<p>College: engineering
ACT:31 (29 E, 34 M, 32 R, 30 S 10 W)
SATII: Math II 720,
GPA: weighted 3.95
Class rank: top ten percent
3 AP US History,3 AP Chem, 3 AP Calculus BC, 3 AP English 11, AP Statistics, AP Physics
Rest of classes were honors classes or classes I could not take honors for.
Symphony Orchestra-Secretary
Orchestra-four years
Michigan Youth Symphony Orchestra-2 years
Korean American Association Club-Vice President and Secretary
National Honors Society
Key Club
Interact Club
Varsity Synchronized Swimming-four years (won States all years)
Captain of Varsity Synchro team
Synchronized Swimming Club-11th place in the United States for Age Group Nationals in Synchronized Swimming competition
Water polo jv sophomore year
Volunteered at the University of Michigan Hospital over the summer of junior year
Volunteered at kids summer camp
Volunteering at Korean Ann Arbor Korean School
Essays: both good
Teacher Rec: good
Counselor Rec: good
Hook: Dad went to U of M engineering grad school
School Type: public
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Female
Asian
strong math student</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: N/A
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): N/A
[ *] ACT: 29
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.93 (Though it will drop a bit this year because I am getting a few B’s)
[ *] Rank: Within top 10%
[ *] Other stats: I took 1 AP class last year and got a 5 on the test. This year I am taking 3 AP classes.
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): I haven’t done many school related things, but I have been in the choir and some musicals. Outside of school, I have been very involved in competitive dancing.
[ *] Essays: Okay, I suppose. I’m not too fantastic with writing.
[ *] Teacher Recs: One of my teachers has not yet submitted it, but the one looked pretty good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: I didn’t get to see it.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): None
[ *) Location/Person: Southeast Michigan
[ *] State or Country: MI, USA
[ *] School Type: Public school
[ *] Ethnicity: White, not Hispanic/Latino
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: I haven’t participated much in school, but my many science classes I’m taking this year should be good as I want to go into the medical field.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Is there a delay between Common App submission time and when the school receives the application? I have to talk to one of my teachers about my recommendation and I can’t do that until tomorrow at school. I’m a little paranoid that it will take a few days to process and I will be late.</p>
<p>Also, would it be detrimental to do regular admission or do they just give you a decision at a later date?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: 2240 ( 790m 760 cr 690 wr)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 800 chem 800 phy 780 math2
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: nil but i got ABBB/AA for Singapore GCE a levels
[ *] Rank: school doesnt rank
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):Track and Field 7th to 12th grade( sec 1 to JC 1) Placed 2nd and 3rd for a national 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
[ *] Essays: Okay, I suppose.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Got one teacher to do it, didnt see it
[ *] Counselor Rec: I didn’t get to see it.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): i’m hot.
[ *) Location/Person: Singapore
[ *] State or Country: Singapore
[ *] School Type: Public school
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese asian
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] major strength/weakness: my a levels Argh.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: already submitted my application for EA. just wondering what my chances are!</p>
<p>Thanks a lot guys!</p>
<p>Out of State
Weighted GPA 3.6
Current Semester GPA right now is 4.3, freshman year screwed me.
Highest Composite ACT 31. Highest sub scores Math 31 Reading 32 Science 32 English 35.
5 AP Exams, received three fours and two threes. Received AP Scholar with Distinction Award.
Received a Prairie State Achievement Exam Award
Commended by my town’s mayor and city council with a Certificate of Appreciation for my community service.
Currently helping out everyday with Special Education Kids
Junior year I was an unpaid intern for State Treasurer Alexei Giannoulias’ U.S. Senate Campaign. Same year I was an unpaid intern for Governor Pat Quinn’s Re-election campaign. Also the same year I was an unpaid intern for State Senator Toi Hutchinson’s campaign.
ECs: Business Professionals of America (consecutively placed 1st in Economic Research in Regional competitions for two years. Also placed first, two years in a row, for Banking and Finance in regional competitions. Current senior member of my chapter’s executive board.)
