***The official University of Michigan Chances Thread:***

<p>Anyone? little help por favor</p>

<p>supertme41... thats pretty difficult. You have a good ACT score, but your UM unweighted gpa and OOS makes it difficult. I believe you took a lot of IB classes seeing that your weighted is pretty high so I would put you as a slight reach-reach. Get that GPA up, write some amazing essays, and catch UM's attention and im sure you can earn an acceptance.</p>

<p>dbt124... your instate, good ACT score, and your ECs match the engineering profile that admissions wants to see. Unfortunately, that gpa is pretty low. Your classes may make up for it, but UofM does wish to see that you can handle AP work. Like supertme41, i would advise spending lots of time on your essays. Show your love for engineering and you have a chance to get in. As for now, I would put you as a slight reach.</p>

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<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering (maybe LSA --> Ross)
[ *] SAT: 2260 (M: 800, V: 750, W: 710)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Results released on 6/26
[ *] ACT: 33 (M: 36, R: 33, W: 33, S: 31, E: 12)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.75 (non UM-UW is .1 higher)
[ *] Rank: school doesn't rank
[ *] Other stats: 5 APs sophomore/junior year, 9 APs by graduation, in-state prospect, most classes honors/AP
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
[ *] Essays: There will be 3!
[ *] Teacher Recs: Very Good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Outstanding - counselor knows me well
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Won a few awards/honors in a few state-wide competitions, attended Summer@Brown for 3 weeks as a junior</p>

<p>Sampling of Extracurriculars:
Hospital Volunteering (10, 11, 12)
NHS (11, 12)
Quiz Bowl (10, 11, 12)
Science Olympiad (9, 10) </p>

<p>and quite a few others ...</p>

<p>[ *) Location/Person: On Earth?
[ *] State or Country: Michigan/USA
[ *] School Type: Top Public, where 70 seniors enrolled at U-M this year
[ *] Ethnicity: Will not disclose
[ *] Gender: I say male, but how will you ever really know?
[ *] major strength/weakness: Will try to submit by mid-September
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>

<p>Engineering (maybe LSA --> Ross).. WHAT?!?!</p>

<p>im sure you'll get in, write descent essays. Your instate, and your ECs will make up for your gpa (though it isnt that bad). if your going to do lsa, same. you probably won't get preadmit ross though</p>

<p>ab: apply early and you should have no problem. Make sure you know what you want to go into though by the time you apply, as engineering and LSA are two different applications.</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT (one sitting): 2050 (will retake)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Spanish (720), Biology (680 --> will retake)
[ *] ACT: 31 (will retake)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.73
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): AP Comp Sci AB, AP Bio, Honors Chem, Honors Spanish, Honors Precalc, community college courses (Calculys, Astronomy, Physics, Jazz Dance)
[ *] Rank: school doesn't rank
[ *] Other stats: 4.23 W GPA
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Carnatic Vocal Music, Taekwondo, Science Club, Speech and Debate Club, MATHCOUNTS Assistant Coach, Teacher Assistant for 4th grade Balavihar students, American Cancer Society Youth Council Chair
[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Teacher Recs: very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): community college course load?
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: California
[ *] School Type: Public (very competitive - 30-50 to UCLA, Berk, UCSD)
[ *] Ethnicity: South Indian
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] major strength/weakness: UW GPA, SAT/ACT scores
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Next year, I will be joining a program in which I will take all of my senior year classes at a community college instead of at my high school. I will be taking all transferable courses (for UC). I hope to submit my application early (Sept./Oct.)</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Nursing/LSA, haven't decided.
[ *] SAT (one sitting): /
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): /
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.95 (damn you physics!)
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 8 IB/AP/Honors, everything else "accelerated" except for required basic classes.
[ *] Rank: 20/440
[ *] Other stats: top 5%
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Too many musical ensembles to count, KEY Club (volunteering), at least 100 hours of volunteering at the local hospital, job shadowing with multiple physicians, cross country.
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Decent, not personal at all, however.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): /
[ *) Location/Person: Midland
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Large, public, very competetive
[ *] Ethnicity: Male
[ *] Gender: Caucasian
[ *] major strength/weakness: GPA, ACT, teacher rec, course load..... ECs as weakness?
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Would being a male increase my chances of getting into nursing as opposed to LSA? Either way the main focus would be on pre-med.</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT (one sitting): ---
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): ---
[ *] ACT: 31
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.5 (I did really well freshman and junior year, sophmore year not so much)
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 8 honors & 4 APs (by the time I graduate)
[ *] Rank: I'm not sure. I go to a small college prep private school (110 in my grade).
[ *] Other stats: 3.83 weighted GPA
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): 2 Years of Ice Hockey. 3 Years of Drama Club. Drama Club Secretary Senior Year. 60 Hours of Community Service. Neither of my parents attended college (i dont know if that helps or not). Also I switched to a public school for the second semester of my sophmore year, but then ended up switching back for junior year.
[ *] Essays: Good.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Very Good (since I go to a small school I know my counselor pretty well).
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): ---
[ *) Location/Person: Suburbs of Detroit
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Small. College Prep. All girls.
[ *] Ethnicity: Female.
[ *] Gender: Caucasian.
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strength i'd say my ACT score probably. Weakness would definately be GPA.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Is there anything I can do to increase my chances (get more community service hours, retake the ACT, etc.)</p>

