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<p>Hi everyone, UMich is one of my top choices
for its undergrad business (and advertising?) program (I plan to do a major in business and choosing between a double major or a minor in advertising)</p>

<p>i was wondering if any of you can give me some pointers and advice to get in...</p>

<p>brief summary of myself:</p>

<p>Currently a Junior, live in Duluth, Georgia. Indian</p>

<p>GPA: Not really known, our school does not do GPA, However, I do currently have a 95 weighted cumulative avg. (Its basically the same unweighted)</p>

<p>Decent SAT: 1980 (2nd time) 700 writing, 650 math, 630 reading, Essay: 10</p>

<p>Class rigor- pretty rigorous, by the end of senior year i'll have 7 APs under my belt (oddly enough, I chose the APs that College Board recommends if I want to go into Business by chance), and just about every honors class to think of (except 3). Our school has been named Best Public High School in GA for 3 consecutive years. Unfortunately, even with a 95 average, I'm still only under the 17-19 percentile.. =(</p>

<p>ECs: Red Cross Club, Habitat for Humanity, Kaleidescope (aka Diversity Club), Model UN ....most importantly, I am the Creative Director of our school website (only 10 applicants in the entire school are chosen to work on the website...and being a REALLY competitive school..its a big deal.)</p>

<p>Countless volunteer hours in service organizations....Hospital Volunteens, Hindi School Volunteer (over 3 years)....lots of it. Not including top honors awards, National Honor Society, Legion of Honor, Honor Rolls, etc etc., VIP Award; its a teacher nomination award for excellence in character (2 nominations)</p>

<p>Duke TIP participant for 2 summers (its a lot like one of those Leadership conferences)...President of Model United Nations, Treasurer/Co-founder of the Red Cross Club.</p>

<p>Also, some of my friends and I have started a web design and graphics design company..its pretty intense. We've had a decent amount of clients and our numbers are increasing. We've gone the whole nine yards..everything from business emails/phone calls and marketing schemes. In fancy terms, I've been appointed Chief Design and Marketing ..and work on almost all the designs and deal with marketing issues and pricing</p>

<p>Interning at 2 companies in the coming year....an advertising agency and in a statewide Indian Culture Magazine. I interned at a small company 2 summers ago, Royal Gems Inc. I am volunteering with the Red Cross this summer. </p>

<p>Another thing, I'm currently in the process of setting up a fundraiser to get money to produce brochures about HIV/AIDS (which I am designing) to the Indian Red Cross who will then distribute them to some schools who do not teach sex ed..(My family has huge connections to the Red Cross in India, its unbelievable)...We'll see if this works, I've been really concerned about India's fight against AIDS, my interest started up after a pretty profound conversation about the state of India on a trip to Virginia Beach.</p>

<p>I also have about 3 AWESOME teacher recs. My essays will be great!</p>

<p>That being said...will UMich see my passion for business and advertising, and my joy for community service? Anyone think I have a genuine chance? ..could me being an Indian do any justice?
I plan to send in a portfolio of all business/advertising things i've done (business emails, website work, brochure copy, etc.)</p>

<p>I'm not sure if this is an important addition or not..but Financial Aid might be a bit of concern (Not too much though)</p>

<p>Thanks so much! =)</p>

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<p>I think you'll be fine. But you might want to up that SAT score a bit or take the ACT.</p>

<p>Regardless of all these factors, apply early (i.e. September).</p>

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<p>thanks for the input! </p>

<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>You should get in to Michigan - COE or LSA if your essays are very good as you say they will be. Preferred Admission into Ross - that I dont think you will given your current scores.</p>

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<p>whats COE and LSA??</p>

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<p>college of engineering and language science arts</p>

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<p>any more thoughts?</p>

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<p>For some context: I'm the head of the BBA Program at Ross.</p>

<p>A couple of things:</p>

<ul>
<li>With the range of activities in your life, don't listen to anyone who tells you you're not good enough to get into Ross. I don't know if you can get in, but your application has the potential to be really exciting. (I won't know until I read it after you submit it.)</li>
<li>You should definitely do what you can to increase your test scores. Everything else sounds solid. </li>
<li>You should read some of my blog at <a href="http://rossbba.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rossbba.blogspot.com/&lt;/a>. I have several entries related to some of your questions. </li>
<li>I have no idea what you mean by "advertising major". See a previous post of mine at <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=4052197&highlight=advertising+major#post4052197"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=4052197&highlight=advertising+major#post4052197&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li>
</ul>

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<p>"You should get in to Michigan - COE or LSA if your essays are very good as you say they will be. "</p>

<p>a 650 in math is sub par for COE i think</p>

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<p>Shubhsinghi, your portfolio looks good. As it stands, you are a solid match for the college of LSA. Engineering, given your 650 on the SAT math may be a stretch. Ross preadmit is always a reach, no matter how good the applicant is. </p>

<p>Your only weakness, relatively speaking, are the Math and Reading sections of your SAT. Try to improve by 50 points on each of those two sections and I like your chances a lot better.</p>