Michigan EA Class of 2020 Results Thread

Sorry i forgot to say that I was accepted to LSA!

Decision: Accepted

College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t give.
ACT (breakdown): Composite: 34. E: 34. M: 33. R: 32. S: 35.
SAT II: Chemistry (740). Math II (790)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): Calculus BC (4). Chinese Lang. & Cult. (5). Chemistry (4). Will take more for senior year.
Senior Year Course Load: Honors/AP English, AP Spanish, AP Statistics, AP Biology, IB/Honors Organic Chemistry, Introduction to C Language Programming.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, school junior book award, National Spanish Exam gold and silver awards, academic all-state.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): School newspaper (section editor and senior editor), varsity field hockey
Volunteer/Community Service: volunteer in anesthesia department at local hospital
Summer Activities: volunteering at local hospital (anesthesia department and gift shop; nearly 300 hours total)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7 or 8. It was a pretty cliche topic but I think the way I approached it was different. For the supplements, I would give 8.
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 8; English teacher that I’ve had for 2 years. She knows me pretty well so I think she wrote a good one.
Teacher Rec #2: 8 Calc teacher. I improved in his class over the course of 4 marking periods so he knows that I am a hard worker, etc.
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 8. She took the time to talk to me about my life, etc. So I think she wrote a really good one.
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details): N/A
Interview: Nope.

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? lol no.
State (if domestic applicant): MICHIGAN!!!
School Type: Private prep.
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Upper middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope

Reflection
Strengths: my school is known to send billions to UM each year. (Not sure if this counts tho lol)
Weaknesses: essays could have been better. My grades could have been better too but… too late.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Applied EA and, like I said earlier, my school is well-known in the area and my own stats contributed too.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted to WashU, Case Western Engineering, and Purdue Engineering. Awaiting decisions from Carnegie Mellon, University of Rochester, Cornell, Duke, Rice, and Northwestern. Fingers crossed!!!

Decision: Accepted

College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 33 (35E, 34M, 35R, 28S)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/147
AP (place score in parentheses): Physics B (4)
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: Bunch of concurrent classes w/ AP Stats, music theory
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Cross County (Captain), Wresling, Golf (Captain), NHS, Oklahoma Indian Student Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: Construction in summer
Volunteer/Community Service: Tutoring, working at my local food bank, various NHS activities
Summer Activities: Worked, cross country, community service
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9, they were pretty good - really emphasized why I was a good fit for UMich
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9, both teachers have known me for awhile and like me
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 6, have never really talked to her
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details): 10, cross country coach - talked about my leadership ability
Interview: N/A

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
State (if domestic applicant): OK
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: American Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: < 20,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation

Reflection
Strengths: Teacher recommendations
Weaknesses: Lack of AP
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: GPA, teacher recommendations, URM
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted into WashU, Ohio State, UTulsa, Swarthmore, Wesleyan, NYU. Awaiting UPenn, Yale, Princeton, Tufts, UNC Chapel Hill
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Accepted EA, just now decided to post stats for some odd reason