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[B][size=4][color=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size][/b]
[B][size=4][color=#FFA500]Decision: Deferred[/color][/size][/b]
[B][size=4][color=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected[/color][/size][/b]

[B]Objective:*
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[B]Subjective:*
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details):
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details):
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details):

[B]Other:*
Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[B]Reflections:*
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[B]General Comments (if any):*

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR 760 Math 700 Writing 800 (second sitting)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: Italian 790 Spanish 740 Math 2 770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chinese 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Predicted 42
Senior Year Course Load: Math Physics Chemistry English A LAL all at HL, History Italian A LAL, both at SL
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not available in my area. Won a few awards from an international Chinese essay contest, but other than that, school awards only.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Founder TEDx event - my biggest accomplishment, gathered international speakers, 100+ license, which was obtained by attending an official TED conference.
Student Council: President 12, VP 11, Secretary 10, 9.
Student Newspaper writer and chief layout editor. (Gr 9-12)
Basketball Varsity (Gr. 9-12)
Co-founder a school-wide event (Gr 10-12)
Anti-racism play (Gr 8-10)
Founder Chinese Club (Gr 10)
Choir (Gr. 8-12)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Plenty - part of CAS or Pre-CAS, 500+ hours?
Summer Activities: Summer camp on university campuses every year, TED conference
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App - 9/10 quite personal
Why Yale - 6/10, generic - more breath than depth
Yale Supplement: 7/10 and 8/10, one was poetic and the other one spoke about myself being a polyglot.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 8/10 Physics teacher, tends to write generically, although known as a great recommender
Teacher Rec #2: 10/10 Grade 10 English teacher + supervisor of most of my major extracurriculars
Teacher Rec #3: 10/10 Grade 11 English teacher - she loves me and she said “you are gonna be fine with the recommendations because I know it’s good”
Counselor Rec: 8/10 I was one of the best in the year
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Not given

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: EP&E
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): Italy
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Italian Nationality? TEDx organizer - can become a college level organizer, and I genuinely want to make my college TEDx event as good as possible.

Reflection

Strengths: Unique activity - TEDx. Common app essay. Recommendation. Scores.
Weaknesses: My Why UofM essay and my activity essay aren’t the strongest. I focused more on my SCEA for Yale.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Qualified candidate.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Warwick St Andrews Admit. Oxford Reject. Yale Defer.
General Comments: Congrats to everyone admitted. My worries about Michigan is that it’s REALLY cold :&

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1410(didn’t send)
ACT (breakdown): 33
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
Weighted GPA: 4.03
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH(3), Gov(3), Microecon(4), Bio(test hasn’t happened yet)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Personal Finance(required), Hon Pre Calc, German 2, Wind Ensemble, Marching Band, AP Biology, Honors Human Anatomy and Physiology, English 12
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

[B]Subjective:*
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Detroit Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble, SNHS
Job/Work Experience: Waitstaff at a banquet center
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at a dog shelter and a library, teach private lessons to middle schoolers
Summer Activities: national youth leadership forum
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7, I think I overanalyzed them, but they showed strong interest
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 7

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 9.2, the teacher loved me as a student, and she was a teacher in my interested major. Read the letter and it was wonderful
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): Didn’t get to read, but he loves me
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): unsure
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): n/a
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): n/a

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): Instate
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: black
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 100k-150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really

Reflections:
Strengths: interesting EC, recommendations, essays
Weaknesses: Course load
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not sure, probably my demonstrated interest and essays
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at Oakland University(safety) and Kalamazoo College. Deferred at UChicago

General Comments (if any): n/a

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Decision: Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 33
SAT II: didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
Weighted GPA:4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):No rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 AP’s AP lang: 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:AP Lit, AP Economics, AP Spanish Lit, Astronomy, Research class for program I was accepted into, calculous
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honor roll sophomore year, High honor roll junior year (and most likely senior year because my grades are higher) Spotlight scholar for AP Lit

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 9 (head of science department)
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details):9
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):8
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details):
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details):

