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<p>SORRY- RE-POSTING WITH MORE DETAILS</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: Applying EA/ Not applying for financial aid</p>

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<p>ThousandMiles safe match</p>

<p>concretepencil94 match(70/30) with LSA</p>

<p>neverstopsmiling match with LSA, in the ballpark with Ross</p>

<p>Chickenme match with LSA, in the ballpark with Ross</p>

<p>Good luck</p>

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<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 Typeublic
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender:male
[ *] major strength/weakness:extensive business background for hs student</p>

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<p>@wrastler I’m no admissions expert, but I think you are most hurt by your standardized test scores. I think a 28 or higher on the ACT or a higher SAT score could really help your chances. </p>

<p>I’ve found that, usually, the sections with which you struggle the most are the ones which will improve most drastically with a change of strategy/more practice. For example, it’s easier to go from a 21 to a 25 than from a 27 to a 30. So, if one or two of the ACT sections is really dragging you down, then I would suggest taking it again.</p>

<p>Had it not been for the below-average ACT and SAT scores, you’d have a fair shot. You didn’t mention the difficulty of your curriculum, but a 3.7 is nevertheless not enough to make up for the scores. So, I’d suggest not getting your hopes up too high.</p>

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<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT: not sent
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 730 math 2
[ *] ACT: 30 (34 in math)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.75
[ *] Rank: school doesn’t rank
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): great (don’t feel like listing them, but have leadership roles, athletics, community service, NHS, engineering related stuff)
[ *] Essays: great
[ *] Teacher Recs: great
[ *] Counselor Rec: decent
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): brother attends grad school
[ *) Location/Person: out of state
[ *] State or Country: Ohio
[ *] School Type: public, very tough
[ *] Ethnicity: asian
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] major strength/weakness: kinda low unweighted GPA, but it improves a lot through the years, my B’s are in non-AP classes freshmen and sophomore year, A’s in 5/8 of my AP classes- took hard classes through high school
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>

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<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: CR: 780, M: 670, W: 740
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): N/A
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 97.1 (not sure what that would be on the 4.0 scale, sorry)
[ *] Rank: 7/54
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-professional reporter for an online newspaper (9,10,11,12)
-class president (12)
-class vice president (9,10,11)
-student council (9,10,11,12)
-varsity tennis (10, 11, 12)
-mock trial (11,12)
-drama club (9,10,11,12) - had the lead in the school play in 9,10,12
-band and chorus (9,10,11,12) - band president and chorus secretary
-jazz band (9,10,11,12)
-scholastic bowl (9,10,11,12)
-church choir (9,10,11,12) - I know it’s not the most impressive community service
[ *] Essays: solid
[ *] Teacher Recs: very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: very good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): ?
[ *) Location/Person: small rural town upstate
[ *] State or Country: New York
[ *] School Type: very small public
[ *] Ethnicity: caucasian
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] major strength: writing
weakness: out of state, very low rank
] Other Factors/questions:</p>

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<p>^That’s anything from a very low rank, with such a small amount of people in your graduating class, what % you’re in doesn’t change much. I’d say you’re more than a safe match for LSA.</p>

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<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):LSA/Ross
[ *] SAT: 2060 (single)/2080 super
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.5 or 3.6 ish
[ *] Rank: school doesnt rank
[ *] Other stats: all honors and aps throughout highschool (5 APs, 6 if you count macro and micro economics as two since they were combined into one class) 5 on apush, 5 on macro, 3 on micro, 3 on bio for ap tests
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
Select choir
select a cappella group
ski club
president of young libertarians
cofounder of my schools political forum club
philosophy club
squash club
volunteer work at my local library and at my local ARC chapter (assosciation of ■■■■■■■■ citizens of chester county.
member of my church choir and youth group for 12 years
etc…
ap scholar with honor
[ *] Essays: Very good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: solid
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):none
[ *) Location/Person:OOS
[ *] State or Country:PA
[ *] School Type: Highly publicized and competitive public school outside of philly
[ *] Ethnicity:caucasian
[ *] Gender:male</p>

<p>[ *] major strength/weakness:
I have a very good understanding of business for a high schooler, I have my own small business.
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>

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<p>also to add onto mine, I already applied EA and have a solid upward grade trend.</p>