Model United Nations
Youth and Government (Current candidate for Lieutenant Governor for Illinois’ YMCA Youth and Gov, if I win, which I will, I will be representing 1,000 students.)
Speech Team
Here is the best component of my application. I am the youngest Fall Fellow (Community Organizer) in the whole state of Illinois, maybe even the country, for the President’s re-election campaign.
My grades aren’t really that good, but they get better each year even though I take considerably more challenging classes each year. My ACT is decent for Michigan, but my Extra-curricular activities are the best in my school. And I can guarantee you this, no other high school student in the state of Illinois has more political experience then I do. Am I in?</p>
<p>@kjung, how do you know your class rank? I didn’t think Pi Hi or Huron, whichever one you go to ranked. Anyways, you should be fine. I don’t think anyone with at least a 3.9 didn’t get in from Pi Hi or Huron.</p>
<p>It is just an estimation. I heard that 3.9 or 4.0 are usually top ten percent</p>
<p>and also thanks! but do you think that my ACT score is good enough for engineering? because engineering is so much harder to get into than LSA</p>
<p>Class rank: 1 out of 318
Cumulative weighted GPA: 4.5 out of 5 (unweighted: 4.0)
Extracurriculars: Writers club (co-founder), newspaper (editor), world culture club (historian), world language honor society, math team, orchestra, piano, volunteering at humane society, Scouts
Work experience: Tutoring in music and foreign language
SAT score: 750 writing, 740 critical reading, 660 math (2150)
Out-of-state (I live in Maryland)
Need financial aid
Race: White (3/4) and black (1/4)
LGBT Individual (if that counts for anything diversity-wise - I’ve heard UMich is very LGBT friendly)
Since tenth grade, I’ve taken four AP exams and I’ve gotten fives on all of them.</p>
<p>I plan to major in Linguistics and German, so I’m applying to the LSA college.</p>
<p>College: Engineering</p>
<p>SAT: 2220 (2260 superscored: 760 M 780 CR 720 W)
SAT IIs: 780 Math II, 680 Lit, but I won’t send either
ACT: 35 (33 M 35 E 36 R 36 S 8 W
UM unweighted GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1 of 626 (so are about 8 other students; no weighting here)
Other stats: National Merit Semifinalist, Nat’l AP Scholar</p>
<p>AP US Gov (5), Eng. Lang (5), Calc AB (4), Psych (self-study, 5), Env. Sci (self-study, 4…shame, shame), Stats (4), US History (4), Micro (5); will take Macro, Physics, Bio, and Chem this year</p>
<p>Subjective: Member (currently treasurer…ooh la la) of Business Professionals of America (won some regional and state awards, and a nat’l award titled “Merit Scholar” - sounds more impressive than it is); about 80 hours of community service; member of DECA, not much else; really…this is my weakness</p>
<p>Essays: They were kind of rushed, but they should be better than those of most engineering applicants (don’t mean to sound arrogant, but come on…engineers); also, the community one was somewhat tough to write</p>
<p>Teacher Recs: How would I know? My English teacher liked me, and she smiled when I asked, but I never saw the rec.</p>
<p>Counselor Rec: Got a new counselor this year; her whole impression of me was formed through my record, and she seemed impressed; then again, she knows little else about me</p>
<p>Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Nope…Chuck Testa
State or Country: Michigan
School Type: Public, 2600 students
Ethnicity: White (born in Eastern Europe, immigrated in 4th grade, if that counts for anything)
Gender: Male
Major strength/weakness: ECs are a weakness, but I hope the fact that I reached the nat’l level in BPA weighs a little more heavily
Other Factors/questions: Finished and submitted my app at 11:40 PM. Procrastination gets the best of me. I’m looking for confirmation that I shouldn’t worry much.</p>
<p>@kjung1234, it’s somewhat of a myth that CoE is that much harder than LSA to get into. It’s a little more difficult but not to the point that it’s like two different colleges. I think you should be fine, a 31 is above average for accepted students and your math is 34. Besides, you’re coming from an Ann Arbor high school, if you have As there, Michigan will take you. An Asian I know from Pi Hi got in early last year with a 3.7 and 28 so you really have nothing to worry about.</p>
<p>*] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA, Ross school of Business
[ *] SAT: 2140 single 2250 composite
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 780 Math 2 700 USH
[ *] ACT:
[ *] weighted GPA: 3.73
[ *] Rank: none
[ *] Other stats: 5 ap’s senior year: bc calc, lit, econ, art hist, physics b, junior year: lang (4) ush (4) calc ab (5)
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):football varsity 4 years, lacrosse jv 2 years, bball jv 2 years
[ *] Essays: SUCKED
[ *] Teacher Recs: I HAVE NO Idea, i transferred highschools.
