Is Michigan A Solid Safety For Me?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>I am aiming higher, but I really love the place and want to make sure I can fall back on it. I will be applying engineering, prbly either chemical or biomedical. Also-potential for good scholarship? I'm from NJ by the way so oos. </p>

<p>My Stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.13/4.33 Unweighted
PSAT (11th grade): 240
SAT Math Level 2: 800
SAT Biology: 790
SAT U.S. History: 800
SAT I: 2320 superscored (800 CR, 760 M, 760 W (12 essay))</p>

<p>School sends maybe 15-20 kids/yr to pretty banging schools</p>

<p>6 AP Exams taken, 4 APs senior year, A+s in all but 1 AP Class, all 3 science APs school offers will be taken</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:</p>

<p>Scientific Research:
• Selected for and participated in 2005 Waksman Student Scholars program at Waksman Institute at Rutgers University, involved in genome analysis of the brine shrimp Artemia Fransciscana.
• Summer 2005: Internship in lab of Dr. Joachim Messing, Director of Waksman Insitute, comparative genomics of cereal genomes, analysis of the maize and rice genomes.
• Currently working on research project for potential submission to both Siemens-Westinghouse/Intel Science Talent Search competitions.</p>

<p>Science Related Activities:
• Member of Science League Team for 2 years: Chemistry I team (grade 10) and Biology II team (grade 11)
• Member of Science Olympiad Team, qualified for state Science Olympiad tournament in Designer Genes, Vice President 2007-2008.
• Member of Science and Math Honors Societies, tutoring responsibilities.
• In-school Waksman Student Scholars Research—continue research during school year/yearly poster presentation. (grades 9/10/11). </p>

<p>Other Activities:
• Member of Forensics (Speech and Debate) Team since 9th grade. Captain of Debate team.
• Accomplishments:<br>
o Public Forum Debate: 10th place 2005 State Tournament, 8th Place 2006 State Tournament, State Champion 2007. National Tournament Qualifier 2006, at Nationals ranked in top 30 out of 216. Harvard Invitational 2007 Octafinalist.
o Extemporaneous Speaking: 6th place at 2006 New Jersey District Tournament, 3rd place at 2007 State Tournament.
o In 2007, only New Jersey qualifier to the Tournament of Champions based on national circuit performance.
• Vice President of Model United Nations Club, member since 9th grade, selected to serve on Crisis Committee at 2006 Boston University/MIT conference.
• Member of National Honors Society and German Honors Society.
• Member of school Symphony Orchestra, passed Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (London, UK) Grade 5 exam in violin and Grade 5 exam in Music Theory, private lessons since age 8.
• Member of Boy Scouts since age 6, currently Life rank, working on Eagle Scout project involving installation of bird boxes and irrigation system at outdoor nature classroom at local elementary school. </p>

<p>Community Service
• 60 Volunteer Hours at Hospital
• Member of Rescue Squad since 2004—working on EMT certification, on call 4 hours weekly, 36 hours every 6th weekend (rotating duty weekends). </p>

<p>Summer Programs/Courses/Jobs/Activities</p>

<p>o Summer 2005-research at Waksman Institute
o Summer 2006
o Attended National Debate Tournament
o Macroeconomics credit course at Rutgers University (Grade: A)
o Employed 3hr/day at Somerset County Tennis Camp, 15 hr/week
o Summer 2007
o Attended New Jersey Governor’s School in the Sciences at Drew University.
o Rutgers University Statistics credit course
o Summer 2007- Extensive research for Intel Science Talent Search/Siemens-Westinghouse project</p>

<p>Awards/Honors</p>

<p>o 3-year consecutive medalist in AATG National German Examination. Grade 10 ranked 4th, Grade 11 ranked 1st.
o Recipient of New Jersey Governor’s Award for Arts Education for State Championship in Public Forum Debate.
o Attended National Youth Leadership Conference in Washington DC, November 2006</p>

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<p>Also, is it possible to get into state schools like UMich on numbers alone-or should i put a lot of effort in my app?</p>

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<p>Aiming higher eh?! LOL! Well, I guess there's MIT, Stanford, Cal and Caltech. </p>

<p>At any rate, you don't have to spend sleepless nights writing your essays, but at least give them their due attention. You are as good as in, possibly with a nice merit scholarship.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I'd say safety with money.</p>

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<p>dont worry about the essay..a friend of mine applied to a couple big state Us for kicks, 2350 SATs, 3.7 GPA .put random letters on his essays and got in..he was just trying to prove the point that big state Us dont read esays, turned out only 1 of the 5 rejected him.</p>

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<p>You should receive admission and a little bit of scholarship money.</p>

<p>Reweigh your GPA so it is out of a 4.0 scale based on the following:
A=4.0
B=3.0
C=2.0
D=1.0
E/F=0.0</p>

<p>Furthermore, UMich does not superscore; it takes the highest score of one sitting.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>OK..so that would make my SAT 2280, and my GPA 4.0/4.0 (I have all A's and A+s for 10/11 which i believe is what they use)-change anything?</p>

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<p>a 2280 and 4.0 is essentially what i had. i got a 20k/year scholarship. i had more aps than you, but i guess that depends on your hs. my hs was a lot weaker than yours too. impressive psat though.</p>

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<p>I'll be applying to UMich too. I'm wondering if I can consider them a safety.</p>

<p>ACT 36
GPA 4.0UW</p>

<p>Similar to you.</p>

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<p>yeah, you're a safety. why did you even bother asking?</p>

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<p>they need the ego boost</p>

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<p>Yeah, they might toss you a little paper too.</p>

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<p>Wow, are these people for real? I mean, just the stuff the first poster listed is too much to be accomplished by any one person I know. Just plain insane. I don't know whether to believe it or not...</p>

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<p>obviously if i want chances i want honest answers based on true stats because i can't make up stuff on my college app-and if you look around on this site, there are plenty of people more accomplished than me. and i really didn't need an ego boost-if i was asking just if i could get in, that's a different story. I just wanted to know if i could rely on it with scholarship $. but thanks guys who responded.</p>

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<p>For merit money, you will most likely get the 15,000/year engineering scholarship for OOS students - but you can never be sure. I applied about a month earlier than my friend last year (we both had identical stats that were similar to yours) and I got the engineering scholarship, while somehow he never got anything. So you never know what can happen.</p>

<p>Your extracurriculars are extremely good though, so you have a very good chance. I would just suggest you apply early to ensure that you have the opportunity to get some money.</p>

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<p>20,000/year I meant...</p>

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<p>I know, I love how all people have to do is look at the colleges website and consider the stats. If the avg SAT is around a 2030 and you have a 2280, then DUH, you are going to get in. You got a perfect score on the Math 2C but can't figure that out? Sorry to be blunt, but it does sound arrogant.</p>

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<p>ok, as i said earlier, my question is not about whether or not i will get in. i want to know what type of scholarship opportunities are available-and this, unfortunately, is a bit more difficult information to find than the sat ranges. thank you, kastsm.</p>

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<p>sorry to be honest, but i know at least 15 harvard/yale bound kids with way more amazing stats (higher SATs, including 2 2370+ and better ECs) than you do who applied to U of M as safety. they got in but didnt get any money. money is a crap shot.
seriously people, 2280 is not AMAZING. i have seen enough ordinary people at my school having that score.</p>

<p>but safety? ya...for sure.</p>

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<p>2370...3.4 UW in hardest classes. Safety or not?</p>