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

<p>@scar1234‌ good to know, thank you!</p>

<p>is it worth posting if you already applied?</p>

<p>@billcsho‌ do you have any idea how competitive the RC is? I post my stats a page back if that’s any help.</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering (Early Action)
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Math II: 720
[ *] ACT: 32 (Best Overall Scores - English: 32, Math: 35, Reading: 33, Science: 35, Writing: 10)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.00 (4.50 Weighted)
[ *] Rank: Top 7% at a competitive high school in California
[ *] Other stats: 5 AP Tests
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): 3 year varsity football letter, 2 year varsity baseball letter, good amount of community service, hired tutor, diagnosed with lifelong disease before the start of high school
[ *] Essays: Pretty Solid. Worked hard on them for months and got them reviewed by a lot of teachers and tutors
[ *] Teacher Recs: Waived my right to see but I assume pretty good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Waived my right to see but I assume good. Counselor was my football coach.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: California
[ *] School Type: large public school
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strengths: lots of extracurriculars, GPA
Weaknesses: not a ton of AP classes
[ *] Other Factors/questions: What do you think?</p>

<p>Engineering
Sat 2250 780 m 740 r 730 w
Sat 2: 2c three times 770 770 800
Chemistry 780
10% rank 94.6 gpa
Aps: apush in junior year
Ap calc senior ap physics senior ap gopo senior
Otherwise all science and math courses were honors starting from sophmore year with atleast 95 and 100 final avgs
Essays: decent
Recs :decent
Ecs: decent
International asian male. Came here from korea when 1. Lived her for like 16 years now. </p>

<p>How in the world do you figure out your um unweighted gpa? Thank you</p>

<p>Please chance me.
I used to live in Ann Arbor (3 mins away from North campus), and moved to MD before 9th grade.</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA Computer science
[ *] SAT: 2020
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.4
[ *] Rank: Top 25%
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-FBLA 2 years,
-FBLA States: Mobile Applications Development challenge, 2nd place in the state
-Vex Robotics Competition 3 years, competed in world championship 3 of those years
-Team programmer 3 years
-Team leader 2 years
-Proficient in 2 programming languages, JAVA and C++
-Android app with 2k downloads
-Helped co-found a programming club
-Key Club 4 years
-150 service hours
-Swimming 1 years
-2 years JV badminton, 1 year varsity</p>

<p>[ *] Essays: All of them are very strong, emphasized my extracurriculars and the fact I used to live in Michigan
[ *] Teacher Recs: Computer science teacher, worked with her for 3 years, very strong.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it, pretty sure it’d be good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): N/A
[ *] State or Country: Maryland, US
[ *] School Type: Top ranked public school
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness:
-Strengths: Pretty loaded with extracurriculars, especially engineering/programming ones.
-Weaknesses: GPA/SAT
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Used to live in Michigan</p>

<p>Could someone chance me ?</p>

<p>OOS
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA Political Science
[ *] SAT: N/A SAT II : Math I 740
[ *] ACT : 30 (English 32 Math 28 Reading 33 Science 25)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0
[ *] Rank: Top 25%
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):