[ *] Counselor Rec: no clue
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): sister went to Ross
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: lived everywhere
[ *] School Type: current school is independent
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: good sat’s but low gpa, few academic honors
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):LSA
[ *] SAT:n/a
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT: 31. E:31 M:33 R:31 S:30 W:10
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.5595
[ *] Rank:221/773
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
[ *] Essays:Good
[ *] Teacher Recs:good
[ *] Counselor Rec:good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):none
[ *) Location/Person:?
[ *] State or Country:illinois
[ *] School Type:public
[ *] Ethnicity:korean
[ *] Gender:male
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>Post your chances here (it’s easier than having 15 different chances threads). Good luck!</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: 2110/1430 780M 650CR 680W
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 640US 780M1 730M2
[ *] ACT: didn’t take
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 92/100 UW
[ *] Rank: HS doesn’t release ranks
[ *] Other stats: 4APUSH 5APGOV, taking a full courseload senior year including APCALCBC & APCOMPOL
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Varsity Softball, Internships, 250 Volunteer Hours
[ *] Essays: will be good
[ *] Teacher Recs: excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: excellent
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): N/A
[ *] Location/Person: NYC
[ *] State or Country: NY,USA
[ *] School Type: Highly Competitive Top Public School
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Ross
[ *] SAT: 2140 Single, 2160 Composite (800M, 670R, 690W 10E)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Math 2: 800, USH - 710 , Lit 640 (lol)
[ *] ACT: None
[ *] unweighted GPA: 3.3 (upward trend from 2.2 freshman year 1st semester) 4.04 WGPA
[ *] Rank: unranked (we dont rank)
[ *] Other stats: Generally all honors and APs, in IB program
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): JROTC Staff Sergeant, Computer Technician (formed own business, built computers), Dragon Boat (couple medals), Submission Wrestling (lots of division medals), 435 cs hours, audio/video tech at church etc.
[ *] Essays: Pretty well written I’d imagine, had a college adviser help, about change from Freshman year 2.2 to now with the help of military school.
[ *] Teacher Recs: ok-good
[ *] Counselor Rec: ok-good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): none
[ *) Location/Person: Out of State
[ *] State or Country: Maryland
[ *] School Type: Public, highly competitive (we send probably 10/500 kids to ivies each year, and many more to top 30 schools, IB program has a huge percentage going to top30 schools.
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: GPA, EC’s, SAT.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: some college credit earned at local universities</p>
<p>Didn’t EA because friend told me I had a very little chance, kidn of regretting it now, do I have a decent chance?</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: Not sending
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 760 USH
[ *] ACT: 30 (32E, 27M, 32R, 28S), took again - we’ll see!
[ *] Weighted GPA: 4.03
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ *] Other stats: APUSH - 5, three APs this year
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Moved cross country (MA to CA), and back again. Affected my extracurriculars, but I had an internship in DC and have really synthesized my interests with my activities.
[ *] Essays: Loved my UM essays. Doesn’t mean they were good, though.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Hopefully great!
