<p>*] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Nursing
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT: Composite 30, English 31, Math 27, Reading 29, Science 33 (Nursing seems to track Science separately)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.9
[ *] Rank: School does not rank
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): President of Key Club, President of City Tutors (tutoring group for local grade schools), Editor in Chief of School Paper, Editor in Chief of Yearbook, Winner of Community Service Award given out by Mayors’ office. DECA Board Manager. DECA 2nd Place State Champion, other DECA regional awards
[ *] Essays: Good, “Community” essay kept by English Department as “model” for next years’ students, Other discusses nursing program I have participated in.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Excellent, discusses how amount of EC Leadership very unusual at our large (500/class) school, talks about how I took one club from 7 members to 75.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person: OOS, Midwest
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type: Large Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Weakness ACT (though seems ok for nursing)/
[ *] Other Factors/questions: </p>
<p>@rjkofnovi - With all due respect, you completely miss my point. It isn’t a matter of being an expert on admissions data for any school, it is a matter of understanding significant digits and accuracy. What billcsho said to that member was fallacious because he doesn’t have data accurate enough to make the statement he did. Simple as that, but he doesn’t seem to want to acknowledge it. I am simply asking him to be more accurate in his statements in the future, and to recognize the limitations of the data he is using from Michigan. It really is hard to argue with, since obviously the Michigan data is only accurate to the tenths place as reported, and the member reported their data to the hundredths place. If the member had rounded the same way Michigan did, billcsho never would have made the statement he did. If you think that is nitpicking, so be it. But people on here are known for often taking statements quite literally, and so his comment was somewhat misleading. Any professor of math or science would support me on this, because it is incredibly basic.</p>
<p>Now if you don’t mind, let’s keep this on topic.</p>
<p>I came here in mifdle school from Shanghai. I hope I get into UM, I can’t imagine myself being at MSU. </p>
<p>@fallenchemist Well you basically attacked @billcsho for his opinion from the beginning, without offering much to the table anyways. You may be more courteous of your last post here, but your posts before to @billcsho certaintly weren’t respectful. @billcsho is one of the most knowledgeable posters here, and his info and analysis is basically always on the dot. You could’ve been a lot more respectful in your replies. Anyways, isn’t this an issue better brought up by Alexandre instead? </p>
<p>@wyshi97 Don’t worry about it. It’s more about what you do rather than where you go :)</p>
<p>@YellowWolverine - I have no idea what you mean by that last line, but that’s OK. For the record, I didn’t attack anyone, and I certainly wasn’t talking about billcsho’s opinion, but his lack of accuracy which led to a comment about someone’s GPA being lower than average, which is just wrong. You cannot compare a 3.9 to a 3.88 and say the 3.88 is lower. You can if they had published it as 3.90, but they didn’t. That isn’t opinion, it is a plain and simple fact. I have no idea why this is still being discussed. I think we all studied significant figures in high school.</p>
<p>Moral of the story, take everyone’s chance replies with a grain of salt, then we can all be happy and conflict free 
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<p>I’ve decided. I’ll get Purdue for sure. I have a feeling that I’ll get UofM, but if my feeling is wrong, I’ll go to Purdue. MSU doesn’t have a good chemical engineering program as compared to Purdue and I don’t want to see my “ex-lover” there anyway. The thing is though. I had depression and was hospitalized in the beginning of high school. I didn’t really get involved in extra-curricular deeply until junior year. I couldn’t fit in when I came here in middle school and that kinda screwed me. I knew it was my fault for not being involved but I couldn’t help depression you know ? </p>
<p>LSA (Ross preferred application)
ACT: 34 (35 E 31 M 34 R 34 S)
SAT II: 690 World 720 Math 1 760 US
3.9 GPA
No rank
AP: US (5), Lang (4), Harmony, Bio, Psych
Senior Year Course Load: AP Harmony AP Bio AP Psych Eco Honors Gender Studies Honors Calc Spanish 4 H
Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
NHS, Music Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Principals List</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Travel Swim team (20+ hours a week) captain of varsity swimming, captain of CYO swim, lifeguard summer job, student government, summer counselor, nhs treasurer
Volunteer/Community service: mission club, summer counselor , environmental club,
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Wrote uncommon Common App Essay and heart felt supplemental essays
Visited School</p>
<p>Teacher Rec #1: AP lang teacher (assuming good)
Teacher Rec #2: physics honors teacher (assuming good)
Counselor Rec: assuming good to average
Additional rec: principal of nursery school that I attended and then volunteered at since 6th grade</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity:White
Gender: Female</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): undecided in LSA
[ *] ACT: 28C, 28 English, 28 Reading, 28 Math, 26 Science
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.7999
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
4 years of baseball with multiple championships
4 years of Quiz Bowl with multiple championships
2 years of student council
2 years Volunteer with Special Olympics (recognized by the county’s sheriff office)
2 years student council
[ *] Essays: They were the best of my ability and I revised them multiple times (spent at least 20 hours working on them in all lol)
[ *] Teacher Recs: I have 4 Physics, English, Social Studies & my Spanish teacher
[ *] Counselor Rec: It should be decent. He’s kind of lazy when it comes to some things so I hope that won’t affect me.
[ *] Hook: My parents only have 1 year of college between the 2 of them. There are only 31 kids in my class and I don’t think anyone has applied to UM in 10+ years from my school.
