University of Michigan Early Action Class of 2019 Discussion

Colleges & Universities University of Michigan
1121

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Applied to which school/college: LSA</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): none
ACT: 33
SAT II: none
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): idk
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4) Physics B (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Stat, AP Spanish, Modern Drama (English), Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar </p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lead Volunteer at my hospital, Asia Club, Varsity Basketball for 3 Years
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: none
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 10 (very good, showed lots of demonstrated interest as Michigan was a Top 3 school for me at the time)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8</p>

<p>Teacher Rec #1: Very good i assume
Teacher Rec #2: Alright not the worst
Counselor Rec: Very good
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None </p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private School
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope </p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: Essays, ACT, Leadership Roles
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My essays were very good
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:</p>

<p>General Comments: Good luck to everyone else! </p>

1122

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Applied to which school/college: CoE CS</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): (Did not send) 2200; Reading 760; Math 750; Writing 690
ACT: 34; English 31; Math 33; Reading 36; Science 36; Writing 29
SAT II: (Did not send) Math II 780; Physics 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): (Did not send scores) Calculus BC, AP Gov, Prob and Stats, APUSH, Physics C Mechanics
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: English Lang and Comp AP, APES, Computer Science AP, World History AP, Macro Economics AP
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit SF</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (co-president), Mu Alpha Theta
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Math tutoring 1 hour per week for 2 years, Vacation Bible School at local church
Summer Activities: Shell Energy Camp one summer
Essays (rating 1-10, details): All 8/10, Michigan essay 9/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Signed waiver, but both teachers really liked me</p>

<p>Teacher Rec #1: Physics teacher
Teacher Rec #2: French teacher
Counselor Rec: I talked to her a lot so she knew me better than others
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): Lousiana
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public Magnet
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 90K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: Competitive high school? I really don’t know
Weaknesses: No SAT II scores, extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to Tulane</p>

<p>General Comments: I’m kind of surprised that I got in considering people with much better stats and EC’s got deferred, but I’m happy! Congrats to others who got in and good luck to everyone</p>

1123

<p>D accepted! In-State 30 ACT, 3.9 UW GPA. Go Blue.</p>

1124

<p>@beatstanford you’re giving me hope!! </p>

1125

<p>Anyone know when Ross pre-admit decisions come out?</p>

1126

<p>Alright guys and girls. This might be a bit early, but good luck to everyone! You know the drill!</p>

<p>[noparse]</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Applied to which school/college: LSA (and SMTD, but this is a separate application)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2400
ACT:
SAT II: 800 (Math II, Spanish); 780 (Literature)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/240
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chemistry (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP World History, AP Microeconomics, AP English Literature, AP Statistics, AP Psychology, AP Biology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit semifinalist</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): elite choir (president), concert choir, a cappella (president/director), concert band (flute section leader), jazz band-guitar, string quartet-violin, rotary club, tennis, girl scouts, gay straight alliance (president), dance, drama club (president)
Job/Work Experience: summer internship with nonprofit environmental organization ('14 and '13), camp counselor ('12)
Volunteer/Community service: volunteering at local soup kitchen for 4 years
Summer Activities: aforementioned internships, theater
Essays (rating 1-10, details): hard to rate my own? I wrote about how learning specific pieces of music shaped my development as a person and a musician for common app.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): not sure how to rate</p>

<p>Teacher Rec #1: junior year English teacher who knows very well; I used to stay after school to discuss the material with her just for fun
Teacher Rec #2: junior year math teacher, with whom I had less of a personal relationship but I improved drastically in her class, which was initially hard for me
Counselor Rec: I have no idea what she wrote; I gave her a resume
Additional Rec: voice teacher, she indicated to me it was very positive
Interview: n/a</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): VT
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: female
Income Bracket: higher income
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: none that I haven’t mentioned already
Weaknesses: submitted two days before deadline, in addition to what I’ve mentioned already
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: hard to say. Hoping they just didn’t have time to review my app yet
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Harvard (deferred)</p>

<p>General Comments:</p>

1127

<p>Deferred 32 4.0 </p>

1128

<p>Accepted OOS!!! 29 ACT, there is hope everyone.</p>

1129

<p>Don’t lose hope !!!</p>

1130

<p>Deferred 2160 3.96 UW GPA. OOS</p>

1131

<p>Accepted 33 ACT, 3.8 uw, from NY, Asian. UMich accepted tons of people with lower stats than me from my school the past few years. I am applying to other colleges so if they all reject me, I will go to UMich. But anyways, yay!!! First college acceptance!!! :D</p>

1132

<p>Accepted CoE</p>

1133

<p>Deferred from CoE :frowning: 33 ACT, 3.96 UW GPA, 2030 SAT (didn’t submit), live in state but considered OOS, female</p>

1134

<p>@trendwolf‌ Congrats!! Can you post your other stats as well? I have a similar ACT and am wondering how I will fare in regular decision rounds. </p>

1135

<p>Wait so when do they reply now? I was deferred… Will it really be as long as April? When was it last year?</p>

1136

<p>Could someone post an “accepted” email example. Thanks!</p>

1137

<p>these results make absolutely no sense to me. 28 ACTs are getting in over 32-35s? what is that? I’m stunned. absolutely shocked and devastated. I don’t know what to think.</p>

1138

<p>Deferred</p>

<p>2330 SAT I
800 in Bio M, 800 Math II, 800 USH, 780 World History, 780 Chem
AP Stats, AP Calc BC, APUSH, AP Gov/Econ, AP CS A, AP Bio, AP Physics, AP French, Phys. Honors, French 4 Honors, Pre-Calc Honors, Chem. Honors,
4.0 UW, Top 1% students (school only does deciles, so Top 10%, but counselor assured me of the 1%)
National FBLA Awards, DECA State awards
3 leadership positions in business + science clubs (founder of a club as well, 3 years)
2 summers of research @ Stanford, published co-author
3 solid teacher recs (esp since one invited me to her wedding, take that as you will but thats srs business)
2 outside research recs from mentors at both summer internships I did
Essays were 8.5s at the least, shorter ones were closer to 9.5</p>

<p>Well, guess the OOS syndrome does indeed work against you for state schools. Welp</p>

1139

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Applied to which school/college: LSA:
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 32
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4) Chemistry(3) US History (5) Computer Science (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: H English IV, Orchestra, AP Economics Macr/Micro, AP Government Comparative/US, Calculus AB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nationals competitor and state winner of two programming competitions (VB.net and HTML/CSS. Chicago Federal Reserve Challenge ( First place state, 2nd in region), Illinois State Science Fair (Silver award) AP Scholar with honors, </p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Business Professionals of America (Treasurer), Computer Science Olympiad, American Government Club, Stock Trading Club (Vice President), Eco Club, Volunteer Magician.
Job/Work Experience:N/A
Volunteer/Community service: I do volunteer magic shows for mentally disabled homes and senior homes.
Summer Activities: None
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7 or 8, They were well written but nothing extremely special, especially the “Why Umich” essay
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): No clue</p>

<p>Teacher Rec #1: good
Teacher Rec #2: N/a
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec: N/a
Interview: N/a</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public Magnet
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $100,000 - $150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Probably my extracurriculars </p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: GPA, school, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: Essays, Test scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My involvement in high school was highly in line with the school i was applying to.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Rejected at Notre Dame, Accepted at Indiana University </p>

1140

<p>Accepted to CoE. I’m OOS.
ACT: 34
SAT II : Math 2 : 770 Physics: 760</p>

<p>Goodluck to everyone else! Don’t lose hope people. </p>