***The official University of Michigan Chances Thread:***

Colleges & Universities University of Michigan
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<p>Chances?</p>

<p>College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
SAT (one sitting): 2210: 750 CR, 760 M, 700 W
SAT IIs (if sent): Math IIC: 750, US History: 780, Chemistry: 800
ACT: N/A
UM unweighted GPA: 3.65
Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): By the end of this year I will have taken 7 APs. Scored a 5 on Spanish Lang, US History, Chemistry.
Rank: does not rank
Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-Boy Scouts (Senior Patrol Leader 80+ member troop, Eagle Scout, Led Philmont expedition)
-Interned for chair of biochemistry department at Stanford University. While there I co-authored a paper that is being reviewed for publication. The prof also wrote a 1.5 page letter of rec.
-Mock Trial (Leader and closing attorney)
-Student Advisory Board for a congresswoman to the House
-Opinion editor for school’s online publication
Essays: pretty good
Teacher Recs: A good one from my AP chem teacher and so/so from the other
Counselor Rec: Good
Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): My dad attended, not sure how much that helps though
Location/Person: Bay Area
State or Country: CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
major strength/weakness:
-Weakness: GPA
-Strength: Additional letter of rec
Other Factors/questions: eh…</p>

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<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT: M:770 CR:720 WR:700
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): MII:780 BIO-M:740 CHEM:760
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: Out of 4.0, 3.6-3.7
[ *] Rank: Between the first and second decile
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-Chamber Orchestra Cellist
-Student Council, Class Treasurer
-Quizbowl Captain
-Chinese Culture Camp Volunteer
-Dragon Dance Performer
-Self-taught computer programmer
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
-Siemens Math and Science Regional Finalist, Computer Science
-Created a website that contains source code for many of my projects
[ *] State or Country: CT
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness:
-GPA isn’t amazing
-shows strong interest and initiative in math and science
[ *] Other Factors/questions:
-English as a second language</p>

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<p>Intending to study Molecular Bio</p>

<p>GPA: UW: 3.85
W: 3.87
SAT: 2100 single sitting, 2140 superscore (660 CR 670 M 770 W, 10 Essay)
SAT II: Chem 740 Math II 740, Bio-M 760
ACT: 33 (35E 33R 32M 31S, 8 Essay)</p>

<p>AP’s: AP Biology-5, AP Statistics-5, AP English L&C-5
I am taking AP Calc AB, AP Chemistry, and AP Phsyics B this year.</p>

<p>Courses:</p>

<p>9th:
Spanish I
Leadership Dev/Health (public school-required classes)
Algebra 2/Trig H
English 9 H
Bio H
PE 9</p>

<p>4 A’s, 1 B. PE is a pass/fail, and I passed</p>

<p>10th:</p>

<p>Photo 1
English 10 H
World History H
Precalculus H/Precalculus (I switched to regular precalc for second semester, the teacher was crazy hard)
Spanish 2
AP Biology</p>

<p>5 A’s, 1 B.</p>

<p>11th
AP English L&C
AP Statistics
Spanish 3
US History
Physics
Chemistry</p>

<p>4 A’s, 2 B’s (in both APs)</p>

<p>12th
AP Chemistry
AP Physics
Government/Econ
AP Calc AB
English 12
Journalism</p>

<p>I took a CTY online class for AP Chemistry Junior year, and EPGY summer courses in Geometry and Music Theory in sophomore year.</p>

<p>EC’s:
Piano for 11 years</p>

<p>Copy Editor for school newspaper (12)</p>

<p>Volunteering:
Volunteered in India for three weeks helping mentally/physically handicapped children (summer before junior year)
Tutor for local library (11, 12)</p>

<p>Awards:
AP Scholar </p>

<p>Indian male, OOS.</p>

1084

<p>Chiburger MATCH
tetrisfan21 IN (70/30)GPA:3.6-3.7
ajax1221 IN(70/30)…GPA: 3.65</p>

