Ross preferred admit, chance me please :) ? (Ill chance back)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>I'm applying LSA economics, but I would really only want to go if I get in preferred for Ross. If I don't get in to some of my other top business school choices I might just go to LSA (where I hope I get in at least) and then try transferring again later to UVA, Berkeley and Ross</p>

<p>Note: I am not applying for financial aid </p>

<p>Nationality: Indian, Been living in Dubai for the past 15 years though</p>

<p>School: International school, lots of diversity (like 90 nationalities or something), we send some people to top schools. Like some people went to cornell, berkeley, etc.</p>

<p>System IB diploma program (it's on a scale of 1-7, where 6-7 is equivalent to an A+ according to the official IB conversion table)</p>

<p>Predicted grades:</p>

<p>Business and management HL: 7 (Topped the grade)
Biology HL: 7 (Topped the grade)
Economics HL: 7
Mathematics HL: 7
English A1 SL: 6
Spanish Ab Initio: 6</p>

<p>Rank:Top 5 %</p>

<p>Course load: Quite rigorous. To get the diploma only 3 HL subjects are required, but I took 4 and I got a 7 on all of them. </p>

<p>IGCSE: 5A*s, 3As and 1 B</p>

<p>Standardized testing: </p>

<p>SAT I (Dec 2008) - 1930
660 M
640 CR
630 W</p>

<p>SAT I (May 2009) - 2150
800 M
650 CR
700 W</p>

<p>SAT II (Nov 2009)
Math II - 800
Bio M- 750</p>

<p>Toefl: 112/120
30 R
30 L
28 W
24 S (This was because of the background noise... so many people speaking at once and we didnt get any noise cancelling speakers at my center. Oh well, doesn't matter that much I guess)</p>

<p>Work Experience/research</p>

<ul>
<li>Worked at a food convention as a cashier</li>
<li>Worked at a light bulb factory for a month and conducted a case study on their efficiency</li>
<li>Conducted a case study on my dad's store for my extended essay to look at the source of the high staff turnover</li>
</ul>

<p>Leadership</p>

<ul>
<li>School prefect</li>
<li>Elected member of SRC for my junior year</li>
</ul>

<p>Extracurricular activities</p>

<ul>
<li>Cricket for 8 years, captained school team for a year</li>
<li>Drama, help with productions</li>
<li>Gavell club (Toast masters) 2 years</li>
<li>Work for a charity that helps address teen problems and development of children (2 years)</li>
<li>MUN/GYLC </li>
</ul>

<p>A few other things too but these are the main ones really</p>

<p>Recommendations</p>

<p>Were really good, the counselor and one teacher's were awesome (they told me), the other teacher I didn't get to talk to about my recommendation much. </p>

<p>Essays</p>

<p>Should be decent, I'll work hard on them. </p>

<p>Let me know what you guys think, thanks in advance</p>

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<p>I think you have a good chance! No one can say for sure, but I hope your essays were good. I had the same SAT score and probably worse grades (I can’t really convert your grades to American ones) but I think I had more creative Extra Cirriculars. Since you’re an international student that should help your application :slight_smile: Good luck.</p>

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<p>OH also, I got in as a Pre-admit.</p>

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<p>^
being international HURTS.</p>

<p>Stats look good, I’m gonna say slight reach/match because you can never be sure with internationals</p>

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<p>yea for SAT im just above the mean SAT score, its 1433 or something, but only like 100-150 get in preferred so i know it’s going to be competitive. I’m hoping that my math scores will pull me through, anyone know how much weight ross puts on math? Cuz some schools, like carnegie mellon, give it much more importance</p>

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<p>Sorry just found out a 6 is an A-, so my GPA is like 3.9 ish based on these grades?</p>

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<p>I think you have a good chance of getting in, but the international pool is quite competitive this year and there are literally thousands applying to UMich.
Ross is very difficult and I did not even dare apply, so good luck!</p>