<p>Deferred, LSA Residential College</p>
<p>International (South Korea)
31 ACT
top 6% in school
National scholarship recipient</p>
<p>I’m still confused… and devastated.</p>
<p>@pmmywest dude… You’re crushing my hopes. Those scores are amazing. I’m RD, and you guys come in the competition with perfect scores. I’m not even competitive anymore.</p>
<p>ugh why haven’t i heard back yet 
</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Applied to which school/college:LSA</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2350 800m 790w 760r
ACT:36
SAT II:800 Math 2 750 BIO 750 History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95, Umich gpa of 3.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/300
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 fives stat us history bio
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Boy scouts founder of entrepreneurship club started speaker series with club, member of town political body, captain of varsity ski team
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: LOTS
Summer Activities:Business camps/ conferences
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Supplements were amazing, Common app good
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10, 8, 8</p>
<p>Teacher Rec #1: She basically let me write it
Teacher Rec #2:IDK but prob good
Counselor Rec:IDK
Additional Rec: College professor
Interview:no</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant):OOS Massachusetts
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:white
Gender:male
Income Bracket:>250,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths:Tests, Essays, Recs
Weaknesses:Grades, Awards
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:</p>
<p>General Comments:</p>
<p>Is the early action pool more competitive than the regular decision pool? Thanks</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Applied to which school/college: LSA</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 32
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 - very prestigious private school on 93-100 A scale (ridiculous upward trend… nothing but 4.0 since first semester freshman year)
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/295 (top 1%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5) Microeconomics (5) Macroeconomics (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Calc AB, AP Chemistry, AP Lang/Comp, AP Psychology, AP Gov’t/Politics (yes, 6 AP classes)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Illinois State Scholar, 5 School academic Awards, AP Scholar, 2013 Golf State Champion, 2013/2014 All-Conference, 2012/2013/2014 Conference Scholar Athlete, Honor Roll for 6 semesters </p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years golf (Co-Captain 2014), 2 years bass fishing team, 4 years student council (2014 President), Sophomore Class Secretary, Junior Class Vice-President, Mock Trial, Math Team, Debate Club, Spanish Club, Key Club, Psychology Club, Natural Helpers, NHS, Senior Retreat Team, Kairos Leader
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: 4 year volunteer in buddy program (helping disabled children play basketball in the winter and baseball in the summer), hand-selected by Mayor to be on his youth council, hand-selected by Mayor to head a team of adults in the leadership development sector of a city project, CROP Walk Walker, Breast Cancer Walk, YMCA Christmas Tree Sale, started an Essay contest to promote alcohol, drug and tobacco awareness in 15 public schools, applied for and received a $2500 grant that I used for an event with Head-Start where I led 100 volunteers, the list goes on and on
Summer Activities: Accepted to Northwestern University College Prep Program and took 2 chemistry classes with students, received an A in both classes
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7, first application so I didn’t know what to expect
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): decent. I think they only got my counselor’s and first teacher rec</p>
<p>Teacher Rec #1: 9/10
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Additional Rec: Head professor of world renowned chemistry department at Northwestern University 10/10
Interview:</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >$200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): recruited athlete </p>
<p>Strengths: EC’s and GPA
Weaknesses: ACT, essays, and recs could all be better
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Same reason as everyone else. I thought I had a shot, but this was my first application so it was very sloppy.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to U Minnesota - Twin Cities </p>
<p>General Comments: Very disappointed. Probably my top school on my list and I felt it was very realistic. Hoping maybe I can get in through regular since I have all As and A+s right now </p>
<p>Deferred (repost for those who haven’t gotten results yet) ¯_(ツ)_/¯</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>This is unfair for RD applicants.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Applied to which school/college: LSA, OOS</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 790 CR 690 M 730 W
ACT: 34
SAT II: 760 Math 2, 770 USH.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 98%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Will have 13 total (14 if you count Macro and Gov as 2). Four 4s and four 5s of the 8 I’ve taken so far.
Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP classes.
Major Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, National AP Scholar, other AP awards.</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Various clubs, filled the Common App. Main activities: have been in 2 honor societies since my sophomore year, joined National Honor Society as a junior. On the baseball team, JV my freshman year, Varsity since. Takes up much of my time, 6 days a week and nearly the entire school year.</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: Worked as a camp counselor over the summer of my junior year.<br>
Volunteer/Community service: Not sure exactly how many hours, volunteered a full summer with young kids, volunteered at a camp during Spring Break (jr year) and then helped special needs kids play baseball (called Baseball Buddies.) Also had many hours from service clubs at school and from baseball.
