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1101

<p>I’m currently a Junior, and have taken the ACT and all, but this is what I expect my profile to be like once I start to apply.</p>

<p>[ *] College-Either LSA or Engineering (I want to do a double major in Mathematics and some form of Engineering)
[ *] SAT:N/A
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): N/A
[ *] ACT:34
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.6, unweighted overall is a 4.4GPA. Grading Scale at my school is as follows: A=93-100, B=85-92, C=75-84, d=70-75, F=0-69.
[ *] Rank:School Doesn’t Rank
[ *] Other stats: Grades have an upward trend from freshman year to Junior. I took the most advanced science possible, independent studied for 4 AP exams. Only have 2 C’s, but I also have to take care of my mother, who has Multiple Sclerosis. I’ve taken 9 AP exams, an “(I)” next to it means that I studied that one independently.
Junior</p>

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<p>English Language-4
Chemistry(I)-5
Physics B(I)-5</p>

<p>Senior</p>

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<p>Calculus BC-5
US Govt-4
Biology-4
English Literature-3
Physics C: mechanics(I)-5
Physics C: Electricity/Magnetism(I)-5</p>

<p>Extracurricular-
Jazz band-1 year (9)
Marching Band-2 years (9/10)
Beta Club-2 Years (11/12, they don’t let Freshman/Sophomores in, same for NHS.)
National Honors Society-2 years (11/12)
Service Hours (Jr.)-100 Hours
Service Hours (Sr.)-150 Hours
Junior Classical League- 1 year (11)-Did tests in Latin Derivatives, and Essay Contest.
National Latin exam, Latin II-top 10%
Mock Trial-2 years (11/12)
Cross Country (varsity)
Track/Field (Varsity)
Possible Acceptance into MITES (Minority Introduction to engineering and science) between Junior/Senior year.</p>

<p>[ *] Essays:Pretty Good; not stellar, but not bad.
[ *] Teacher Rec:Great
[ *] Counselor Rec:Great
[ *] Hook-Legacy: My mother, Grandfather, and Cousin all went To Michigan.
[ *) Location/Person:Out of State, but I was born in, and lived in Michigan for about 14 years.
[ *] State or Country:TN
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Black
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] major strength/weakness:Mom is single and on Disability, she also has Multiple Sclerosis as I mentioned earlier, so I have to help take care of her. Studying University Calculus that surpasses AP Calculus BC during my Senior year. Low income household (less than $50,000)</p>

<p>[ *] Other Factors/questions: Right now I’m working on project with a friend where we study the roots behind the lack of motivation at out school, by asking students what they don’t like about school, why they don’t do work, what they hate about teachers, etc. We also go to the teachers, asking their teaching methods, what they think the major problems are, and what they are doing to combat it. Then we make suggestions as to how to make improvements, submitting it to the principal at the end of this school year in hopes to try and improve our school, I don’t know if that’s really big or if I can put it on a college application. (To be honest, I feel bad putting some of this stuff on because I feel as if I’m bragging. I don’t want to be seen as doing stuff just because it looks good, I do most of this stuff because I want to.)</p>

1102

<p>Well, I was deferred in Early Action… but I’d love to be chance’d for RD =/</p>

<p>[ <em>] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: 2050 (2nd sitting) 700 M, 690 W, 660 CR
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): none
[ *] ACT: 31, writing 10 (forgot the breakdown)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.63 UW
[ *] Rank: school doesn’t rank
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):

