Class of 2019 University of Michigan EA Results Thread (stats)

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<p><strong><em>Remove spaces in brackets before posting!!</em></strong></p>

<p>Choose one:</p>

<p>[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted*[/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected*[/color][/size]</p>

<p>College (LSA, engineering, etc.):</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II (place score in parentheses):
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parentheses):
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details)::
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details)::
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details)::
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details)::
Interview:</p>

<p>[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid?
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>[ b]Reflection**
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else you are applying or have already applied:
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College (LSA):</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Did not take
ACT (breakdown): 33 (31 English, 33 Reading, 33 Math, 36 Science)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math II (800), Chemistry (710) US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parentheses): Chem (4) Gov (5) APUSH (5), Chinese, Calc BC, Bio, Psych
IB (place score in parentheses): English
Senior Year Course Load: AP calc BC, AP psych, IB history, IB english, AP Chinese, Independent Study, IB History
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, MYP completion, Model UN awards</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Model UN (Captain), Psych Club, Tennis (manager), psych club, China trip, Missions trip
Job/Work Experience: Flag football ref, General Labor, Workflow operator
Volunteer/Community Service: Counseling, Camp Staffing, Missions trip
Summer Activities: Counseling
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8, a lot of heart poured into the Essays, talked about specific campers
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10, two teachers I have known for a long time, one of which is an affluent member in Michigan politcs
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 5-6, she doesnt know me well
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details):
Interview: none</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yup
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, but one of top in state
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~75k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Father had a liver transplant</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Strong academic student who wants to go to U of M
Weaknesses: More extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think my grades and in state status helped, and the fact that Ive been on model UN and a captain, and eant to do political science
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Georgetown deferred, MSU accepted with a shot at full ride, George Washington, American and Hillsdale
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Congrats to all that got in!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted </p>

<p>College: LSA (Physics major)</p>

<p>ACT:33 (English 34, Math 35, Reading 32, Science 30)
SAT II: Math lvl 2 790, Physics 770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.73
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.24
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 41/670
AP (place score in parenthesis): APHG (5), APWH (4), APUSH (3), APLang (3), AP Calc BC (5+5 AB subscore), AP Physics C: Mechanics (4), APCS (4)
Senior Year Course Load: APLit+ 3 Independent Studies in Math, Physics, and Computer Science (and others not worth mentioning). In CS I am one of two class captains that teach as well as study material.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Commended National Merit Scholar
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Music (Piano, Euphonium, and Trombone) and NHS
Volunteer/Community service: LearnToBe Math Tutoring, Sikh Temple Community Kitchen service since young age, and Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago events.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>

<p>College: LSA Computer Science</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 29 (33E, 31M, 26R, 25S, 08W) Also sent another score where my composite was 28, probably didn’t make a difference at all though (31E, 34M, 22R, 26S, 8W)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not sure, 4.809/5 weighted though
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/650
AP (place score in parentheses): Calc AB, Physics C: Electromagnetism, World History, US History, English Lang
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov/Econ, AP Stats, AP Calc BC, AP Lang, Hon French 4, PLTW EDD
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar</p>

<p>[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): DECA (Treasurer), Robotics, Mathletes, and a whole lot more
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring center homework grader
Volunteer/Community Service: NHS
Summer Activities: STEM Camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10, kind of procrastinated on them a bit but they turned out pretty good overall
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):: French, Physics, Engineering (physics and engineering teachers, they were pretty good.
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): I did not read hers, but I’ve had 3 different counselors in my 4 years of high school so far. I’ve literally only seen my current counselor once.
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details):: None
Interview: None</p>

<p>[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (South)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: Good GPA, many EC’s, probably good essays
Weaknesses: ACT score
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m not sure really, I did not get my hopes too high because of my ACT score but in the end it worked out I guess.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted: Minnesota, Purdue
Applied: UIUC
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Anything is possible! I became pretty nervous reading past results threads and I honestly did not feel qualified enough. Seriously, there’s no harm in applying. </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (690 R, 760 M, 760 W)
ACT (breakdown): NA
SAT II (place score in parentheses): US History (760); Math II (760)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93 UW; 4.17 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
AP (place score in parentheses): US History (5); Chinese (5); Macroeconomics (5); Microeconomics (5); Calculus AB (5); Lang (5); Statistics (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): NA
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC w/ Multivariable, AP Psych, AP Comparative Government, AP Lit, AP World History, Decision Analysis, Honor Choir, PE
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, High Honor Roll with Social Studies Excellence, Mu Alpha Theta, Tri-M Music Honor Society</p>