Summer Activities: ^^ Work and volunteering
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I think the first 2 were very strong, maybe the “Why Mich” could’ve been a bit stronger.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Only 1, had the teacher for 2 years, should be very good.</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): FL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: Grades, Difficult Schedule, APs and Scores.
Weaknesses: Lacked leadership positions in clubs.</p>
<p>Good luck to those still waiting!</p>
<p>Add another deferred to the CoE OOS List. </p>
<p>32 ACT (34 Superscore)
4.0 UW
3 Years Varsity football (Team Captain Senior Year), 2 years varsity baseball, and over 300 hours of volunteering.
Really cool how my friend with scores lower than me, and GPA lower than me applied to Mich as a backup school and got in.</p>
<p>Heated right now…</p>
<p>are the people posting their results now, did you JUST get the email? or is it from earlier??!</p>
<p>We knew that there would be a lot of deferrals this year. It sucks, but there’s not much we can do at this point.</p>
<p>accepted</p>
<p>Does anyone know if they will consider January SAT scores for deferred EA applicants if I take it and send them blind?</p>
<p>can you guys go over, again, what the two different differal emails meant? i got the one that one that was signed by Erica L Sanders. I am OOS, but I considered myself to be a pretty competitive applicant. I just want to know when I will find out. Thanks</p>
<p>Accepted (S) to LSA - OOS, 33 ACT, 3.99 unweighted GPA, strong course load</p>
<p>This is what my email said:</p>
<p>CONGRATULATIONS *****—You’re IN!</p>
<p>You’ve been admitted to the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts for Fall 2015.</p>
<p>As a valued member of the freshman class, we’re confident you’ll continue to shape the tradition of excellence that keeps U-M a step ahead of the rest.</p>
<p>So, how does it feel to be a Wolverine?</p>
<p>You’ll be receiving your official letter of admission soon. In the meantime, check out admissions.umich.edu/theletterm for a special message and begin exploring resources to start your academic career at admissions.umich.edu/apply/admitted-students.</p>
<p>We can’t wait for you to confirm your spot in the class! Take the next step by following the directions at admissions.umich.edu/apply/admitted-students/enrollment-deposit no later than May 1, 2015.</p>
<p>Again, congratulations on your admission to Michigan!</p>
<p>GO BLUE!</p>
<p>University of Michigan
Office of Undergraduate Admissions</p>
<p>Deferred - OOS</p>
<p>2270 (1510 CR + M) SAT I
780 Math 2C, 720 US History
AP Stats, AP Econ, AP Bio, 4 Dual Enrollment Classes - school does not provide many AP’s
3.76 GPA (3.93 GPA Junior Yr- highly upward trending)
No Rank
Proclamation from NJ County Executive, NJ Senate
President’s Lifetime Achievement Award
President of an anti-bullying org. started in high school
NJ YMCA State Championship for Swimming, NJ Junior Olympics Swimming, Varsity Captain for HS
President and Senior Member of many other clubs</p>
<p>2 GREAT teacher recs and 1 AMAZING outside rec from swim coach
Common App essay- 7+/10
Supplements- 8.5+/10</p>
<p>I don’t know why I got deferred to LSA with my qualifications (not being pretentious). It seems like many people other OOS applicants with lower qualifications got accepted.</p>
<p>My D got accepted via email at 3:38pm EST (in-state, stats below).</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Applied to which school/college: LSA</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): Not taken
ACT: 34
SAT II: Not taken
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (all As)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Four APs, all 4s
IB (place score in parenthesis): Not taken
Senior Year Course Load: Four APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No awards</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Very few
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Some
Summer Activities: None (just took relaxing breaks)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Great (based on feedback)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10/10 (guessed)</p>
<p>Teacher Rec #1: English
Teacher Rec #2: Math
Counselor Rec: Should be good
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): MI
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Non-white
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: GPA, essays
Weaknesses: Few extracurriculars, no awards
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: High GPA, good essays</p>
<p>@meriks what are your stats?</p>