<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1660 (M-600, CR-490, W-570) Horrible, I know…
ACT:
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/73
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: School only offers 3 college credits for seniors, took Calculus and English.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Too many extracurriculars to count, a few with leadership positions.
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at local hospital and library
Summer Activities: Research at WUSTL school of medicine
Essays: Greatttttttttttttt
Teacher Recommendation: Good I guess
Counselor Rec: Good i guess
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other
State (if domestic applicant): MO
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Non-competitive Private
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 87,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: Essays, GPA?
Weaknesses: Test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays, Extracurriculars
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UCR, Xavier in Louisiana (with scholarship) SLU (with scholarship). Deferred: none. Rejected: none yet</p>
<p>General Comments: NO, I am not a recruited athlete! But I just found out today and am very humbled. I have to do this Comprehensive Studies Program, which from my understanding, is for students who need help getting acclimated with Umich’s curriculum and academics. I have no problem participating in this because I know my scores are crap compared to others that were admitted. My situation just goes to show that test scores aren’t everything.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 34
SAT II: 750 Math I, 800 Math II, 690 BIO M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 Calculus AB (self study), 5 Language, (school only offers 3 APs taking the others this year)
IB (place score in parenthesis): -
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous in school
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Semifinalist
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Medical Research (Team/Project Leader), National Honor Society, Tons of Community service, tennis, medicine related job shadows
Job/Work Experience: Manager of small computer store
Volunteer/Community service: 800+ hours through various organizations
Summer Activities: Travel, Research Internship, Job Shadows, BBS, community service
Essays: Common App essay was really good, UM essays above average…
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Additional Rec: -
Interview: -
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): OH
Country (if international applicant): -
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 75,000-100,000 (but smart investments by father and some family money makes the actual number go up substantial)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): life long buckeye fan applying to UM? lol
Reflection:
Strengths: test scores, siemens, research
Weaknesses: could have more diverse ECs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my resume was pretty good
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted-OSU, Denied-Cornell (but, sent in old, very poor SAT scores…) still waiting on about 16 other schools including HPY lol
General Comments:
After looking at the resumes of everyone else who was accepted i feel pretty honored to be considered among such a strong group of applicants. That being said, UM was never my first choice and hopefully i will get into one of my top choices. Although I certainly wold not mind going</p>
<p>Yeah jwtrae… scores don’t necessarily always mean everything, but URM’s tend to always have a better chance despite lower stats. Not trying to burst your bubble, but it’s true.</p>
<p>33 on ACT, top 6% of class, 4 APs this year, editor-in-chief of newspaper, president of business club, 2 varsity sports, volunteer work, good essays, good recs.</p>
<p>I don’t get this. Can’t help but be ****ed off</p>
<p>Accepted to the College of Engineering today after being deferred RD! :)</p>
<p>It seems all they wanted was my mid-year report. Sent that in about a week ago and received my acceptance E-mail today!</p>
<p>Still waiting on my decision from the School of Music (dual applicant)…hopefully I get that soon.</p>
<p>Quick stats: 4.0 unweighted GPA, 2140 SAT (710 m, 760 cr, 670 w), all honors, 5 APs, 4 years varsity tennis (team captain and MVP award), lots of photography awards (local, regional and state)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted College of Engineering. BME</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (760 CR, 790 M, 790 W)
ACT: 35 (but didn’t send)
SAT II: 780 Math II, 750 Bio E, 710 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1-3%
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): -
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous in school
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Couple of international awards.
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Grade 8 Piano, Brass Instrument Head in Band, Head of Seniors in Robotics, Newspaper youth reporter, School Magazine Editor.
Job/Work Experience: Student Ambassador, Private Tutor.
Volunteer/Community service: Co-Founded 2 charity clubs, Director for another.
Summer Activities: Spent 3 summers in kid’s leukemia ward, Internship in North Africa.
Essays: Loved my common app and first short essay, but I did the Why Michigan in an hour and immediately sent it off. -.-
Teacher Recommendation: Both wonderful.
Counselor Rec: Got it from my principal. I thought he didn’t know me that well, so it was a pleasant surprise to see the stuff he wrote.
Additional Rec: -
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Malaysia
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: $180,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): International not applying for aid, female in engineering? Don’t know.
Reflection: I applied less than a month ago. Really surprised to get a reply this fast.
Strengths: SAT scores, EC’s, 2/3 of my essays, transcript.
Weaknesses: Why Michigan essay. Maybe they ignored it.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my essays were unique. I just transferred my thoughts on to paper
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted : Illinois-Urbana-Champaign. Waiting on the rest (which are all Ivies/Ivy standard. Shudder).
General Comments:
I’m so happy I’ve a fantastic school to fall back on. Now no matter what my other schools say, I’m gonna breathe a little easier. Advice? Do your best for your essays. They make a hell of a difference. Congrats to everyone for making it this far and here’s to a great college experience!</p>
thx :D</p>