  • Taken/taking 4 of the 6 APs offered at my school (bio, U.S., calc AB, gov’t & politics), got a 3 on bio and 4 on U.S.
  • STEEP upward trend of my GPA since sophomore year (3.3 to 3.8)
  • My EC’s aren’t spectacular… inducted into NHS and FHS, heavily involved in my church & community, play club basketball, have danced & taken piano lessons for 11 years, volunteered as a camp counselor for the past 2 summers for 2 months, earning 700+ hours
    [ *] Essays:
  • My supplements were AWESOME! Tailored them to Michigan really well & what I want to do in the future
  • Good commonapp essay
    [ *] Teacher Recs: excellent
    [ *] Counselor Rec: great, she knows me really well
    [ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): First generation American (wasn’t even born in America myself) - not sure if that helps
    [ *) Location/Person: in-state
    [ *] State or Country: MI
    [ *] School Type: private, catholic, competitive
    [ *] Ethnicity: White (Middle Eastern)
    [ *] Gender: Female
    [ *] major strength/weakness: strengths - rigor of courseload, essays, ACT; weaknesses - GPA
    [ *] Other Factors/questions: Michigan is STILL my #1…hopefully they’ll be accepting a TON of deferred students come the new year *crosses fingers</em></p>
1103

<p>I applied EA, but stupid collegeboard didnt send my SAT scores in time, so i’m in rolling now</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): engineering
[ *] SAT: 2070 (610 CR, 800 M, 660 W)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 710 Physics, 800 Math 2
[ *] ACT: 30 (not sent)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:unknown, weighted is 3.94
[ *] Rank:school doesn’t rank
[ *] Other stats: NHS
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): good
[ *] Essays: decent
[ *] Teacher Recs:Great
[ *] Counselor Rec: Greak
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person: Massachusetts
[ *] State or Country: Mass.
[ *] School Type: Good Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] major strength/weakness: math (strength), writing (weakness)
[ *] Other Factors/questions: captain golf team</p>

1104

<p>Already deferred, but still hopefull
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: 2040, Math 740, CR 680, W 620 (I never finished writing my essay)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT:32, Math 31, English 29, Reading 36, Science 28, Writing 9 (Results were unexpected)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.6, school doesn’t do weighted
[ *] Rank: 29/181
[ *] Other stats:
3 AP classes junior year: Biology(5), US Gov (4), US history (3)
2 AP classes this year: Physics B, Calc AB
Doing 2 independent studies this year: Eng Lit, and Chemistry </p>

<p>[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
First Robotics team for 2 years
Golf team 1 year (cut after I joined)
Swimming 1 year (couldn’t join during previous years because of a broken leg)
National Honor Society: 2 years + Mentoring a younger student
Good with a guitar with 3 years of experience
I also started playing trumpet for the School symphony band with no experience at all, but I’ve already moved up a chair.</p>

<p>[ *] Essays: Messed up with grammar in the beginning, but I didn’t realize it until after I submitted the supplement. The rest was very good, though
[ *] Teacher Recs: Great
[ *] Counselor Rec: Great
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person: In-state, in the upper peninsula
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Public, uncompetitive
[ *] Ethnicity: Brown South Asian, the only one in my grade
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strong in Science and Math, especially biology, weak in writing (improving) and turning in homework. Also, I’ve studied in 3 other countries (Brunei, Bangladesh, and New Zealand), so I’ve some experience with other cultures.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: I got the second highest ACT score in my class (the highest being 33). School offers only Also, I might switch into AP English for the second semester.
Finally, I haven’t a single foreign language class in high school, but I can speak Bengali, and I’m learning Arabic and French at home.</p>

1105

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):
LSA</p>

<p>[ *] SAT:
2240 combined (740 CR, 770 M, 730 W)</p>

<p>[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
770 MCII, 790 Bio E</p>

<p>[ *] ACT:
31 (not sending in)</p>

<p>[ *] UM unweighted GPA:
3.97</p>

<p>[ *] Rank:
4/467
(weighted scale)</p>

<p>[ *] Other stats:
AP Scores:
Music Theory 5
US History 5
Psychology 5
Biology 5
English Lang 4
Calc AB 4
Euro 3 ;(</p>

<p>[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
Full-time paid intern at stem cell lab in Vanderbilt University
Club and Varsity Swimming Captain
French Honor Society Founder/President
French Club President
International Club Vice-President
Foreign Students Club President
NHS
Mu Alpha Theta: Math Tutor
Concert master at Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music Pre-college Orchestra
Some Volunteering (like… 50 hours)
Some math competitions</p>

