Background: Through dual enrollment and taking community college courses the past two summers I have accumulated 25 college credits. I will be starting in the fall at Wayne State University as a Chemistry major, but I am thinking about possibly transferring to the University of Michigan in the fall of 2016. I’m just not sure if I have much of a shot, so I would appreciate some input.
College (LSA, engineering, etc.): LSA
Intended Major: Chemistry
SAT: N/A
SAT IIs (if sent): N/A
ACT: 26
UM unweighted High School GPA: 3.99
Community College GPA: 4.00
Rank: 5/380
Course Load: (honors classes only were offered starting junior year) for sophomore & freshman year I took all of the advanced classes I could besides english
junior year schedule- Yearbook (2 semesters), Pre-Calc (2 semesters), Economics (1 semester), Government (1 semester), Honors Microbiology (1 semester), English 11 (2 semesters), Advanced Chemistry (2 semesters), Dual-enrollment Political Science (1 semester), Dual-enrollment History Course (1 semester), required ACT prep class (1 semester)
senior year schedule- Honors Organic Chemistry (1 semester), Accounting (2 semesters) , Advanced English 12 (2 semesters), Yearbook (2 semesters), English Independent Study (2 semesters), Dual-enrollment English course (1 semester), Dual-enrollment Visual Arts course (1 semester), Dual-enrollment Philosophy course (1 semester), Honors Physics (2 semesters)
EC’s: NHS, Science Club (Secretary), Science Olympiad, Yearbook Editor-and-Chief, PBIS, Key Club, Peer Mentor. This summer I interned for a globally known chemical company, BASF, as a paid “high school chemistry intern”.
Essays: I was very involved in my science classes, and science extracurriculars in high school. In addition I gained a lot from my internship at BASF. Overall I would really push my passion for science through my experiences.
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Very Good
Hook/legacy: No
State or Country: Michigan
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: female
Major strength/weakness: I would think my dual-enrollment courses, class rank, and internship would be my major strengths. My weaknesses probably would be my course load and of course my low ACT score.