<p>[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Varsity Cross Country/Track (Leadership Award); Off-season training group (Founder and Captain); Varsity Travelling Choir (Bass); Honor Choir (Vice President); Service Council (Vice President); Student tutor in Math and Music; Head Volunteer Coach for Middle School Cross Country/Track
Job/Work Experience: Internship in two finance related companies
Volunteer/Community Service: Help a home for the disabled (Co-President); Awareness for housekeepers in school (Treasurer)
Summer Activities: Kenyan Summer Training Program
Essays (rating 1-10, details):: Common App Essay (absolute s**t - why I got deferred from my Early schools); Activity Essay (talked about how XC opened the most doors for me; 8/10); Community Essay (talked about my interest in public policy stemming from my growing up in a corrupt country; 7/10); Why UMich Essay (talked about how UMich promoted leadership; used a lot of specific examples 10/10)
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):: To be honest, idk
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):: To be honest, idk
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details):: Got a pretty bland recommendation from the company that I interned for.
Interview:</p>

<p>[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Singapore
School Type: International Private School
Ethnicity: Indonesian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: Scores, Supplemental Essays
Weaknesses: Common App Essay
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else you are applying or have already applied: London School of Economics (Rejected); Warwick (Accepted); University of Chicago (Deferred); Williams College (Rejected); Duke University RD; Northwestern University RD; UC Berkeley RD; UCLA RD; UCSD RD; Dartmouth RD; Claremont McKenna RD
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College: Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 670R/790M/660W (2120)
ACT (breakdown): Not taken
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math2 (800), Physics (800)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not given by school
AP (place score in parentheses): CalcAB (5), Physics (5), Chem( 4)
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP CalcBC, AP Computer Sci, AP Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Varsity basketball
Job/Work Experience: Basketball coach for little kids
Volunteer/Community Service: Food bank, basketball coaching.
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details)::
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details)::
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details)::
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details)::
Interview:</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? No
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White/Asian Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: GPA, SAT II
Weaknesses: SAT I
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else you are applying or have already applied:
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College (LSA, Engineering, etc.): LSA</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2130 one sitting (720 R, 660 M, 750 W, 8 on the essay)
ACT (breakdown): 31 both sittings (Highest scores: 35 E, 28 M, 36 R, 29 S)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): NOT REPORTED bc I took the November tests… Math 1 (730), Literature (730)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.74
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Language (4), AP World but didn’t take the test, 4 others I am currently taking
IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, Essay Writing, Novels, AP Microeconomics, Honors/IB Dance, AP Calc AB, Intro to Art (lol), AP Macroeconomics, Statistics, Madrigal Choir, Astronomy
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National Achievement Scholarship Semi-finalist (finalist results aren’t until January, I think)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): dance (choreographer, teacher, 18+hours a week), Northern Lites (a Capella group, soloist), Student Gov’t, DECA
Job/Work Experience: private tutor, Assistant/secretary for ACT/SAT/general tutoring company, babysitting service (5 families)
Volunteer/Community Service: teaching dance classes (3 hours/week), NHS volunteer events
Summer Activities: 3 summers @ Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp (one for choir, two in the dance ensemble), one summer in NYC as member of the pre-professional dance program through LÉON Dance Arts NY
Essays: pretty good, I had about ten readers and they all loved them. Not “deep” or tragic but definitely personal.
Teacher Recommendations: one was amazing, the other I never read
Counselor Rec: don’t know but she seems to like me
Additional Rec: good, showed activism in the arts and seeking out any opportunities
Interview: n/a</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Didn’t list it on the common app but will be applying
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: mid-size public
Ethnicity: black
Gender: female
Income Bracket: top tax bracket
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Michigan resident, legacy, URM</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: essays
Weaknesses: GPA GPA GPA. I was a lazy underclassman and I regret that so much. Also, weak community service.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: my essays? Really don’t know. I was in all of U of M’s “averages” so I guess the application as a whole was good.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota (accepted w/ almost full ride), University of Alabama (full ride), Loyola University - Chicago (full ride), NYU, Tulane, Yale, Columbia, UPenn, Harvard (deferred), University of Miami
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:
Don’t apply to so many schools lol. Well, really, don’t apply to schools you don’t know much about. I basically picked names out of a hat or submitted ones that offered me a free application because I was a “preferred applicant”. The process wasn’t bad because I had four or five essays at my disposal that tended to be easily adjustable for different supplements, but sending all your scores and transcript and everything takes MONEY. I prob spent at least $600 or $700 on applications. Never realized it was so expensive lol. Also, go with your gut. If you can’t see yourself at a school, don’t apply. </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 36 (36ERS, 35M)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math 2 (800), Chem (760)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not calculated (school policy, but internal calculations pegged it at 3.29 after junior year)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A (school policy)
AP (place score in parentheses): CS A (5)
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, History (specialized), English
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Three season varsity athlete (captain of one team, all-league football), misc.
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community Service: Unpaid internship for nonprofit
Summer Activities: See above
Essays (rating 1-10, details):: Probably pretty good, I can’t rate my own essays though
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):: Good (not seen by me)
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):: Also probably pretty good (I don’t see this either)
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details)::
Interview:</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Nope
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private (top 5 nationally)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 400k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: ACT score, recs, maybe essays
Weaknesses: GPA (I was a lazy-ass underclassman)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Profiled relatively well according to historical application data from my school
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Stanford, Cornell, UChicago RD, maybe Rice, Carnegie Mellon, USC
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Good luck to all those deferred and congrats to those who were accepted.</p>

