<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA or engineering
[ *] ACT: 33 (English-33 Math-34 Reading-32 Science-34)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 4.0
[ *] Rank: 1 out of 293
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): 4 years of manager-esque work experience (~20hrs/week), Kiwanis member, NHS member
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[ *) Location/Person: Battle Creek
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Good public highschool. Attending local Math and Science center as well.
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Other Factors/questions: 2 AP courses last year (BC Calc, Chemistry (scored 5 for both)), 3 more this year (English, World History, Statistics), National Merit Semifinalist, 2 research projects</p>
<p>^
safety
KAMSC?
and you're from kazoo right?</p>
<p>Nope, I'm from battle creek and go to BCAMSC.</p>
<p>lol ok i didn't know they had a bcamsc</p>
<p>[ ] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Ross School of Business
[ *] SAT (one sitting): 1530/2330 (770 M, 760 CR, 800 W)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): 800 U.S. History, 770 Math IIC, 750 Literature, 750 Biology
[ *] ACT: Didn't take
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.9
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): APs (took all available): World History (5), Biology (4), U.S. History (5), English Language & Composition (5), Chemistry (4)
[ *] Rank: 4/536
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
**ECs:*
* Varsity Baseball (3 years; 1 year JV)
* Varsity Swimming (4 years)
* Freshman Basketball (1 year)
* Key Club (4 years)
* Future Business Leaders of America (2 years)
* School Newspaper Editor (2 years)
* High School Assimilation Committee (assisting prospective middle school students get assimilated into the high school) (1 year)</p>
<p>Volunteering:
* 250 hours at a big hospital (filing paperwork, mopping the floor, do-everything-guy, etc.)
* 120 hours at local elementary school that I attended (helping out the preschool kids with their breakfast, reading books to them, etc.) [note: I never really did this for the purpose of putting it on my college application, because it was just something I loved to do and would help relieve stress.]
* 50 hours at local public library (shelving books, checking out books, reading to young children)
* 50 hours at blood bank (assisted in blood drives, distributed snacks and beverages, donated blood of my own)
[ *] Essays: Strong
[ *] Teacher Recs: Very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Very good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): None
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: California
[ *] School Type: Fairly competitive public
[ *] Ethnicity: Korean
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Not really fantastic at anything, but I guess I'm not the greatest at science. I think I'm pretty well-rounded.
[ *] Other Factors/questions: I took four community college courses during high school that I got As in. Do these count toward my high school GPA?</p>
<p>^
safety with chance at honors</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering
[ *] SAT: 660 Writing Skills, 650 Critical Reading, 600 Math
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): N/A as of now
[ *] ACT: Haven't taken yet
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.45
[ *] Rank:I think about top 10-15%ish
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Teacher Recs: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Dunno if I have one, I guess having rigorous classes maybe, I tested into a special academic program that I was in throughout HS
[ *) Location/Person: Maryland
[ *] State or Country: USA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White, Jewish
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: SAT scores and GPA both are a bit low
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>What's the benefit of going into honors? Is there some sort of perk? I believe UCLA allows honors students to sign up for classes before the rest which would be a HUGE bonus for such a big school like UMich.</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA - Middle Eastern Studies)
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):
[ *] ACT: 29
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.4/4.0W
[ *] Rank:Top 15%
[ *] Other stats:9 APS Total
[ *] Subjective: President Debate Team (Manages team, runs away tournaments, Ran a banquet for departing team members), Captain Mock Trial, President SS National Honor Society, Model UN
[ *] Essays:Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Very Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): Challenging course load, leadership. Boys State. Helped start a middle school debate program to get more kids interested in debate on the high school level. (Lots of community service)
[ *) Location/Person: Florida
[ *] State or Country:USA
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:White (Should I put down Native American, I am 1/8th)
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Rigorous course load, 9 APS in total/weakness-slightly low GPA
[ *] Other Factors/questions:AP Scholar with distinction (3, 3, 4, 4, 4)</p>
<p>Reach for both above.</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA.
