<p>Decision:ACCEPTED!
**Major:JAMES MADISON **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] ACT:29
[</em>] GPA: UW: 3.87
[<em>] Rank: Doesn’t rank, but top 5%
[</em>] Other stats: Debate (legislative/parliamentary) and forensics (extemporaneous speaking and impromptu) for all 4 years, State finalists and semi-finalist, NHS vice-president, interned at a law firm, where I worked on med. mal, mediation, and corporate cases, volunteered at non-profits, environmental projects, etc.
[<em>] Essays: A repeat version of my UofM Diversity essay–Stellar
[</em>] Teacher Recs: None. Weren’t required.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Average, if not glowing
[</em>] Hook (if any): In-State, first generation?
[/ul]Location: Michigan[ul]
[<em>] School Type: Public, magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: None. General Comments:Good luck to everyone! Congratulations to those already accepted! still waiting for Wellesley and Bryn Mawr’s reply.</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: Didn’t take</li>
<li>SAT IIs: Didn’t take</li>
<li>ACT: 25</li>
<li>GPA: 2.6</li>
<li>Rank: Bottom 50% (around 40th %ile) (HUGE upward grade trend. 3.7 junior year opposed to freshman year which was basically a huge sea of D’s)</li>
<li>Other stats: I went all out on AP’s; not one regular class in junior/senior year. Didn’t always get A’s in them though.</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essay: I think it was the best one I wrote. I ran it by two English teachers and my dad.</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Not really a hook, but dad went to MSU for grad school</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: MN</li>
<li>School Type: Large Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>-3 sport athlete, student government, 2 jobs, involved in school music groups</p>
<p>-I had 3 recommendations, none of which I’ve gotten to read. Apparently they were good =)</p>
<p>General Comments: I really don’t know how this happened, but I’m keeping it in my prayers here and thanking god for giving me the opportunity to attend a school this well regarded, when I thought I’d be limited to many less-appealing options. Above all things, I think it was my essay and recommendation that got me in. After already facing rejection from almost every other school in the Big Ten (UIUC, UMN, UW, OSU, UIowa, Purdue), this was a huge relief.</p>
<p>SAT:490 reading, 590 math, 550 writing; 1630/2400; 1080/1600
GPA:3.39/4.0 (weighted
Rank: 37/123; ~30%
Other stats: 3 AP’s, okay but not excellent EC’s</p>
<p>Essays: wrote my essay about how my environment influenced me. I talked about my small, simple town and how I volunteered at a hospital last summer in the nearby city. My mom fully edited so I think it came out pretty good.
Teacher Recs: one from my AP caluculus teacher who seems to really like me, even though I’m awful at math
Counselor Rec: none</p>
<p>State or Country: Massachusetts
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Female</p>
<p>General Comments:I read an article about how major state school, particularly the big 10, are accepting more out-of-state applications. Out-of-staters pack significantly more for tuition than instate students. Also, it’s likely that the out-of-state students will live in the state where they graduated college and pay income taxes for that state. So, I’m sceptical that I got accepted simply b/c I’m an out-of-stater. I doubt I’ll end up going to MSU b/c of the price of tuition. Plus, my parents aren’t happy about paying for air-fare.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!
i want to be a fashion design major
sat:1750
sat II: 650
ACT: n/a
GPA: 3.1
Other stats: i go to privite school know for its hard curriculum
Rank: my school is to small so do ranks </p>
<p>idk if im attending but im soooooo siked i got in :)</p>
<p>LRU- If you really want to attend MSU and can’t because of money reasons, PM me. I was in the same situation, except my parents definitely had the money to pay for OOS tuition, they just didn’t want me to leave but they used the money as an excuse. Heh. My parents told me that if I wanted to go to MSU, I would have to pay for college on my own. So, I looked into all of my options-scholarships, FA, and grants. Although I didn’t get any aid due to my parents income, I can definitely help you if you have any FA questions because I had to familiarize myself with the whole process before my parents gave in.</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1350</li>
<li>SAT IIs: History 500 </li>
<li>GPA: 3.5</li>
<li>Rank: Top 11%</li>
<li>Other stats: I took a total of 4 APs throughout my high school career.</li>
</ul>
<p>Stats:
SAT: nope
SAT IIs: nope
ACT: 27
GPA: 3.045
Rank: not sure exactly, roughly top 40%
Other stats: Lots of upper level/AP courses + College classes senior year</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essay: I went back and read it and it’s crap. I thought it was good at the time. It was about how I was fascinated by a foreign exchange student in my school and how they inspired me to travel to Spain, which I will be doing in a few weeks.
