors Society, School journal (secretary), Missionary Hands (leader), Ecology Club, thinking about joining the varsity softball team
Job/Work Experience: only volunteering
Volunteer/Community service: over 50 hours
Summer Activities: CODERI (special needs school)
Essays: 10/10
Teacher Recommendation: hopefully good
Counselor Rec: excellent 10/10
Additional Rec: very personal 10/10
State: Puerto Rico
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): VISITED THE SCHOOL MET WITH THE ADMISSIONS REP FOR PUERTO RICO AND MET A TEACHER WHO SENT AN EMAIL TO THAT ADMISSIONS REP RECOMMENDING ME!
For my son:
*] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT: Top single sitting: 2250 (800M, 800V, 650W - had a 700W on prior sitting).
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Math I: 770, Math 2: 750, Physics 720
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.96 (4.58 weighted)
[ *] Rank: 1 out of 637
[ *] Other stats: Taken 14 AP classes. Obtained several 4s and 5s on tests.
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): National Honor Society (officer), Mu Alpha Theta (President), Debate, Brain Bowl, Literary Magazine
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs: Very strong from math, physics
[ *] Counselor Rec: Very strong
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person: FL
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Applied Early Action
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA (Undecided) (Dual-applicant to SMTD)
[ *] SAT: N/A
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):N/A
[ *] ACT: 27C (27E, 25M, 25R, 32S)
[ *] GPA: 3.5/4.0
[ *] Rank: Top 30%
[ *] APs: AP Spanish, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Theatre (5+ years), Gay-Straight Alliance, death of a parent, single-parent, low-income household
[ *]Senior workload: Photography, Honors Philosophy, Marketing, Physics, Honors Drama, Honors Humanities, Algebra III with Trigonometry
[ *] Essays: Very strong
[ *] Teacher Recs: Very strong
[ *] Counselor Rec: Very strong
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Legacy
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Major strength/weakness: A passion for learning about the arts, literature, and languages. (As seen with completing 4 years of Spanish and participating in theatre.)
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Low GPA second semester junior year due to stress and emotional issues from the death of a parent, Early Action, Gay
@TUJG89 - I’d be amazed if CoE does not admit your son. You may get a deferral just because of volume and lack of legacy status (no reflection on his performance) . Did he do a HAIL interview? How did it go?
@KevinPriceBoM - I think you are going to get a deferral and request for senior grades. UMich is going to want to see you have recovered. You need to improve your ACT too. If your portfolio is really great and you get an audition and you kill it, you will be admitted even with your current stats. Some may also depend on your HS - some get a GPA bump due to rigor. Good luck!
@Emminey You have a really strong application. Especially as an in-state student, I think you have a strong chance at acceptance
Transferring from in-state Community College to LSA (Psychology) for Fall '16
High School
Public, semi-competitive
HS GPA (UW): 3.14 (W): 3.3 (UM UW): 3.2
AP Scores— APUSH 3, Language 4, Literature 3, Government 2, Macro 1
ACT: 28 (english: 32, math: 30, reading: 26, science: 23)
Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 5 AP, bunch of honors, fairly hard courseload
Rank: Top 25% or so
College
GPA (UW UM): 4.0 (one W in fall of 2013)
Transferable Credits: 30
Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): very selective (cool) job involving extensive travel across America in the summer. Good community service as well.
Essays: Great transfer essay, good supplemental essays
Instructor Recs: Two; both very good
Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Poor family. EFC is 0. Net Price Calculator says I would pay exactly $4 out of pocket.
State or Country: Waterford, MI
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Chance me and I’ll chance back. Woop woop.
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT: N/A
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Math 2 - 770
[ *] ACT: 34 C (32 E, 36 M, 35 R, 34 S)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0
[ *] Rank: Top 10% (No specific ranks here)
[ *] Other stats: 11 AP classes
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
- Attend an Engineering Academy program half my day for math/science and engineering electives, return to high school for humanities/sports
- 6A Varsity Swimming, State finalist
- Club Swimming
- FIRST Robotics
- FLL Volunteering
- Summer swim coaching
- Biology lab assistant
- Taught Robotics course to MS students in the summer
- Play piano, guitar, ukulele
- Volunteering for HS schedule pick up day
[ *] Essays: Common app one was ok I think. I believe I did quite on my Michigan specific ones though.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Superb
[ *] Counselor Rec: Don’t know, never read it, but I think it should be good.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): None that I know of
[ *) Location/Person: Oklahoma
[ *] State or Country: Oklahoma, United States
[ *] School Type: Public, but I also attend an Engineering Academy you have to apply to.
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: ACT writing score was weak, only a 6.