<p>stentorian - i would put you as a match. Great stuff for your application.
The phank - Michigan can be a safety if you wanted it to be.
sarahrachel109 - freshman year does not count in UM unweited GPA. If you have a true UM gpa of 3.4 or below, i would put you as a slight reach and if 3.5 is your real UM I would put you at a match/slight reach. You do seem to have circumstances that can bring out your application through essays (ie. your parents not going to college and drama, etc.) </p>

<p>To all above: write some great essays, apply early, and you'll all prob get in.</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT: 750 CR 780 M 690 W (took once)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 770 Math II 720 Chem
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.00
[ *] Rank: 7/200
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): 4 years varsity golf and track, 2 years JV/Freshman basketball, NHS, Spanish Honors Society
[ *] Essays: Haven't written them yet, although I think I will have some good ones.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Great
[ *] Counselor Rec: Great
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): None
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Ohio
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strength academics, weakness ECs
[ *] Other Factors/questions: none</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA - Political Science
[ *] SAT: n/a
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): n/a
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.05 (regular GPA is 3.4143, weighted UM GPA is 3.35, weighted regular GPA is 3.6...stupid unweighted GPA system!)
[ *] Rank: no idea
[ *] Other stats: ?
[ *] Course load: 3 AP classes, 4 years of honors math
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):</p>

<p>NHS (National Honor Society)
ITS (International Thespian Society)
MUN (Model United Nations)
Quizbowl
Play and Musical Crews (Lights, Make-Up, Costume)
Youth Group
200+ Service Hours (Vacation Bible School, Summer Religious Ed, Rebuilding Together, Helping at Open Houses, tutoring, youth group service projects)
Mercy Mentor Council ( freshman mentor)
[ *] Essays: Will be good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good I hope
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Parent is alum
[ *) Location/Person: ?
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Private-Catholic
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Science/History + Extra Curricular Activities, Weakness - MATH
[ *] Other Factors/questions: none</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA / ross
[ *] SAT (one sitting): 2160 (650 CR, 780 M, 730 W)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Bio M - 700, US History - 730
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.9??
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 8 total APs by end of sr. year.
[ *] Rank: school doesn't rank
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
[ *] Essays: working on them..
[ *] Teacher Recs: decent
[ *] Counselor Rec: not good...
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): musician?
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: PA
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] major strength/weakness: music, science/math
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):LSA
[ *] SAT:1820--660 CR 590 M 570 W--not sure what happened here, retaking in October
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT: 31
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.8
[ *] Rank: no idea, but probably pretty high
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-Interact (4 years, secretary junior and senior)
-Italian Club/Italian Honor Society
-SADD (three years)
-Volunteering at public library--2 hr/week, all sophomore year
-I recently was hired by an Italian pizza place to do deliveries
-One more thing: I have generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder
[ *] Essays: Probably great, despite what my writing SAT indicates I'm a very good writer...AP Lang teacher said that of all the students she's had, I'm one of the best at expressing myself
[ *] Teacher Recs:^I'm asking that teacher. They should be excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Great
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *) Location/Person:Detroit suburb
[ *] State or Country:Michigan
[ *] School Type:Public--one of the top in Michigan
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Once again, despite my SAT writing score, I'm a very good writer. SAT scores are a weakness, but hopefully they'll be higher in October.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Should I also take the ACT again?</p>

<p>pattymac - in
mrcydrama - that gpa will probably be a problem. Your other stats are great though. Work really hard on essays and hope for the best. I would put you at a mid-reach
Crystalpinapple - in
srgirl6 - just send in your ACT, it'll be fine. You don't need to take your SAT again. With an ACT of 31 and a gpa of 3.8, i would put you as a match. If you talk about your issues in your essays and how you overcame them, your application will be definitely accepted.</p>

<p>Could somebody please take a look at my stats? Thanks!</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): engineering (I think...for CE or BmE)</p>

<p>[ *] SAT:2080
Critical Reading - 680
Mathematics - 770
Writing - 630</p>

<p>[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
-SAT II - Math IIC 800
-SAT II - Japanese 770
-SAT II - Chemistry 800</p>

<p>[ *] ACT: 34
English (with writing) - 33 (30)
Mathematics - 36
Reading - 30
Science - 35
Writing - 8</p>

<p>[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0 (If A- count as 4.0? Otherwise, ~3.98, 3.97)</p>

<p>[ *] Rank: ~40/427</p>

<p>[ *] Other stats: 11AP's: AP US History(4), AP Calculus AB(5), AP Calculus BC(4), AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Computer Science, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Physics C</p>