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?:No
Intended Major:Not sure
State (if domestic applicant):MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Private
Ethnicity:White middle eastern
Gender:Female
Income Bracket:200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflections:
Strengths:ACT and essays?
Weaknesses:Lower GPA, OOS, maybe not enough interest? My essay was pretty specific about Michigan so idk
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: OOS? not sure
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

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[size=4]Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t Take It
ACT (breakdown): 36 (35 English, 36 Math, 36 Reading, 36 Science)
SAT II: 780 Math 2, 750 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Weighted GPA: 4.21
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):NA
AP (place score in parenthesis):Chem (4), Statistics (5), Computer Science (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):NA
Senior Year Course Load:AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics, AP Calculus BC, AP Chinese, World Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):I wish lol

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Community service club vice president, Stem Club, nothing that significant…
Job/Work Experience: Intern at GPS Service Company
Volunteer/Community service: Around 400 hours during the four years
Summer Activities: Junior Camp leader teaching kids
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7, not the best essays in the world but still got some uniqueness
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details):10, she absolutely loved me and I really participated in her class for 4 years
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details):8, I tried hard in her class and showed interest in this particular subject
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 6, I really didn’t talk with the counselor that much and I only had one interview with him before him writing the letter of rec
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details):None
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details):None

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: I did the Fafsa
Intended Major: LSA (data science)
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Not really…

Reflections:
Strengths:Decent GPA and test scores, good letter of recs
Weaknesses:Really weak extracurricular activities

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test scores, I think???
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred at Caltech

General Comments (if any):

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2180…760 reading, 750 writing, 670 math (yikes)
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t submit (31)
SAT II: 690 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6?
Weighted GPA: 4.1
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 12%
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3), APUSH (3), Bio (3), Lang (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs…AP Chem, AP Micro, AP Lit, AP Environmental, AP Calc AB, AP Gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ honors, national merit commanded

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, JV tennis, a bunch of clubs but no leadership
Job/Work Experience: Ice Cream shop since beginning of senior year, 15-20 hrs/week
Volunteer/Community service: A lot. Volunteered at hospital 4 hours a week for about 6 months, at a daycare summer camp 4 hours a week for two months, tutored homeless kids for two years two hours once a week
Summer Activities: chilling
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9. Writing is a huge strong point of mine and I really put a lot of time and effort into my essay. It didn’t really fit any of the common app prompts, but it was very well written if I do say so myself.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 8? Honestly have no idea, didn’t get to read it. The teacher really loved me though so I’m sure it was good.
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): Only sent one.
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 7-8? Again, didn’t read it but I communicated with my counselor a lot over the past year and she seems to really like me.
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): n/a
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): n/a

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Economics and minor in poli sci
State (if domestic applicant): OOS (Indiana)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white (Arab)
Gender: female
Income Bracket: around $250,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
My grandma received her masters from UM but I don’t know if the grandparent legacy really helped that much
Reflections:
Strengths: SAT, essays
Weaknesses: Definitely GPA, I’ve been in all honors and AP classes since freshman year but have received mainly B+s which is why my unweighted GPA is horrendous
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was totally expecting a deferral since I’m OOS but my short essays for UM showed how interested I am in the school and that I’ve really done my research
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Indiana University w/ scholarships, rejected ED Northwestern

General Comments (if any): It feels crazy filling this out because I have been stalking these decision threads since my sophomore year…time sure does go by fast :slight_smile:
anyways, definitely will be attending if I can convince my parents to pay OOS tuition lol…have been a little down since the 14th when I was rejected ED from Northwestern, but I was having second thoughts about NU anyways because of how much more appealing UM was becoming to me. Go Blue!!!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 33C (27E, 36M, 34R, 35S)
SAT II: didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.33
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a

AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (5) US History (4) Calc BC (5) Language (5) Micro (5) Macro (5) American Government (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP literature, AP comparative government, physics 2, broadcasting, Spanish 4

