<p>Accepted!
Out-of-state LSA
2220
3.8 unweighted</p>
<p>@excanuck99
Although I do agree that it is a holistic process and that some kids do not understand that statistics aren’t everything, some of the deferrals this year were crazy. My friend (who was accepted to Harvard) got deferred from UMich yesterday with the following:</p>
<p>GPA (W): 4.6
GPA (UW): 3.87
SAT: 2360
Attends Top-5 Public School in the state (MA)
9 AP’s (5’s on the 4 he took last year: APUSH, Lang, Bio, Psych)</p>
<p>EC’s:
Three Sport Captain (Football, Basketball and Lacrosse)
1st Team League All-Star in Football and Lacrosse
Eagle Scout
Intern at Stanford Medical School
Work Experience with the Cleveland Browns
Head of National Honor Society
Leader of regional FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes)
Secretary for Project 352 (Students are handpicked by the Governor for community service)
Head of a School Spirit Club on Campus
Service Trip to Peru
400+ community service hours</p>
<p>Letter of Rec:
From former MA governor Deval Patrick</p>
<p>I don’t know what this says but of the people from my small Washington magnet school who applied EA to Michigan Engineering, everyone got in. No doubt many more will apply in the regular round</p>
<p>@excanuck99 haha, your argument just died. I did not apply to michigan.</p>
<p>So i’m not trying to justify anything. I just have theory, that i shared. No need to be agressive and stuff.</p>
<p>I agree with Meriks. And will note that the theory doesn’t hold up for CoE applicants. This is an OOS LSA thing.</p>
<p>There is more to getting accepted than just high test scores and gpas. Some people are extremely smart but are just not good test takers, so they may have a lower SAT/ACT score. You have to think too, Michigan is a school that is trying to become more diverse. Showing that you are a minority in any kind of way (race, sexuality, culture, etc.) will give your application a higher score. Also, the school has a reputation to keep up in sports and the arts. Some people with less than stellar stats may be amazing at sports or the arts , and Umich wants to put its name on that. </p>
<p>Not saying that anyone deferred does not have these qualities. Just trying to say accepting someone because of high test scores and gpa is like marrying someone because they’re rich. There’s an underlying reason as to why people were deferred.</p>
<p>As someone with middle of the pack stats, I do think they deferred those “overqualified” for yield protection. Yes, I know UMich is holistic, but it doesn’t make sense for people that got into Harvard to not get into Michigan. </p>
<p>Just a reminder, they were deferred not denied admission. </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Applied to which school/college: LSA</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 33 english33 math33 reading32 science32
SAT II: chem770 mathlv2 790 physics800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/450
AP (place score in parenthesis): bio (5, never took class) gov (5) physics b(5) chem(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: ap lit, ap Spanish, ap physics c mechanics, ap calc bc, programming
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ap honors distinguished whatever, nothing really </p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): my alpha theta (treasurer), mst leadership (secretary), astronomy (vp), first robotics,
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: over 100 hrs various places
Summer Activities: PAN@MSU, PAN@ND, QuarkNET
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
CommonApp 8
Community 7
Why Umich 9
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):</p>
<p>Teacher Rec #1: 9 or 10, very very good
Teacher Rec #2: 8 great
Teacher Rec #3: 7 it’s okay</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): in state
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: PPublic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 75-100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female in STEM, live with a chronic disease </p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: test scores, gpa
Weaknesses: extracuricculars
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Above average scores for umich. Good recs.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted honors college msu, deferred UChicago </p>
<p>I got into CoE and there seems to be a lot less of this “overqualified” stuff going on there. A lot of my peers who I thought were underqualified got into LSA. That doesn’t seem to be the case for CoE. I realize that CoE has a seperate admissions process, so that may be why. Also, I’m not sure if there is a difference in selectivity between the two colleges. I would assume the process for CoE is a lot more objective and LSA’s is more subjective.</p>
<p>Any smart people have tips for deferred students? I got the letter that says they do not need anymore information, but I can send mid year report if I want, any suggestions? I have already sent a letter to my regional rep affirming U-M as my first choice</p>
<p>Daughter got into nursing. 30 ACT. 3.95 UMGPA. Co President of Student counsel. Editor in Chief of School newspaper. Executive Board of Model UN. Community Service award winner. Good but likely not outstanding recs. good essays with community essay being quirky and different. OOS. White. </p>
<p>How do we find out who our regional rep is?</p>
<p>@elise12 I applied for Kinesiology too but for Sports Management. Unfortunately, I was deferred too. I was wondering too who got accepted since I don’t see many Kinesiology applicants on here. </p>
<p>@ackack
To find regional/state/county rep:</p>
<p>admissions.umich.edu/contact-us </p>
<p>Scroll to the bottom. It’s under find your counselor.</p>
<p>How do you find your FA package?</p>
<p>And in terms of acceptance, I dont think UMich is as heavily numbers-based as people think it is.</p>
<p>Seems like a vast majority of accepted people have a 3.9 UW - 4.0 GPA, but if you have a 3.6-3.7 UW GPA with the toughest courseload possible, you’ll have a good shot.</p>
<p>how do you write a letter of burning desire to attend U of M? what do you have to say and how do you say it? Also, if I forgot to mention a few summer activiites in my common application, can I mention that in the email as well??</p>
<p>I suppose we’ll learn a lot after RD is released.</p>