Chance an Asian!

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<p>Junior right now. Chances ED and RD. Stats incomplete, I selected the main things.</p>

<p>Asian Male in NJ (best race/demographic combination you could have huh?)
Competitive Public</p>

<p>GPA: UW – 3.88, W – 4.38 (the school’s grading system was changed at the beginning of my junior year, grading went from A = >=95% to A = >=93% and AP/honors weighting was doubled from .25/.50 to .50/1.0 respectively; so my W GPA is a useless indicator :()</p>

<p>Rank: School doesn’t release it. But, I’m in top 5% in a class of about 600.</p>

<p>Letter Grades: Only one B+ as a freshman. Rest were A’s and A-‘s </p>

<p>APs: Physics B (frosh, 4 on test); rest were junior: Chem, Calc BC, Comp Sci A (took AB test), English
(expected (in order): 5, 5, 5, 4)</p>

<p>Senior Yr: All APs: Bio, Stat, English, Art History, Euro Hist, Latin</p>

<p>SAT I: M-800, CR – 730 (ugh…), W-740, Total – 2270 (retook recently, expecting better CR/W scores)</p>

<p>SAT IIs: MathII – 800 (2nd try, first time was low), Bio – 710 (done w/ H. Bio, I probably won’t submit this), Chem and Latin – awaiting scores</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Clubs/Programs/Etc.</p>

<ul>
<li>Medical Futures Club for 3 yrs (officer 12th) – heavy involvement this year.</li>
<li>Science Competitor’s Club for 3 yrs (officer 11th and 12th) – competed in Science Bowl, Toshiba Exploravision, and other minor contests </li>
<li>Central Jersey Math League (11th) </li>
<li>JSA for 4 yrs (officer 11th and 12th), position with regional cabinet this year + probably senior. Did a lot with JSA, tons of involvement. Possibly supplemental from advisor.</li>
<li>NJ Science Olympiad (10th and 11th) – competed for school in Chem I and Chem II</li>
<li>Chemistry Olympics (11th) – Research Competition, took 2nd, school came in first :)</li>
<li>Latin Club (9th and 11th) – no positions but lots of involvement, competition at Princeton U all three yrs with 2nd, 4th, and 2nd place standing each successive year in the region.</li>
<li>Columbia Science Honors Program (hoping to get in this year)</li>
<li>Attended Medical Program at UMDNJ - RWJ </li>
</ul>

<p>Community Service </p>

<ul>
<li> Local hospital (250+ hrs)</li>
<li> Local senior center (100+ hrs)</li>
<li> March of Dimes Local Youth Council, plenty of recognition here as well, lots of involvement (officer position 12th, 100+ hrs)</li>
</ul>

<p>Awards</p>

<ul>
<li> Chem Olympics Silver</li>
<li> National Latin Exam (in order by year): Silver, Gold, Gold</li>
<li> AIME Qualifier (does it mean anything anymore?)</li>
<li> USNCO Semifinalist </li>
<li> Competed USABO (no placing)</li>
<li> NJ Science Olympiad – Chem II top 10% ranking (I like Chem? Love Bio too. Looking forward to AP)</li>
<li> Competed in Science Bowl</li>
<li> Other Competitions Planned: Seed Magazine, Intel STS, Siemens, Science and Humanities Symposium</li>
</ul>

<p>*I’m pretty sure I’m forgetting stuff here and there… </p>

<p>Summer (this is the big one)</p>

<ul>
<li> Researched summer before sophomore year for over 300 hrs at a microbiology lab at a local university. Wrote a report and submitted to regional science fair for practice. No results of course. Performed small-scale labs. Will return this summer to work on my Intel Project to be submitted next year. Will be receiving a supplemental rec from professor and submitting research with my application. Expected total of over 600 hrs once done this summer. I only wish I had started sooner (freshman year perhaps). </li>
</ul>

<p>Misc. – Played piano for 6 yrs (I still hate the bloody thing, if that’s any indication of my proficiency). Play tennis, take lessons at a local racquet club (again, I suck, it’s just a hobby).</p>

<p>Well that’s it. I don’t know how much I might have left out, but I pretty much summed up the big stuff. Gimme chances ED and RD. Thx.</p>

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<p>0% chance for both. You're a clear reject.</p>

<p>Clearly, I'm being jocular. Regardless, if UMich does implement an ED/RD system and UMich is your dream school, then apply ED. You should should be fine for both nonetheless.</p>

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<p>Umich is rolling decision, so you don't have to worry about early/regular decision.</p>

<p>Also, U of M reweights your GPA. Basically they remove all non-academic classes (can't remember if they count freshmen year or not), and remove all signs from grades (so B+,B,B- all count as a B) and recompute your GPA from that, so you'd have pretty close to a 4.0</p>

<p>Besides that...yeah, you're in.</p>

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<p>Yeah, but rumors have been flowing around that ED/RD will be implemented next year. I'm slightly dubious of it, but would nonetheless welcome it as an alternative to the current system in place.</p>

<p>A few of my friends have been jerked about by deferrals and waitlists.</p>

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<p>As I said in an earlier post, if Michigan does decide to implement a new admissions process the early thing will be nonbinding like EA. ..As told to me by an admissions officer at a college fair.</p>

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<p>your stats are very good and your ECs are even better so id say you have a very good shot at UMich</p>

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<p>You will get in. Very likely for honors as well.</p>

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<p>Asian Male in NJ (best race/demographic combination you could have huh?)
Competitive Public</p>

<p>Oh man...I feel sorry for you.</p>

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<p>thx for all the responses! for anyone familiar with it, how's premed at UMich? I know for a fact that it's considered a pretty good college for Eng but I'm not sure about their premed program. Thx.</p>

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<p>Christ, I'm starting to think that the only reason I got in last year is because I'm one of the few Asians not going into the Engineering/Science field.</p>

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<p>Oh! Oh! Oh! Me neither. But I'm pretty sure I got in because I fakely fulfill maybe diversity requirements.</p>

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<p>U-M has a great pre-med program. But keep this in mind. From what I kinda know of pre-med, GPA is a really big thing as well as the MCATs for Med School. Since U-M tends to be pretty competitive, it might be harder to get a really good GPA here. </p>

<p>I know a lot of my friends are having trouble with pre med, most of them with 3.9/4.0 UW in HS, down to a 3.2-3.4 range. With that being said, I have one friend who got a full ride to MSU, and said that the pre med program there was "boring" so... I dunno. This is just what I hear from my friend's complaining, I know really nothing about pre med itself.</p>

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<p>Im sorry
What is ED and RD?</p>

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<p>Michigan doesn't have it, but ED = Early Decision, RD = Regular Decision.</p>