1085

<p>My Chances?</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): School of Music, Theatre & Dance (BFA in Theatre Performance - Directing)
[ *] SAT: 2110 (Math - 760, Reading - 710, Writing - 640)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Math II - 760, Literature - 670
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 100.02 (weighted - it’s all my school calculates)
[ *] Rank: top 10%
[ *] Other stats: National Honor Society, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Scholarship Commended Student, Honorary member of my towns Historic Society.
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Assistant Figure Skating Coach, Babysitter, Private Voice Lessons, Theatre (director, assistant director, actor, camp counselor, running crew chief, regular crew member, painting, costuming)
[ *] Essays: obviously I’m biased - but I would say they were very good, especially my general common app one.
[ *] Teacher Recs: I didn’t read them, but I’m hoping they were great.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Same as above.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): n/a
[ *] State or Country: Maine
[ *] School Type: Public (one of the best in my state)
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female</p>

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<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA Undeclaerd
[ *] SAT: CR 720 770 M 750 W
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): MII 790
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: Out of 100, 88.32 (gonna hurt me a lot :()
[ *] Rank: my school doesn’t rank
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-clubs
-founder of a website that sold jewelry
-american cancer society volunteer
-worked as a waitress
-worked as a teacher’s assistant at a prep academy
-jv softball
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):

  • don’t really have a hook?
    [ *] State or Country: NY
    [ *] School Type: public
    [ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
    [ *] Gender: female
    [ *] major strength/weakness:
    -GPA is a weakness
    -OOS weakness?
    [ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
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<p>How does UMich look at your financial aid situation? Do they consider if you apply for aid in their admissions process? do you think if you are OOS and dont need aid (ie will bring them more money than someone in state) that it will work to your advantage?</p>

1088

<p>Chances please?</p>

<p>[<em>] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[</em>] SAT: Highest score from one sitting is 1950. superscored is 2030. Does Umich not superscore?
[<em>] SAT IIs (if sent):
[</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] UM unweighted GPA: Not sure how UMich would calculate it by my unweighted is 3.6
[</em>] Rank: top 20%
[<em>] Other stats: Senior year course load: AP Calc, AP Bio, AP English, Honors Physics, Probability & statistics, Economics, and a couple classes at a local university
[</em>] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
Played JV tennis for 2 years, varsity tennis my senior year - conference champs 3 years, sectional champs 2 years, regional champs 1 year, and regional finalists 1 year
Academic Spell Bowl team – state finalists all 4 years, regional champions 3 years
Math team - regional champions 1 year. state champions 1 year.
National Finalist for 2 years in a row in a neuroscience competition
National Finalist for 2 years in a row in a public speaking competition
National Finalist for 2 years in a row in a essay writing competition
Marching Band State Runner up – freshman year
Speech team - central indiana champions 1 year.
National Society of High School Scholars
National Honors Society
FIRST Robotics team for 3 years – won a regional championship in 2009
VEX Robotics team for 2 years – won a regional championship in 2009
Vice President of Chess Club
Played violin for 6 years, performed at various concerts</p>

<p>Work experience as a physician office assistant</p>

<p>Volunteer Activities: (total = slightly over 100 hrs)
Attorney’s Assistant (edited website, edited formal papers, etc)
Assisted my tennis coach in coaching small children
Assisted my tennis coach in his adult tennis classes
Volunteered at a local hospital
Assisted the Salvation Army
[<em>] Essays: Felt really good about all of them
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Sounded good
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[<em>] Location/Person:
[</em>] State or Country: Indiana
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness:
[*] Other Factors/questions:</p>

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<p>^sorry thats really hard to read…not sure how that happened but i’ll re-post</p>