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<p>@prospy01, you’re reaching. It’s impressive you have a small business but without knowing the nature of it, it’s hard to say just how good it actually is. I mean to be honest, if it’s just simply something like a lawn mowing business for example, it would only be akin to something like starting a club and being president of it. Anyways, your GPA is weak, 3.5 something is below the IRQ of admitted students’ GPAs. 2060, Michigan doesn’t superscore, gets you into the lower IQR for admitted students in terms of SAT scores. Your ECs are decent but nothing special. Add to that the fact you’re OOS, your chances are not good. If you were an IS student, I would say one more good semester would probably get you in but you have a much more competitive applicant pool as an OOS applicant. Your ECs, essays and recs, even if all very strong, will probably not be enough to get you through.</p>

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<p>Anthonyxy21- what do you think are my chances (see couple of posts above)</p>

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<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT (one sitting):n/a
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):n/a
[ *] ACT: 29 Math 33 English 31 Reading 30 Science,
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.92
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): AP Calculus AB, AP Literature and Composition(5), AP European History (3), AP Literature and Composition, AP Chemistry, AP Statitics
[ *] Rank: Top 10
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): 7 years of band, 4 years on drumline, section leader of drumline this year, 6 years of track, NHS (non officer), youth group and mission trips
[ *] Essays: I had to rush to get them in by the Early Action Deadline, so good not great
[ *] Teacher Recs: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):?
[ *) Location/Person: rural/ suburban
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Strong school, decent sized,rural location near kalamazoo area
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Math, writing
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>

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<p>School applied to: School of Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 670 R, 730 M, 720 W (2120)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Math II, 710 Physics, 680 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5% … School doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 AP Lit (didn’t send)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Human Anatomy & Physiology, AP Physics, Honors Modern Poetry, Honors World Literature, AP Statistics, AP Calculus BC, AP Psychology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano (13 years, various state competition awards), Violin (10 years, All-state orchestra, school concertmaster), Swimming (8 years, 2nd at states, top 16 for 5 consecutive years), Odyssey of the Mind (11, 12 – Engineering projects, 4th at states, Founder and president), Freethinkers’ Club (10, 11, 12 – Discussion club for any and everything, President), Future Business Leaders of America (12 – restored school store, created partnership with Staples, President), Water Polo Club (12 – Co-founder, Co-captain), Composer (works were performed at school concerts), Graphic Designer (designed posters and book covers)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~200 hours at local nursing home
[</em>] Summer Activities: none really
[<em>] Essays: English teacher (Yale Grad) told me it was the best she’s ever read. Supplemental essays I thought were pretty good also, but they could’ve been better I suppose.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should’ve be excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Generic probably, didn’t really know her
[</em>] Additional Rec: Awesome. From swim coach.
[li] Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Mid-size Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 90K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: Well-rounded, leadership, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores, Out of state</p>

<p>[/ul]</p>

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<p>@chickenme, You’re right that your GPA is not the best but it’s not bad either. Your ACT is very good, your ECs are pretty strong and I can believe that you will have good recs. For the most part, everything you have besides GPA is better than the Michigan applicant average. In terms of your GPA, if you got that 3.7 taking one of the most difficult courseloads your school has to offer, I wouldn’t worry too much about the 3.7 because you will get something close to a 4.0 this semester. With everything else you have, you should be able to make up a slightly weak GPA, for an OOS applicant. But if that 3.7 comes from taking all easy classes, your chances would not be nearly as good. Based on what I see, I think your chances are pretty solid and you should be a match. I would be surprised if you are not admitted at some point. Good luck!</p>

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<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT (one sitting): 740 M, 670 W, 660 CR
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT: 31
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.6
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 7 APs junior/senior year. All other classes honors
[ *] Rank: school doesn’t rank
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): tons… i’ll put below
[ *] Essays: very good
[ *] Teacher Recs: very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): nadaaa
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Vermont
[ *] School Type: Extremely good public school (94th percentile)
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Very well rounded, tried a little bit of everything. Multiple sports, work, leadership, church etc.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: </p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Sports:
-4 years Varsity Gymnastics
-3 years Varsity Golf
-2 years JV soccer</p>

<p>School:
-Freshman Class President (student council)
-Sophomore, Senior class Representative (student council)
-organize school blood drive
-Coalition for Community Service
-State science fair sophomore year, won an award
-Foreign exchange to Spain
-Job fair ambassador
-Began a school-wide t-shirt design contest at my school which reinstated the peprally</p>

<p>Church:
-Taught sunday school to 2nd and 3rd graders
-Mission trips to Guatemala and Virginia
-Organized walks for the homeless shelter in Burlington
-Refugee resettlement camp counselor</p>

<p>Leadership:
-Peer Leadership I and II classes
-Organized Peer Leader retreat
-Student Led Advisory Meetings (senior advisers for freshmen 30 min, 2x a week)</p>

