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

Colleges & Universities University of Michigan
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<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: 2350 (1 sitting) - 800 R, 800 W, 750 M
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 800 M2, 780 Chem, 750 USH
[ *] ACT: 35 (1 sitting) - 36R, 36W, 35M, 33S, 11E
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.99
[ *] Rank: top 10
[ *] Other stats: AP: 4s on World History, Chemistry, Physics B; 5s on Calc BC, Lang/Comp, USH; probably NMF (231 PSAT)
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):</p>

<p>14 years of classical piano (passed 9/10 levels in repertoire including 9 encore, set to finish repertoire in May 2015; also teach younger members of the studio, auditioning for From The Top NPR Classical Music Showcase (results pending))
10 years of voice - started out with Indian classical (Star of Atlanta in 2012 Carnatic Idol) before switching to Western (top 5 in Stars of Tomorrow Voice Competition, sang national anthem at several venues like GWCC, SPSU, Arena at Gwinnett, etc., lead in school musical)
HS Chamber Choir (4 years) - president (2014-2015), VP (2013-2014), Accompanist (2011). 4 time qualification for All State. Most Improved Musician Award (2013). Lead in school musical (2013).
HS Mock Trial (4 years) - President (2013-2014), probably president (2014-2015), lead prosecution attorney (2013-2014), prosecution attorney (2012-2014, probably 2015 as well). Outstanding Attorney Award (2013).
HS Model UN (2 years) - Treasurer (2013-2014), some officer position (2014-2015)
Started “This Song Is Your Song” - senior home musical entertainment by musically talented middle/high school kids (volunteer, unpaid) - organized 4 local events
Math Tutoring - worked at Mathnasium for 2 years as middle/high school math tutor; also tutor math at Kids Teach It Forward; private tutor local kids for SAT Math/CR/Writing/Essay, Analytic Geometry, and Precalculus
NHS (2 years) - about 60 volunteer hours through literacy/math tutoring for disadvantaged minority students (Kids Teach It Forward)
Robotics Volunteering - volunteer for robotics competitions around the city, also volunteer at RY Robotics Explorers during the summer</p>

<p>Awards: Agnes Scott Book Award, UGA Certificate of Merit, Nordstrom Semifinalist 2014, Governor’s Honors Program nominee (Math, Chorus, Social Studies, Comm Arts)</p>

<p>[ *] Essays: will probably be really good - I’m about halfway through my CA one
[ *] Teacher Recs: One is from my Lang teacher who loves me, another is from either my Calc teacher or my APUSH teacher both of whom love me as well. Should be fantastic (9.5/10, 8.5/10)
[ *] Counselor Rec: my counselor knows me and knows that I’m one of the brighter kids in the grade - I’ve also been making appointments with her about scheduling and coursework since freshman year so it should be decent (7/10?)
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): none
[ *) Location/Person: OOS (Atlanta suburb)
[ *] State or Country: USA
[ *] School Type: Large Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Great test scores/maybe ECs, lack of major awards
[ *] Other Factors/questions: one-income, between $60-80,000</p>

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<p>@yoloyng wow, you are unique and have impressive stats. You will definitely be accepted if your essay is good. </p>

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<p>What I meant to say is that for a very highly qualified student, UMich is often not a primary choice (the yield rate proves this). </p>

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<p>Whatever you mean, it just shows the yield rate at UMich is about the same as Caltech, Northwestern, Rice, etc. It is definitely not Harvard or Yale though. It actually indicates >58% of the admitted students are also qualified and accepted by those more competitive schools. It shows in the admission stat and enrolled freshman profile too. By no mean this would suggest UMich to be a safety to anyone.</p>

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<p>I guess you are right, but I think UMich would probably be a safety to somone like an NPhO winner (assuming great grades and test scores), but that is just my opinion. What do you think? I think the best statement here is “UMich cannot be considered a safety for almost anyone”.</p>

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<p>Considering that UofM gives very little aid to OSS, that yield rate is quite impressive. Many OSS students who are able to get into Michigan aren’t able to attend due to the lack of financial aid. Heck, even many in-state students are not able to attend due to the lack of financial aid. Boston College, Emory, Wake Forest, WUSTL, NYU, John Hopkins, Rice, and Tufts all have lower yield rates than Michigan, even though they offer more in financial aid than UofM does. </p>

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<p>It would be amazing if you can possibly chance me as I honestly have no idea about this whole college thing haha my grades really suffered this year because my friend died in a car accident. It was only in second semester when I realized that I was being stupid for letting myself go and barely managed to pick up my grades.</p>

<p>Background:

  • Asian female
  • California Resident
  • Attend a really competitive school (sends 20+ students to Cal&other ivies each year if that helps in any way)</p>