[ *] Counselor Rec: Won’t be generic, great relationship with counselor.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): N/A
[ *] State or Country: MA
[ *] School Type: Elite public - much of senior class to ivies and top schools
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: GPA, and scores… I’m very average, especially with the pool from my high school.</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Ross
[ *] SAT: 580-cr, 640-m
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 710 bio, just took math
[ *] ACT:25
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.7
[ *] Rank: 12%
[ *] Other stats: 8 varsity letters(wrestling,lacrosse)
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): part of business academy at hs, multiple leadership positions, lots of volunteering)
[ *] Essays: very good
[ *] Teacher Recs: very good(1 from director of business education
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *] State or Country:NY
[ *] School Type:public
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender:male
[ *] major strength/weakness:extensive business background for hs student</p>
<p>Monterey 40/60
Caltraskoo match 75/25
Acciocollege 70/30
QTPI04 60/40
Sirlaxalot match as LSA
Besjbo match
jlewis1193 match
bsla11 70/30
good luck to all</p>
<p>College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
SAT: 2370 (770 CR)
SAT IIs : Chemistry-800, USH-800, Math2-800
GPA: 97.39/100 Weighted (95.4 unweighted)</p>
<p>Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Varsity XC Winter Track and Spring Track (Captain, All League, All County several times) Mock Trial (Lead Attorney/Captain) Math Team, NHS (Historian), French Club (Secretary), Volunteer Counselor at summer youth track program, School newspaper (Op-Ed Editor), Model UN (Treasurer)</p>
<p>Essays: Two very good essays
Teacher Recs: One from APUSH teacher, one from honors physics teacher, both tremendous
Counselor Rec: Tremendous
State: NY
School Type: Public</p>
<p>College: LSA & Ross
SAT: 2150
SAT II: Math 700, World 700
GPA: 3.97
Rank: top 5%
Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): LOTS of community service (600+ hrs), President of Key Club, President of Operation Smile, President of Hope Club, in a bunch of honor societies,
[ *] Essays: not that good…but decent enough
[ *] Teacher Recs: very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: very good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): sibling goes to Michigan
[ *] State or Country:MD
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:female
[ *] major strength/weakness: no business background, but really want to get into Ross!!</p>
<p>College: LSA & Ross School Of Business
SAT: 2220 (superscore) 2210 (without superscore)
SAT II: Math 2 - 800, Biology E - 750
GPA: 4.56 (weighted)
Rank: school does not rank
Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): swim team, student council (vice-president), yearbook (editor-in-chief), newspaper (layout editor), drug and alcohol prevention group (action group representative), diversity club (founder + president), volunteer for habitat for humanity (team leader), volunteer at town’s senior center, model UN.
[ *] Essays: decent… nothing spectacular
[ *] Teacher Recs: again, nothing spectacular, but pretty good. Asked 10th grade chemistry teacher and 11th/12th grade english teacher who is also my advisor for yearbook/newspaper
[ *] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): none
[ *] State or Country:OOS
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:female
[ *] major strength/weakness: no specific reason for loving michigan. mostly want to go for business. i wouldn’t go otherwise since it’s too far from home. senior year grades are iffy.</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA/Ross
[ *] SAT: NA
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):Math 2- 800; Physics- 720
[ *] ACT:34
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.7 (Looks like all A’s first marking period in senior year with 3 AP’s)
[ *] Rank: Does not rank, but around 10%
[ *] Other stats: AP Psychology- 5/5
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):Fed Challenge Club, Wall Street Society. Decent community service work. Play soccer regularly (not varsity). Refereed soccer as well as started snow removal business. Really interested in math/markets. Took 4 week math camp last summer at Rutgers. Took 2 week math/stock market camp at Michigan this summer. Interned at hedge fund this summer as well for 4 weeks (paid internship). Am getting a great rec from partner at hedge fund.
[ *] Essays: Very good- Essay on my three solo trips to France since the age of 10 showing risk taking, friendship and appreciation of global business
[ *] Teacher Recs: Very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Very good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):An getting great rec from Michigan math professor that taught the summer course
[ *) Location/Person: Out of state
[ *] State or Country: NJ
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Mixed- Asian/White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Very strong focus on business/finance (right clubs, summer programs, hedge fund internship)/lower than desired GPA
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>