[ *] SAT: didn't take.
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): didn't take.
[ *] ACT: 27 (E: 28 M: 29 R:24 S:25 W:11) (taking again!)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.86
[ *] Rank: 29/284
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): varsity dance team (3 years), class secretary (2 years), NHS, service learning volunteering (+100 hours), freshman cheerleading.
[ *] Essays: still working on them, but good so far.
[ *] Teacher Recs: excellent.
[ *] Counselor Rec: good.
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): none.
[ *) Location/Person: Michigan
[ *] State or Country: USA
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: korean
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] major strength/weakness: toughest course schedule in class, taken all AP and Honors classes available (as of junior year, 1 AP and 8 honors), taking 3 AP classes senior year. fairly strong in all areas, best in sciences and math.
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>
<p>^
match IMO</p>
<p>Blackpen, is there any chance of me getting a deferral?</p>
<p>bbq: Nobody gets rejected EA......you either are accepted or deferred......then during regular admission you are either accepted or waitlisted.....I'm not aware of anyone who has actually ever been rejected.....</p>
<p>taperjeangirl, i think you are a reach with that ACT score. If you can improve to 30 and apply early, I think you'll be fine. The average admitted students' SAT score for Asian American students is over 1400.</p>
<p>rodney
umich does not have EA, but rather early response where you can get rejected.</p>
<p>bbq
you're gpa is too low for umich....
but
deferral is possible as is acceptance, you will need to prove to umich you're strong in these categories (all of which you have control over right now): SAT (retake), teacher recs, essays, class rank, and ECs.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if community college courses are weighted into your high school GPA? And what's the big perk about being in honors?</p>
<p>alright, cool. i've been getting 32-34 on practice ACT tests, so that should probably help. thanks.</p>
<p>Class of 2009
International applicant (schooled in Michigan, but no permanent resident status)</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT: 2110 (Math: 670, Critical Reading: 730, Writing: 710)
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent): Will take in fall
[ *] ACT: 32 (English: 31, Math: 33, Reading: 31, Science: 33)
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.625
[ *] Rank: School does not rank students
[ *] Other stats: Full IB Curriculum (All classes taught at HL level)
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):</p>
<p>FBLA (2 years vice president, also co-founded, won national chapter award)
Building With Books (2 years, service champion award)
French Honors Society (2 years)
Physics Olympiad (2 years, team captain)
Ultimate Frisbee (3 year co-captain, team founder, won 2nd place at statewide tournament)
Club Soccer (3 years)
Hip Hop Club (3 years, 2 years vice president)
Junior Achievement (2 years, taught under-privileged elementary students basic economic principles)
Working with the Barack Obama Campaign (campaign intern)
Part time job as a grader at Kumon
Certified PADI Open Water Scuba Diver
Taekwondo (5 years, black belt, won numerous form and sparring tournaments)
Korean language school (8 years total, many awards for high test scores)
Play the piano (8 years of lessons, 4 years of teaching myself, many awards)
Taught myself acoustic, electric, and bass guitars (played in the church praise band for 5 years)
Extremely active in church youth group, organizing events, coordinating fundraisers, and occasionally giving sermons because of a lack of a youth pastor (secretary 2 years, vice president 1 year, president 2 years)</p>
<p>[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): None
[ *) Location/Person: Troy
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Charter/Magnet (Consistently in the top ten per Newsweek)
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strengths - ECs and test scores, Weaknesses - GPA and International Student status?
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Have to apply as an international student because I am not a permanent resident or citizen of the US.</p>
<p>JSPARK- I like your chances (I'd say 80-90% chance), as long as you apply early and write a good essay.</p>
<p>bbq- your GPA is low, but the killer is that math SAT score, 600 is terrible for engineering, you have to bring that up to at least a 700 for engineering. I know for certain that for engineering, they care more about your math SAT, and I've read a presentation back in 2002 that the median math SAT for instate students in engineering was 700. I can only imagine that this number has gone up, plus you are out of state, Maryland, one of the better represented states at Michigan.</p>