<p>Academics:

  • Cumulative GPA (weighted) - 4.13
  • Cumulative GPA (unweighted) - 3.73
  • CA Cal Grant GPA - 3.54
  • Weighted 10-12 GPA: 4.21
  • SAT: 2070 (will be retaking in October)
  • SAT sub: Math II - 720, History (US) - 700
  • ACT: will be taking the next one
  • Classes:
    Frosh: Algebra II, Japanese I, English 9, Geography/Health, Orchestra (not allowed to take weighted in frosh year)
    Soph: Honors Precalc w/ Trig, Japanese II, Yoga, AP Euro, Honors Chemistry, VS.Net Programming, English 10
    Junior: AP Chem, AP Music Theory, Japanese III, AP Lang, APUSH, AP Calc AB
    Sr (this year’s schedule): Tutor, AP Gov(Comp &US), Honors Japanese, Economy, Chil development, AP Bio, AP Calc BC, women’s lit
  • Rank: no ranking</p>

<p>ECs:

  • Certificate of Merit for Violin Lvl 10 (playing for 10 years)
  • CSF Treasurer ('13-'15)
  • President of Philosophy Club ('13-'15)
  • Co-President of this club dedicated to fundraising money for various organizations ('13-'15)
  • NHS member ('12-'15)
  • Won several photography awards
  • My photography made the cover of this magazine & my other photos will be featured within that magazine
  • Varsity Golf ('13-'15) –> Could not play freshman year due to injury
  • UC Berkeley’s ATDP summer program for Alg 2 & Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Took classes at local community college for Psychology, Astrology, and Child Development &Psychology (got an A in all 3 classes)
  • Internship over at this local chiropractor office this summer
  • Math tutor ('10-'15) –> I teach Algebra I&II, Geometry, and Calculus; very positive reviews
  • Writer for this online magazine dedicated to women empowerment ('14-'15)
  • Science Alliance mentor (mentor 5th graders and help them compete in local science fair; my kid won 1st place this year in her category)
  • 110+ volunteer hours over at a senior center; 100+ hours from tutoring (unpaid tutor)
  • Volunteer at local golf center for both beginning & advanced golfers where I help improve their golf game</p>

<p>urghhhhhhhh hate how scary this whole college application thing is </p>

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<p>Very good point @Miw140‌ . Are you sure about NYU though?</p>

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<p>The lack of financial aid to oos students is a typical issue for most public colleges. That is one of the main reason why the yield rates are usually between 30-40% for them. When students compare financial aid packages and final costs for accepted schools, oos public usually lose in the comparison unless they granted a large scholarship which is not very often.</p>

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<p>@yikesyikesyikes True. I totally forgot that NYU is not very good with FA. </p>

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<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA (political science)
[ *] SAT (one sitting): 1750 (retaking in Oct.)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): not sent, US History- 620 Biology- 600 Latin- 520 without taking AP Latin/ prepping, it was a spur of the moment decision to try
[ *] ACT: 26 (retaking in Sept. and Oct.)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.8
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.):
Freshman: Honors English, Honors Biology, Honors Latin, Honors World History (first half of AP World History course, because AP is not offered to Freshmen), Honors Science Research and Methodology, Honors Geometry, Honors Spanish
Sophomore: AP World History (only allowed to take this one AP as a sophomore), Honors English, Honors Chem, Honors Latin, Honors Science Research and Methodology, Honors Algebra II/Trig, Honors Spanish
Junior: AP Language and Composition (3), AP Biology (3), AP US History (3), Honors Science Research and Methodology, Honors Latin, Honors Spanish
Senior (most likely unless there is a drastic change in August/September): AP Environmental Science, AP Psychology, AP Literature, AP Calculus, AP Spanish, AP Government, Honors Latin (no AP offered at my school), Honors Science Research and Methodology. I’ll also be taking a political science course at Suffolk County Community College this fall for 3 transferable credits.
My Honors Science Research, Spanish (sophomore and junior year) and Latin (junior and senior year) are University of Albany classes, and I have earned one credit for each class through the university at my school
[ *] Rank: my school got rid of ranking this year, but at the end of sophomore year I was 10/158
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Youth Advocate for the American Heart Association (6 years), Long Island’s American Heart Association Advocate of the Year 2011, Organized Heart U events at my middle and high school (meant to raise awarness of women’s heart disease- 5 years), School and Community plays/ musicals (8 years), played violin for 10 years, very involved in the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen and Miss America Scholarship Organizations, National Junior Honor Society, National Honor Society, Voices of Southampton Club President (2 years), Rotary Interact Club (2 years), Key Club (1 year), Yearbook editor (1 year), Chorus Class President (1 year), Junior Class Vice President, Student Council President (Senior Year), Camp Broadway Kids (sang on Carnegie Hall Stage a total of 3 times), have traveled to Spain and Italy as part of an exchange program, intern at local town attorney’s office, varsity softball (2 years, but had to stop because it was taking too much time away from my studies and other ECs and my grades were slipping), all county orchestra and chorus
[ *] Essays: I don’t think I’m the best writer ever, but I think my essays are really good.
[ *] Teacher Recs: I asked teachers that I’ve been taught by since freshman year, so I’m thinking they will be pretty good as well
[ *] Counselor Rec: really good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): none
[ *) Location/Person: Long Island, NY
[ *] State or Country: USA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: I have a ton of ECs and pretty good grades, but my SAT/ACT scores need some work
[ *] Other Factors/questions: I’ll be applying EA only to Michigan</p>

