<p>I’m sorry, my GPA is 3.75. typo and it won’t let me edit again. In addition, my grades are in an upward trend.</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): ROSS (LSA?)
[ *] SAT: 2110 610cr 780m 720w
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): //
[ *] ACT: 31 didn’t send though.
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: HIGH SCHOOL GPA: 3.7W
[ *] Rank: TOP 40%, class size of 700
[ *] Other stats: none…
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): key club president, kiva vice president, ymca fundraising intern, fbla captain, titan business challenge captain
[ *] Essays: good+
[ *] Teacher Recs: great!
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.)://
[ *) Location/Person: PA OOS
[ *] State or Country: PA
[ *] School Type: PUBLIC
[ *] Ethnicity:ASIAN
[ *] Gender:FEMALE
[ *] major strength/weakness: low gpa, slacked off in sophmore year. strengths: sat?
[ *] Other Factors/questions: WISH TO MAJOR IN ACCOUNTING. LOVE BUSINESS!</p>
<p>College- LSA
ACT-32
SAT-didnt take
Unweighted gpa- 3.67
course load- 6 pre-ib, 4 honors, 9ap, 1local college class
Rank- top 15%
ec’s:
-60 hours with habitat for humanity
-volunteer tutor for 50 hours
-thumbs up club- community service 30 hours (treasurer)
-fashion blog freshman and sophomore year that earned 2,000 revenue and had companies email me for product reviews on my site
-25 hours a week part time job at shoe store where I sign people up for things constantly and work independently
-president and founder of UNICEF club- raised 2,000 dollars
-NAHS
-NHS
-young democrats- phone bank, helped with campaign
-quiz bowl (captain 1 year)
-competitive cheerleading 2 years (first in state)
Essays are really good!
Teacher recs are alright along with counselors
4 on apush, 5 on english comp and 4 on stats</p>
<p>I go to a really good high school! Its ranked on us newsweek! I live in arizona!
Thanks!</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA)
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0
[ *] Course load: Almost all AP and Honors courses
[ *] Rank: Does not rank
[ *] Other stats: 5 AP US (only from 10th grade), 10-12 other AP’s before graduation
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Medical club President, Several awards from local and state science, 100+ volunteering hours, 9 years of piano, Internship at a scientific research facility, Random clubs (Student government, Key Club, NHS)
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): None
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Competitive, very close to UMICH
[ *] Gender: Male</p>
<p>For HS class of 2013 / University class of 2017…</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Kinesiology (Sports Management) - Ross
[ *] SAT: Not yet taken
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT: 28 (first score, will retake)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.69
[ *] Rank: 39/414 (9.4%)
[ *] Other stats: 8 total AP classes, 9 total AP tests (AP Civics is offered as semester of AP Gov., semester of AP Macro)… My grades were up freshman year, down sophomore year, up junior year… 4 years LA (2 AP, 1 Hon), 4 years Science (1 AP, 2 Hon), 5 years Math (1 AP, 3 Hon), 4 years Social Studies (3 AP), 2 years French, 4 years Band
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Section leader of Marching Band Alto Sax section (108 member band, 12 member section), many volunteer positions, held a sports relevent job since I was 13.
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Great
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): No good ones. First of my siblings to go to college if it means anything.
[ *) Location/Person: Michigan, 1 hour drive from Ann Arbor
[ *] School Type: Large Public Suburban, 1600 total students, usually send 20-30 per class to top tier universities.
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male</p>
<p>Whatcha think?</p>
<p>[ *] College (Engineering)
[ *] SAT
[ *] SAT IIs 800 Math II, 690 Biology
[ *] ACT: 34 (33 English 36 Math 34 Reading 32 Science)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.75
[ *] Course load Lots of AP’s( senior year: Ap Calculus BC, AP Physics, AP English Literature, AP gov, AP economics)
[ *] Rank: School does not rank(But I believe right at 10%)
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):Varsity Swimming(Captain), Student Council(Class president), Model UN(Club President), Club Swimming, CLub Water polo, around 200 hours of community service
[ *] Essays: Strong, but by no means revolutionary
[ *] Teacher Recs: Very Strong
[ *] Counselor Rec: Strong
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Nothing stands out…NMSF?