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<p>Choose one:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 35 (E: 35 M:36 R:34 S:36 W:33)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math IIC (800) US History (760) Chemistry (740) Bio M 750)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP (place score in parentheses): 5’s in US History, Calculus BC, Physics C: Mech, 4’s in Chemistry and Envi. Sci
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: Bible, English 12, Civics, Spanish I, Linear Algebra (dual credit), Plant Science (dual credit)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing major, just national merit, some state/regional awards, 1st national research paper award entered in a country outside of US</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): student council in 10-11th grade, Engineering club founder, founder of another online academic group sponsored by major university, scientific research (but sort of failed and couldn’t enter anywhere), programming, principal seat in university ensemble, basketball varsity since 9th (but quit this year because of injury last season)
Job/Work Experience: intern at science lab in university & sporadic playing in gigs
Volunteer/Community Service: nonprofit place for women’s health
Summer Activities: research, volunteer, internship, etc
Essays (rating 1-10, details):: unique (wrote about my research- the subject is really unique)
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):: 7 (mediocre probably- all male teachers so didn’t really have the chance to get intimate and personal)
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):: 5 (new counselor and I fell asleep in his class all the time in earlier in high school…)
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details):: 6 (my newest research advisor- advisors kept changing so i’ve only known him for 6 monthes)
Interview: none</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
State (if domestic applicant): super obscure, in the boonies
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private religious
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 99,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Obscure state?</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: unique essay, test scores? (altho SAT II and AP sucked)
Weaknesses: Asian, originally engineering major but switch to LSA stuff (but I explained why I did this sufficiently in the Why college essay), test scores (especially that 4 in Envi Sci and 740 for chem)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: see strengths
Where else you are applying or have already applied: applied to Stanford early but was rejected. I’m still working on RD schools…
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:
I initially applied to UMich as safety, but then realized that it’s super hard to get in for Early action, so I’m glad! Now I don’t need to apply to any other safety schools!!! SAVE MONEY, OH YEAH!!!
Make sure to shine in your essays. And foremost, FINISH YOUR EARLY ESSAYS BEFORE SCHOOLS STARTS (seriously, I literally slept for 3 hours a day for 2 weeks before early apps were due) And you need to really demonstrate why UMich is a perfect fit for you in the last essay. Do your research and include lots of details. Now I’m back to finishing RD schools…</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Applied to which school/college: LSA (Residential College)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT: 29
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), GOV (5), GERMAN (5), ENGLISH LANG (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Humanities (AC, block course), AP Comp Sci, AP Stats, AP Macroeconomics, German 325 (at U of M)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Latin Club (VP), School Theater
Job/Work Experience: Apprentice on a dairy farm in Switzerland (my dad is swiss)
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: Art Fair Volunteer, Ann Arbor Summer Reading Program
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7, I would consider them
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):</p>

