Chance me for Northwestern and UMich!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>White female from suburban Detroit (in-state/legacy for U-M); medium public HS (one of the top in the state)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.71 UW (all Honors/AP whenever available; most rigorous courseload possible)
Total APs: US History, Euro History, English Language, Calc BC, Physics, Literature, Government, French (8 total)
ACT: 31 (33 M 34 E 29 R 28 S)
SAT: 2030 (760 M 690 W 580 CR)</p>

<p>ECs: Yearbook - staff 3 years, Co-Editor in Chief 2 years
Varsity Forensics (Broadcasting) - 3 years
FIRST Robotics - 2 years
Tennis - 4 years</p>

<p>Awards/Honors: NHS 2 years
Principal's List all 4 years
President's Service Award</p>

<p>Volunteering: 250+ hours
Extensive summer relief work in Detroit (leader) 2 years
Summer camp counselor 4 years
Hospital 2 years
Tutoring 2 years
(and other sporadic stuff)</p>

<p>Work: Babysitting 6 years
Lifeguarding 2 years</p>

<p>Summer Activities: Lots of community service/working
Michigan Interscholastic Press Association jounalism camp at Michigan State University 2 years</p>

<p>Essays: I'm a good writer; should be a highlight of my application</p>

<p>Recs: AP/Honors Physics teacher, AP Lang teacher, Yearbook adviser = most likely great
Counselor = who knows? She just came to our school my junior year (this year)</p>

<p>Intended major: Engineering at either school</p>

<p>NOTE: I've only taken the ACT and SAT once each; I can and will improve these scores! As you can probably see, critical reading is NOT my strong suit! ;)</p>

<p>What are my chances at Michigan and Northwestern!? I'll chance you back honestly if you want. Thank you in advance! :)</p>

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<p>Bump! Please answer :)</p>

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<p>I don’t know about Northwestern, but you look pretty good for UMich, especially since you’re in-state.</p>

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<p>Liv, your chances are still excellent since a few days ago, and they will be much better by next year if you focus on enhancing your ECs rather than on becoming a CC chance-me junkie. ;)</p>

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<p>I’m worried about what’ll happen if I don’t get in though! If I don’t get into Michigan I’ll probably die</p>

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<p>You’ll die regardless, sometime in the next century or so. :)</p>

<p>You’re doing just fine; getting the opinions of a bunch of anonymous strangers on CC isn’t going to make much of a difference. I’d keep a text file of ideas you like from others and then refer to that as you decide what activities to pursue. Of course, it makes sense to ponder and have follow-up questions to those suggestions. It may also make sense to repost chance threads now and then to see if you reach a different audience. But if you run a batch of these inquiries one right after the another, you’ll just tend to hit the same group of people who are momentarily active (this group tends to change over many weeks or months).</p>

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<p>Very true. It’s certainly an inevitable event. And you’re right, I probably should stop obsessing about this, haha.</p>

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<p>With an improved SAT/ACT, you will have very good chances at both of those. Your app is solid and well rounded. Legacy and instate will help a lot at Mich, though you might not even need those. Northwestern may be harder, but should be a low reach at highest.</p>

<p>Chance meh: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1120270-preemptive-chance.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1120270-preemptive-chance.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;