<p>I think he is a strong match...but not a sure-in. Why are you guys so sure? My concern: top 20%, 3.77 GPA, OOS, competitive public from IL (probably lots of applicants from same school).</p>
<p>I am a junior this year, I wanna know how my chance will be(what to work on and stuff)</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): engineering
[ *] SAT (one sitting): March 1 score 800 math, 520 CR, 580 writing( Gonna retake for sure, screwed up on reading and writing).</p>
<p>Will take Sat subject tests this year
[ <em>] ACT: Dont know yet (took couple weeks ago, dont feel good about, gonna retake, got 31 on plan though)
[</em>] UM unweighted GPA: hmm I did horrible on my sophmore year(dont have my transcript with me so cant tell, I have 4.0 this year though) I d say probably around 3.6 years combined.
[ <em>] Course load: I am taking Ap physics and IB chemistry this year, I am in calculus right now. I am planning to take Ap chem and Calc AB (AP calc) next year.
[ *] Rank: About top quarter right now(the ranking system not really updated, very competitive school)
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Concertmaster of school Concerto orchestra, symphonic orchestra. Got ones in Festivals and Solo Ensemble. Also in church groups.
[ *] Essays: hmm, will try my best to write one.
[ *] Teacher Recs: should be good
[ *] Hook none
[</em>]Location/Person: MI
[ *] State or Country: US
[ *] School Type: competitive public
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese ( Actually I moved to US couple years ago :P)
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Bad sophmore year, need to improve Sat/act scores
[ *] Other Factors/questions: I transferred schools during my freshman year(different states). That caused a lot of problems in my schedual.</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
[ *] SAT (one Sitting): 780m 630cr 600w
[ *] ACT: NA
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.98 (W 4.54)
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): pretty rigorous ap courses
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ *] Other stats:toefl 108, SAT2 800/770/730
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): flute, volunteering, club leadership
[ *] Essays: not bad
[ *] Teacher Recs: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):NA
[ *] Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: international... not strong sat... weak EC</p>
<p>qrkdusdn.. I would say a match but try to get your SAT higher and just take some EC that you take interest in. </p>
<p>Ren90, definitely get your SAT score up and going or take the ACT and do well. Michigan doesn't really want anyone that has less than a 600 on any of the portion of the SAT. Also, get your GPA up. A special "boost" would be to take interest in some activities that are actually related to engineering. orcestra orcestra solo ensemble church... With those ECs, I don't really see a "potential" if i may say, that shows your ability as an engineer. Remember... the CoE is a little more difficult to get in and the average gpa is 3.9 and sat is higher than that of LSA.</p>
<p>Ty for response. Btw how many times should I take Sat/Act. Should I do early apply, if so will they see my senior year grades?</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering (aerospace)
[ *] SAT (one Sitting): 630M 620 CR 610WR
[ *] ACT: NA
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: NA
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): Five British GCE A levels (two more than required/recommended) including Further Mathematics.
[ *] Rank: does not rank at least top 20
[ *] Other stats:SAT Subject Tests Math L2 720 Chem 710 Physics 740
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): A bunch... years of drama-acting, writing, directing best actor & best play awards, MUN 6 years- ambassador thrice, senior of security council and ICJ+ awards, student council, deputy head boy, volunteer service....etc.<br>
[ *] Essays: quite good
[ *] Teacher Recs: ok
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):
[ *] Location/Person: Kenya
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: international,lots of EC's...not strong SAT</p>
<p>Anyone care to take a guess at my chances??</p>
<p>i am a junior
[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering (aerospace)
[ *] SAT (one Sitting): 660M (? i'm still shocked) 730 CR 640 W
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.9
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 6 APs, 5 honors, pretty full load
[ *] Rank: 20/440ish but will prob go up to about 15 after end of year
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Key Club, Sports Editor of school paper, political awarness club (prob pres next year), Engineering Club, community boards, church committee, school levy and election campaigns, National Honor Society
[ *] Essays: i am good at essays (again i'm a junior)
[ *] Teacher Recs: prob good
[ *] Counselor Rec: prob good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):nope
[ *] Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Ohio
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Other info: i am going to retake SAT this summer, potential editor in chief of school paper next year, also if anyone has any idea if purdue would be a good fit that would be great</p>
<p>aamir19 - I don't think I can really get a good glimpse of your stats unless I see your gpa... But an Asian living in Kenya that's trying to move to America? Whoa</p>
<p>ExplorerCY - I think you're a match given your gpa and your course load. Your SATs aren't bad. Actually I did worse and I got it. But since you're applying to engineering, you might want to do a little better in math. Purdue is a great (GREAT) engineering school overall.. especially its aerospace engineering. I think aero engineering-wise, Purdue is definitely on par with Michigan, you'll get in, and it's definitely going to be cheaper (you being OOS for both and most likely getting grant money at Purdue).</p>
<p>aamir19 - What's your O-level scores and predicted A-level scores? Your SAT math score is low for engineering majors.</p>
<p>@GoBlue81
I realise my scores are kinda low(I grieved...believe me), but I still kept the hope alive. O levels were all A*'s and A's except foreign language gujarati C(I know). nine in total including, chem, math, physics,foreign language german,first language english, computer studies, geog & econ.
I have a 'A' in A-level math (did it a year early) and am doing geog, further math(considered university level math in the UK), physics and chem. Predicted all A's so i'll have five A levels which as i said is two more than the required/recommended as most people usually do three, higher caliber candidates take four but further math is a fifth.</p>
<p>@GoBlue81
btw when you said "whoa"...was that a good whoa or a bad one?
oh and we dont have gpa under the british system or at my school at all. If i had to ballpark using A=4 B=3 etc....i'd say atleast 3.7...but thats rally arbitrary.
