do i even have a chance?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>Hi I'm a senior at public high school. I applied to EA and really worried about it :P</p>

<p>International Applicant. (Came to America beginning of junior yr)
ED, Math major (not engineering)
GPA: 3.723/ 4.0
Race: Asian (Korean)
Class Rank: top 20% (our school is really competitive.)
class size: 450
ACT :27 (do they super score ACT? if they do, it's 29..) yea really bad
No sat IIs
Really strong Essays
didn't apply for Financial Aids :)</p>

<p>E/C :
State Math Competition placed 67th out of 20000. ($1500 prize)
AMC (forgot what I got.. )
KMC (Korea Mathematics Competition) Coach (I was really lucky to do this)
KMO (Korea Mathematics Olympiad) 2008 gold
KMO (Korea Mathematics Olympiad) 2009 gold
ARML (team math competition)-national size (Team captain) won 6th place in U.S
Chemistry Olympiad 2009 (silver)
Research (2010 summer, with Chemistry professor)
Research (2009 winter, with Math Professor)
Varsity Soccer (3years, vice captain for 2yrs) , city champion 2009
Exchange student in Japan (2008 summer)
Korean American club-President (senior yr, junior yr-vice P)
NHS
Safe Sex Educator (80hrs)
Teaching Assistant in summer school (50hrs)
korean school (100hrs)
Hip Hop Festival (Beatboxing) 9th place :P
ETC (Small things....)</p>

<p>I came to American 2009 summer. really low ACT score, great essay, decent E/Cs..... do u guys think I even have a chance of getting in?? </p>

<p>and good luck for all u EA applicants :)</p>

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<p>Ya I think you’re fine, you definitely have a good chance…</p>

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<p>Safe Sex Educator? What a job lol. You’re scores are on the low end but your profile is impressive. I’d say you’re getting in, 80% chance.</p>

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<p>haha I know everyone told me that lol
well thanks for ur opinion :)</p>

<p>good luck for all u guys !!</p>

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<p>I’m amazed that ACT score goes with those ECs</p>

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<p>yea… since I came to America 1yr and 4 months ago, just following the school work was the biggest thing and couldn’t even work on my ACTs… :(</p>

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<p>The really good EC’s are math based. Keep in mind he came from Korea. The other three sections of the ACT were probably really difficult for him. I’m not too surprised.</p>

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<p>i guess it was a language barrier thing</p>

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<p>kinda… even though my speaking is perfect, I’m just mad that my english ability will be judged only based on my ACT score…</p>

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<p>hell dude, I’ve been here all my life and there were still questions that didn’t make sense on some parts</p>

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<p>of course man… since ACT is testing ur ability on everything (M,E,R,S) it’s still hard for natives. I hope I can get in…
I heard that this yr is the first time they decided to use commonapp and the amount of ppl increased crazily… (it was 8000 last yr, this yr is 25000. just for EAs,some Rollings, some RDs)</p>