Dear University of Michigan Class of 2015:

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>I have a few questions for (Michigan 15') students!
1) Any tips on getting accepted?
2) What were some of your stats when you applied? For example:
ACT/SAT scores
APs taken (and scores)
U.W GPA
ECs
Awards
Any hooks?
& anything else you feel should be mentioned</p>

<p>Also, did you apply for the early decision or regular?</p>

<p>Last but not least--what do you think was of greatest asset to you when you applied?
Oh, and any other tips you may have forgotten to mention earlier can be said now! :)</p>

<p>Thank you so much for those who will give me some feedback! It's greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>apply early as possible, have good essays, have decent grades (Around 3.8 and a 28-36 ACT/ 1900+ SAT) and good teacher recommendations and try to stand out</p>

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<p>Have leadership (was president of SNHS, secretary of NHS, secretary of a community service club,)
3.7+ GPA
Extracurriculars (lke band and crap)
I believe SAT over 1900 would be fine but I had a 2200, which probably helped a lot.</p>

<p>And I did Early Admission since I was out of state.
If you really want to go, do EA, I think I heard Mich might do ED, so you might wanna go for that too.</p>

<p>And good recommendations…</p>

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<p>Early Action defiantly! You get first dibs on FA and scholarships
3.9 GPA, 30 ACT
8 years of violin playing and orchestra life
Involved with music and theater departments = long hours
URM
First gen college student
Single parent family
English as second language ( bilingual)
NHS
Mu Alpha Theata
Good essays and recommendations.
Lots of APs and advance classes</p>

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<p>Get good first semester grades senior year :)</p>

<p>I had a 34 on the ACT, I was a legacy (OOS though) and was still deferred from Early Action but accepted in January, so if you’re deferred don’t worry.</p>

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<p>GPA: 3.7
SAT: 1940, 2030 superscored
I was accepted during the early action round.
I’m also out of state, and numbers do seem a bit lower for an admit at the university after looking at some of the accepted & rejected applicants on this site lol
But I think it was because I was in alot of extracurriculars. I was involved in over 13 volunteer/work/school-related extracurriculars & ran out of space listing them on the common app so I had to include my other activities in the writing section…idk if this many ECs was a common thing among other applicants though.
Another thing which I think really influenced my admission was the fact that I won awards on a national level 2 years in a row in a public speaking competition, neuroscience competition, and an essay writing competition.
Good essays really help too. I think the main reason I got in was because of all this extra stuff.
I didn’t really have any hooks.</p>

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<p>i had the lowest GPA in my school with the highest ACT score
3.6 uw, 34 ACT, national merit finalist student, all AP classes, good recs.
essay was kinda trashy too, i picked michigan over berkeley (accepted, just applied so i can brag about it) because 1. better engineering 2. cooler climate 3. easier to spell</p>

<p>so michigan isnt hard to get into, if you ask me.</p>

<p>and ive got to say, get that 2 hundred something score on the PSAT that your state requires. (oklahoma FTW? 207 for semi final LOL)</p>

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<p>45 points for IB, that was my selling point.</p>

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<p>GPA: 4.0
ACT: 33 (i could never do well on the science :()
Applied on the very last day you could for rolling admissions which i believe was 2/1/11
President of a couple clubs
Team Captain of my school’s Relay4Life team and on the Community Committee Board
Sports
Instate</p>

<p>I think the reason why i got my decision like 2 weeks later that i was accepted was because i basically had what most schools consider a minor in mathematics. I had already taken Calc1, Calc2, Multivariable Calc, Differential Equations, Discrete Mathematics, and Complex Analysis. I also took some science classes at a university. So basically i was coming in with around 30 credits without counting APs. O and i also 4.0 all of them at a college that all the classes transferred to UofM. I’m pretty sure that is why i got in even though i applied so late</p>

