What should I expect come Dec 23rd?

ForeverAlone
Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:53:18 +0000

You sound like me OP here’s my stats

[li] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):LSA[/li][ *] SAT: Not taken
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):Not taken
[ *] ACT: 27 on 4th time
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.927 (4.3 Weighted)
[ *] Rank:26/233 UW and 9/233 W
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
[ *] Essays:Sounded quite decent. It’s about my dad being an immigrant and how he was extremely poor when he came to the America.
[ *] Teacher Recs:Didn’t know the teacher too well. But I think he liked me. He’s a well valued Alumni.
[ *] Counselor Rec:Don’t know her too well either. She constantly calls me by my brother’s name, but feels badly after I correct her. Hopefully, she wrote a good one because of that.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person:Small Suburb
[ *] State or Country:Instate
[ *] School Type:Public 950
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian(Chinese/Vietnamese) not sure whether considered ORM or URM, probs ORM
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] major strength/weakness:ACT, No leadership positions, ethnicity may hurt chance since I heard they would compare my stats to other Asians, applying for financial aid may hurt me
[ *] Other Factors/questions: School sends like 19-22 kids to Umich every year.
265 Volunteer Hours at Local hospital.
Co-Manager of local restaurant
Science Olympiad
NHS
KeyClub
JV Tennis 3 years
Asian Club
Latin Club

Nothing too extraordinary.
Brother is currently a Senior at UMich
1st Generation College student
9/10 APs taken at school. All Honors taken.
Senior Course load: 6 APs. Micro, Bio, Calc BC, Physics C, Stats, Lit.

Family income is less than 25000. I’m really ****ed about this one. Because in terms of economic status, I’m just as disadvantaged as hispanics/blacks, yet my chances are severely harder. I know affirmative action was outlawed. Regardless, they still practice it. I’m already expecting a deferral. Oh well.
Submitted 10/27