Class of 2016 Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Minnesota
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<p>Academic:
•My GPA at the moment is a 3.02/4.0
•My ACT is a 28
•I know that I don’t have the best grades, but i plan on getting them up.
•I’m an African-American (Somalian) student, Male, and Duke is my dream school
•Top Quarter Rank
•I planned on majoring in Sports Management, but they don’t allow that/have that major at Duke, so right know I’m thinking Marketing or communications, or if they have the opportunity to design my own major, I might do that as well.</p>

<p>Junior Course load:
•Psychology AP, American History, AP Language&Comp, Precalculus, Photography, Stats&Probablity, PhyEd 11, Guitar Methods</p>

<p>Senior Course Load:
•Yearbook Publication, Media Studies, Humanities (AP Lit&Comp), Senior Foods, Stats AP, PhyEd 12, Microeconomics AP, American Government AP</p>

<p>My EC:
•Student Council (VP Junior Year, and President Elect for senior year) (4 Years)
•DECA, which is like business leaders of America. And I am president of that. (4 Years)
•I am the founder and president of the African-American Leadership Council at my school
•I am the producer of the black history month show at my school.
•I am in speech, which has high prestige at my school is ranked in top ten in the USA
•Varsity Golf
•I help run a National Magazine for high school teachers nationwide.
•Been going to Muslim Religion classes every Saturday and Sunday since I was 6</p>

<p>Work Experience:
•I intern with the Minnesota Timberwolves
•I’m the basketball manager for my high school Varsity Basketball Team, and in the summer I manage an AAU team.
•Also this summer I’m working/ interning with a golf club
•I'm a golf caddy
•Mentor Somali Kids at a local Elementary School
•One of 2 students selected to work on the Roseville Park and Rec Board
•Habitat for Humanity this summer
•More volunteer work in the summers</p>

<p>Awards:
•Lettered in Speech and Student Council
•City of Falcon Heights Teen Leadership Award
•(More that I can’t think of)</p>

<p>Essays:
•Hopefully will be good, I know many people that I will have edit it, so it will be top notch when I turn it in.</p>

<p>Recommendations:
•Assistant Basketball Coach/Vice Principle at me Elementary school, in the Minnesota Hall of Fame for High School Basketball Coaching
•Counselor: He loves me, he worked in the Sports Management Field before becoming a counselor and I know his recommendation will be good.
•Teacher: Humanities/10th Grade Pre-AP English Teacher, One of the Top Teachers in the Nation, Has awards for being a top teacher In MN/USA. I work with her on a literacy publication magazine that a couple of other kids and I are working on together. (thenationalscholar.org) so her recommendation will be legit.
Addition Recommendation: Jeff Munneke; Vice President of Fan Relations and Guest Services I Intern with him, so he’ll write me a good recommendation</p>

<p>Other:
•State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota
•School Type: Large Public High School 2000+
•Ethnicity: Somalian (African-American)
•Gender: Male
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM and First Generation College. Research (Kinda?)</p>

<p>Reflection
•Strengths: Leadership, Experience, Recommendations’, and Extracurricular
•Weaknesses: Most academic related things.
•I know my grades aren’t the best neither is my ACT score, but the reason for that is because I was always busy with school, and extracurricular activities. And it wasn’t like I joined every club available just to be in them, I was an active member of each one, and I have leadership roles in many of them. I don’t know if my extracurricular will balance out my academics but do you think that I have a chance at all? Also I’m great at interviews so hopefully I nail that too.</p>

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<p>Sorry I kind of just coppied and pasted from my Duke post. Can you still look at my stats and tell me my chances?</p>

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<p>Bring up the GPA and I’d say you’ll get in. Your EC’s are strong though. Also, Minnesota isn’t that competitive of a school.</p>

<p>I was actually browsing for sports management schools (I too want to be a sports agent) and I found this link with all the schools in the US that offer sports management and also if they have a Masters and PhD program in sports management.</p>

<p>[Sport</a> Management Programs: United States | North American Society for Sport Management](<a href=“http://www.nassm.com/InfoAbout/SportMgmtPrograms/United_States]Sport”>http://www.nassm.com/InfoAbout/SportMgmtPrograms/United_States)</p>

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<p>I would highly recommend boosting your GPA as much as you can. I had similar EC as you, was 1st gen., had an ACT of 32, and GPA of 3.58, and was waitlisted and eventually accepted. That was in 2006, and UMN has only become more competitive. I think being a MN resident works to your advantage, but the statistics are important, as UMN gets a large amount of applicants.</p>

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<p>I would say you’re in. Sports Management is in CEHD which is one, if not, the easiest college to get into at the University of Minnesota. Attempt to raise your GPA a bit and you should be fine, if not just waitlisted. </p>

<p>Packalldwy I’d love to hear your thoughts on how Minnesota isn’t that competitive of a school.</p>

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<p>I applied two years ago with merely identical stats; MN resident, same 3.0 GPA, similar EC’s, same rank, similar AP’s, ACT one point lower at 27. I was waitlisted and then never got a final decision.</p>

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<p>I know someone who got in with a 3.6 GPA and 26 ACT. That’s not very competitive.</p>

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<p>I didn’t mean that it wasn’t competitive, I meant it isn’t as competitive as the other Big 10 schools.</p>

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<p>Chances for CBS?</p>

<p>Asian male (OOS)
*ACT- 28
*GPA Unweighted- 3.7
*GPA Weighted- 4.2
*Top 3% Class Rank
*AP Classes: 6
*Honors Classes: 9 or 10
*Volleyball (Two years)
*Soccer (One year)
*Indian Cultural Club (President & Founder)
*Mock Trial Team (Co-Captain)
*Students of Service Member
*Key Club (President)
*National English Honors Society
*National Honors Society (Tutoring Director)
*Provena Student Ambassador (shadowed nurses, physicians and physical therapists over the summer for two years)
*Provena Teen Volunteer (weekly hospital volunteer)
*Library Volunteer
*Native musical instrument for 8 years
*200 hours of community service </p>

<p>I have a rigorous senior schedule</p>

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<p>^ Um UMN is harder to get into than Indiana, OSU, Michigan State, Purdue, and Iowa and about the same as Illinois. It’s definitely in the more competitive half of the Big Ten.</p>

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<p>pack with a 28 you won’t get into CBS, my friend BARELY got in with a 30 and a 3.7 GPA.
Retake the ACT, otherwise you can go into liberal arts and transfer into CBS.</p>

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<p>nasali, you have a good chance because of your EC’s and ACT. Work hard your senior year to get in.
I’m most likely going to the U as the class of 2016 as well, so good luck to you?
Btw, How’d you get a intern job for the wolves? That’s sick!
Message me if you have more q’s!</p>