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<p>GPA: I moved after my junior year (sucks, I know), so I have trouble answering this question whenever people ask. My first high school used a weighted five-point scale that viewed A-/A/A+ all in the same way, whereas my second high school used an unweighted four-point scale with A-/A/A+ all having different grade point values. According to the standards set my the majority of colleges (unweighted 4.0 with A-/A/A+ all equating to 4.0), I probably have around a 3.85. Note that this number is not inclusive of my last semester, which, needless to say, was a disaster. No complaints though-senioritis all the way!</p>

<p>ACT: 35 (didn’t take SAT)</p>

<p>SAT II’s: Math-800 Chemistry-800</p>

<p>AP’s: Sophomore-Bio(5) Physics(4) Junior-Chem(5), Calc AB(5), Psych (5), Gov(3) Senior-Environ. Sci (5), Lit. (4), Stats (5) I also took Calculus II at a community college and got an A, for which I get college credit.</p>

<p>E.C’s: Scholastic Bowl (Captain), French Club, 3 years varsity Tennis (JV captain freshman year), 3 years varsity Forensics, 1 year varsity Debate, Medical Careers Club (Officer), 1 year Key Club (Founder and President), Students Embracing Diversity (Designated Leader) </p>

<p>C.S: 300 hours acquired from local nursing home, hospital, NHS, and Key Club</p>

<p>Awards: National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Intercity Champions for Scholastic Bowl, Forensics 5th place regionals, Debate State Finalist, Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) competition-three times state competitor, 1st place in regionals and sectionals for math, second in regionals for biology, Illinois Math League top scorer, SMART challenge-2nd in state for math, PSAT commended student (biggest regret of my life) </p>

<p>Hooks: None, I’m Asian.</p>

<p>My greatest asset when I applied were probably the stellar recommendation letters my AP Biology teacher and counselor sent in. I even included a supplementary letter from my supervisor at the nursing home. My only tip for you is to heed the advice of previous posters and apply EARLY. I have said this before in a different thread: I am not gloating because I am a regular-decision admit; I am very fortunate to have gotten in. I literally had nightmares leading up to the day we found our decisions, and kept chiding myself for not applying EA, even though I am OOS. In order to be admitted, applicants in the coming years will have to have much stronger statistics if they want to stand out among the vast number of applications that resulted from Michigan’s switch to the CommonApp. .</p>

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<p>Apply early!
I am a little surprised at who got in and who didn’t when I looked at the acceptance feed but I have a GPA of 3.8 ACT of 28 and I have taken five honors classes and two AP classes (My school hardly offers any challenging classes) and I got in. I think it might be because I have so many extracurriculars and voulenteer a lot. I am in nine dance classes a year and have been doing so since I was three, I compete in dance, I have been in almost every play/musical my school has had since freshman year, I take singing lessons, and I volunteer at my dance studio teaching children. I also tutor in french and teach cheerleading in our community ed program. I have a lot of academic awards like lettering and pinning in academics, being top of my individual classes (ex. psych, honors english, etc.), and winning awards for my school. I had amazing recomendation letters and great essays. I think it also may help that I was a first generation college student and I was one of two people who applied to U of M from my school though I live instate.</p>

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<ol>
<li>if you are not applying restrictive early action (can’t apply to any other schools early action or early decision) you should definitely apply early action…its not binding and you have a better chance of getting in. i think michigan focuses a lot on the essay because i got preferred admission into ross and my stats are nowhere close to the average preferred admission student.</li>
<li>GPA: 4.2 but i think michigan reweighed it to a 3.7
SAT M:680 R:660 W:740
I was president of my class, was captain of both of my sports teams and had a couple clubs
APs US Gov:5 Chem:5 MacroEcon:5 Physics:4 Calc AB:5 EnglishLang:3 Euro:3…Physics calc euro and english were senior year</li>
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<p>leadership was probably my biggest asset
also be prepared for the ****ty admission department…they release regular decisions randomly and defer random people…basically try to avoid the chance of finding out in late april by applying early action
…and no i did not write this poorly on my essays</p>