University of Michigan Early Action Class of 2019 Discussion

Colleges & Universities University of Michigan
1501

<p>Decision: Accepted to Stamps, Deferred LSA</p>

<p>Objective:
ACT: 27 (30, 25, 28, 25) and 9 on writing, one time
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.56 (3.62 W)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 109/391 = 27th percentile
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 on AP Lang
Senior Year Course Load: AP Env Science, AP Lit, College History 286 level course, Spanish 4, Advanced Movie Making, Business Math, AP Computer Science AB (online–my school only offers 6 courses per semester). Also, I’ll most likely have a 4.0 for this semester.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2 student Emmy awards in the NATAS Michigan chapter, 1 local video award, 1 award of excellence from the Michigan Student Film Fest</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Station manger/director of award-winning school video program, GSA (president), Diversity club (secretary), Peer mediator, link crew leader, NHS, New Detroit Youth Group leader, Peace club,
Job/Work Experience: I worked as a photographer and editor at a local studio last summer.
Volunteer/Community service: directed a commercial for Ann Arbor HO museum, student tutor after school, majority done teaching Arabic at local mosque on weekends.
Summer Activities: I got a full scholarship from my video program to go to the NHSI Film and Video program at Northwestern University for 5 weeks.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8-9/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Haven’t seen, but I’m assuming decent</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): MI
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: Arab/Middle eastern
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Under 20,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): single parent household, diversity, …?</p>

<p>Reflection: There is hope for those with lower scores and GPA that were deferred! I’m so excited to meet y’all this fall. Go blue!</p>

<p>Strengths: great ECs, decent volunteer work, strong essays, ART PORTFOLIO (I don’t think I’d have been admitted without it)
Weaknesses: Actual gpa and test scores?</p>

1502

<p>Guys, I really want to write a letter expressing my burning desire
but how do I write it without sounding too desperate? what do I say? I’m just in tears with this differed letter :’(</p>

1503

<p>[noparse]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Applied to which school/college: College of Engineering (CoE)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 33 composite
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): Plan to take AP Calculus AB test, AP Physics C tests, AP Stats test
IB (place score in parenthesis): Plan to take IB English HL and IB Latin SL
Senior Year Course Load: IB Latin SL, IB English HL, IB History HL, AP Stats, AP Calc AB, AP Physics C, Advanced Geology, Advanced Astronomy
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NCWIT Michigan State-Level Award Winner</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): student senate (sophomore representative, junior representative, president), student newspaper (junior editor, editor-in-chief), Latin club (two-year senator, co-president), NHS (tutoring coordinator), research team, computer programming team, policy debate (captain)
Job/Work Experience: accounting assistant at local country club, employee at local daycare
Volunteer/Community service: frequent volunteering at Catholic church, volunteering at school frequently, math and physics tutor
Summer Activities: attended 3-week UMich policy debate camp, attended week-long computer science camp, attended week-long engineering camp at Michigan Tech U
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I have been told that my CommonApp essay was very thought-provoking, it was about morality more so than my love for math or science so it showed a different side of me. Spent a lot of time editing and perfecting essays. I would rate at a 9 probably.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: foreign language teacher, known for 4 years, basically like a family member (10)
Teacher Rec #2: physics teacher, known for 4 years, student senate advisor, very close relationship (10)
Counselor Rec: close relationship, lots of dialogue (9)
Additional Rec:
Interview: Did an interview for engineering which went fantastically!</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): Michigan (In-State)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: 1/2-time public, 1/2-time public magnet school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: ACT, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I go to two feeder schools for UofM. High ACT score. I perform collegiate-level engineering research and am a member of our computer programming team, two very unique EC’s geared toward engineering.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted at Purdue Engineering, deferred at Notre Dame</p>

<p>General Comments: So excited! Probably going to end up at UofM, it was my childhood dream school!</p>

<p>[/noparse] </p>

1504

<p>@bamboo17‌ Miami Ohio does ED and EA. But you’re right, REA is the way to go.</p>

1505

<p>I know Umich admissions looks at you holistically and compare you to your school, but if the school only offers 1 AP class (I took the most rigorous course load possible), I would definitely be out of the picture compared to someone with the same scores/GPA/essay stength… Correct? </p>

