<p>Ok thanks for the all feedback, I’m not sure where to post this but is there anywhere I can ask about which other colleges I should be looking at? U of M simply seems attractive since it’s instate for me but I’d like to find some other colleges with good engineering programs as well.</p>
<p>Yeah, both CS programs are the same (except CoE needs 8 more credits) which is why, IMO, you should major through the prestigious College of Engineering and get more math and science then major through a liberal artsy college. Also you’d get a Bacehlor of Science Engineering degree through CoE, whcih I’d rather have than a Bachelor of Science from LSA.</p>
<p>UIUC is nearby and has a good engineering college…its CS program is better than U of M’s, but it doesn’t justify the high OOS tuition and sucky aid you’d get. I think Cal tech, UCLA/Berkely, CMU, Stanford, and MIT are all good engineering schools, just off the top of my head. Oh and I heard Georgia Institute of Tech is good too o_O</p>
<p>Heh, yea I’ve heard of those too</p>
<p>Now if I could get into one of those… 
I’ll apply anyway and see how it goes, they’re part of Common App anyway I guess (Mostly)</p>
<p>*] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT: Math 740, Writing 680 CR 650 …2070 Total
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.9 FULL IB though
[ *] Rank: top 15%
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
Engineering Club founer and president ( gr 11)
Robotics Club ( gr 11)
Special Olympics Hockey Coach ( gr 11-12)
Box Lacrosse Assistant Captain ( gr 10)
Field Lacrosse ( gr 10-11)
Canadian Cancer Youth Council ( gr 11-12)
IB Student Advisory Commitee ( gr 11-12)
Telus World of Science Volunteer/Staff ( gr 9 - 12)
Physics/Math/Chem Tutor ( gr 9 - 12)
[ *] Essays: Great
[ *] Teacher Recs: Physics Teacher loves me
[ *] Counselor Rec: Not so great
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): None
[ *) Location/Person: Vancouver, Bristish Columbia Canada
[ *] State or Country: Canada
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>What the heck is up with people using this ^ annoying format?! IDK what the OP was thinking when he started a 55 page chances thread with this… This should be better:</p>
<p>[ list]
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *] Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] Other Factors/questions:
[ /list]</p>
<p>Copy and paste the above format and remove all spaces from the brackets. For example, instead of [ <em>] it should be [</em>]. Then, fill it in with your information. That way, those of us who chance people can easily read a nicely bulleted list instead of a mess of asterisks and brackets.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>ACT Composite 32 including Math 35, English 33
HS Doesn’t rank, but top 5 out of 55 seniors at a small school
8 AP courses before grad
Taking the most rigorous courses offered
Elective in Science Investigations
96 avg (100 point scale)
ECs fair
Math Team
Latin Awards</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Balthezar, id say you have a really good shot to get in</p>
<p>[ul]
[<em>] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[</em>] SAT:
[<em>] SAT IIs (if sent):
[</em>] ACT:31
[<em>] UM unweighted GPA:3.9
[</em>] Rank:top %10
[<em>] Other stats: 3 Ap 1 honors
[</em>] Subjective (ECs):Special Olympics Volunteer, Judged Science Fair, NHS, Volunteer around school
[<em>] Essays: good
[</em>] Teacher Recs:great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[<em>] Location/Person: In State
[</em>] State or Country:MI
[<em>] School Type: large public
[</em>] Ethnicity:white
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness:
Strengths- ACT, GPA, Strength of Schedule
Weaknesses- EC</p>
<p>[*] Other Factors/questions: Mom past away (reason for not alot of EC)[/ul]</p>
<p>Remove all spaces in the brackets and type [ list] … <a href=“without%20spaces”> /list</a> around the entire thing so it looks like below.</p>
<p>Chriso’s Stats lols</p>
<p>[ul]
[<em>] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[</em>] SAT:
[<em>] SAT IIs (if sent):
[</em>] ACT:31
[<em>] UM unweighted GPA:3.9
[</em>] Rank:top %10
[<em>] Other stats: 3 Ap 1 honors
[</em>] Subjective (ECs):Special Olympics Volunteer, Judged Science Fair, NHS, Volunteer aound school
[<em>] Essays: good
[</em>] Teacher Recs:great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[<em>] Location/Person: In State
[</em>] State or Country:MI
[<em>] School Type: large public
[</em>] Ethnicity:white
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness:
Strengths- ACT, GPA, Strength of Schedule
Weaknesses- EC</p>
