<p> a 28 ACT and 3.7 GPA with lots of AP classes?</p>
<p>I have a 30 ACT, a 4.0 unweighted GPA. I will graduate with a total of 14 AP classes. I am captain of the varsity baseball team, NHS, four unbelievable rec’s, over 100 hours of community service, held a part time job as well as an honor caddy. I was deferred!</p>
<p>amaized- are you in state or out of state? Either way… great stats!</p>
<p>Both could have higher ACTs if coming from OOS.</p>
<p>My younger bro had a 2320 SAT and was recently deffered. The defferal was somewhat redundant since he got into MIT EA. However it should be noted that his UMichigan essay was pretty much ******** :), which is probably why.</p>
<p>I have a 28 act (1830 SAT), 3.7, 4.2 weighted, and I was accepted EA for LSA. I am from a competitive public in California with great EC’s, community service, recs, and essays.</p>
<p>I was deferred with a 3.9 UW and a 4.8 W GPA and an 1880 SAT. Though these stats have changed for the better (31) I sense that accepted applicants are all across the board this year.</p>
<p>“However it should be noted that his UMichigan essay was pretty much ******** , which is probably why.”</p>
<p>I guess the essay is more important than many here believe. Obviously, an MIT admit should get into Michigan. To others who are upset that they have been deferred with impressive stats such as the ones mentioned above, perhaps their essays left something to be desired.</p>
<p>Maybe so. I had mine edited by a professional editor … so if anything, it was probably a content based thing, if it wasn’t my low SAT score that deferred me in the first place.</p>
<p>I am OOS at a very competitive Illinois school.</p>
<p>Essays are definitely the main component. A few of my friends of mine were admitted with a 24, very little EC, and only a handful of APs. One used to play his psp all throughout his class, so i can’t imagine his recs being too great. Woo them over, sound sincere about wanting UM.</p>
<p>If you’re OOS, those stats certainly put you in the running, but it is probably a reach. Try and get the ACT score up. Also, other factors like rigor and essays matter a lot too, and can make a big difference. Best of luck!</p>
<p>I know my ACT score is sufficient in state, or OOS. A friend of mine in my school was accepted with 27 ACT, 1 AP class, and a 3.6. Apparently when admissions was throwing the darts to see who gets in, the dart has not landed on me.</p>
<p>amaized, your friend is one in a hundred. The mid 50% of admitted applicants last year was 3.8-4.0 GPA with 29-33/2000-2200 ACT/SAT. A large chunk of students admitted with stats lower than the mid 50% have some sort of hook (extreme personal or financial hardship, unique/rare background, school known for grade deflation, English as a foreign language, recruited athlete in a major revenue sport, gifted in some sort of performing/visual art, earth-shattering essay etc…). </p>
<p>That is not to say that students with no special hooks do not get into Michigan with sub 3.8 GPAs or sub 29/2000 ACT/SAT, but the odds are not that good. For every student admitted with such stats, many more are rejected.</p>
<p>IMO ethnicity and scores still play the most significant role in an admission decision. When I say my brothers UMichigan essay was *****<strong><em>, I don’t mean it was badly written- I mean he was just taking the *</em></strong>. The “why Michigan” essay was a copy and paste job with content from other essays all amalgamated to form an abomination of some sort. At this point he was already accepted to Georgia Tech and was recruited for some top schools.</p>
<p>^^ Yes, well, good thing your brother had some other acceptances, cobbling together an essay is still a good way to waste an application fee and a Profile fee.</p>
<p>I have a 31 ACT, 3.6 from what is probably one of the worst public schools in the Southwest, 3 APs, no extracurriculars… Accepted.</p>