[ *] State or Country: Ohio
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Weakness: I come from a very poor quality high school and my ACT is just under the median range. I believe my essays are above average. I should hopefully be a dimensional applicant. </p>
<p>@uofmPlease Your GPA is below admission average while your ACT is a couple points below 25th percentile. UMich LSA would be a reach for you from OOS.</p>
<p>@billcsho. I assume because you didn’t reply you don’t have much insight into nursing admissions? My daughter had me post her stats. You seem to have really good insight generally </p>
<p>@Jara123 Indeed I have little information about Nursing school admission. I only know one former student and one former staff from there, but their info should be outdated already.</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT (one sitting):
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 720 on US history
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.8
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 8 APs total (average at my school is 4)
[ *] Rank: na
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):vice president of NHS, executive in other club, captain of varsity cross country and track
[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Teacher Recs: very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: decent probably
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): legacy
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Japan
[ *] School Type: Private international
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] Other Factors/questions</p>
<p>[ *] College: Engineering
[ *] SAT : 2110 (CR 790, M 670, W 650
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Math II 710, Bio 790, Chem 730
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.68
[ *] Course load : AP Physics B (C not offered), APUSH, AP Gov, AP Calc AB (BC not offered), AP Environmental
[ *] Rank: Not given, within top 15%-20%
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Editor at school newspaper since junior year, competitor in science olympiads since sixth grade, babysitter for church since freshman year, activities assistant for church since freshman year, marching band since freshman year, higher-level band, national honor society, science honor society, math honor society, history honor society, speaks French well, understands Filipino.
[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Teacher Recs: very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: very good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: NY
[ *] School Type: Good public high school
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Math and GPA isn’t the best. However, I have a strong course load, and a lot of extracurriculars. I also visited the campus.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Is an emphasis placed on participation in school newspaper within the application a goog thing? One period is missing from an essay, is that bad? </p>
<p>@ampd2865 Your SAT composite is below admission average and your GPA is low too. Your math section score is pretty low for engineering. UMich CoE would be a reach for you.</p>
<p>[ *] College: LSA</p>
<p>[ *] SAT: Didn’t take</p>
<p>[ *] SAT IIs: 740 Math II, 750 Bio E, 720 US History</p>
<p>[ *] ACT: 32 (32 Eng., 35 Math, 32 Reading, 30 Science)</p>
<p>[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.8 (Very very strong upward trend)</p>
<p>[ *] Rank: 66/398 (so top 15%)</p>
<p>[ *] Other stats:</p>
<p>[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
Forensics Debate team (9th-10th grade) won a couple regional awards
Cross country (9th-10th grade)
Youth in Government (9th-12th grade) secretary 11th grade, treasurer 12th grade
Science Olympiad (11th-12th grade) 12th grade officer, won couple regional awards
SNHS (11th to 12th grade) 11th grade officer, 12th grade Vice-President
NHS (12th grade) Board Member
Student Council (11th grade) Representitive
Rho Kappa honors society (11th to 12th) founder and president both years
Science Bowl (11th to 12th grade)
Mu Alpha Theta
National English Honors Society</p>
<p>[ *] Essays: Very Very Good (been told my several adults and counselors that it is perfect and spent 1.5 months on it)</p>
<p>[ *] Teacher Recs: Very Good (3 teachers I know well, and the dean of a top 20 school writing me one)</p>
<p>[ *] Counselor Rec: Probably generic but positive</p>
<p>[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): None</p>
<p>[ *) Location/Person: </p>
<p>[ *] State or Country: Tennessee</p>
<p>[ *] School Type: Public (#2 in state)</p>
<p>[ *] Ethnicity: India (immigrant, permanent resident on Green Card)</p>
<p>[ *] Gender: Male!!</p>
<p>[ *] major strength/weakness: Although GPA and GPA are okay, I took sincerely the hardest classes our school had to offer and I took a very active role in my school community</p>
<p>[ *] Other Factors/questions: Umm for my essay I wrote about how I changed after volunteering at a hospice (still do it today)</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Residential College
[ *] SAT (one sitting):
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.94
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 4 APs, some accelerated courses
[ *] Rank: top 16% weighted
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): lots of choir awards and involvement in orchestra, tennis, NHS treasurer, community and school volunteer involvement, internship for 2+ years at insurance agency
[ *] Essays: common app was good, U of M specific were great
[ *] Teacher Recs: didn’t read but great teachers who know me well
[ *] Counselor Rec: really great
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): rural town?
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: strength: my U of M specific essays, GPA. weakness: common app essay, no legacy.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Pretty much expecting to get deferred with my ACT and not as many APs as others, although my school doesn’t offer a ton. Does is RC easier or harder to get into? And if I was accepted and I wanted to switch to LSA, would I be able to do that now or after admittance? Thank you!</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA undecided
[ *] SAT: 2230 (730 CR, 790 M, 710 W)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 680 Math 2, 740 US History
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.26 out of 4.0 weighted
[ *] Rank: 21/320
[ *] Other stats: Taking the most amount of AP classes allowed at my HS
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Part time job (25 hours/week), some volunteer work
[ *] Essays: okay
[ *] Teacher Recs: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: MA
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strengths: SAT, GPA
Weaknesses: ECs
[ *] Other Factors/questions: any feedback would be appreciated</p>
<p>@collegestressin I’m also in-state and every year plenty of people from my school get in with similar ACT, # of APs, etc, so I’d say you have a decent shot!</p>