Hello Everyone, could you please chance me for Michigan. Any input is appreciated!
SAT: 2230 (CR-670, M-770, W-790 Essay:10)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 740 Biology E
ACT: 32 (Math:33, Reading: 28, Science: 35, Writing: 33)
NC GPA (Unweighted) - 3.96
Class Rank: 7/631
Attend Top Public School in NC
Student in North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Online Program
Taking courses offered nowhere else in the country, which include Honors Medicinal Chemistry and Honors Bioinformatics
AP (6 AP’s taken):
Biology (4)
Calculus BC (5)
Statistics (4)
Human Geography (5)
US History (4)
Senior Year Courses:
AP Computer Science A
AP US Government and Politics
AP Comparative Government and Politics
AP Psychology
Calculus III (at NC State)
Honors Anatomy and Physiology
Major Awards: Winner of Genentech Emperor Science Award in Cancer Research, PVSA recipient, Selected and Completed NC Governor’s School in Mathematics, NC House of Representatives Page, Junior Marshal
Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
Varsity Men’s Tennis Player (9-12)
Cancer Research Lab Assistant at UNC (11-12)
Key Club (9-12) / Executive Board Member (10-11)
Science Olympiad (9-12) / President (11-12)
National Technical and Spanish Honor Societies (11-12)
Quiz Bowl Team 9-12) / Co-Captain (10-12)
Tutoring Club (9-12) / President (10-12)
NC School of Science and Mathematics Ambassador (11-12)
NC SIDE Leader: Create and teach enrichments to K-12 students across NC (11-12)
UNC Hospitals Volunteer (11-12) 200+ Hours
Red Cross Volunteer (9-12) 50+ Hours
You’ll probably get in if you apply to LSA. Engineering is a bit tougher; I’ve seen a few people with perfect/near-perfect test scores getting rejected last year.
you have the stats to get in, but unless you truly put time and care into your essays you wont get in…Michigan (mostly engineering) loves rejecting top students that do not have good essays
What the others said is correct. You have the stats, but Umich is not one of those schools where anybody can consider to be a safety school. For you, it would probably be a match school. Even with near-perfect stats, you can’t just assume that you will get admission just from submitting an application. If you put forth the time to make sure your application is great, you should be fine.
For your activities, the most important part is to be able to talk about them substantially. You won’t believe how many people assume that quantity is the most important factor. It is better to only have four or five activities where you can write a solid paragraph about your involvement, rather than 20 or 30 where you can only write maybe a sentence or two. Of the four or five, you should be able to write about half a page single spaced. Admissions officers can tell whether you are doing your activities for yourself (which is what they want to see) or for them (which is not what they want to see). The “check the box” attitude is not what they want to see.
I think you’re in. Obviously, you’re interested in medicine and have all of your ducks in a row academically. But what sets you apart, is the time you’ve spent volunteering in hospitals and in a cancer lab. That’s huge. That’s initiative. 250 hours of hospital volunteer work…is over a month of 8 hour days. That’s commitment. That’s assurance that you know what you want and have put in the hours to make sure. That’s the kind of excellence and generosity of spirit UMich prides itself on. Write your essays from the heart about your experiences working at the hospital. Don’t focus on how much you’ve done. Focus on the questions you’ve had to ask along the way. Focus on the decision moments, what guided you, where your motivation is coming from. If you write from the heart with humility, I feel very confident you’ll be accepted.
By the way, this is coming from the mom of a kid currently doing a pre-med curriculum at UMich. My daughter’s academic rigor wasn’t as stellar as yours. She didn’t have as many AP courses or as many ECs. But she did have a lot of experience working in a clinic, and was able to write beautiful, deeply human essays about how she chose her path and what it means to her. I firmly think being able to talk about those experiences…both from a clinical viewpoint, and with compassion and humanity…is what gave her an admissions edge. (and she was accepted EA)
If you present yourself well, I think your chances at admission in the EA round are pretty good. I recommend only sending the SAT and not the ACT (unless you are required to do so).
Make sure to apply for scholarships too. Since your are in-state for UNC you should have several excellent choices. Michigan does not consider race in admissions.
Michigan’s admissions committee evaluates holistically; they have three supplements, which is more than what most schools require. Write supplements that demonstrate your fit and ability, and you should have a solid shot.
However, I should mention that my friends with higher scores than you still got rejected from LSA due to bad essays. Take your time and present yourself well
Hey guys I bumped up my ACT to a 34 composite ( E: 35 M: 34 R: 34 S: 31) and a 35 superscore (E: 35 M: 34 R: 34 S: 35). How do my chances for Michigan EA look now after taking these into account?
If I do get into Michigan, is it worth paying 80k more to attend over UNC-Chapel Hill? I know UNC is a great school, but I wouldn’t feel happy going there.
@therealdeal23, that depends on what you want to study and why UNC would make you unhappy. Looking at this strictly rationally, UMich would probably not be worth the premium in price but there are certain intangibles that only you can weigh.
Can someone chance me? To sum it up I have a 1460 SAT- 730 math 730 english (about a 32 act) and a 4.06 weighted gpa. I have strong ECs (captain of dance team, Edior in chief of newspaper, volunteering galore), and I’m a strong writer so I felt my essays were effective. However, I feel my stats are low and I may be rejected due to having a couple B’s on my transcript in my weaker subjects and mediocre scores. I have a sibling currently at Michigan, but I am unsure of how much this actually helps. I know it is a reach, but do I have any chance?
