<p>Decision: Deferred - School of Engineering
Polite …Thanks but No Thanks from UM.
[ul]Stats:
[<em>] SAT: M-680 CR-660 W-630
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] GPA: UW 3.3 (out of 4.0)
[</em>] Rank: Top 15%
[<em>] Other stats: At the end of my junior year I had 1 AP & 3 Honors
Currently taking 3 APs & 3 Honors
[/ul][ul]Subjective:
[li] Essays: I thought they were very good.[/li][</em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): URM
[/ul][ul]Location/Person:
[<em>] State or Country: PA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments: Not too surprised. Big reach for me but I’ll send my mid-term grades (3 APs + 3 Honors) and hope for the best. Fotunately I have some backup acceptances that will be alright (Purdue, tOSU, PSU)</p>
<p>Received my decision at 4:00 on Monday - 12/20</p>
<p>Stats:[ list]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): did not send
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 on U.S. History, 770 on Spanish
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] APs: World History (5), U.S. History (5), Spanish Language (4), Biology (3, but I didn’t list it). AB Calc, Gov, Spanish Lit, and Environmental Science (haven’t taken yet)
[<em>] IBs: n/a
[</em>] GPA (UW, W): 89.82 unweighted. school doesn’t weight GPAs
[<em>] Rank: school doesn’t rank
[</em>] Other stats:
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Community Service, Theater, International Club, GSA, Environmental Club, School Newspaper, and Religious Camp Staff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Hostess at a restaurant during the summers
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): common app essay was about why the morning is my favorite time of day. community essay about the GSA. ec essay about the religious camp I staff at. Why UMich was about why I want to go to UMich. Lol. I thought they were all top-notch. Worked really hard on them!
[</em>] Teacher Recs: waived rights
[<em>] Counselor Rec: waived rights
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): late october
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:**[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MA
[<em>] School Type: Independent boarding, sends many kids to top schools each year
[</em>] Ethnicity: South Asian (Bengali)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Honestly…</em><strong>. College counselors, family, friends, etc. thought I was a shoo-in. I’m a realist to the extent that some call me a pessimist…and even III thought I was going to get in. I was deferred from Duke. I was accepted to Notre Dame (which is more selective than UMich). I’m a strong applicant and I poured my heart into my application. If they don’t accept me, it’s their loss…but I’m not gonna lie. I’m really upset. UMich was in my top 3. I’m so confused by the decisions they made. Admissions can be really unpredictable. This absolutely encourages me to cast as wide of a net as I can with regular decision applications. It SUCKS to get deferred from two of your top 3 schools (Duke and UMich…I don’t hear from Northwestern until April). I feel **</strong>ty.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (CR-740 M-700 W-640)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.25
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Macro (4) Micro (5) Physics B (3)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Comp Sci A, AP Environmental Science, AP Gov
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended(?)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity policy debate, NFL distinction (9-12); Engineering Club (11, 12);
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer job at a golf course from Sophomore year on. I work weekends until early November.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring in inner city Philly (11, 12); Community service opportunities through our school (9, 10, 11, 12)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Work.
[<em>] Essays: Good.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Econ and Physics teacher from Junior year, but waived rights.
[li] Counselor Rec: Presumably good, but I waived rights.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[</em>] Intended Major: Computer Engineering.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): SEPA
[</em>] School Type: competitive Private Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, classes taken
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I’ve been deferred because of my GPA. I’ll submit my semester grades and hopefully they will help my chances. I should have at least a 3.8W this semester.</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section):CR 740, M800, W730
[ *] SAT IIs: Chem 750, Math2 780, Korean 800
[ *] ACT: none
[ *] APs: Bio 5, Stat 5, Chinese 5, Chem 4
[ *] IBs:none
[ *] GPA (UW, W):4.16 Weighted/ don’t know about UW
[ *] Rank: no rank
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:many music related ECs (Band first chair, recitals, fine art celebration, choir, accompanist, etc), Community service (fundraising for girl’s education, Compassion international translator, performing in hospitals), Varsity soccer 2 years, MUN 2 years
[ *] Job/Work Experience:none
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): all of my teachers said good
[ *] Teacher Recs: 1 - very very great// 2- prob good
[ *] Counselor Rec: prob great
[ *] Applied on (EA?):EC
[ *] Hook (if any):woman engineer…?
