Hi.
ACT: 35 Composite (35 E, 35 M, 35 R, 36 S)
Sat ii: Bio-M 750; math ii (pending but def 750+)
UW GPA: 94.4 Rank: School doesn’t rank; most accurate metric available is top 20% of class
AP: Human Geography (5); Bio (4); World History (4); U.S. History (5); Physics 1 (4); Physics 2 (3); Language and Composition (5); Psychology (5)
Course load next year: AP Studio 2-D; AP Calc B/C; AP Physics C; AP Literature; AP U.S. Gov’t/ We the People; AP Spanish
Awards: NCFL Nationals Breaker ((PF) double octos); NYS Forensics league Debate Championships (Finalist (PF)); CESIMS Model U.N. Tourney Fall 2016 (most improved delegate)/ Spring 2017 (honorable mention for best delegate)
EC’s/ Non-School related activities (NO position unless otherwise designated: Debate (Captain) Model UN Art Honors Society Art Club Architecture Club National Honors Society Volunteering at Church Various intramural sports at church
NYS Public School; White male; middle to high income
You’d have a better chance of getting into our local community college
Do you have any grade below A-? I can’t tell from your averaged GPA in percentage. UMich will recalculate your uwGPA from letter grades without subgrades. Assuming your uwGPA to be ~3.9, UMich would be a low reach for you from OOS. Your chance should be higher than the ~20% admission rate from OOS.
I’ve got one B+ . But thanks.
That would make your uwGPA around 3.95 or higher. UMich is still a low reach for you. Are you looking at the engineering school?
Your stats look good. I’m not too familiar with most of your awards but they seem significant. Your ECs are a little average for applicants who apply to Columbia and Stanford. All you can do is make sure your essays are insightful and memorable and build a theme in your application that makes you stand out.
you see, applying is a bit tricky because I don’t know the right way to play my cards. I have interests in both design and engineering. I was planning to apply to engineering (for industrial engineering) and minor in industrial design at stamps, but I’m not so sure my ECs and whatnot align with what I’m doing; early on in high school I went the path of debate rather than research (and I kinda regret it to be honest).
Short answer is yes tho. I’m applying to engineering.