Any thoughts??</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): Engineering (biomedical)
[ *] SAT: N/A
[ *] ACT: 26
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.95
[ *] Course load (# of AP/IB/H, special courses, etc.): 5 APs, 7 honors, dual enrollment (Calc II)
[ *] Rank: 20ish/630ish
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):volunteering, varsity soccer (captain)
[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Teacher Recs: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):nope
[ *] Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Michigan
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Other info:</p>
<p>aamir19,
With 5As predicted for A-Level and 8A<em>/As for O-Level (I presume you have more A</em>s than As), you should be fine academically and your curriculum is certainly rigorous with 5ALs.</p>
<p>My only concern is that your math SAT score is low for engineering. Hopefully your strong science/math subject test scores and your predicted A in further math will make up for it. Overall, I like your chances.</p>
<p>p.s. The "whoa" is from j89 ... and I think it is a good "whoa" because of your diverse background.</p>
<p>@GoBlue81
Sorry about the "whoa" mix up.</p>
<p>@j89 Same question... was that a good whoa or a bad one? oh nad why if you could elaborate either way...</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.):LSA
[ *] SAT:700,650,780
[ *] SAT IIs (if sent):750, 740
[ *] ACT:
[ *] UM unweighted GPA:3.7
[ *] Rank:top 25%
[ *] Other stats:
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):created my own computer game, founded a computer club and business club, president of red cross for 2 years, e.a.r.s.e. earse racism in the world(2), retreat leader (1), soccer co captain(2), softball(1),web designed for e.a.r.s.e., in web design and taking classes at rutgers (cal,physics, micoeconomics,), raised $1500 for rwandan children,mouse-computer programming,vj ++and c++,commputer job next yr and 3 ap and more
[ *] Essays:average
[ *] Teacher Recs:great
[ *] Counselor Rec:great
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.):none
[ *) Location/Person:city jersey city
[ *] State or Country:nj
[ *] School Type:small catholic college preparatory
[ *] Ethnicity:african
[ *] Gender:girl
[ *] major strength/weakness:gpa and rank weakness/ethnicity and clubs
[ *] Other Factors/questions:do you think it is possible i can get into university of michigan</p>
<p>just a "whoa" at your diversity... (I have no idea if that'll be beneficial to Michigan though)</p>
<p>Kwizerabella, you definitely have a good change of getting into michigan. I think you're ecs are fine, and gpa is not too bad. I think you would only be a slight reach due to your OOS residency.</p>
<p>what is oos residency?</p>
<p>I am a junior this year, I wanna know how my chance will be(what to work on and stuff)</p>
<p>[ *] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA, Ross
[ *] SAT (one sitting): N/A</p>
<p>[ <em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] UM unweighted GPA: Not sure, school's unweighted is 3.7
[ <em>] Course load: All honors since softmore year and all the AP classes possible that I can take Junior year, Senior year 6 AP's
[ *] Rank: Not ranked,
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc): Business Professionals of America, placed 21st in the nation at accounting, was state champion for financial analyst team and won numerous other awards in payroll accounting and advanced accounting. 2nd at the Michigan Science fair, and too many prizes to count at my reagionl science fair.
[ *] Essays: Good- Great
[ *] Teacher Recomendation Personal so very good
[ *] Counselor Recomendation: Also Personal so very good
[ *] Hook none[</em>]Location/Person: Intel ISEF Finalist, Accepted into the Lead Program
[ *] State or Country: US, MI
[ *] School Type: competitive public
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Horrible sophmore year, low GPA
[ *] Other Factors/questions: Should I take the SAT IIs? not required for UM right?</p>
<p>OOS = out of state</p>
<p>i'm only a junior, so disregard this if not allowed</p>
<p>[ <em>] College (LSA, engineering, etc.): engineering
[ *] SAT (one sitting): N/A, may take in may though
[ *] ACT: 31 (english-29, math-28, reading-32, science-33)
[</em>] UM unweighted GPA: 3.85 (i didn't include electives or religion)
[ <em>] Course load: all honors possible freshmen and sophomore year (math, science, english), right now i'm in AP chem, APUSH, AP1 english (2 year program), honors precalc (only ap i'm not taking is art history), next year i will be taking AP gov, AP calc, AP 2 english, physics, anatomy, and a religion. again, only AP not taking is art history.
[ *] Rank: 13/232.
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
freshmen year:
cross country, cheer, softball
volunteered at school homecoming, auction, pb&j, other various service activities
sophomore year:
cross country, track
more random service activities, tutoring at old elementary school and a few times at a soup kitchen
3rd place at school's science fair - microbiology
junior year:
cross country, track
more random service activities (third year at the auction)
helped do various activities for AP chem teacher
[ *] Essays: ha, we'll have to get there. i'll be working on them a lot!
[ *] Teacher Recomendation: i already did a recommendation from my science teacher (for umich's engineering camp) so she said she'll just update it; it's very nice so far
[ *] Counselor Recomendation: pretty good
[ *] Hook: ?
[</em>]Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: US, MI
[ *] School Type: catholic
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] major strength/weakness: my GPA has been going up since freshmen year. my only weakness is that i didn't take french past french 2 (the only class i consistently got a b+ in sophomore year..), and i took noncore electives in its place. oops. :(
[ *] Other Factors/questions:</p>