  • Leadership program from county for junior year
  • Drama Production for 4 years (Gollum, Herald, Mr. Fezziwig)
  • Nursing Home Visit for three years (200+hours)
  • President for Korean club and Mu Alpha Theta
  • Secretary for Korean History Club (established)
  • Scripter for Drama club for 1 year
  • Church Singer for 3 years
  • Sigma Tau Delta, NHS member
    Award : National History Contest for Korean Youth 3rd place, and many academic awards
    [ *] Essays: I wrote about details I want to do in UMichigan and for common app I wrote about my grandfather’s house in narrative tone and about why I transferred school from Korea to Here (showing how enthusiastic I am to study in US)
    I think they were pretty good
    [ *] Teacher Recs: Great I think (From former Math teacher, English teacher and our president)
    [ *] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it, pretty sure it’d be good
    [ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): N/A
    [ *] State or Country: International (I studied in Alabama for past three years)
    [ *] School Type: Private Prep School-Catholic
    [ *] Ethnicity: Asian
    [ *] Gender: Male
    [ *] major strength/weakness:
    -Strengths: Strong GPA, good e/cs and awards, and recs
    -Weaknesses: ACT score definitely.
    [ *] Other Factors/questions:
  • Got accepted from Tulane, U Minnesota Twin Cities (From Tulane received 27k)
  • Got deferred from CWRU
  • Got rejected from Amherst</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT (one sitting): Didn’t take
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Not sent
[ *] ACT:33 (32 english, 31 math, 34 reading, 36 science)
[ *] GPA: 3.4/4/14<br>
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): Currently in 7 IB courses
[ *] Rank: Top 15%
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-DECA State Officer in a state with over 8,000 members
-Varsity tennis for 3 years, captain for the last 2
-Started my own non-profit which spreads Indian dance and culture, has fundraised $15,000 for female empowerment
-4 year varsity for speech and debate and model un
-NHS
-160 hours of volunteer work in India and Africa
-Started a chess club at the middle school
-President of youth committee of a cultural organization that helps set up events
[ *] Essays: Pretty good 7-8/10
[ *] Teacher Recs: 10/10 no doubt
[ *] Counselor Rec: 8-9/10
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Black/asian
[ *) Location/Person: OOS
[ *] State or Country:USA
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Black/Asian
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Weakness is GPA
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Thank you!</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT (one sitting): 1910
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): none
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.85 (W: 4.53)
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 8 APs throughout all of high school, Some IB classes, the rest honors
[ *] Rank: Dont know
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Class President, NHS, 11 seasons Varsity Athlete, Student Ambassador, SADD, Project Lead the Way, Triathlete)
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Maryland
[ *] School Type: Public (Average Size)
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Not a great test taker :frowning:
[ *] Other Factors/questions:
Please chance me!</p>

<p>Hey could someone chance me please? I would love to hear your opinions! Thank you so much.
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: Not sending
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Not sending
[ *] ACT: 31 (English 34, Math 28, Reading 31, Science 29).
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.8 (weighted 4.24)
[ *] Rank: School doesn’t rank, but almost positive top 10%.
[ *] Other stats: Taken 9 AP classes by the time I graduate, have the AP scholar with honor award.
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Many EC’s including president of my class, president of thespians, vice president of global society, vice president of NHS, varsity bowling captain, many shows in drama participated in, also worked a job for one year and have over 500 hours of community service, a part of national spanish honors society, in Math honors society, honor roll, yearbook editor for 3 years in a row.
[ *] Essays: Really happy with my essay, my college counselor said it was in the top 20 of any he’s ever read.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good, didn’t read them but from teachers I’m close with.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Assuming it’s good.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Only hook is my cousin graduated from UM.
[ *) Location/Person: Orlando
[ *] State or Country: FL, USA
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] Other Factors/questions
Thank you SO MUCH! You guys are super helpful!</p>

<p>It would be awesome if someone could chance me!
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: Didn’t take
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Didn’t take
[ *] ACT: 31
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.8
[ *] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[ *] Other stats: 5 AP Courses, 2 Honors
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): NHS, started photography club at school, work 4 days a week after school (which takes up a lot of time), regular volunteer at animal shelter and art center for children
[ *] Essays: 8/10, I talked about my Jewish heritage as well as a certain course I want to take at UM
[ *] Teacher Recs: one from French teacher who I had for 3 years
[ *] Counselor Rec: probably good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): none :frowning:
[ *) Location/Person: SE Michigan
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type: Public (Top 5 District in Michigan)
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: lower GPA
[ *] Other Factors/questions:
Thanks so much!!</p>

<p>{*] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA, Pre-admit Ross
[ *] SAT: N/A
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Math 2- 750
[ *] ACT: 33.25 (math is 35, I know Ross is keen on math)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.6
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Very good EC’s… President/founder of a community service club in which I have created multiple scholarships for deserving underprivileged high school students who have showed a strong commitment to school and community service. I was awarded an international scholarship/award for service (1 out of 18,000 receives this award). Over 800 hours of service. 2 internships in the financial world. + sports, etc.<br>
[ *] Essays: Great
[ *] Teacher Recs: Great (ALSO HAVE 2 RECs from outside sources)
[ *] Counselor Rec:Great
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person: FL
[ *] State or Country: FL
[ *] School Type: Private… (went to a New England Prep school, Loomis Chaffee, in 10th grade but came back in 11th grade.
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Good ACT, Great EC’s, Great Essays, low GPA (which was a result of boarding school which had a more rigorous course load/I needed to get used to the way things worked… But to fix this I retook English online(A), and took two dual enrollment classes (ECON A and Sociology A) at my local community college.
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>