<p>Work:
-Part time job Junior & Senior year
-Camp counselor at Camp Billings summer after Sophomore year</p>

<p>Other:
-Selected for shadow day at our hospital (shadowed an anesthesiologist)</p>

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<p>3.7 is not with hardest course curriculum but not easy either. Had 1 AP and 3 honors courses last year. THis marking period GPA should be 4.0UW and 4.35W given 3 AP’s (fingers crossed)</p>

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<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): School of Theatre
[ *] SAT (one sitting): 2050 (690 CR, 660 Math, 700 Writing)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Taken, not received
[ *] ACT: 32 (33 ENG, 28 Math, 33 Reading, 32 Science)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.89
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 7 APs, everything else honors. AP Scores: : APWorld/3, APEnviro/3, APPsych/4, APLang/4
[ *] Rank: 32 out of 437
[ *] Other stats: Top 8%
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): 160Hrs of Volunteer, ECs listed below
[ *] Essays: Great.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Great.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Great.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person: Tampa
[ *] State or Country: Florida
[ *] School Type: Newly opened public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strengths are theatre, music, English and writing. Weakness is math.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: I was recently diagnosed with a brain malformation. I may qualify for disability. Will this help or hurt me? It hasn’t hindered my life in any way. </p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Internation Thespian Troupe – 4 yrs, VP for 2 yrs.
Straight superiors – Florida State Thespian Festival 3 yrs
Straight superiors – Florida State One Act Festival 3 yrs
President and Editor of the school literary magazine
Secretary of the school book club – 2 yrs
Rho Kappa – Social Studies Honors Society
Drama Club – 4yrs
Environmental Club – 3 yrs
GSA – 3 yrs
Church choir – featured soloist 3 yrs
Youth Group - 5 yrs
AP Scholar with Honor
Most Valuable Student – Musical Theatre 2 yrs
HCTE Essay Contest Winner
Food pantry volunteer service – 4 yrs
Metropolitan Ministries – 4 yrs
Community Theatre – 9 yrs
Piano – 14 yrs, 3 as a teacher
Work experience - PacSun clothing, summer job</p>

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<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT: 2140 (720 math, 660 CR, 760 writing)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 780 math II 700 Physics
[ *] ACT:Not taken
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.5
[ *] Rank: Top 20%
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Engineering Club, 150+ hours of community service, and a few others with a President position and a Treasurer position
[ *] Essays: great
[ *] Teacher Recs: Great
[ *] Counselor Rec: Decent
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): None
[ *) Location/Person: Out of state
[ *] State or Country: New Jersey
[ *] School Type: Competitive Public School
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Took rigorous courses and got a good SAT score, but low unweighted GPA :frowning:
[ *] Other Factors/questions: OOS</p>

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<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):LSA
[ *] SAT: 2020 (670 W 710 M 640 CR)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 91/100
[ *] Rank: school doesn’t rank
[ *] Other stats: 9 APs, 7 Honors; most rigorous course load available
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Interned for a Law firm this summer, large part of DECA in my school (made it to states), officer of Model Congress, Contributing writer of school newspaper, Class Vice President as a Junior, Peer Leader (very renowned program in my school) as Jr. and Sr., selected to be a leader of Athletic Leadership, I’ve played 2 years of JV soccer and 2 years of Varsity soccer, I was captain of the County Semi-Final team and received All-Conference awards this year, I was/am on Varsity Wrestling from Fresh-Senior Year and was awarded all-conference awards as a Soph, I have been on Varsity Lacrosse since I was a Sophomore and played JV as a Freshman, I have won a bunch of National Spanish awards…this is probably my strongest feature
[ *] Essays: I’d say very good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Definitely very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Definitely very good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person: Out of state
[ *] State or Country: NY
[ *] School Type: Very well known Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male</p>

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<p>How do I look??
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: 2270 (780M, 700 CR, 790 W, 11 essay)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):780 Bio, 740 Math 2
[ *] ACT: 33 :frowning:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:4.0
[ *] Rank:16 :frowning:
[ *] Other stats: 6 APs this year (most in whole school… taking more next semester)
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): I had to move, so that really hurt me overall (that is why my stats aren’t the best). ECs are pretty good. Nothing that sticks out too much, but good enough to not hurt me.
[ *] Essays: I think they are good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Great
[ *] Counselor Rec: Not sure… I think it is good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Nope
[ *) Location/Person: oos :frowning:
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: South Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Grades= strengths… ECs=weakness</p>