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<p>@shs631 Unfortunately, UMich is likely a rather high reach for you. The mid 50 ACT for 2014 admission is 30-33 and your score is far below the 25%. You do need to bring up your score significantly if you do want to apply to UMich.</p>

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<p>@billcsho If I do end up bringing my score up to a 30 by the Nov. 1 deadline, would my chances improve significantly, or not as much considering I’m OOS?</p>

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<p>@shs631 It will then bring you from high reach to reach or low reach. </p>

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<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: 2210
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): N/A
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.82
[ *] Rank: My school doesn’t do ranks
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): President of DoSomething club and Urban Dance, regular member of UNICEF, Model United Nations, DECA, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Ski and Snowboard club, and BuildOn. In the DECA State Competition, I was able to achieve state finalist.
I also take 6 IB classes as required by my school, with one being HL Mathematics, equivalent to AP Calc BC
[ *] Essays: Pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Got a good one from my physics teacher.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): N/A
[ *) Location/Person: Canton, MI
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Public, top 20 in the US, participant in IB Diploma Programme
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: no sport :frowning: i live 40 minutes away from my school so unfortunately because of the commute i can’t do any sports
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>

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<p>^ It would be a easy match for you as in state for LSA.</p>

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

<p>[ *] ACT: Comp 31 E 33 M 32 R 32 S 28 </p>

<p>[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.8 </p>

<p>[ *] Rank: my school doesn’t rank </p>

<p>[ *] Other stats: i’ve taken all of the honors, ap and advanced college credit classes available to me at my school. all together that’s 14 </p>

<p>[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):</p>

<p>Tennis 4 years (JV for 2, Varsity for 2)
French Club 4 years (Club President next year)
JSA (2 years) / Youth in Government (2 years)
Sophomore Class Council Representative / Senior Class Treasurer
Drama Club/Plays (4 years)
Scholar Bowl Varsity Team (2 years)
Model UN Club President</p>

<p>200 + Volunteer hours at a pediatric hospital and a regular hospital</p>

<p>I worked as tutor for children for a year and i now work at Jimmy Johns</p>

<p>[ *] Essays: My essay is about being raised by lesbians and how it’s affected me in my acceptance of my family and of myself. everyone who’s read it has liked it so far. </p>

<p>[ *] Teacher Recs: all of my teachers love me so i expect 10/10 </p>

<p>[ *] Counselor Rec: i was in my guidance counselor’s office and she told me she thought that my high school had won the lottery by getting to have me as a student.</p>

<p>[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): URM, african american but Michigan doesn’t do affirmative action so </p>

<p>[ *) Location/Person: Seattle (Fresh, Soph) + St. Louis (Jun, Sen) </p>

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

<p>[ *] School Type: Mu school in Seattle is ranked in the 98th percentile of all high schools in the US according to US News Rankings; My new school is a private catholic school </p>

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

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

<p>[ *] major strength/weakness: out of state :/</p>

<p>[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>

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<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): lsa or maybe engineering, undecided
[ *] SAT (one sitting): n/a
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): n/a
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 6 AP courses, took honors whenever it was offered. took apush sophomore year without taking honors us first
[ *] Rank: school doesn’t rank… but I think im #1 / 330 or so
[ *] Other stats: 4 on APUSH, 5 on English Lang, various awards, Rensselear Medalist
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Orchestra, NHS, a few other clubs
[ *] Essays: they’ll be good!
[ *] Teacher Recs: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: hopefully good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): none
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: umm, test scores? not sure aha
[ *] Other Factors/questions: </p>

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<p>@nicobella In state with ACT33/GPA4.0 should be a match to low match for LSA or CoE. Not sufficient to get good scholarship though.</p>

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<p>@billcsho what is sufficient?</p>