Hook (if any): Nope.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Minnesota
School Type: Regular Public
Ethnicity: White as a boy can be
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: Had pretty good EC’s and my rec was LONG and very, very desireable.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: James Madison (Social Relations and Policy)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1910
SAT IIs: Math II - 720, Lit - 680, US History - 660
ACT: 31
GPA: 4.08
Rank: 17/365
Other stats: 4 years of Policy Debate, National Honor Society, AP Scholar, rigorous course schedule, lots of volunteer work</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Pretty good, writing is my strong suit
Teacher Recs: 2
Counselor Rec: Yes
Hook (if any): Well, I’m adopted and from an impoverished family.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Idaho
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Other Factors: Poverty</p>
<p>General Comments: You know what the Midwest is? Young and restless.</p>
<p>state is such a humango wango school.
I feel like I’d get lost in the crowd.
I applied there anyway since I live 2 min. away…
still waiting for a reply.
have fun there everyone!</p>
<p>^ I’ve actually found it extremely difficult to get lost in the crowd, but then again I’ve never had a lecture class and I’m in a residential college. </p>
<p>In your major, it’s pretty hard to get lost :).</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1920
[</em>] SAT IIs: Eng. Lang- 640 Math 1- 620
[<em>] ACT: -
[</em>] GPA: 3.2
[<em>] Rank: 80/300… roughly. yeahh. still in the top 25% tho! haha
[</em>] Other stats: took 6 aps. aced three of them. stroughly through two (borderline B/C) completely failed one.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Flawless, as always. My writing is amazing.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Spoke about my personality and my talent, but my grades were kinda skimmed over. Not sure how much these counted for. haha.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Same as above.
[</em>] Hook (if any): 8 years of music, three at a performing arts school, two Kennedy Center awards, One directly from the National Society of Arts & Letters (aka the heading on my theatre dept acceptance letter )</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Maryland (DC area)
[</em>] School Type: Public and ghetttooo. lol.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hybrid Latina. :]
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors: Lit mag, Poetry Club, Drama Club President, Woodwind section leader in Marching Band & Pep Band, First Chair/Soloist Violin in Orchestra, Concert Mistress in Symphonic Band, President of Best Buddies, Secretary of Students Against Destructive Decisions, Varsity Softball, Class Secretary, & Fulltime Job. </p>
<p>General Comments: I tried to make my grades secondary. Im pretty sure I succeeded. Haha. Just did my auditions for NYU & Chapman U in Cali. Im torn between Prestige, Intimacy, & the College Life. aka The three schools I applied to.</p>
<p>Does anybody know how much the tuition is for fall 2010-2011?
Specifically, for international students.
I went to their website, and it only shows the tuition 2009-2010.
I even tried to call them several times, but everytime, they said
they don’t know exact amount tuition yet. They said the exact amount of
tuitiuon comes out near June.
I need to make decision between Penn State and Michigan State,
and Penn State tuition is way expensive.
If michigan is little cheaper, I’d definitely go there cuz it is same education level
as penn state.
It really doesn’t make sense when you think about it. If the exact tution bill comes out
near June, how can people make decisions according to their finances?
Help me guys!</p>
<p>My son has been at MSU for 3 years now and the estimates are really good so you can go by those. We are instate so I don’t know what international rates are but if they gave you a estimate for next year it would be really close to what you would need.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: N/A, should have taken lol
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5-3.6 ish
[<em>] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): N/A
[</em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 3 AP, 6 Honors
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (5), Biology and Spanish this year
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Spanish 5, IB Precalculus, Literature and Film, American Government, Physics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): National Spanish Exam (Gold:10, Silver: 9,11)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis): Community’s antidrug coalition (Co-President, 11th and 12th grade), Spanish Club (VP, 9,10), Photography Club (11), SADD Club (12)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): various community service projects mostly with my coalition
[<em>] Summer Activities: Summer in the City community service
[</em>] Essays (subjects and opinions): Pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Said it was really good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I think good
[<em>] Additional Rec: One additional recommendation from my coalition president
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Very competitive private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White (Arab American)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing really, maybe being Arabic
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ACT is kinda good and some rigor in my courses
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not sure…
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Cause I’m qualified idk haha
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UMiami, Boston University, Case Western, Albion. Deferred: Michigan (top choice)
[/ul]General Comments: Might go there if Michigan doesn’t work out.</p>
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