1090

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: 1950 Total at one sitting. 2030 superscored. Does UMich superscore?
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.6
[ *] Rank: top 20%
[ *] Other stats: Senior year courses: AP calc, AP bio, AP english, Honors physics, Economics, Probability & Statistics, and a couple classes at a local university.
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
Played JV tennis for 2 years, varsity tennis my senior year - conference champs 3 years, sectional champs 2 years, regional champs 1 year, and regional finalists 1 year
Academic Spell Bowl team – state finalists all 4 years, regional champions 3 years
Math team - regional champions 1 year. state champions 1 year.
National Finalist for 2 years in a row in a neuroscience competition
National Finalist for 2 years in a row in a public speaking competition
National Finalist for 2 years in a row in a essay writing competition
Marching Band State Runner up – freshman year
Speech team - central indiana champions 1 year.
National Society of High School Scholars
National Honors Society
FIRST Robotics team for 3 years – won a regional championship in 2009 (had leadership position)
VEX Robotics team for 2 years – won a regional championship in 2009
Vice President of Chess Club
Played violin for 6 years, performed at various concerts</p>

<p>Work experience as a physician office assistant</p>

<p>Volunteer Activities: (total = slightly over 100 hrs)
Attorney’s Assistant (edited website, edited formal papers, etc)
Assisted my tennis coach in coaching small children
Assisted my tennis coach in his adult tennis classes
Volunteered at a local hospital
Assisted the Salvation Army [ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs: Sounded good
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Indiana
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Probably my grades/sat is my weakness. I’m hoping my EC’s, recs, and essay will make up for it.
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>

1091

<p>jake1111 - OOS, lower gpa. reach, emphasize your awards/experiences
MichiganGirl15 - ^ same as above
sarebear624 - Match</p>

1092

<p>Chance me? </p>

<p>College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
SAT (one sitting): 2210: 750 CR, 680 M, 780 W
SAT IIs (if sent): US History: 800, World History: 740 Literature: 690
ACT: 32
UM unweighted GPA: 3.88
Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 9 AP classes, all honors for other core classes.
Rank: does not rank
Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-Newspaper Editor-In-Chief (Internships with major newspaper and radio stations and major awards regionally- Staff Writer of the Year)
-State Qualifying Cross Country (Captain)
-State Qualifying Track (Captain)
-Amnesty International President
-Soup Kitchen School Coordinator
-Tutor
-National Merit Commended</p>

<p>200+ Hours Community Service</p>

<p>Essays: One amazing, 2 good/great
Teacher Recs: 2 great
Counselor Rec: Good
Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
Location/Person:
State or Country: FL
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian/Indian
Gender: M
major strength/weakness:
-Weakness: not sure, no hook?
-Strength:
Other Factors/questions:</p>

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<p>not a bad shot</p>

<p>College (LSA, engineering, etc.):Engineering
SAT IIs (if sent): Math IIC: 800, BIO M: 730, Chemistry: 740
ACT: English 33, Math 36, Reading 28, Science 33
UM unweighted GPA: not sure, school goes by weighted
Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): By the end of this year I will have taken 4 APs. Chemistry, Envi Sci, Calc AB, Comp Sci A
Rank: does not rank
Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
Extracurriculars, junior and senior year on my highschool’s FTC robotics team. We won states and failed at nationals :stuck_out_tongue: </p>

<p>I’ve played guitar in a band since 8th grade</p>

<p>I’ve had a couple jobs throughout high school, nothing engineering-y though</p>

<p>Co-president of the Community Action Club in my school</p>

<p>Executive Board Member of Healthy Community Healthy Youth, we do lots of stuff around town, me and one other student are student liaisons between the highschool and this committee. </p>

<p>State or Country: NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
major strength/weakness:
-Weakness: GPA</p>