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (Executive Board), Video Club(Director/Producer), National Honors Society, Rotary Club
Job/Work Experience: Tutor at the Tutoring Center
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at community center with the technology center
Summer Activities: Attending Leadership and Business Camp,
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8 (Felt like my essay made a good point about explaining square one and how you can’t go back to it.)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 9 (My Econ teacher, did a great job explaining my strengths in both the classroom and outside of it)
Teacher Rec #2: 7 (my broadcast teacher I’ve known for three years felt like he did a good job. He likes me)
Counselor Rec: 7 (knew him well and knows he likes me)
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Business Admin/Economics
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: Suburban Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k+

Reflections:
Strengths: good extracurriculars, good recommendations
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UChicago (deferred EA) Northwestern (Regular Decision) UPenn (regular decision)

General Comments (if any): Attending my dream school and have already put in my deposit!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): superscore 2300 (W: 780, R: 750, M: 770, essay: 9)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: Math II 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
Weighted GPA: 100.75 on a 100-point scale (school doesn’t use 4.0)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/315
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chinese/Calculus BC/AB subscore/Computer Science A/Language and Composition: 5, Physics 1/United States History: 4, Chemistry: 3 (didn’t report)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP physics C, world literature, AP psychology, band, intro to art studio, AP environmental science, AP statistics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): pit orchestra (only clarinet, 9/10/11/12), NJAB (audition-based, symphonic band, 9/10), marching band (11), clarinet lessons (also played in a clarinet qunitet as first clarinet, 9/10), tennis (second doubles JV, 9/10), NHS (12), Math Honor Society (11/12), Science Honor Society (11/12)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at the Liberty Science Center (150 hours)
Summer Activities: JHU CTY (9/10, took math logic/paradoxes and infinities, respectively)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App: 8 (wasn’t amazing but it showed who I am and talked about some projects that I’ve taken on), community: 8 (pretty happy with that one, wrote about being Chinese-American), why UMich: 7 (wasn’t really feeling it, pretty generic to be honest)

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): physics teacher, 8 (basically told him what to write so I thought it was okay)
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): engineering teacher, 9 (had him for two years, he really liked me and I did well in the class)
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 6 (got a completely new counselor this year so he didn’t know me well, filled out a form that possibly helped him)
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): N/A
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): N/A

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: mechanical engineering
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: F (but I’m nonbinary, so I clarified on the Common Application)
Income Bracket: $150,000 - $200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): identify as nonbinary, counselor might have written about me dealing with mental illness (depression)

Reflections:
Strengths: GPA, test scores
Weaknesses: essays were pretty average, not many extracurriculars (they were basically all music-related), not a lot of community service relative to others
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: pretty unique in the sense of identity, strong GPA and test scores, pretty well-rounded
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to a state college, still waiting on everywhere else

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Decision: Accepted

[B]Objective:*
SAT I (breakdown): 1510 (770 Math 740 Writing/Reading)
ACT (breakdown): did not send
SAT II: did not send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): did not send
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, Computer Science, AP Spanish, Modern Lit, AP Stats, Band, AP Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Commended National Merit, AP Scholar with Distinction

[B]Subjective:*
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Spanish club, BuildOn, basketball freshman year, NHS (tutor)
Job/Work Experience: Worked at medical office each summer
Volunteer/Community service: mostly through NHS, Summer in the City, food banks, and local library
Summer Activities: see above
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8/10

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 9/10 AP Chem teacher knows me really well and likes me a lot
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 8/10 it was pretty good not too generic
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): I guess it was good she doesn’t really know me though
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details):
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details):

[B]Other:*
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Psychology
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: idk
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

[B]Reflections:*
Strengths: Essays probably
Weaknesses: Probably my extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ^^^
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Wayne State, Oakland University, MSU, UChicago