<p>[li] Other Factors/questions: Mom past away (reason for not alot of EC) [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>^ Chriso, You’re a match, I think you’ll get in if you apply ASAP. The only thing a little weak about your app is the little amount of AP’s/honors. If that’s all your school offers though, you’ll be fine. Good luck!</p>
<p>I’m sorry about your mom. You could write an essay about that and your low ECs if you wanted to, but I don’t really think it will matter too much. You have good stats so your EC’s won’t really matter anyways.</p>
<p>Id say you’re in easily chriso, but did you apply yet?</p>
<p>Yah, I did today! Thanks for the advice and I did write an essay about my mom.</p>
<p>Good luck! You have great stats so I’m sure you’ll be fine.</p>
<ul>
<li>College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
<ul>
<li>SAT: CR - 650, W- 660, M - 740</li>
<li>SAT IIs (if sent): Chemistry 670</li>
<li>ACT: -</li>
<li>UM unweighted GPA:3.75</li>
<li>Rank:top 20% (competitive school)</li>
<li>Other stats: Can speak 3 languages, 16 AP/honors courses combined</li>
<li>Subjective (ECs): NHS, MUN (4 years/in the homebase for it), FBLA (2 years), TSA, 170 volunteer hours, Stock Market Club (president), writer for school newspaper, play 3 sports, Speaker of the Freshmen Class, soccer referee</li>
<li>Essays: I’ve been told my 2 short answers are really really good, but my essay isn’t working out so well :></li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Good</li>
<li>Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): none</li>
<li>Location/Person: OOS</li>
<li>State or Country: PA</li>
<li>School Type: large public</li>
<li>Ethnicity:white</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness:
Strengths- Strength of Schedule, EC’s, SAT (to some extent)
Weaknesses- GPA, rank</li>
<li>Other Factors/questions:</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<p>I would say high match.</p>
<p>[LSA] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):
[650CR;590Math- I just took it again and think I got about a 640math;680CR] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[32reading;26math;28writing;26science;30english-overall is 28] ACT:
[3.90] UM unweighted GPA:
[School doesn’t rank] Rank:
Attended Quinsigamond Community College in the Fall-Maintained a 4.0GPA in an Honors Soc Course.
I will have completely 7 AP class by time of graduation. Any Honors/AP class include: Honors Geometry, AP Stats, AP Psych, AP Bio, AP MicroEcon, AP MacroEcon, AP Lit, Ap English</p>
<p>Other stats:
Alot of extracurriculars.</p>
<p>EC/Work:
Dance- 9+ years( Tap,Ballet,Pointe,Modern,Acrobatics,Lyrical,HipHop ,Jazz)
Debate - 2 years
Dance Teacher- 3 years(Acrobatics,KinderJazz, Modern, Tap)
Youth Group
Snowboarding
Piano for 7 years
Volunteered at summer dance camp(8-3/3days a week/4wks a summer)<-done this every summer of highschool.
Debate coach
AWANA leader-in-training
2 Mission Trips to Honduras/El Salvador/Guatemala
Sunday School Teacher
Vacation Bible School Teacher
Lighthouse Mission Food Pantry</p>
<p>Essays: I think they turned out really well. </p>
<p>Teacher Recs: I have a really great recommendation from a Doctor, who taught me both biology and chemistry.</p>
<p>State: MA
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Caucasian/Black(1/4 black)</p>
<ul>
<li>College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA</li>
<li>SAT: </li>
<li>SAT IIs (if sent): </li>
<li>ACT:31</li>
<li>UM unweighted GPA:3.61</li>
<li>Rank:top 20% (competitive school)</li>
<li>Other stats: 4 AP’s and 2 honors classes (AP Calc, Gov, US History, Chem), Honors English</li>
<li>Subjective (ECs): Varsity Wrestling (Team captain, 2x All-State), Summer Camp Counselor, Election worker, Member of Church Youth group</li>
<li>Essays: Strong essays</li>
<li>Teacher Rec: Excellent</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Good</li>
<li>Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Dad went to Umich</li>
<li>Location/Person: In-state</li>
<li>State or Country: MI</li>
<li>School Type: large public</li>
<li>Ethnicity:white</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness:
Strengths- ACT, EC’s
Weaknesses- GPA, rank</li>
<li>Other Factors/questions: I applied early decision and was just wondering my chances. Thanks!</li>
</ul>
<p>^
I think you have a very good chance of being accepted. One of your parents was a legacy, your stats are at the top of their average, and you attend a competitive high school. You are also in-state and applied early decision.</p>
<p>Anyone have any opinions on me (post #834)? I’m nervous cause I still haven’t heard back yet.</p>
<p>Motion12345, I’d say you’re probably in. I think you’ll be fine with a 3.75 UW GPA and a 1390/2050 SAT score.</p>