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<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: N/A
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): N/A
[ *] ACT:Composite-28 M-28 R-29 E-29 S-24 Writing-9
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.8
[ *] Rank:12/108
[ *] Other stats: I’m in AP Calculus, AP English, Physics, World History/Geo, Psychology this year. I took AP Stats, Pre calc, Chem, English, and Spanish 2 last year.
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):Sideline and Competitive Cheer all four years. Soccer Junior year. Cheer team captain junior and senior year. National Honor Society. Senior Class Vice President. Member of Student Run Branch. About 200 hours of Community Service.
[ *] Essays:Great.
[ *] Teacher Recs:Great.
[ *] Counselor Rec:Great.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person:Michigan, but listed as OOS because i have a father who lives in Boston. I filled out the resident classification form and should have that fixed in a couple months.
[ *] State or Country:Michigan
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Half Lebanese and Half Caucasian
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] major strength/weakness:Took a semester of Anthropology at a local community college recently.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Will the admissions staff see that i live in Michigan and go to school in Michigan? Will the fact that i’m currently listen OOS affect my chances of being accepted? and if i get in, will i qualify for in state tuition. I’ve lived in Michigan since 7th grade with my mother and am claimed on her taxes. I have my license in Michigan and have worked here in Michigan. </p>

<p>Thank you a lot :)</p>

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<p>SAT: 2070 (660 CR, 650 M, 760 W)</p>

<p>ACT: 31 (superscore) (35 English, 34 Reading, 27 Math, 26 Science)</p>

<p>Grades: 3.7 UW GPA, top 10% of class</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Intern for a major publishing company (Summer 2010), weekly columnist and teen writer for my local newspaper, intern for a tourism website, copywriter for a legal services website, editor for the school paper, literary magazine editor, varsity tennis player</p>

<p>Essays: talk about my severe stutter, which I’ve had for my entire life and how it has affected me</p>

<p>Background: White girl from NJ, parents are not receiving financial aid ($550,00+)</p>

<p>High School: Public high school in NJ, ~220 kids in graduating class, sends 20 kids to top schools each year</p>

<p>Intended Major: Creative Writing/Journalism</p>

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<p>^bump? anyone? i will chance back!</p>

1097

<p>this year is a lot different than other years because there are so many more applications due to them switching to the common app. it is also no longer rolling so it is very hard to tell whether or not 2070 and 31 will get accepted or deferred this year. i have 2050 and 31 with solid ec’s and essays so it looks like we’re in the same boat</p>

1098

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):Engineering
[ *] SAT:M:750 CR:700 W:680
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT:34
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.65
[ *] Rank:School doesn’t rank
[ *] Other stats:7 IB courses, HL: Physics, Biology, English
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):Lived internationally, almost won australian national engineering championship, do bioinformatics research at UofM, competed twice in Siemens Foundation science competition with engineering projects, 3 years on board of buildOn chapter of my school, volunteer at local hospital designing computational simulations to improve efficiency, accompanied school choir on piano for 2 years, placed third in state wide Chinese competition
[ *] Essays: Excellent
[ *] Teacher Recs:Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec:Good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Legacy
[ *) Location/Person: Detroit
[ *] State or Country:Michigan
[ *] School Type: ranked 2nd in american public schools
[ *] Ethnicity:caucasian
[ *] Gender:m
[ *] major strength/weakness: highly ranked school, in state, heavy courseload/GPA, lack of sports
[ *] Other Factors/questions: how much harder is engineering to get into?</p>

1099

<p>applied early action, my clear cut number one
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Kinesiology (Sport Management)
[ *] SAT: M:630 - R: 650 - W:650
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.6722 weighted, dk my unweighted
[ *] Rank: top 40%
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): just copied and pasted my resume</p>

<p>Northern Valley Regional High School - Demarest
•Senior Service (Spring 2011) Community service experience for seniors who have demonstrated academic excellence.
•Intramural Basketball League (2010 – 2011) Established, ran and participated in league that has 18 teams compete in a ladder format tournament. Did he really establish this entire league? If so, I would bold that at the beginning like this: Founder, Intramural Basketball League
•Peer Mentor (2009-2011)
•Future Business Leaders of America (2008-present)
•Latin Club (2009 – present)
•Stock Investment Club (2009)
•JV Basketball (2009) never make excuses on a resume
•Freshman Basketball (2008)
•Freshman Football (2007)</p>