<p>[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-National Honor Society 07-08, 08-09
-Academic Decathlon 06-07, 07-08, 08-09
-Science Club 06-07, 07-08, 08-09
(Founding member, President)
-Wind Symphony 05-06, 06-07, 07-08
(Trumpet Section Leader)
-Jazz Band 05-06
-Sound of Sun Prairie Marching Band 05-06
-Full Orchestra 06-07, 07-08, 08-09
-Cross Country 05-06, 06-07
-Track and Field 05-06
-Math Team 05-06, 06-07, 07-08, 08-09
(Team Captain, Consecutive award winnings)
-Purple Comet Mathematics Competition 05-06, 06-07, 07-08, 08-09
(Team Captain, Ranked Placement In Mixed School Category and Single School category 4 consecutive years)</p>

<p>-High School Academic Excellence Awards (4 out of 4)
-4-year American Mathematics Competition School Winner
-2-year American Mathematics Comeptition top 1% in state scorer
-4-year American Invitational Mathematics Exam Qualifier
-4-year American Regional Mathematics League, Member of Wisconsin Team Red
-2-year TrigStar School Winner
-2-year TrigStar 3rd in School
-1-year TrigStar 2nd in State
-1-year Madison Area Math League, rocognized Top Individual Scorer
-1-year Madison Area Math League, All-League Varsity Second Team</p>

<p>-Worked at Dakota Watch Company since 6/22/2008
-350hrs Weekly Volunteer at Local American Red Cross Chapter
-100hrs Summer Volunteer at William S. Middleton Memorial Veteran's Hospital</p>

<p>[ *] Essays: Assume the worst (though I'm not that bad;for safety reasons)</p>

<p>[ *] Teacher Recs: Decent</p>

<p>[ *] Counselor Rec: Decent</p>

<p>[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): N/A</p>

<p>[ *] State or Country:Sun Prairie, WI</p>

<p>[ *] School Type: Medium sized public</p>

<p>[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese (I know..)</p>

<p>[ *] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[ *] major strength & weakness: Course load, ACT, Academics, Science, Math, Volunteer |||vs||| SAT, EC's, Ethnicity</p>

<p>[ *] Other Factors/questions: Could anybody offer some suggestions to improve my chances? Also, for Michigan, does it increase my chances to "officially" visit the campus and talk to admission officers, etc.?</p>

<p>Thank You!!!</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT (one sitting): (600 CR, 730 M, 640 W)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Math 2 - 700, Chemistry - 760
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.6 (includes A-s and B+s and some ec like band and multimedia graphics)
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 8 total APs by end of sr. year. and other accelerated classes throughout
[ *] Rank: school doesn't rank
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
[ *] Essays: working on them..
[ *] Teacher Recs: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): none
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: NJ
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: science math/none
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>

<p>So are a couple of people doing ALL the chances for ALL of us? Wow..kudos to you guys and the hard work..it's really much appreciated..</p>

<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA!
[ *] SAT: 800 CR 800 M 790 W
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 800 Math II 800 Physcis 770 BioE
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.00
[ *] Rank: 1?2? of 550ish
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
**Math - Mu Alpha Theta <a href="5%20years">/B</a>
-ExecBoard
-1st at state and midwest GPML competitions since 8th grade
-AIME since 8th grade
-ARML since 8th grade
-blahblah</p>

<p>**Biology<a href="4%20years">/B</a>
-VicePrez, yo.
-Envirothon Team captain
-USABO Semi-Finalist</p>

<p>**Academic Decathlon<a href="4%20years">/B</a>
-will be captain this year
-2nd at State (2 years)
..Grrr Jefferson High..we WILL beat them this year</p>

<p>**Flute<a href="6%20years">/B</a>
-Principal in Wind Ensemble and Orchestra, heh ;)
-All State (3 years)
-Iowa Flute Festival 1st (3 years)
-Solo Fest. "Most Outstanding Perfomer" hahah (3 years)
-One of Eight National Flute Association HS Soloist Competition Finalist this year </p>

<p>**Student Senate<a href="3%20years">/B</a>
-ExecBoard: Volunteer Activites coordinator</p>

<p>**Iowa City Youth Advisory Commission<a href="2%20years">/B</a>
-mem..ber...?</p>

<p>**Tennis<a href="4%20years">/B</a>
-JV captain (2 years..argh, stupid prodigy freshmen, heheh)
-Varsity for next year</p>

<p>[ ] Essays: Pretty good..I got through the TASP prelims with them..heh
[ *] Teacher Recs: I'm going to guess gread
[ *] Counselor Rec: Well, he knows me personally
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): I'M ASIAN. GREAT HOOK eh?
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: IOWA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Yellow
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strength academics, weakness ECs
[ *] Other Factors/questions: **Will they reject me if they don't think UMich isn't my TOP choice like WashU and others do often? Sadly, Mich IS one of my top choices...so D: for me if they do *
</p>

<p>platnerd and mihan.. don't even ask. If you show a desire to go to their college by applying early and writing decent essays you'll both get in.</p>

<p>Bgrenis - OOS, low gpa (avg gpa at COE is 3.9), slightly low SAT, and it seems like no crazy circumstances to overcome. I would say a reach. I think you calculated your umich gpa wrong though. umich gpa = only soph, jun, sen, years. Only main subjects such as math, english, foreign language, science (not gym or w.e). any A = 4, any B=3, any C=2, then find average.</p>