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1280 (690 CR 590 M 18/24 Essay) and 1250 (660 CR 590 M 21/24 Essay)
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t send
SAT II: None
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
Weighted GPA: None
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unknown
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Gov (5) AP Lang (4) APUSH (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP World History, AP Human Geography, AP English Lit, Precalculus, Chemistry, Art, Yearbook
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar Award (Not really that impressive)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Junior Secretary General), Gay Straight Alliance (Vice President), Service Learning Group (Co-leader), Foreign Exchange, Piano/voice, Tutoring
Job/Work Experience: I work part-time as a lab technician
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, various projects with local service learning group, National Honor Society
Summer Activities: Just working and continuing some extracurriculars
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I feel weird giving them a number value, but they were definitely the best part of my application. My common app essay was about campaigning during the presidential primaries and my community essay was about my ethnicity/culture.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details):Probably an 8 or 9. My AP Lang teacher wrote it and he’s a great writer!
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): None
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): No idea! I’m sure it was average/decent because I don’t know her very well.
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): None
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): None

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Political Science or PPE
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: F
Income Bracket: :wink:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflections:
Strengths: Definitely my essays and teacher rec!
Weaknesses: My SAT scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t think I would’ve gotten in without my essays!! My GPA and extracurriculars were also pretty good.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to James Madison College at MSU

General Comments (if any): Please don’t feel discouraged if your scores or GPA or some other part of your application doesn’t seem to be up to UMich’s (or any other school’s) standards; you still have a chance! I think that what I lacked in with the SAT was made up for by my essays; I used my strength to make up for my weakness, and it worked! I know that if it worked for me, it can work for you too ! :slight_smile:

If anyone would like to read my essays please feel free to PM me! :slight_smile:

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Decision: Accepted LSA

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 34 Composite, sent both tries. One was 36 E 36 R 31 M 32 S, other was 35 E 35 R 29 M 36 S
SAT II: 790 US History, 750 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.970
Weighted GPA: 4.838
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US Gov (5), AP Econ (4), AP US History (5), AP Calculus (5), AP Lang and Comp (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit and Comp, Honors French 4, AP Stats, AP Environmental Science, AP Psychology
Honors: National Honors Society, National French Contest top medalist, National French Honors Society, Phi Alpha Theta

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Attended Lithuanian saturday school from 18 mos. to sophomore year when I graduated
-Member of Lithuanian Catholic Youth Group Ateitis (Chapter PR Chair and Board Member) (2010-now)
-Student Council (VP 9th grade and Service Project Chair now) (9,10,11,12)
-School district Relay For Life (Team Captain for all four years) - biggest youth fundraiser in country
-Model UN (Executive Board Member) (11,12)
-Dancer in Lithuanian folk ensemble (11,12)
-Youth and Government (Committee Chair, Lt. Governor Candidate)
-National Honors Society (Historian)
-Principal’s/Superintendent’s Advisory Board (9,10,11,12)
-Student Ambassador (12)

Job/Work Experience: Teacher’s Assistant at a Lithuanian school, Camp Counselor and Kitchen staff at Lithuanian Catholic summer camps

Volunteer/Community service: Nothing special, just required graduation hours recorded. But I talked a lot in my essays about my community service through Student Council, Relay, and Ateitis

Summer Activities: Participated in International Lithuanian Song and Dance festivals as a singer and dancer, attended month long Lithuanian camps from childhood

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App: 8/10, pretty solid and deep. Talks about my Lithuanian culture and my ancestor’s history, I tied that into my interest in Poli Sci.
Michigan questions: I’d say 8/10 for the short ones and 9/10 for my “Why Michigan” one. That one was pretty solid as well.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 9/10 - super close with my APUSH teacher
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 8/10 - teacher is an excellent writer and she liked me but we aren’t close
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 7/10 - we aren’t close and I don’t see her writing a crazy good rec
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): 9.5/10 from my Youth and Gov sponsor, touched on my experience in leadership and how obsessed I am with that club :slight_smile:

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Not yet
Intended Major: Poli Sci
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
School Type: Suburban public school, not extremely competitive
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $50,000-$75,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflections:
Strengths: I’d say the pretty solid overall theme of politics/government related ECs plus my essays is probably what looked good, as well as all my Lithuanian stuff. They must’ve liked seeing people that are really into their heritage.
Weaknesses: Community service and UW GPA

Why you think you were accepted: What i said in my strengths basically
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to the University of Alabama, UIUC. Applying to Vanderbilt and Penn in the RD rounds (so I have no chance lol).