<p>j</p>

<p>OOS for LSA
ACT 32
UW GPA 3.94
Legacy (Dad graduated from Michigan)
9 AP classes and the rest honors</p>

<p>Please chance me. Thanks!</p>

<p>College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
SAT: 2160 superscore M 750 R 720 W 690
SAT IIs (if sent): M2 750, USH 750
ACT: 31 Composite
UM unweighted GPA: don’t know how to calc but my school says btwn 3.6-3.7
Rank: N/A
Other stats:
Subjective: 50+ hrs tutoring
50+ hrs community service
1 yr pre med club
Founding member of wall street club
2 years math honor society
3 yrs track (2 jv, 1 varsity)
Essays: strong
Teacher Recs: expecting them to be really good
Counselor Rec:really good
Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): not sure
Location/Person:
State or Country: New Jersey
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness: nothing i can think of
Other Factors/questions:</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT: CR 720 M 730 W 690
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): none
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0
[ *] Rank: 2/361ish
[ *] Other stats: AP Psych 5, should be taking Calc AB
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):

  • soccer (13 years)
  • lacrosse (grade 3-9)…really wish I continued
  • volunteering at farmers’ market, volunteering at local events (cancer fundraising, festivals, youth summer camps)
  • internship at a credit union (financial institution) for 1 month in the HR department
  • referee youth soccer games
  • leadership councils/groups
  • tax return course, which could later lead to a job
  • humanitarian groups at school
  • entrepreneurship/engineering/science high school summer camp at an university (1 month)
  • tutoring math students
    [ *] Essays: not yet written, hahah but I’m a decent writer
    [ *] Teacher Recs: strong
    [ *] Counselor Rec: strong
    [ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): pretty well-rounded student, lots of volunteer activities
    [ *] State or Country: Canada
    [ *] School Type: Public
    [ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
    [ *] Gender: F
    [ *] Other Factors/questions:
  • dual citizenship for US/Canada…I guess this can only help?
  • is my SAT math too low to apply for engineering?
  • any other schools you would recommend?
    Thank you in advance :)</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Math - 800, Physics - 750
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 99.6 (out of 100)
[ *] Rank: 1
[ *] Other stats: I got a 5 on AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, AP Statistics, AP Language and Composition, AP US History, AP Biology, and AP Computer Science
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
Field Hockey - 7 years (starting goalie)
Hockey - 3 years (starting goalie)
Cycling - 3 years
Math Team
Currently spending my senior year abroad in Bosnia - I received a full scholarship funded by the State Department
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): My father went to Michigan
[ *] State or Country: United States - New Hampshire
[ *] School Type: Private Boarding
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strengths - AP grades and year abroad program
Weaknesses - Senior year grades (most of my classes are in a language that I don’t speak)</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA- Ross Preferred Admission
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Math - 720, Bio E - 710
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.62
[ *] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[ *] Other stats: Full diploma I.B. student: Math HL (5), Bio. HL (5), Chem. HL (6) French SL (7) , Lang. and Lit SL (6), Bus. SL (6)
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
Member of Red Crescent charity club, Global Network charity club, Dance club, Badminton club
President of MSF charity club
Secretary of the Red Crescent charity club
Teach kids with English as 2nd language every Saturday for 2 hours
Attended Citibank Young talent program during the summer
Piano for 7 years, passed Grade 7 exam
[ *] Essays: Should be good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): –
[ *] State or Country: U.A.E Dubai
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Weakness - GPA quite low, OOS and Asian</p>

<p>if you are OOs and pay full oos tuition and have a legacy wouldnt those both make it much easier to get in?</p>