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Texas
[ *] School Type: Mid-sized Catholic School
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strong test scores and extracurriculars
[ *] Other Factors/questions: GPA a bit lacking I suppose for Michigan standards</p>
<p>giiiggles-Match
TtaayylloorrD-Match
CyMich-Instate (should get in)
mjr2013-Bring that ACT up and you should be fine
poloman-You should be fine.</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0
Gender: Male
State: NJ
AP Classes by graduation:
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Physics C
AP Calculus AB
AP Stat
AP English Literature
AP US Hist
SAT: 2040 Super score; W:710 CR:610 M: 720
Highest sit: 1980 W:660 CR:600 M: 720
Clubs:
-Robotics (11/12)
-Crescent Club (President) (11/12)
-Science League (9-12)
-Model U.N. (11/12)
-Model Congress (11/12)
-Student Council (11/12)
-Student Government (10)
-NHS (12)
-Academic League
Sports:
-Track/XC for the first 2 years of high school.
Other:
-Volunteered 100+ hours
-Job experience
Language:
3 Years Spanish
School rank: My school does not release numerical ranks until the end of the year, so we work off of a decile system in which top 10% is the best. So, top 10%.
Recs: AP Bio, Guidance & Pre-Calc (H).
Essays: I believe they were pretty strong.
Race:…I really don’t know…asian…maybe middle-eastern.
Applied to: Arts & Science, Bio</p>
<p>I applied Feb. 1, 2012, the last day to apply. I appreciate any feedback.
Thank you.</p>
<p>If we haven’t heard back yet does that mean we got rejected? I applied at the deadline</p>
<p>[ *] College of Engineering
[ *] ACT:31 (34 English, 33 Math, 30 Reading, 25 Science )
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.66 (Grading Scale: 89-91: B+, 92-94: A-, 95+: A)
[ *] Rank:School doesnt rank
[ *] president of Indian Cultural Club, Math Team, Student Tutor, Wall Street Club,
A Seed to Feed Club, Student Ambassador to the School, a ton of Community
Service outside of school
[ *] Essays: very strong
[ *] Teacher Recs: very strong recs from calc and physics teacher
[ *] Counselor Rec: very good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): no
[ *) Location/Person:Pittsburgh
[ *] State or Country:Pennsylvania PA
[ *] School Type:Private/Independent
[ *] Ethnicity:Indian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness:none
[ *] Other Factors/questions:none</p>
<p>[ *] College of Engineering
[ *] ACT:31 (34 English, 33 Math, 30 Reading, 25 Science )
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.66 (Grading Scale: 89-91: B+, 92-94: A-, 95+: A)
[ *] Rank:School doesnt rank
[ *] president of Indian Cultural Club, Math Team, Student Tutor, Wall Street Club,
A Seed to Feed Club, Student Ambassador to the School, a ton of Community
Service outside of school
[ *] Essays: very strong
[ *] Teacher Recs: very strong recs from calc and physics teacher
[ *] Counselor Rec: very good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): no
[ *) Location/Person:Pittsburgh
[ *] State or Country:Pennsylvania PA
[ *] School Type:Private/Independent
[ *] Ethnicity:Indian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness:none
[ *] Other Factors/questions:none</p>
<p>High School Stats
GPA: 2.95
ACT: 28 (30 in math)
Rank: 291/670
ECs: spanish club, ping pong club, baseball, tutoring
I was very lazy in High school and rarely did any work. I did actually learn in the classes and did well on exams, however i barely did any homework and generally slacked off. Im currently a freshman at Oakland University but i really want to transfer to UofM for the Fall 2013 schedule. Im shooting for a 3.75+ at my current university for my freshman year. Fall semester i have 13 credits and winter i have 16.
Fall
Writing
Biology I
Intro to Spanish</p>
<p>Winter
Calculus I
Statistics 225
Human Anatomy
Writing</p>
<p>Also, my grandfather received his MD from UofM. what are my chances?</p>
<p>Please Chance me.</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):LSA
[ *] SAT (one sitting):
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT:32(Englsih 31, Math 33, Reading 29, Science 35, Combined E/W 29)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.76
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.):AP Bio 5, AP Calculus AB 4,AP Calculus BC 4, AP Chem 5, IB World Histry 4, AP JApanese 5, AP Physics 5,
AP Psycology 5,
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):Colorguard 4 years, Ambassdor 3 years, Orchestra 4 years
[ *] Essays:Excellent
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person:Novi
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>Advice? Chances? Suggestions??? Thanks!</p>
<p>I wanna be straightforward - My GPA is outright bad for the schools that I am applying to, but i’m trying to be the candidate who can compensate with ECs/Testing. What are my chances at getting into LSA (and Ross preadmit possibly)?</p>
<p>I’m an Indian (as in the asian variety xD). I go to [one of] the most competitive school[s] in all of massachusetts.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.5/4.0 (UW), 4.0/5.0 (W)
Rank/percentile: Not offered at my school.