General Comments (if any):
Good luck to people still waiting on decisions and go blue :))

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Decision: Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): did not take
ACT (breakdown): 33, 34 superscore (36 science, 36 reading, 35 English, 31 math, 29 essay)
SAT II: chem 700 lit 700 math II 680
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
Weighted GPA: 4.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): we should not talk about that… I took 9 AP’s, scores all 3s.
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP music theory, AP Calc, ASL 2, AP literature, chamber choir, AP Bio (DP)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): HAH. Unless going to states in choir counts.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): drama club (publicity chair), choir(section leader), all state choir, a lot of outside theater, national honors society, national science honors society, Tri-M, international thespian society(board member), student ambassador
Job/Work Experience: nothing of note
Volunteer/Community service: over 145 hours, camp counselor, tutor for math and science.
Summer Activities: summer theater internships, camp counselor.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7? (I visited and I REALLY WANT TO GO. I think I made that pretty clear!)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 9.5 (Math. got A’s in her class(97%+), we got along well, made her a really nice card at the end of the year)
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 7-8 (English. talked quite a bit with her, could have put more effort into her class)
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 7-8 (had 3 meetings with him, he saw my plays, on a first name basis)
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): none
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): none

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?:no
Intended Major: LSA Undecided
State (if domestic applicant):MD
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: $100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not really

Reflections:
Strengths: ACT
Weaknesses: gpa, So-so sat II, AP SCORES
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: possible volume of EA, gpa, AP scores not reported
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
accepted- Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (40k scholarship, James honors scholar)
Rejected- Yale

General Comments (if any): Michigan is my number one. If I get rejected, I might spend the rest of the year with a paper bag over my head.

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Decision: Accepted LSA - undeclared.

Objective:
SAT I: 2210 (old test)
ACT (breakdown): 35
SAT II: Bio (750), Math (800)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Weighted GPA: 4.56
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro History, English Literature, Calculus B/C, Physicsl I, Physics II, French, working on Stats, Computer Science, Macro Economics and Multi-Variable Calculus (not AP class but college level teaching by instructor from local community college)
Honors: National Honors Society, National Merit Scholarship Semi-finalist

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • Boy Scout
  • Regional Youth Band

Volunteer/Community service: Nothing special, volunteering at local Veteran’s Hospital and school tutoring

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Not yet
Intended Major: Math related science
State (if domestic applicant): OOS
School Type: Suburban public school, somewhat competitive

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Accepted LSA

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 30
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
Weighted GPA: 4.1659
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/575
AP (place score in parenthesis): World 4, Chem 3, CalcBC 4, Lang 5, Psych 4,
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Civics, AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Bio, AP Comp Sci, AP Macro
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ethnic Youth Group (performances(dances/skits), camp, training, retreats), Marching+Concert Band (2 yr section leader, Div 1 Rating at districts/state), Graphic Design Club (revamped to online platform, printed work)
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: NHS (Lead Tutor, designed t shirt and posters)
Summer Activities: Ethnic Youth Group activities and traveling
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9. My lit teacher worships my writing, but I had no one look over my essays so idk how strong they actually were. Probably spent more time helping other people with theirs
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): Calc Teacher, went from B to A but not close. Didn’t read.
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): Band Teacher. Section leader + active, but huge band with many students and Didn’t read
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): lot’s of headbutting bc of schedule conflict, but I was polite and prompt. Didn’t read
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): XC coach wrote an amazing rec!! Great relationship with her even though I was terrible at running because of my determination, politeness and attitude
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details):

