<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):LSA
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT:30
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.7
[ *] Rank:top 25%
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):professional magician (running a small business) dozens of volunteer magic gigs; summer camp counselor (wilderness camp); teaching tennis; zoo camp; teaching Hebrew; tutoring autistic child; environmental action; volunteer coordinator for teen outreach program for seniors/shut-ins; B’nai B’rith AZA fraternity officer, Webmaster, photographer; chosen as student Webmaster for HS; chosen as TA for sophomore English
[ *] Essays:one “killer essay” (per AP English teacher), 2 solid ones
[ *] Teacher Recs:outstanding
[ *] Counselor Rec:solid
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):legacy (parent is alumnus & former faculty member)
[ *) Location/Person:?
[ *] State or Country:Alabama
[ *] School Type:public
[ *] Ethnicity:white suburban kid; no financial or educational disadvantage
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] major strength/weakness:interpersonal communication/relatively low ACT
[ *] Other Factors/questions:will graduate w/ 5 AP classes (junior scores 4&5), 6 advanced classes, NHS, other honors</p>
<p>i think all 3 of you guys on this page are in. You all have difficult curriculums and good GPA, which is what matters the most at Michigan. Also, the admissions people here love to see leadership in extracurriculars, that they can boast when they welcome the new class. </p>
<p>BobbyT12 especially, should be in. Debski, I’m a little worried about the Top 25% and not top 10% rank, this is also pretty important for Michigan. Maybe your school is very competitive…</p>
<p>pinktennis, the ACT is pretty low for OOS, but ACT/SAT scores aren’t that big of a deal for Michigan, just make sure to apply early.</p>
<p>thanks keefer
I already applied a couple weeks ago so we’ll see what happens</p>
<p>[ *] College: Arts and Science
[ *] SAT: M 750 R 600 W 700
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):Math 2 - 780, Chem - 700
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0 (im canadian…anything over 86% is A)
[ *] Rank: 20/250
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Senior Care Centre, lifeguarding, taekwondo,
[ *] Essays: good? i guess?
[ *] Teacher Recs: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): none
[ *) Location/Person: Vancouver, BC, Canada
[ *] State or Country: Canada
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: Korean
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Took hard courses
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>Applying to University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Vanderbilt University(ED)</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):LSA
[ *] SAT:CR: 610 Math: 730 W: 700
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Math II: 710 Literature: 730
[ *] ACT:31
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.44
[ *] Rank:top 15%
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Leaderships in 3 school clubs, statewide rep for REBEL(promotes anti-tobacco), volunteer in hospital for 2 years and in retirement homes for 2 years. Extremely involved in school activities. Wrote for a magazine for scholastic last winter.
[ *] Essays: strong
[ *] Teacher Rec: really good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: really good.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):none
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country:Jersey
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Indian
[ *] Gender:F
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] Other Factors/questions:Graduating with 4 APs, 10 honors.</p>
<p>Applying Early Response, does that improve my chances?</p>
<p>i have a question, will someone’s major affects his/her admission chance?</p>
<p>No psp-fifa-fan. Major should not affect chances. First of all remember that you can always apply as an undeclared. What does impact chance is the school you apply to (Engineering, Kines, LSA, Nursing etc…). However, what major you chose within that college probably will not impact your chances. Of course, if you declare your major as Math or Physics and you score a 650 on the SAT Math and only took Pre-Calculus or regular Physics your senior year, you may raise a few eyebrowse. But declaring an obscure major will not help your chances.</p>
<p>And how much do essays matter? Only editing is holding up my application right now.</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):Engineering
[ *] SAT:CR: 730 Math: 800 W: 750
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Math IIC:770 Bio:740 Chem:700 Physics:800
[ *] ACT:34
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.4
[ *] Rank:No rank, but pretty strong, prolly top 10%
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Science Olympiad, Mathletes, and Quiz Bowl for all four years. I have some scattered awards, don’t know if worth mentioning. I am very passionate about Quiz bowl. I have gotten an article about stereotypes published in a local paper, National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, and Tri M for two years. National merit finalist, too. There’s a bunch of other stuff too, but I can’t think.
[ *] Essays: strong
[ *] Teacher Rec: good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: good.
<a href=“Anti”> *</a>Hook: I’m Indian.
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country:Long Island NY
[ *] School Type: Public (Extremely competitive, >20 to ivies and MCS each year)
[ *] Ethnicity:Indian
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] major strength/weakness:strengths? I am very strong. In bed.