SAT (superscore): 2340 (740 CR, 800 M, 800 W)
SAT II: 800 Math IIC (also 800 Math IC but nobody cares xD), 730 Chem (ew), 710 Lit
AP: Comp Sci A - 5, BC Calc - 5, Chem - 4, Physics - 4, US History - 4
Taking Psych, Spanish, and Stats this year predicted all 5’s</p>
<p>Current Courseload:
International Relations H
Multivariable Calculus (class which only 6 out of ~500 students in my grade are allowed to take… considered highest math class at our school)
Spanish V H/AP
Psychology H/AP
Madrigal Singers (auditioned group of 24 of the whole school’s best singers… out of a student base of 2000… extremely prestigious group)
Statistics H/AP
Science Fiction and Fantasy (unleveled senior elective english class)</p>
<p>Reccomendations:
Math Department Head (BC calc teacher) - has very high opinion of me and should give excellent rec
English III H teacher - likes me as a person … didn’t do to well in her class (got a B year avg). will prlly have a good insight into my personality though.
Counselor rec - idk too much of what the counselor thinks of me… BUT she’s writing her rec based on the recs which i’m getting from outside school which are - 1. TyE Business Competition Mentor and 2. MIT professor who i did an internship with (Both EXTREMELY strong recs)</p>
<p>Extra curriculars… (100 million over here). Listed in order of descending importance:</p>
<p>First High school level Bollywood A Cappella group which I founded in sophomore year (it’s been 1.5 years (will be 2.5 when school ends). - Sophomore year thru senior year
TyE Business plan Competition - We spent a whole year formulating a business plan and we got 2nd place in the competition. I was the CFO… - Junior year
MIT RFID Lab internship - I spent the summer working in a lab with PhD students and the RFID dept head helping them formulate thesis. I may be listed as a co-author on these MIT students’ theses (there are 2). - Summer before senior year</p>
<p>~Gap here because those 3 up there are the most important of the ECs~</p>
<p>Math Team - Captain Senior year - frosh to Senior year
Madrigal Singers - Senior year
Chess team -Freshman year to senior year - won 2nd place junior year. Senior year yet to be determined (predicted top 3)
Robert Creeley Foundation - Exec. Board member - Poetry foundation honoring deceased poet. We bring in a famous poet each year to our high school to recite for students. We also have an award given to top achieving students in poetry from anywhere in massachusetts area.
Student council - Junior to senior year
Chess Club - Co-founder - Junior to senior year
All Male A Cappella group - frosh to senior year
Science Team - Frosh to junior year</p>
<p>Miscellaneous notes/awards:
Presidents volunteer award (1 bronze, 1 gold)
AIME Qualifier
Massachusetts Math Olympiad Level II Qualifier
I’ve been singing Hindustani Classical and Bengali Music since I was 5 years old.
I’m also fluent in bengali (spoken, written, listening, and reading)</p>
<p>So… how do i compete?</p>
<p>Thanks all!! and feel free to ask me to chance you as well. I don’t know how well i’ll be able to do, but i’ll give my best effort.</p>
<p>LSA/CoE
I cant decide if I want to apply to coe’s computer engineer or lsa’s math major, could somebody give me some advice here, and chance me. Thx
ACT:30 (Englsih 23, Math 36, Reading 28, Science 32) w/Writing is 27. W/ 6 on the writing
GPA: 3.83 UW
Course now: AP Psy, AP Cal, college prep English.
I spend have of my day junior and senior year go to the vocational school in my area to take some college computer science course and get professional certs, got the basic A+ already, probably get ccna and some Microsoft cert this year.
Ec: DECA 3 years, made to state 10 and 11th grade
BPA 2 years, vice president of my chapter, largest in our region, made to state junior year, definitely nationals this year
Science Olympiad, 4 years, state every year
Some community service such as cancer walk, salvation army, helping haiti kids, special Olympic, etc.
In state resident
Public school.
Race : chinese
Gender : male
Essay : alright, English is not my strong point
Counselor rec : idk, can’t read it…
Teacher’s rec: should be pretty good…
Income, around 50k, with my mom still in school and dad retired once.