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major: Comp Sci/Bio/Stats/Poli Sci
State (if domestic applicant): MI
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: Vietnamese
Gender: F
Income Bracket: <100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Strengths: Well-rounded and unique app in context of a large public school
Weaknesses: ACT, rank, GPA, Recs (didn’t read 3/4 of them)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I presented myself as a very unique and genuine individual with strong interest
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Michigan St (accepted), Wayne St (applied)

Expected a deferral. the wait killed me lol

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 33 C
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (4), U.S. History (5), Microeconomics (4), English 11 (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish 5, AP Gov, AP English, CHS Calc, AP Psych
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (Vice-President), Mock Trial
Job/Work Experience: Icecream shop worker
Volunteer/Community service: Mission Trip (4 consecutive summers)
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8.5
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details):
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details):
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details):

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: LSA
State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflections:
Strengths: Volunteer Service, leadership, ACT, strength of schedule
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think they must of looked at me on a holistic level
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State Honors

[B]General Comments (if any):*
I am so excited to be accepted!

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B]Decision: Accepted School of Nursing**

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1860 on old SAT (600m,630cr, 630w), 1330 on new SAT (670m, 680w)
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Weighted GPA: 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 37/477
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3), Bio (3), Lang and Comp (3), Stats (2), Micro(1)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: APUSH, College Writing, Health Internship, Genetics, AVID Tutoring, special needs tutoring
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swimming 4 yr varsity and captain, Student government (elected senior class senator)
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard/Lesson instructor at local pool
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at a free medical clinic
Summer Activities: Attended NSLC for medicine and health care at UC Berkeley
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8/9
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10, had my middle school english teacher/tutor through high school write me a letter of rec, he said it was really good but i haven’t read it yet.

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 10, see above
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): n/a
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 10
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details):
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details):

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
Intended Major: Nursing
State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: middle/high class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy

Reflections:
Strengths: Letters of rec, essays, extra curriculars
Weaknesses: Test scores and GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: honestly no clue… Im shocked!!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to university of Pittsburgh and waiting on UNC and UVA

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ACCEPTED
Engineering OOS

SAT I (breakdown): 1580 (790 M, 790 CR) (1 Sitting)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.70
Weighted GPA (Out of 5.0): 4.52
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10-15%, extremely competitive magnet program school

AP (place score in parenthesis): National AP Scholar, Computer Science (5), Biology (5), Physics (5), Chemistry (4), Statistics (4), BC Calculus (5), English Lang (5), World History (4), NSL (5)

IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Linear Algebra, Mathematical Physics (Crazy hard), Marine Biology, Political/Sports statistics, Honors English, AP Macro, Research Project

Pretty crazy course rigor throughout HS: Quantum Physics, Organic Chemistry, Linear Algebra, Discrete Math, Cell Physiology, Immunology, Analytical Chem, Physical Chem, Bio Chem, and all AP english and social studies’

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, National AP Scholar. Have applied to regeneron/intel STS and have a pretty good chance at getting to semifinals (I invented some computer stuff to markedly improve Parkinson’s research)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (leadership in parenthesis):

Debate Team (Captain of school team), Also on an independent team. Top 200 in the country, made NSDA Nationals and a bunch of other national tournaments. Round of 16 at a big international debate tournament.

3rd degree Black Belt, Have won a few sparring competitions

Independent Soccer Team (Captain, Goalkeeper) On it since kindergarten
Independent Baseball/Basketball teams, Low-level
Surf and Rock climb a lot

Job/Work Experience: Interned in a pretty well-known Parkinson’s disease lab over the summer at UCLA, invented something to improve their research. Camp counselor the previous two summers
Volunteer/Community service: Lots of miscellaneous stuff, but the Camp counselor work experience was as a volunteer.
Summer Activities: (See above)

Essays (rating 1-10, details):