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:Korean living in China
[ *] School Type: Private Christian American International School
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian - Korean
[ *] Gender:Female
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Why did I get deferred? I never thought I would get deferred… Is SAT 2270 not enough for UM???</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section): not submitted
[ *] SAT IIs: Chem 800, Math2 800,Physics 790
[ *] ACT: 35
[ *] APs: 4 in junior ( all 5’s ), 4 in senior
[ *] IBs:none
[ *] GPA (UW, W):4.0 / 4.33 ( UC-weighted)
[ *] Rank: no rank ( probably 1)
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs : Solid ECs , speech / debate at Nationals level
[ *] Job/Work Experience:none
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
[ *] Teacher Recs: 2 - both were outstanding
[ *] Counselor Rec: Prob. good.
[ *] Applied on (EA?): EA
[ *] Hook : sister is alum
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Not declared
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Pretty relieved after Stanford EA rejection. Hoping he can get into the honors program. At least 4 other kids from his school also got in. Usually most CA kids don’t apply to U-Mich because of the UCs, but there has been marked interest in U-Mich because of the problems that the UCs have been having. His sister was probably one of the first to break ranks and turn down UCs (UCLA) and went to Michigan.</p>
<p>Thanks - He has targeted schools based on the quality of their physics programs. Eliminated MIT and Caltech (not his cup of tea) but is applying RD to the other usual suspects ( H,P,C + U-Chicago) plus the UCs. I think he has a realistic shot of getting into UC-Berkeley and U-Chicago - needs things to break his way at the other schools.</p>
<p>However he is really happy with Michigan - the physics department is pretty darned good (ranked 11th with Yale and Columbia) so he will have research opportunities there as an undergrad. He visited the dept. last year and was pleasantly surprised as to how open and accessible the profs. in the physics department were despite being a large school.</p>
<p>That state of California has a huge budget mess on it’s hands - to the tune of $28B by last estimates. The UCs ( unlike U-Mich ) get a large fraction of their funding from the state. Until recently the instate tuition rates were as low as $6K per year. Only recently have there been increases in the seats for OOS. There are huge unfunded retirement programs as well plus the UCs have perhaps expanded (UC Merced is an example) unwisely. In many UCs the cutbacks are already affecting programs - sometimes kids don’t get critical classes etc. - there have been stories of kids taking 5 years to graduate. U-Mich went to a more stable financial model so that they are almost not dependent on the state for funding. My feeling is that this summer things will come to a boil over the CA state budget and there will be further cutbacks at the UCs …</p>
<p>Yes that has already started happening. In 2007 UC Berkeley was roughly 12% ( 5% international + 7% US). In 2010, UCB was close to 23% OOS - I think they want to reach were U-Mich is (33%). Note that UCLA and San Diego have also had significant plans to increase the number. There is clearly a political problem - but for now they want more OOS to partially offset the budget crisis.</p>
<p>College and Program: LSA
[<em>] SAT IIs: 790 U.S. History, 630 Chemistry
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] APs: Chemistry, U.S. History, European History, Biology, Calculus, Psychology
[</em>] IBs:
[<em>] GPA (UW, W): 3.5, 4.2
[</em>] Rank: Idfk
[li] Other stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] ECs listed on app: Founded Pre-Med Club, Vice President; Model U.N.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Volunteer every Saturday, paid internship at district court
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: intimate
[<em>] Counselor Rec: erotic
[</em>] Applied on (EA?): yes
[li] Hook (if any): parents are immigrants, I survived a war lol </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: Michigan
[</em>] School Type: competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
[</em>] Gender: Male ;0</p>