<p>Teacher Rec #1: 9, math teacher(when I asked she said "Of course I would! You are so motivated and dedicated to your studies and you rec would be so easy to write I might start with it first! :blush: )
Teacher Rec #2: 8, english teacher (thinks I’m a great writer and really likes me, even though I can’t stand her lol)
Counselor Rec: 9 my counselor knows me very well and likes me
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 75,000 - 100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Dual Citizen, Bilingual, 3rd generation legacy(?)</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: Already taking a class there, high AP scores, legacy
Weaknesses: not many ex curr. things, average ACT score
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: I was deferred at UChicago (which is where I really want to go), and I had to apply to the rest of my schools RD so I don’t know yet.</p>

<p>General Comments: Congratulations to everyone else who was accepted! But, if you were deferred, I would not be too worried, because when I called the undergrad office to ask if I had a place in the RC, which was not indicated on my letter, she said that many highly qualified people were deferred!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 CR, 770 M, 780 W)
ACT (breakdown): 36 (36 E, 36 M, 36 R, 34 S)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): US History (800), Chemistry (780)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/317
AP (place score in parentheses): US History (5), Euro (5), Stats (5), Chem (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics 2, AP Bio, AP English Lit, AP Gov, Honors Spanish 5
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major - NMSF, AP Scholar with Honor, NHS</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): 2-year state board member/committee chair of a youth organization, 2-year academic team president and varsity captain, environmental club vice president, tennis, various other school activities
Job/Work Experience: Worked all three summers at a camp for disadvantaged students
Volunteer/Community Service: 400+ hours
Essays: Spent a lot of time on them, really expressed my interest in Michigan
Teacher Recommendations: Probably good
Counselor Rec: Didn’t really know her
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Not yet
State (if domestic applicant): OH
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, GPA, essays
Weaknesses: Maybe extracurriculars, recommendations
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Strong academics + interest in Michigan
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted to UChicago and Case Western, deferred at Columbia
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
College: Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 690R/770M/730W (2190)
ACT (breakdown): Not sent but 33
SAT II (place score in parentheses): not taken
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/388
AP (place score in parentheses): Stats (5) World (4)
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Italian, AP Studio in Art, AP Lit, College Crim, College Eco, AP Physics C: Mechanics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMS Commended</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Environmental Club (President 2 years VP 1 year) Art Honor Society (Secretary) Language Other Than English Honor Society, SADD
Job/Work Experience: None before I applied
Volunteer/Community Service: Local environment based volunteer group, medical mission to Ecuador, hours with environmental club
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7 very good vocabulary and language but poor organizing and rather short
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): not sure I didn’t read it
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details):
Interview:</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Bengali/Filipino)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Volunteer work and rank
Weaknesses: didn’t spend enough time on essay
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I’m pretty well rounded and my app looks focused towards what I applied for (Environmental Engineering)
Where else you are applying or have already applied:
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:</p>

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<p>Accepted!!
3.95 U of M GPA
28 ACT
In State
LSA
7 AP Classes
Great Recs
Essays-- Spent lots of time on them
No Legacy
Tons of Volunteer Hours
2 Varsity Sports</p>

<p>I am so excited to be a Wolverine!!</p>

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<p>[ size=4][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>College (LSA, engineering, etc.): College of Engineering (CoE)</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown): 610 CR, 790 M, 650 W (2050 total)
ACT (breakdown): 35 E, 33 M, 30 R, 32 S (33 C)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math II (800), Physics (710) <em>(did not send)</em>
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 223
AP (place score in parentheses): Calculus AB (5), Calculus BC (5), AP English Lang/Comp (5), AP Biology (3), AP US History (3); currently taking AP English Lit/Comp, AP Psychology, and AP Physics C this year
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit/Comp, AP Psychology, Intro to Marketing/Business Administration & Management, Multivariable Calculus (local CC dual enrollment)/Differential Equations & Linear Algebra, AP Physics C, Ceramics<br>
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None major, have a few state/regional awards but nothing special</p>

