Chances for LSA

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>Age - Upcoming Junior
Sex - Male
Ethnicity - Caucasian
$ Bracket -Middle Class
Intended Majors - Biology or Biomedical Engineering
State - Illinois
School Type - Large Public (somewhat competitive)</p>

<p>Will also probably apply to:
Duke
Stanford (ED?)
University of Michigan
UW - Madison
UNC Chapel Hill
UCLA
USC
University of Illinois
Cornell?</p>

<p>HARD STATS!
UW GPA - 3.95/4.0
W GPA - 4.65 (school has weird weighted system)
Class Rank - 5/500
SAT - Probably won't take
SAT Subject Tests - USH 740 - Will eventually take Math II, Bio e/m, and Chem
ACT - 34 (35 E 36 M 33 R 33 S) maybe taking again - I really want the 36
AP - Human Geography (5) USH (5) - Junior APs - AP Lang+Comp, AP bio, AP Macro, AP Psych, AP Comp Gov, AP US gov - Senior APs - AP Physics C E+M, AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Comp Sci, AP Spanish?</p>

<p>Schedule:
FRESH
Honors English
Honors Geometry
Honors Biology
CP Western civ (world history)
Engineering and Design/Piano I</p>

<p>SOPH
Honors English II
Honors Alg. 2 + Trig
Honors Chemistry
AP US History
Auto Mechanics
Spanish I</p>

<p>Junior
Spanish II
Pre Calc Honors
AP US Gov
AP Macro
AP Biology
English III
Honors Physics</p>

<p>Spanish III over the summer</p>

<p>SENIOR
AP Chemistry
AP Calc BC
AP Physics
AP Spanish Lang
English IV
AP Stats or AP Comp Sci</p>

<p>EC's
Soccer - Varsity since Freshman year, started every game, Regional Champions (9), Conference 2nd place two years in a row, All Conference, All Sectional (10), Team MVP (10), Possible All State by senior year</p>

<p>Mathletes - 2 time individual regional champion, 2 time state qualifier, vice president (11), probably president senior year, 2 time individual conference champion, all conference</p>

<p>Freshman Class President</p>

<p>Student Council (9, 10)</p>

<p>Scholastic Bowl - JV (9, 10) Capt. both years of JV team</p>

<p>I played travel soccer for 8 years, went to nationals in florida twice, went to state championships twice</p>

<p>Science Club member</p>

<p>Mu Alpha Theta Member</p>

<p>Honors/Awards/Etc -
Soccer All conference
Soccer all sectional
Soccer team MVP
Soccer freshman of the year
Mathletes multiple conference, regional awards
Mathletes all conference</p>

<p>Summers -
I spend a lot of time volunteering for JDRF - juvenile diabetes research foundation because I am a type 1 diabetic. I participate in the JDRF walk to cure diabetes and I host a garage sale every year in which all $$$ goes to JDRF. Overall I have made over $10,000.</p>

<p>I also volunteer at a local hospital but I'm not sure how many hours I've had.</p>

<p>Rec's - Don't know yet
Essay - Don't know yet</p>

<p>Strength's - Soccer, GPA, ACT
Weaknesses - lack of big awards</p>

<p>Can I use diabetes as a hook?
I will probably write my essays on it</p>

<p>I can't think of anything else, so what do you guys think?</p>

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<p>you’ll get in</p>

<p>If you’re a talented writer, it doesn’t matter so much what you write about. So yeah, if you think writing about diabetes would be interesting, go for it.</p>

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<p>btw, if you want the best chance to get in, apply to CoE. Engineering admissions is a lot more consistent, whereas LSA sometimes defers/rejects applicants who seem like they would be shoo-ins.</p>

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<p>Then I could change majors if I got in to College of Engineering? And thanks, by the way.</p>

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<p>You’ll get in.</p>

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<p>If you got into CoE then wanted to major in biology then you’d have to transfer to LSA.</p>

<p>Keep in mind that transferring from CoE –> LSA is easier than transferring from LSA –> CoE. Neither is particularly difficult, though, as long as you do well.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the info. Also, would my brother being a current student help my chances at all?</p>

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<p>The benefit it provides is negligible in my opinion, especially given your stats.</p>

<p>You really have nothing to worry about; you’ll get in as long as you don’t bomb your essays.</p>

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<p>ur guna get in</p>

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<p>I would not be too quick to assume the OP will get in. I would wait and see how the the next two years unfold. If the next two years are as active as last year, the OP would be applying with 55,000 other students for 15,000 availlable spots. That would make Michigan a match at best…perhaps even a slight reach.</p>

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<p>^that is a scary thought.</p>

<p>He has slightly better grades than I did plus the whole soccer thing (unless they misread my soccer stuff) Haha. </p>

<p>I am happy I applied two years ago because u being a reach is scary…</p>

<p>I think you’ll end up at Illinois with a big scholarship. They gave me a nice chunk and I was a weaker applicant and OOS.</p>

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<p>Reach would be a worst case scenario. Realistically, I think Michigan will be a match.</p>

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<p>Well I think he’ll get a nice chunk of change to go to Illinois.</p>

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<p>I think you have a good shot.</p>

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<p>alexandre relax! you’re hyping way too much of number of applicants. </p>

<p>that does not affect the students at the top or at the bottom, only in the middle. op is at the top end of umich applicants. adding a million more applicants below him will not (should I say, should not) affect his admission. it would be hard for Michigan to line up 15,000 students better qualified than op. it’s not that academic excellence of the US applicants changes overnight, and those highly qualified will suddenly flock to umich just because it’s common ap. vast majority of added applicants are not at the top.</p>

<p>i admit (pun intended!) some weird quirk (tuft syndrome?) can cause op not admitted. </p>

<p>imho he is a guaranteed admittee.</p>

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<p>why are you not applying to UC Berkeley? they biology program is great and you use the exact same application for both UCLA and Berkeley</p>

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<p>I’m not going to Illinois. And many of the 55,000 applicants, I believe, are under-qualified instate students.</p>

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<p>what’s wrong with illinois other than it’s in-state (close to home)?</p>

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<p>Illinois is gonna give you bank</p>

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<p>^^statlanta that is a harsh statement i think. alot of them are extremely qualified</p>