<p>[ *] Essays:
Common App one was good, really deep - talked about classical music
Community one was… meh, talked about school/diversity/clubs
Why LSA was good, talked about how I know two UMich Alumni who teach and Vandy and how they opened my eyes to the school. Also talked about the UMich bio program and research opportunities</p>

<p>[ *] Teacher Recs:
Both really good</p>

<p>[ *] Counselor Rec:
Good</p>

<p>[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
None?</p>

<p>[ *) Location/Person:
Living in the 9th wealthiest counties in the U.S… Upper/middle class</p>

<p>[ *] State or Country:
Tennessee</p>

<p>[ *] School Type:
Public, 2000 people, fairly good academically</p>

<p>[ *] Ethnicity:
Asian</p>

<p>[ *] Gender:
Male</p>

<p>[ *] major strength/weakness:
Strengths: Academics, ECs
Weaknesses: Essay? Ethnicity… Out of State!!</p>

<p>[ *] Other Factors/questions:
If I submitted my app for rolling admissions on November 3rd, when should I expect them to give me a decision?</p>

1106

<p>Hi! UMich is my first choice so please be honest with me! Also if they received my application on December 30th, when should i hear back from them since it’s rolling?</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: 2070 (750 CR, 580 M, 740 W)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): U.S. History 700, Literature 660
[ *] ACT:Composite-30 M-27 R-34 E-34 S-25 Writing-10
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: Not sure, but regular UW is 3.7
[ *] Rank: Doesn’t Rank
[ *] Other stats: I’m in AP English IV, AP Environmental Science, AP Economics , AP Psychology this year. I took AP Euro, AP U.S., AP English last year, and various honors classes.
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Public Relations Intern for my city, President of my school’s gardening club, 115 hours of community service with various activites, on 2 UIL Newspaper teams, Newspaper Section Editor for News,Yearbook member, Invisible Children Club Member, French Club member, regular volunteer at animal shelter
[ *] Essays: Really personal and informative.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Great
[ *] Counselor Rec: Really Great (she helped me through a difficult time in my life and knows me well)
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person: Texas
[ *] State or Country:Texas
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Caucasian
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strengths are Difficult High School (Nationally Recognized), AP Classes, essays and recs. weaknesses are GPA and scores (and OOS)
[ *] Other Factors/questions: I’ve been hearing mixed reviews about acceptance rates this year, especially for OOS applicants. What are my chances this year and when will I hear back? I’ve heard mid-February and late March-April. Thank you so much!</p>

1107

<p>College: Engineering
ACT: 25
UM unweighted GPA: 3.90
Rank: Top 10%
Other stats: AP calc, AP statistics
Essays/Recommendations: Good
State: Michigan
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Other: Varsity football and swimming, lifegaurding, managing a pizza store on my own during high school</p>

1108

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): U of M
[ *] SAT (superscore): 1930
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 660 US History, 590 English
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] UM weighted GPA: 4.16
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 8 APs, 4 Honors,
[ *] Rank: 26/660
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): 4 years private voice lessons; 8 years dance lessons; 3 years nationally-acclaimed, award-winning show choir.
[ *] Essays: Good.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Very good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Very good.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: California
[ *] School Type: Musical Theatre
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strength: Good leadership, 140 hours of community service
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Any advice for Musical Theatre applicants?</p>

