<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT: Math 690, Reading 720, Writing 700
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Bio M 750, Chem 720
[ *] ACT: none
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.5UW, 4.2W
[ *] Rank: School doesn’t rank, but probably about top 30-25%
[ *] Other stats: Very hard schedules junior and senior year
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): 4 years of marching band, as senior Executive officer; 3 years (10-12) FIRST Robotics, leader in junior/ senior year; 3 jazz band; 4 years JSA Debate; 2 years (10-11) History club, founder/ treasury in junior year; took summer courses at University of Maryland in Biotech and engineerin
[ *] Essays: Very good.
[ *] Teacher Recs: 2, should be good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: NJ
[ *] School Type: UBER COMPETITIVE PUBLIC
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strengths: FIRST, Science classes to death (full set of pre-engineering in RIT’s Project Lead the Way, AP Bio and Physics, Experimental Research, as well as Bio and Chem J and Physics H), huge amounts music
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Anyone know about how/ how hard it is to get in the drumline?</p>
<p>Doing EA (and have had stuff in early Septembers but Recs got in 10/7) if that helps</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.5
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 5 AP including this year, 90% of classes honors/AP
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Varsity swim 4 years (2 as captain), Varsity XC 3 years (1 as captain), Varsity softball 3 years, Academic Decathlon 3 years (2 as captain), BuildOn (community service) 3 years), worked as lifeguard/swim instructor at YMCA, also worked as private lifeguard/swim instructor
[ *] Essays: Amazing
[ *] Teacher Recs: Really good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Also really good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Nada
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: PA
[ *] School Type: Public, extremely competitive, ranked #1 best public school in PA
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Weak: GPA/ACT; Strength: ECs, essays
[ *] Other Factors/questions: already sent application</p>
<p>@gt: I don’t know the SAT-ACT equivalent so I cant give a proper
“chance”. low unweighted but your weighted is very good. </p>
<p>@oceanstatesoul: again a lowish GPA, but that test score isnt half bad. along with your good EC’s and applying for LSA I’d say match. What is your weighted GPA?</p>
<p>Bc2015- my weighted gpa is 4.0</p>
<p>^ I’d have to say match then :)</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA (biochem)
[ *] SAT: N/A
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): N/A
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.6
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ *] Other stats: N/A
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Ecology Club (2 yrs), attended leadership conferences at local uni, 30 hrs of community service, 100 hrs of career experience (worked in University of Chicago Hospital lab, learned lots of procedures and protocols), held multiple summer jobs, etc
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: 2 Teachers, both good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): N/A
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Illinois
[ *] School Type: Public, competitive
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Weak GPA/Course rigor freshman/soph year, started taking hardest classes available junior and senior year and excelled in them, indicative of a strong upward trend. Also received a recommendation letter from the laboratory’s Principal Investigator.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: N/A</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA (Early Action)
[ *] ACT: 33 (29 E, 32 M, 34 R, 36 S)
[ *] GPA: 3.8 UW
[ *] Other Stats: AP Bio - 3, AP Chem, AP Calc, APES
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
- Varsity Football
- 2 years of Spanish Club
- Math Tutor
[ *] Essays: Solid Essays
[ *] Teacher Recs: Pretty Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Pretty Good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): N/A
[ *) Location/Person:N/A
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strength: GPA/ACT Weak: EC’s - Haven’t really done much community service (really regret it)
[ *] Other Factors/questions: N/A</p>
<p>both of you above me look pretty good with the ACT score and the recalculated gpa is working well too, I’d say it’s def a match for both of you</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA - biology
[ *] SAT: it’s not good
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Chem: 710, Math 2: 690 (yeah they suck)
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:
- my weighted GPA is 3.8. My gpa sucks but I have a really good upward grade trend (straight As junior year)
[ *] Rank: horrible, I imagine, hopefully top 1/3
[ *] Other stats: APUS: 4 , AP World: 4, AP Chem: 5
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-Eagle Scout
-4 yrs varsity swimming
-2 yrs jv water polo, 2yrs varsity water polo (captain senior year)
-Volunteer at local charity organization summer 2010 (25 hrs/week)
-Volunteer lifeguard at local charity summer camp (4hrs/week)
-Habitat for Humanity the past three summers for a week
-HS Students for Obama fall 2008
-Young Democrats 2009, president 2010</p>
<p>[ *] Essays: they’ll be alright
[ *] Teacher Recs: It’ll be good, my chem teacher liked me as a student…i think…
[ *] Counselor Rec: I hope it’ll be good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): legacy
-2 grandparents
-1 great uncle that was a prof
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: MISSOURI
[ *] School Type: public, but decently competitive
[ *] Ethnicity: white/caucasian
[ *] Gender: male!