<p>Academic Achievements
•Project Acceleration at Seton Hall University A concurrent enrollment program with the College of Arts and Sciences at Seton Hall University. Anticipated total credits earned – 6
2010-11 • 3 credits Latin 2009-10 • 3 credits Core English
•Honor Roll ¬¬¬¬¬¬Northern Valley Regional High School Demarest (2009-present)
•National Honor Society of High School Scholars Inducted Spring 2010</p>

<p>Community Service
•Teen Philanthropy Institute (2009-2011) Kaplen JCC, Tenafly, NJ
Program goal is to foster Jewish values while empowering teens to teach the importance of giving. Serve on a grant-making board, learn how to become a strategic philanthropist and contribute to a pooled fund that supports selected charities. Switch order of 2010 participants and 2009 participants2009 recipients: Community Food Bank of NJ, Habitat for Humanity, Jewish Family Services of Bergen County and Music for All.<br>
2010 recipients: Center for Food Action and Children’s IBD Center. 2011 recipients: TBD
•Challenger Recreation Program (2007-09, 2011) Closter, NJ
Served as a basketball coach for differently able I don’t know what “differently able” means children
•Camp Dream Street (2009) Kaplen JCC, Tenafly, NJ<br>
Counselor at a one-week tuition free camp, staffed by volunteers, established for children with cancer or other blood disorders and their siblings. (note: sounded like siblings had cancer or blood disorders)
•Face 2 Face (2008-present) Temple Emanu-el, Closter, NJ Youth group for high school students that fosters socialization and community outreach.
•High Holy Day Youth Counselor (2008-present) Temple Emanu-el, Closer, NJ
Other
•Camp Equinunk, Equinunk, PA - (2010) Jr. Counselor, (2009) CIT, (2002-08) Camper
•Sports Instructor, Teel’s Impact Sports - New Position. Season begins end of October 2010
•Teen Leadership Conference (April 2010) American Camping Association
•AAU Basketball (2008-2009) Cresskill Cougars, (2007-2008) Bergen Bulldogs </p>

<p>[ *] Essays:really really good, proud of what i wrote and reviewed by an expert, tells about me
[ *] Teacher Recs:from my favorite teachers who ive had more than one class with over the years
[ *] Counselor Rec:best
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person:Closter
[ *] State or Country:New Jersey
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender:m
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] Other Factors/questions: only one to apply to kinesiology from my school that i know
connections: my dads friend knows the dean of the law school and another friend donated a building to the school, just hope that helps in some way</p>

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<p>** College (LSA, engineering, etc.):** LSA
** SAT**:m:800 CR:800 W:670
** SAT IIs (if sent):Math2 Physics Chem 800, Bio 780
** ACT: Didn’t send
unweighted GPA:3.5 -most of the bad gpa at 1st +2nd trimester freshman year., but still a very slow upward trend
** Rank: Doesn’t rank
** Other stats**: 28 AP courses (including this year) 5’s on 9 AP’s, 4s on 6.
** Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc)**: Chess club math club president, all 4 years… couple math science and programming awards… 1000+ hours of music ecs, - the music programs at my school are insane - self-learned advanced math, blah blah blah… know five languages, (six if you include pig latin, eight if you include programming languages), did a report on the variations on language for a thesis… etc. </p>

<p>** Essays**:: my pride and joy, lol
** Teacher Recs**:: they seemed to know what i wanted them to say… can explain and account for my pathetic gpa
Counselor Rec:: meh…
** Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):: i wish…
** State or Country::Texas
** School Type**:: too competitive
Ethnicity:: sadly not a URM
Gender::m
** major strength/weakness**:: lol heavy courseload,dual curriculum, music ecs, took calculus in eighth grade, etc…
weakness:… gpa…
Other Factors/questions:: ???</p>