PS: I’m a immigrant, came here from china in 2006, English is not my first language, not sure if this would make a difference.</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA(Psychology)
[ *] SAT (one sitting): (R:620)(M:690)(W:640)-Retook in October and waiting for scores but are expected at least 2050-2150
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Math IIC:700, U.S. History:700
[ *] H.S. unweighted GPA:3.64
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.):All honors classes and 4 APs during Junior Year(AP U.S. History, AP Calc., AP Lang., AP Biology)
[ *] Rank:School doesn’t rank
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-4 Year Varsity Track and Field</p>
<p>-2 Year Varsity Football</p>
<p>-President of Global Health Club(12)</p>
<p>-Vice President of LiNK(Liberty in North Korea)(11-12)</p>
<p>-1 Year Varsity Wrestling</p>
<p>-High School Band(9)</p>
<p>-High School Choir(10-12)</p>
<p>-Participated in a paid internship program in NYC</p>
<p>-Participated in 2 medical mission trips to Honduras in which we provided free health care to those in need</p>
<p>-Participated in Model UN for 2 Years</p>
<p>-100+ Hours in a Volunteer program to aid the disabled community</p>
<p>[ *] Essays: Excellent and Unique because I talked about my growing perception of my medical mission trips to Honduras.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Presumably very well written
[ *] Counselor Rec: Well written but a bit standard
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Father is a retired lieutenant colonel in the army
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country:NJ
[ *] School Type:Public(Small)
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] major strength/weakness: Concerned about low gpa and SAT, but hoping that the EC activities and strong essay can help pull me through.
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA (biology)
[ *] SAT (one sitting): N/A
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):N/A
[ *] ACT: 29
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): AP Calc AB, AP Spanish, AP US Government, AP US History, I have taken all advanced courses I can. My school doesn’t offer many AP’s that are not online
[ *] Rank: unweighted 1/305, weighted 16/305
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): National Council on Youth Leadership, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Leadership,Experience, Opportunity Club Director, Varsity Tennis, along with some other community volunteer work and clubs
[ *] Essays: I’m not the strongest writer, but I think they’re decent
[ *] Teacher Recs: Should be pretty good. I have a teacher that knows my personality well and another one that knows academic potential
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person: out of state
[ *] State or Country: Iowa
[ *] School Type: Public, not the most competitive but not bad
[ *] Ethnicity: White, I’m half Pakistani, but that doesn’t really count for anything
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: weakness = test scores?/ strength = GPA
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: N/A
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT: 28
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0
[ *] Rank: School doesn’t rank. But I would guess top 10% at least
[ *] Other stats: Taken all honors and AP courses whenever available
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
ECs:
Very involved in 3 school bands, robotics team, varsity bowling, NHS, retreat commission, weekly volunteering
Awards:
Award for academic excellence (A+) in modern language, AP Scholar
[ *] Essays: Very good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Legacy
[ *) Location/Person: resident of Michigan
[ *] State or Country: Michigan, USA
[ *] School Type: Competitive private
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] major strength/weakness:
Strength: ECs, essays, GPA
Weakness: Always been a horrible standardized test taker</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA- science undecided EA
[ *] SAT: 2040 (superscore=2110) I took it twice
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Bio: 690 Math 1: 720
[ *] ACT: NA
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: i dont know my unweighted b/c my school never told me but my weighted is 3.55…its definitely gonna hold me back):
[ *] Rank: Top 40%
[ *] Other stats: taking AP Bio my senior year and a lot of AP and honors courses
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
ECs:
spanish honor society, volunteering at multiple places, track and field, SADD
Awards:
PSAT semi-finalist
[ *] Essays: Very good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): none
[ *) Location/Person: resident of PA
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type: Competitive public
[ *] Ethnicity: asian
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] major strength/weakness:
Strength: ECs, essays, SAT
Weakness: my GPA is horrible</p>
<p>Ehhhh why not…</p>
<p>[ <em>] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering (chemical)
[ *] SAT: 2340
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Physics/Chem/ Math 2-780
[ *] ACT: 35
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0
[ *] Rank: 2
[</em>] Other stats: I like turtles
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): 3 year varsity volleyball starter, 1 year varsity basketball starter, 3 year dance team member/captain this year, co-founded Religious-based service group, NHS, student gov, etc
[ *] Essays: fabulous
[ *] Teacher Recs: also fabulous
[ *] Counselor Rec: ^^
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): negative
[ *) Location/Person: Florida
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type: Selective Private
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Stats/GPA (strength) lack of clubs (weakness)</p>
<p>Announcements can’t come soon enough. Good luck everybody :)</p>
<p>Applying EA to LSA (Economics) and Ross (Finance)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I: 2320
SAT II: 800, 800, 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Between 3.75 and 3.8 - My GPA really sucks, but I have a decent upward trend and a really rigorous course-load. In fact, my GPA is a 3.85 if you don’t count freshman year.
AP: Took 14 AP exams, none of which were self-studied (this should give you some idea of my course-load). Also, I only took 4 of these exams in senior year.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t rank, but probably in top 10 or 15%.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, many state-level awards in physics and econ</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): member of a few math and business clubs (with some leadership positions), national honor society, orchestra pit, organized an event that raised over $9000 for charity.
Job/Work Experience: I’ve had three internships so far in computer science and finance and one of them was paid.</p>
<p>Other:
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
High School Type: Public</p>