[ *] major strength/weakness:
weakness: GPA
strength: ridiculous upward trend in grades
[ *] Other Factors/questions:
4 AP classes senior year, full schedule (also taking band and gym, i need gym to graduate or Id take another AP)</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT: none until November
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): none until November
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] UM GPA: The only reported GPA is weighted, 4.14. Looking at my classes, I would say 3.9 unweighted.
[ *] Rank: 4
[ *] Other stats: 5 AP’s by end of senior year, out of a total of about 7 offered (my school isn’t big on advanced academics)
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):</p>
<ol>
<li>Marching Band (4 years). Co-Section Leader (Alto Saxophone) for 1. </li>
<li>Quiz Bowl (3 years). Treasurer for 1.</li>
<li>National Honors Society (4 years). Regular member, leader of various volunteer projects.</li>
<li>Chess Club (2 years). Regular member.</li>
<li>Pep Band (2 years). Regular member (no leadership positions).</li>
</ol>
<p>[ *] Essays: Should be good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Great
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): None
[ *) Location/Person: Roseville, MI
[ *] State or Country: USA
[ *] School Type: Large Uncompetitive Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: GPA, testing/EC’s
[ *] Other Factors/questions: I don’t need financial aid. Considering it’s a state school, and in this current recession, that might help a lot.</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA): undecided
[ *] SAT: Math 710, Reading 720, Writing 700
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Math II 720
[ *] ACT: none
[ *] UM weighted gpa: 3.67
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ *] Other stats: Very hard schedules junior and senior year
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Leader of Community Service organization, 4 years tennis, newspaper, photography awards, science fair awards
[ *] Essays:good.
[ *] Teacher Recs: 2, very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): none
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: PA
[ *] School Type: VERY VERY VERY COMPETITIVE PRIVATE
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strengths: upward grade trend, a lot of first place science fair awards (regional and state), TON of community service (started a project)
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Ross
[ *] SAT: 610 Math, 620 Reading, 690 Writing (Terrible scores. Not good at standardized tests)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 670 USH, 630 Lit, Taking Math1 and 2 in November
[ *] ACT: 30 (Taking it again in December)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.5
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ *] Other stats: AP Lit 4, AP USH 4,
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):</p>
<p>-Yearbook Photographer
-Economics Club (3,4)
-Treasurer and Founder of a bunch of EC
-Former member/Mentor at an NYC mentorship program for underprivileged elementary school children
-Community service at Memorial Sloan Kettering, a block association, and around the city via school’s community service program
-First generation american
-Parents did not attend college
-Dual citizenship with European Union
-Attend top private school in NYC
-Interned at a top PR firm in NYC over the summer</p>
<p>[ *] Essays: Great
[ *] Teacher Recs: Great
[ *] Counselor Rec: Great
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): N/A
[ *) Location/Person: NYC
[ *] State or Country: New York (I hold dual citizenship with the European Union)
[ *] School Type: Religious Private
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness:strengths: essay, recs, ECs, tough course load at a top private school in nyc (AP courses are not administered at my school so that is why I didn’t take any) weakness: GPA, SAT
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Taking a Financial Accounting course this year along with a Statistics course. </p>
<p><em>This is my first time doing this so things may seem a bit off!</em> Thanks!</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT: N/A
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Not sent (780 math II, 780 physics, 750 US history)
[ *] ACT: 35 (36 math, 6 reading, 35 science, 32 english)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.92
[ *] Rank: top 5%
[ *] Other stats: Most rigorous course load
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
Model un - four years, executive board, multiple best delegate awards
Debate - 10th and 12th, varsity public forum
Quiz bowl - 12th, varsity
Wyse/teams/jets - 11th and 12th, varsity, team placed 7th in nation last year
Concert band - clarinet for ten years, saxophone for four years, concert band four years, wind ensemble best in state
Pep band - four years
National honor society - 11th and 12th, volunteer work
JV swimming - 9th
JV volleyball - 9th
JV golf - 10th
Religious education volunteer - 50 hours
Food bank volunteer - 25 hours (and rising)
Village band volunteer - 25 hours
Engineering course at Michigan tech last summer
Physics lectures at FermiLab/University of Illinois
AP scholar
National merit commendation
Lifeguard during the summer - 10th, 11th, 12th, 600+ hours
[ *] Essays: good/strong
[ *] Teacher Recs: good/strong
[ *] Counselor Rec: good/strong
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): legacy
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Illinois
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):LSA and Honors college
[ *] SAT: SAT I Math: 740
SAT I Critical Reading: 680
SAT I Writing: 620, Total is 2040
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.79, (real UW: 3.645, W: not sure)
[ *] Rank: Top 5 to10% when weighted, 29/178 when unweighted
[ *] Other stats: Chess Club, First Robotics Club (2yrs), Golf Team, Swim Team, NHS(2yrs). AP Bio (5), AP US Gov (4), AP US Hist (3). Taking AP physics and calculus AB, and maybe AP Eng. For my second semester.