<p>[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math Club (President), Physics Club (Vice President), Academic Challenge (Captain), Math Honor Society (President), Science Honor Society (Vice President), Two week paid physics “internship” at Rutgers University (known as QuarkNet), National Honor Society, Key Club, Extended-Range Guitar
Job/Work Experience: Math Tutor
Volunteer/Community Service: Through Key Club & National Honor Society, didn’t really track hours or anything
Summer Activities: Weightlifting, travel
Essays (rating 1-10, details):: 9/10, I may be biased but I thought they were very well-written and my teacher liked them a lot
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):: 9/10, math teacher and two science teachers (they’re all doctors)
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):: 8/10, idk I’m just guessing
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details)::
Interview: </p>

<p>[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: ~$40,000 - $50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college student (neither parent finished high school)</p>

<p>[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: GPA, essays, hook, leadership & commitment to ECs
Weaknesses: fairly low ACT math for engineering, probably some inconsistencies in application, lack of noteworthy achievement through ECs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: CoE is competitive af
Where else you are applying or have already applied: UIUC Engineering, Purdue Engineering, RPI Engineering, GA Tech Engineering
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I wish I was black </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA </p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 31 composite ( 22 English, 28 Math, 36 Reading, 36 Science, Writing 8/12)
SAT II (place score in parentheses):
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/90
AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lang and Comp, Virtual Enterprises, Trigonometry and Internship
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society, Chancellors List, Principals List </p>

<p>[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Treasurer of Student Government, JV and Varsity Basketball, Future Business Leaders of America, Morgan Stanley Mentoring Program, Ernst & Young Mentoring Program, NFTE (Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship)
Job/Work Experience: 25-40 hour per week job since 9th grade
Volunteer/Community Service: breast cancer walk, AIDS walk, delivering thanksgiving meals to the elderly
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):: 8.5
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):: 9
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):: 9
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details):: 9
Interview:</p>

<p>[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
State (if domestic applicant): New York
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM </p>

<p>[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: GPA and ACT scores and extracurricular activities
Weaknesses: out of state
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably my personal statement and my supplemental essays </p>

<p>Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted to U of Notre Dame and Ohio State</p>

<p>General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: GO BLUE!!!
And hopefully I get pre-admit to Ross</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted OOS</p>

<p>College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA (waiting to hear back for Ross PA)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800M, 800CR, 750W, 9E, 1st and only time)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 780 Math II, 780 U.S. History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10/~300
AP (place score in parentheses): 5’s on Calc AB, English Language, Psych, U.S. History, 4’s on Chinese (kek) and Bio, 3 on Music Theory (top kek)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP Lit, AP World,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State Finalist for United States Senate Youth Program, National Merit Semifinalist, 3rd in state for Knowledge Master’s Open (trivia contest), Voice of Democracy awards, various essay contests</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Really heavily involved in state education reform, co-captain of crew team and 1st boat coxswain (placed 3rd at states in V1 8+, and 4th for V1 4+; 4 varsity letters), club rowing for 6 seasons (competed at Canadian Henley), model congress (cabinet for Princeton MC, NEC for Penn MC), featured panelist for education convention, Coursera online classes at Yale, Duke, and UMich, board of trustees member with voting privileges of town public library, NHS, varsity wrestling junior year
Job/Work Experience: Town tax collector 35 hrs/week for 8 weeks, tutor
Volunteer/Community Service: ~100 hours various activities
Summer Activities: West Point SLE, Boys State (bunch of positions), club rowing, EDM concerts
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App was horrible upon reflection (going to edit), supplements were specific and showed my genuine interest and love for U of M and Ann Arbor, wrote about Professor Gautam Kaul who I took an online course with, the 2011 Michigan v. Notre Dame first “under the lights” matchup, and Ann Arbor’s Ann-Hua Chinese school and Chinese community for community essay (lol)
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): History and English were waived, but should have been stellar
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): pretty good I’m assuming</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yeah boss, but haven’t sent anything materials in
State (if domestic applicant): New England
School Type: public, top 10-15 in state
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 100K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): lived in Ann Arbor for first 10 years, also literally lived on campus for first three years of my life in family housing while my Dad did his PhD and Master’s</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Supplements, scores, rigor, EC’s
Weaknesses: Common app essay
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Deferred Williams College, applying to 6 Ivies, Stanford, UChicago, and 5 liberal arts colleges
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Excited for the possibility of going back to my hometown and becoming a Wolverine!</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>College (LSA, engineering, etc.):LSA- Ross Pre-Admit</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2010 superscore (650CR, 690M, 670W) didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 34 single sitting (35E 33M 35R 34S 11essay)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 720 U.S. History, 700 Math 1 (don’t think I sent)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.74
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don’t know
AP (place score in parentheses): 5 on Lang and U.S. History, 4 on Macroeconomics, 3 on Microeconomics
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Physics 1, AP U.S. Government, Honors Latin Literature, Sculpture, Public Presentation and Debate, Applied Calculus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Commended Student, AP Scholar with Honors, NLE </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): don’t want to be too specific but nearly 25hrs per week sport, year round, religious youth board, newspaper
Job/Work Experience: babysitting
Volunteer/Community Service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):: 10, gc said it was one of the best he’s ever seen, michigan ones were very good as well, about a 8-9
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):: Econ teacher and US history teacher, both around 8-9. Econ only wrote three recs this year.
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):: 10, knows me really well and I saw it was about 3 pages long
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details):: 10, religious leader and coach who both know me very well (over 5 years)
Interview: didn’t have one. </p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: ACT, strength of high school, upward GPA trend
Weaknesses: lower GPA, living in Northeast
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: not too sure, didn’t visit or anything but applied because Ross is awesome and thought UMich would be a great match school for me.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Indiana University-Kelley Business School (direct admit)-accepted with nearly max merit aid, Washington University in St. Louis- Olin Business School (ED)- ACCEPTED, University of Virginia (withdrawn)
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: tried to withdraw application after hearing back from WUSTL but didn’t get a response so that may have been the reason for the deferral. Although I was deferred, extremely excited to be a member of the WUSTL Class of 2019. Good luck to all who were deferred. </p>