Essays are 8+, both parents are writers and I have them working with me on them. I’ve got a lot of dramatic, good stories about how my grandparents have Parkinson’s so I did Parkinson’s research, carried a kid out of a valley on my back during a camping trip when he gashed his knee open, etc.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Computer Science Teacher, 8/10. He had everyone he gave a rec to fill out a form, so I gave him a bunch of good material to write about. Very eloquent guy, Harvard journalist turned CS major, should be a good rec.
Teacher Rec #2: Economics teacher: 9-10/10. Loves me, I get hundreds on everything in his class.
Counselor Rec: 8/10. I talk with her fairly often, she likes me. Gave her some good material to write about
Additional Rec:10/10 From the PI of the lab where I worked, well-respected researcher. Said he would write a “Glowing” rec for me at the end of the internship
Interview: I’ve interview well, have had a few and they’ve gone well so far

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but don’t really need it
Intended Major: Computer Engineering, maybe double major with econ/business
State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public, Magnet
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[B]Reflections:*
Strengths: Scores, ECS, had one legacy, interview
Weaknesses: GPA, only had one rec
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: robably a combination of SAT and ECS
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Haven’t applied anywhere else yet

[B]General Comments (if any):*
Very happy to be in, still applying a bunch of other places

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@jajajalol Congrats!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1470 (720 RW, 750 M)
ACT (breakdown): didn’t take
SAT II: 730 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Weighted GPA: 4.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB exams are in May, but I’m doing the IB Diploma program
Senior Year Course Load: IB HL Language and Literature (Spanish), IB HL English, IB HL History of the Americas, IB SL Biology, IB SL Mathematics, IB SL Visual Arts, regular level Chemistry and Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I don’t think I have any…

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class Secretary (10th, 11th, 12th) - created a calendar system that was successful enough that it was recently made mandatory for all classes. Piano - I’ve been playing the piano for about 5 years now. Swimming - swim as a sport and hobby since I can remember.
2-time Math Olympic Champion at my school
Model UN (won 3 prizes in my committe at an international conference hosted in my country).
Job/Work Experience: Internship at a Clinical Laboratory last summer
Volunteer/Community service: Helped organize and execute a Summer camp for local underprivileged children
Summer Activities: Two Major-related Summer Courses at Brown University, one online and one in presence
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App - I like to say 10/10 because I worked really hard on it. Basically talks about how my logical, organized mindset defines who I am, by giving a few examples.
Michigan Supplement #1 - 8/10, just talks about how the piano is really important to me.
Michigan Supplement #2 - 9/10 Talks about my involvement in the community at my recent internship
Michigan Supplement #3 - 9/10 Tried to show as much interest as possible by referencing specifics in Michigan’s BME program.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): Math teacher, knows me well, I’d say 8/10
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): Biology teacher, known for giving great recs, so I’ll say 9/10
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 8/10?
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): n/a
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): n/a

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): n/a
Country (if international applicant): Dominican Republic
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 200,000-250,000 (I know I don’t really qualify for aid, but the truth is my parents can’t afford college as it stands so we’re applying anyway)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hispanic Female in Engineering? I guess?

Reflections:
Strengths: I suppose my ECs are pretty good, and my SATs are good too
Weaknesses: I didn’t really get to read my recs so I don’t know how good they are.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Overall strong stats I guess
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Purdue, deferred at Case Western Reserve

[B]General Comments (if any):*

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Decision: Accepted into College of Engineering

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1500 800M 700R
ACT (breakdown): 32
SAT II: 800 Math 750 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.63
Weighted GPA: 4.066
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, BC Calc, AP Government, AP Lang, AP Chinese.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Botball Robotics Officer 9-12, School science magazine senior editor 9-12, Principal clarinetist at an orchestra 9-12. No sports.
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered a Museum 200+ hrs 10-12, Secretary at a PC donation club 10-12,
Summer Activities: Volunteering at the Museum
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App 7.5/10 but Michigan essays were quality

Teacher Rec #1: 9/10 AB Teacher, great relationship
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10 Computer Science Teacher, great relationship
Counselor Rec: 7/10 Don’t talk to my counselor much
Interview: Did NOT do the HAIL interview

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
State: OOS
School Type: Public Magnet, consistently ranked among top 5 High Schools in the country
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: middle/high

Reflections:
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted: Put a lot of my time into my essays.