1109

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): prolly LSA
[ *] SAT: 1900 (needs to go up, I know)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.75 (4.1 weighted)
[ *] Rank: top 15%
[ *] Other stats: all ap or honors classes, 7 aps (2 junior year, 5 senior year)
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): floutist, highest orchestra in school, superior rating at CMEA since 6th grade, pit orchestra 3 years, music mentoring 2 years, save the music festival 3 years, dance, math award 4 years, internship with Riverbed, camp counselor volunteer. prolly around 100-200 hrs of volunteering total
[ *] Essays: will be like. amazing haha
[ *] Teacher Recs: good :slight_smile:
[ *] Counselor Rec: well I don’t know her very well… so idk, okay haha
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): legacy, just my aunt went
[ *) Location/Person: california
[ *] State or Country: california
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white haha
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] major strength/weakness:
strengths: flute extracurriculars haha, all A’s for 4 semesters x), really good essays
weaknesses: out of state, not enough extracurriculars, lower-end SAT scores :frowning:
[ *] Other Factors/questions: applying EA</p>

1110

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] ACT: 28
[ *] unweighted GPA: 3.87
[ *] Rank: 38/588
[ *] Other stats: 5 AP, 1 Dual enrollment
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Student gov, student council (both diff) cultural diversity, NHS, tennis a lot of time volunteering. Car accident junior year, 5 weeks out of school
[ *] Essays: pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recs: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: good, counselor loves me
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): dealing with adjusting to “American” society with parents who are not accustomed to the American culture
[ *) Location/Person: MI
[ *] State or Country: MI
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] major strength/weakness:
strengths: extra circ/ leadership/letters of rec,.
Weakness: ACT score
[ *] Other Factors/questions: applying EA-was deferred</p>

1111

<p>I am currently a Sophomore, so this is partially what I expect to have by time of application…</p>

<p>College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Kinesiology
[ *] ACT: 29
[ *] unweighted GPA: 3.8
[ *] Rank: 20/350
[ *] Other stats: 6 AP Courses
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Student Council Senior Treasurer, Lot of volunteering, Youth Group Church Leader, State Leadership Seminar
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: OK, but definitely not the best (we don’t know each other that well)
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): None
[ *) Location/Person: Michigan
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Public, nothing special
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: None
[ *] Other Factors/questions: What would you suggest doing othr than what is listed here to boost my chances?</p>

1112

<p>[ <em>] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT (one sitting):
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT: 30 (hopefully 31-32) on next one
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.4 (end of junior)
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 10- 2H 11- 1 AP 2H 12- 5 AP
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Rugby, Internship at hedge fund over summer, community service 30 hours
[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Teacher Recs: pretty good
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): no
[ *) Location/Person: CT
[ *] State or Country: CT
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] major strength/weakness: Math Science
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Had a *</em>**ty freshman year 2.86 but 3.6 soph and 3.8-3.9 junior.</p>

1113

<p>jessnic -Reach, OOS & GPA</p>

<p>kiran48312 - Slight Reach, ACT</p>

<p>mjr2013 - Kines is kindof hard to predict but I would say match.</p>

<p>jell714 - Reach, OOS GPA</p>

1114

<p>I was deferred in the EA round and I still haven’t heard anything else. I sent them a letter of interest confirming that Michigan is my number one choice. Could anyone chance me again for the RD round pls?</p>

<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
[ *] Rank: Between the first decile and top 5%
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-Chamber Orchestra Cellist
-Student Council, Class Treasurer
-Quizbowl Captain
-Chinese Culture Camp Volunteer
-Dragon Dance Performer
-NHS
-Music Honor Society
-Self-taught computer programmer
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
-Siemens Math and Science Regional Finalist, Computer Science (one of the nation’s premier math an science research competitions, only 90 students are selected each year to be a regional finalist)
-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
–What I’ve done since getting deferred–
-Sent in Senior year grades(best of my all four years)
-Sent in a letter of interest
-Will try to update them on my recent accomplishment of starting my own business on the android market. Hopefully it’s not too late for that :|</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

1115

<p>Im a junior
my GPa is 3.95 (according to college board)</p>

<p>Sats- Math:740 Reading:620 Writing:600</p>

<p>EC’s Deca(10,11,12), Modle congress (10,11,12)and Model Un(9-12), Local youth organization(8-12) Recycling Club (9,10,11,12) 200 hours of community service including various community service summer program
Leadership roles:Student council (11,12) Honor Society (treasure) Model Un: VP Recycling Club:treasure Local Youth group:VP</p>