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<p>[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>College (LSA): Economics</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown): CR 680, M 750, W 730 (2160)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Bio M 770, U.S History 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP (place score in parentheses): Euro 4, Gopo 5, U.S 5
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chinese, Lang and Macro, all honors everything else
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Debate, Music, School Paper- all leadership
Job/Work Experience: After school Program for kids, Internship at state assembly
Volunteer/Community Service:
Summer Activities: Courses at different schools
Essays (rating 1-10, details):: 7 for Mich, 8 for Common App
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):: 8 and 8
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):: 10
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details):: 8
Interview: No</p>

<p>[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid? No
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: American, caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 250,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: Extra Curriculars, Chinese
Weaknesses: Not taking calc senior year, not many APs, low SATs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else you are applying or have already applied:
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College: College of Engineering (CoE)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2180: (Math: 790, CR: 650, Writing: 740)
ACT (breakdown): didn’t take
SAT II: Math 2: 770, Physics: 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/85
AP (place score in parentheses): AP World History (4), AP Psychology (5), AP English Lang (3), AP Calculus BC (5, with AB sub score of 5)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Algebra and Trig, Latin 4, Forensics, Environmental Chem, English
Major Awards: I received piano competition awards during my middle and high school year, but nothing in regards to engineering </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): JV Soccer captain, Varsity vice-captain, church band member
Job/Work Experience: Internship in local manufacturing/piano teacher
Volunteer/Community Service: 100+ hours of local out reach program (teach English, piano, soccer to unfortunate kids in the hometown outreach program)
Summer Activities: programming camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7.5/10 (I let my friends/family grade me, 10 being I should not go to school and just start writing my own novels cuz I will make more money doing that)
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): I honestly have no idea
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): decent, counselor likes me
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details): none
Interview: didn’t have one</p>

<p>Other:
Applied for Financial Aid: No
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): South East Asia
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $150,000 annually</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths: I thought my SAT were decently, but after looking at the people who were deferred and their score, I honestly don’t know my strength is.
Weaknesses: class rank, lack of engineering resume
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My brother is currently there (doing sound engineering), maybe this helped me??
Where else you are applying or have already applied: CMU (Rejected), Purdue (Accepted), UCB, GA Tech, UIUC (Waiting)
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Being a spiritual person (I was raise in a strong Christian family), I would say this is all God. As I said, I wasn’t sure how I got in, there were many people with better stats than me that got deferred.</p>

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<p>@buckhum‌ Congratulations and wish you the best. You certainly deserve this. For the deferred folks, it’s not clear exactly what has triggered an Admit decision. Did you apply much earlier than the Nov, 1 deadline?</p>