1506

<p>I can understand if a school only offers 1 AP, an admission counselor would be made aware, but what about all the lower ACT/SAT scores getting admitted over kids with higher scores. Essay’s bother me because you never know who actually did the writing. </p>

1507

<p>I’m feeling pretty down today. UM wasn’t my top choice, but it was up there and a place I was really considering. The next months of waiting will be super difficult, especially as I have friends who’ve committed and made their decisions already. Being deferred is such an awkward situation.</p>

1508

<p>Is there a certain order they’re sending these out because I haven’t received one yet ?</p>

1509

<p>Accepted to College of Engineering with 33 ACT, 3.97 UW, 5’s on AP Calc BC and AP Chem, 800 Math 2 subject test, 780 Chem subject test, great letters, and a member of my high school’s Engineering Academy. Turned in half an hour before deadline, from California</p>

1510

<p>SAme. Do you want to work with me on that</p>

1511

<p>i think it’s really rude that people on here are saying like “oh michigan is going to defer people with higher scores and accept people with lower scores because the higher scorers are probably going to get into an ivy”. this is so false. like if you got a high score and got deferred, get over yourself. getting accepted anywhere takes a little bit of luck, and plenty of the people accepted on here have high scores and gpas. the people with lower scores probably stand out in other ways. and the essay actually does count a lot more than you think because it can help prove whether or not you really want to go to the school. they obviously can’t accept everyone and if you were deferred it means they want to reconsider you to see how you fit into the bigger picture during RD. if schools deferred everyone who was overqualified, there would be no such thing as “safety schools” because then everyone who is “overqualified” would just get deferred. if you do happen to have higher scores than the school’s accepted average, then you just really have to show them that you’re serious about attending.</p>

1512

<p>@elhkie167 there is a big difference between differred and rejected. They want to be sure the kid is going to attend. So they differ, and wait for him to accept other decisions. If he doesnt accept another offer by then, then they accept him. </p>

1513

<p>Actually, I think elhkie167 understands it perfectly. There are many people posting here that assume since they were not accepted EA, there must be something wrong with the process. </p>

1514

<p>For those of us that were deferred (myself included), I don’t think we will have to wait till April. Last year, those that were over qualified (like 32+, etc.) got accepted January 31st, so we will probably just wait till then. </p>

1515

<p>@Ryan33‌ Also, let’s not forget that Mich accepted waaaaaaaaaay too many people last year early, so they really did have to defer more people, some of whom are “overqualified,” by basic statistics. </p>

1516

<p>My Daughter got accepted to COE.
ACT 35, GPA (UW) 3.72, GPA (Weighed) 4.19. Good extracurriculars. Out of state.</p>

1517

<p>I love this talk of being “over qualified”. Despite Michigan and most other highly selective universities emphasizing that they practice holistic admissions, many students still think that stats are everything. Sorry, they aren’t. High grades and test scores do not guarantee you admission to any highly selective university. The reality is that if you weren’t accepted EA, you were NOT one of the top rated applications. Simple as that. </p>

1518

<p>As a parent, I feel for all those that were deferred. My son was deferred from Penn Wharton ED, MIT EA, and Chicago EA with 35ACT 3.9 GPA, 780 Physics 800 Math2 and many leadership roles and awards. He assumed there was something wrong with his essays/ application because of the deferrals, but he was accepted to Michigan LSA, OOS, awaiting early admit Ross. There is something random when you have so many applicants, luck needs to be on your side. Someone above said the decisions appear whimsical, I agree.</p>

1519

<p>Meriks: it looks like you are trying to “justify” why you weren’t admitted EA. Sounds like sour grapes. I heard the same nonsense from a friend of mine who was deferred by Columbia. He said Columbia was deferring everyone they thought would wind up going to Princeton. Sad, really. Rejection is a fact of life.</p>

1520

<p>@elhkie167‌ i completely agree with you. Honestly, its getting increasingly difficult to get into any school nowadays. To say that michigan just deffered people because they would likely get in elsewhere is an insult to a great university such as michigan. You all have amazing stats and will end up somewhere at least, something to be grateful for, I would be.</p>