[ *] Other Factors/questions:My senior year grades are all mostly A+s, with a couple of As. (I’m thinking this may at least very slightly redeem my bad past performance)</p>
<p>Hehe! I like your major strength. How are you going to manage wording that in your essays/ECs? </p>
<p>Anyway, your unweighed GPA is sort of low, but your SAT/ACt is strong. I’s say Michigan is a solid match for you. Apply as soon as possible.</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA i think? political science
[ *] SAT:CR: 710 Math: 660 W: 710
[ *] SAT IIs not sent
[ *] ACT not takem
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: Well i haven’t calculated it, but probably around 3.4
[ *] Rank: not very good, maybe 70/450ish
[ *] Other stats: Eagle scout, not much else
[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Teacher Rec: very good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: counselor is new this year, so i don’t know and it shouldn’t matter
[ *] Hook: Dad went to UMich
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Northern VA
[ *] School Type: Public, always ranked top 50 schools
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] major strength/weakness:strengths? not that i can think of
[ *] Other Factors/questions:Class rank is pretty bad because alot of very average students take regular classes - grade inflation to the max - and get close to a 4.0, or higher with the occasional BS ap/ib class thrown in there. I’m taking 3 IB and one AP this year, took 4 IBs last year.</p>
<p>College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering(Nuclear)
[ *] SAT: Math-680, CR-740, W-710 (retaking this weekend…probably do better)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):Bio-760,Lit-760,Math 1-650(retaking)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.7
[ *] Rank:11/87
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):</p>
<p>-Basketball captain-3 years in a row.
-MILO basketball regionals
-Human Rights club president
-volunteer at orphanage 2007 summer
-editor school magazine
-president of service program group(teach illiterate kids in villages)
-school drama team
-school prefect.</p>
<p>[ *] Essays: Great I think
[ *] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person: Nigeria
[ *] State or Country: Nigeria
[ *] School Type: Private,Religious
[ *] Ethnicity:Nigerian(black)
[ *] Gender:F
[ *] major strength/weakness: strenghts-lots of community service, basketball, good transcript,write well
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Honor roll…
No AP classes offered at my school.</p>
<p>SO wot are my chances?</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT (one sitting):
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT:29
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.98
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.):
[ *] Rank:20 0f 376
[ *] Other stats:2 Varsity Sports/FORD fashion model/NHS/German Club/Key Club/Scholar Athlete/Geo. student of the year
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
[ *] Essays: I think they rock 
[ *] Teacher Recs: Very good!!!
[ *] Counselor Rec: Very good!!!
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person:Rochester
[ *] State or Country:Michigan
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender:F
[ *] major strength/weakness:Leader in Community Service project to create infant blankets for NICU Children’s Hospital
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>so the u of m rep came to my high school today, and she said last year’s average for ACT is 28-31 and GPA is 3.8-4.0. does it mean that if someone’s GPA and ACT score are both lower than the average, than he/she will most likely get rejected?</p>
<p>*] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT (one sitting): 1330/2070 (660 CR 670 M 740 W)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.25
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 6 AP’s. all other classes since freshman year are honors.
[ *] Rank:school does not rank
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):V baseball, lots of community service
[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Teacher Recs: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: great
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): 2 sisters graduated from UMich and my brother is currently attending
[ *) Location/Person:washington dc
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>psp: Average means that 25% of people have a gpa or act above that and 25% have below it. So, some people at the school are accepted with lower scores than that. Apply, it can’t hurt!</p>
<p>*] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT:2080 (Math-640, Writing-640, Critical Reading-800)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):US History-760, Literature-690
[ *] ACT:32
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.89
[ *] Rank:18/404
[ *] Other stats:I’ve taken 10 AP’s and pretty much all other courses are honors
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):Varsity and Travel Soccer, NHS, Red Cross Club (Treasurer), Habitat for Humanity, Science Club, Volunteer Work for Red Cross and local library
[ *] Essays:Good
[ *] Teacher Recs:Good
[ *] Counselor Rec:Decent
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):None
[ *] State or Country:Tennessee
[ *] School Type:Competitive public
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender:Male</p>
<p>i’m not even going to try to chance all these above.
hmm so the act average went up again… 28-31.
i remember just two years ago it was a 26-30.</p>
<p>bump it up</p>
<p>okay, so for this page:
vaskins fan: reach (GPA is kind of low)
livvy: I think your chances look pretty good
bcinderella: you’re in
rgh20019: slight reach
chekov: you’re in (omg-10 aps? That’s crazy!)</p>