<p>Awards-4 international 3 national and 12 regional
By the end of senior year i will have completed 4 Aps, 2 college classes and 7 honors classes
I want to apply to the buisness program at Michigan</p>

1116

<p>[ <em>] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT:have yet to take. predicted based on PSAT: CR-800 M-690 W-740
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):US history - 800 Literature - 720
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0
[ *] Rank: 56/580
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc)drama club president, musicals & plays for all of high school, A cappella choir (select group), french national honor society, national honor society, french exchange program
[ *] Essays: decent
[ *] Teacher Recs:stellar
[ *] Counselor Rec:good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): legacy
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: New York
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strengths: entered into national merit scholarship competition because of PSAT score (98th percentile), music (im like the third best singer in my class of 600)
[</em>] weaknesses: out of state, my Ib physics score is going to be awful
[ *] Other Factors/questions:
-Predicted AP scores: Us history - 5, English-4
-Im a current junior, next year I will be taking a full workload with 5 APS and two other college level courses. i have to take health over the summer just to make room for a lunch next year.
-I SHOULD be a lead or at least major supporting in next years musical</p>

1117

<p>^ you have an unweighted 4.0 but your 56th in your class???</p>

1118

<p>Singer, are you asking for chances for the Music Theater BFA program at the SOM? Impossible to gauge or chance, and not part of normal admissions, but normally those applicants are “best” across an entire region with a robust repertoire – not just of your class. You’re talking about 20 who get in roughly out of 600 apps/auditions, alias, 3% admit rate.</p>

<p>If you meant your singing as an EC, that’s another matter.</p>

1119

<p>Singaporean student ( international)</p>

<p>A levels : A B B B/ A A
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):LSA
[ *] SAT: 2160 ( reading 730 math 790 writing 640)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): math 780 chem 800 phy 800
[ *] ACT:nil
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:nil
[ *] Rank: school doesnt rank
[ *] Other stats:nil
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Track and Field 7th to 12th grade( sec 1 to JC 1) Placed 2nd and 3rd for age group event. Won several relays in several competitions. Vice captain of team in 9th and 10th grade.
President of environmental club, hosted several projects and did some community service here and there.
Served the army after junior college ( part of national service). Was an officer cadet and now a commissioned officer serving in a unit. ( don’t know if that’s applicable in a college application).
A lot of other random cca’s but didnt bother to put them down yet. yup</p>

<p>[ *] Essays: havent written them yet.
[ *] Teacher Recs: above average
[ *] Counselor Rec:above average
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): nil
[ *) Location/Person: Singapore
[ *] State or Country: Singapore
[ *] School Type: Public, send to top schools
[ *] Ethnicity: chinese
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] major strength/weakness: sat 2 score strong EC’s?
[ *] Other Factors/questions: weak sat 1? no idea man but i sure do have weak a level grades</p>

1120

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT (one sitting): 2340
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Probably 780/730/730 MathII/US/Chem, unsure.
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.66-3.69, not final.
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 3 APs by junior year, 7 by senior, everything else Honors except for music and gym.
[ *] Rank: No rank. Top quintile
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Top ones (much more as well):

  • Marching Band (so much leadership here, drum major, section leader, soloist, VP)
  • Indoor Drumline
  • Youth Orchestra
  • Wrote two short novels (NaNoWriMo), third coming this year.
  • Lab Work at UPenn (over 400 hours, 3 years)
  • Interact Club (VP)
    [ *] Essays: I’m good at writing.
    [ *] Teacher Recs: English, History, Music. Good to great.
    [ *] Counselor Rec: Probably good/great.
    [ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
    [ *) Location/Person:
    [ *] State or Country: NJ
    [ *] School Type: Public
    [ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
    [ *] Gender: Male
    [ *] major strength/weakness: Strengths: SAT, Music/writing/science EC focus. Weaknesses, GPA.
    [ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>