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
[ *] Essays: I didn’t proof-read the beginning (due to a lack of sleep) and I apparently messed up with making grammatical sense, but the rest of the essay was definitely good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person: Michigan, on the top of the Upper Peninsula
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Bangladeshi
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: ACT score was second highest in my school, and so was my SAT score, I think. Don’t have much for EC thanks to my father pulling me out of sports so I don’t get “distracted” from my studies
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Would being the only South Asian in my class count towards anything? And how important is the essay?</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):LSA and Ross School of Business
[ *] SAT: not submitting
[ *] SAT II’s: 740 Math 2
[ *] ACT: 35
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: don’t know- weighted is 4.15
[ *] Rank: school doesn’t rank- top 10%
[ *] Other stats: AP World History, Government, US History, Statistics, Environmental Science, Calc AB, Economics, Psychology, college-level English course
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): 4 yr varsity soccer player and captain, club soccer, club and HS lacrosse grade 9&10, student council, NHS, various volunteer (tutor and food bank), DECA, MUN, AP scholar
[ *] Essays: good (i think)
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): none
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: NJ
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] major strength/weakness: strength- ACT score, 8 APs, EC’s
[ *] Other Factors/questions: chances at Ross?</p>
<p>Chance me anyone?</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: taken in October - will receive scores in 2 days
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.71
[ *] Rank: top 13% in very competitive school
[ *] Other stats: 11 AP courses taken to date; very rigorous academic course load
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-National Honor Society (2 years)
-Competitive equestrian (all 4 years of high school; 7 years total)
-Over 175 community service hours
-Volunteer at therapeutic riding barn for special needs individuals for 2 years - connection between my equestrianism and community service
-Artist - Two published drawings
[ *] Essays: Excellent. AP Lit teacher LOVED my main essay
[ *] Teacher Recs: Solid
[ *] Counselor Rec: Solid
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): legacy - father
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Wisconsin
[ *] School Type: Public, very competitive
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Weak in math overall. ACT math score significantly lower than the others (35, 34, 28 and…24. ouch) and a B average in my math courses - however, it is evident that I challenge myself to improve by taking honors math courses and enrolling in two math courses my senior year despite my obvious lack of talent for it.
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): College of engineering
[ *] SAT (one sitting): CR 680 M 800 W 650 (Total 2130)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): considering taking in dec or retaking SAT1
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: Scored AAABE for GCE A levels
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
- Competitive badminton for 9 years with leadership posts for 3 years with national team gold for 2 years and gold in individual doubles tournament
- Competitive ultimate frisbee for 2 years (both years team silver)
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Should be okay
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] State or Country: Singapore
[ *] School Type: Junior College
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Afraid my SAT1 might not be competitive enough for international standards.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Would A level results be taken into consideration and would my results then help or harm me?</p>
<p>Current Courses:
AP Calc AB
AP English Lit
Ind Study AP Gov
Ind Study AP English Lang</p>
<p>ACT: 28
GPA: 3.77
Class Rank: 7 out of 304</p>
<p>EC’s:
National Honor Society
Quiz Bowl
Investment Bowl
French Club
Social Studies Olympiad (2010 State Champs)
College Club
Varsity Golf
Volunteer at the city clerks office during election season
Sit on school’s hiring board</p>
<p>Had a UMich admissions officer proofread my essay and awesome teacher recs.</p>
<p>Hey guys, about to send my early action app in and just want a final chance</p>
<p>Info: Out of State, for Engineering</p>
<p>GPA: W: 4.46, UW: 3.8
SAT: 1980 (M: 680, W: 690, R: 610)
Class Rigor: AP classes taken - AP Euro, AP Chem, AP US History, AP Physics B, AP Art History (Independent Study), AP Calc BC, AP Lang and Comp, AP Macro/Micro Econ, AP US/Comparative Gov, AP French IV, AP Prob and Stat, AP Literature, AP Biology</p>
<p>Rank: 21/846</p>
<p>Some EC’s and regular community service ~ 35 hrs</p>
<p>@ nickoo:</p>
<p>Hey, I’m a fellow S’porean. Haha. Well, yes they do take into account your GCE A’Level scores. I’m thinking it will help you since you got A’s in all your H2. I’m thinking that is the most important thing. And you’re SAT scores are fine! </p>
<p>Btw, are you applying EA to UMichigan. Cause, you will not be able to send Dec SAT 2 scores then.</p>