[ *] Other Factors/questions:
I did the interview with a local alumni. I think it went extremely well. I actually was born and raised in Michigan and U of M had been a school I wanted to go all my life. I always wanted to come back. Me and my interviewer actually shared a whole lot in common including one of our family friends that he worked with. Very comfortable atmosphere and good talk. Overall I think my interview was awesome.
Also applied EA but I don’t think that affects admission chances
@sarangooL - You should be accepted.
@robindesea - You might be deferred because you’re OOS and because of the GPA, but I think you’ll be accepted when all is said and done.
*] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT: N/A
[ *] ACT: 29. 28E, 29M (33 M when taken on separate date), 30R, 28S, 33W
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.96 (My school only does unweighted)
[ *] Rank: About 15 out of 300
[ *] Other stats: 2 APs, 1 college class Jr Yr (Calc. I), 8 college classes Sr Yr. (College Physics I & II, College Chemistry I & 2, Intro to Engineering, Microsoft Excel, Intro to Business, English Compoistion, 29 college credits total). Mostly honors classes besides that.
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): National Honor Society, Science National Honors Society, 9 varsity letters (track, cross country, speech and debate), 2 year Lincoln Douglass Debate Captain, Key Club (4 yrs), Big Brothers/ Big Sisters (2 yrs). 4 years with YMCA Youth and Government & also did Boys State (ie 2 yr Youth Governor, House Minority Leader, large amounts of awards and recognitions, Conference on National Affairs 3 yr delegate.) Many awards in Track and Field (ie All State, All Conference) and many awards for speech and debate (Many high placings at large tournaments)
[ *] Essays: Good.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Strong from all. “Very creative and naturally intelligent.”
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *] State or Country: Montana
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: ACT Score, Low income family
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Applied Early Action
@12temps12 I like your chances. They don’t get many applicants from Montana, that will work in your favor. ACT is on the low side, but still within their published average.
Good luck!
College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA; Undecided
[ *] SAT: Not sent (1940)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Math I (720) US History (740)
[ *] ACT: 32 (31E 32M 32R 34S)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.73 or 92.3
[ *] Rank: N/A, school doesn’t rank
[ *] Other stats: All courses at my high school are taught at honors level
[ *] senior year course load: AP Calc AB, AP lit, AP Physics 2, Systems Engineering II, NJROTC Naval Science IV, economics.
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-Eagle Scout/Boy Scout
-Varsity Track
-National Honor Society Member
-Student Government Treasurer (9-11 grade)
-TSA treasurer (12th grade)
-NJROTC and band (9-12th grade)
-Marching band (9-10 grade)
-Started my own business (raising chickens and selling their eggs; 7-12 grade)
- Engineering Internship (Summer 2015)
-Key Club (10-12)
-GSA member (12th grade)
[ *] Essays: 8/10, idk, I wrote about raising chickenz
[ *] Teacher Recs: 8/10 and 6/10
[ *] Counselor Rec: Idk, above average
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): None
[ *) Location/Person: New Jersey
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type: Competitive Magnet, engineering focused
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength: Decent ECs
[ *] major weakness: Crappy freshman year grades, specifically math; average ACT scores, applying OOS,
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Applied early action, applied to LSA despite my course load focusing towards engineering; I’m not sure if I want to study something in the liberal arts or engineering…
@yesyesno I could see you going either way. The GPA is low, but the ECs are great. You’ll probably be deferred based on the GPA as an OOS, but you could definitely be accepted after the deferral. Especially if you have an upward trend like you seem to indicate.
Who the heck told you a 32 was average? Looks dang good to me.
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):Engineering
[ *] SAT (one sitting):2000 760M, 640W, 600CR
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Math ll 800, Phy 770, Chem 730
[ *] ACT: 30 34M, 26R, 30W, 28S
[ *] TOEFL: 106 29R, 26S, 23L, 28W (All sections scored out of 30)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: Got 9.4/10 and 10/10 CGPA in 9th and 10th, and top 10 percentile in 11th
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): CBSE (Indian board): Phy, Chem, Math, Comp Science. (Comparable to US advanced courses levels)
[ *] Rank: School doesn’t rank.
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):International level theatre, regional debate and oratory competitions, lead guitar for band, formed drama club. [Not elaborating, but are distributed over all high school years]
[ *] Essays: Pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recs:VGood
[ *] Counselor Rec:VGood
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):nopz
[ *) Location/Person: New Delhi
[ *] State or Country: India
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] major weakness: No ECs related to major.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: 5 on AP Phy mech, applied early
@mjr2013 I meant to put “average ACT for Umich” (Middle 50%)
Thanks for the chance me! I’m a bit relieved now.
@MrGupta Your SAT and ACT scores are both below the 25th percentile. It would be a eeach for you although international students would be evaluated with slightly different criteria.