UMichigan Ann Arbor Class of 2021 Results Only

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[B][size=4][color=#FFA500]Decision: Deferred[/color][/size][/b]

[B]Objective:*
SAT I (breakdown):N/A
ACT (breakdown): 30 C (E 27 R 30 M 30 S 32)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): International student taking IBDP - school didn’t provide a gpa?
Weighted GPA: n/a
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not provided by school but probably ~ top 15
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A (no AP courses at school)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Official predicted grades from school - Eng Lang Lit A SL (7) Maths SL (7) Physics SL (7) Mandarin B HL (6) Music HL (6) Economics HL (7) | ToK (A) EE (B) Total: 43/45
Senior Year Course Load: Eng Lang Lit A SL, Maths SL, Physics SL, Mandarin B HL, Music HL, Economics HL, | ToK
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Full Tuition music scholarship (From my school) - not sure if this counts

[B]Subjective:*
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of music ECs. Mentoring younger kids at school, playing in school bands - my own band played semi professionally in bars and was invited to play at Clockenflap 2015 (high profile music festival with over 50,000 attendees)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: N/A
Summer Activities: Did research for my extended essay?
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 9/10, Written by my English/ToK teacher - Counselor said it was extremely well written and one of the best she’s read (I have a very good relationship with this teacher) I have an extremely high degree of confidence that this teacher has the ability to write a really good recommendation
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 8-9/10 Written by my Economics teacher (I also have a very good relationship with this teacher and he told me about the contents of the recommendation)
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 7-8/10? Counselor repeatedly tells me that I’m hard working and she really likes me.
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): N/A
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): N/A

[B]Other:*
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
School Type: Private, international school
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: lol
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation

[B]Reflections:*
Strengths: Very specific in supplemental essays (specifics about courses, internships, overseas internships etc.), IB program is extremely rigorous and my IB predicted grades
Weaknesses: ACT score for international student, grades were nowhere near as good in 10th grade.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: uhhhh
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: N/A

[B]General Comments (if any):*
Did the December ACT, so hopefully that went well + hopefully the mid year report will help me a bit. Go Blue and good luck to everyone on CC!

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Decision: Accepted College of Engineering

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
ACT (breakdown):34 C (35 E, 34 M, 33 R, 34 S), 28 writing
SAT II: 760 Math I, 770 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t have this
Weighted GPA: 96.5/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Only submitted AP Statistics, 5
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, AP English Lit, AP US Gov, AP Micro, AP Macro, AP French, Chamber Orchestra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National Merit Scholarship Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction.
Only some local math research awards other than that.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Varsity XC (Captain) - All Conference 2x
Varsity Indoor Track (Captain) - State Champs Qualifier
Varsity Outdoor Track (Captain) - Eastern State Champs Qualifier
Violin, - All State, 8x All County
Computer stuff - Certified technician from age 12, I build a lot of computer and tinker around and stuff.

Job/Work Experience:
Worked with some startups.

Volunteer/Community service:
Started a tech literacy group, was part of a group that donated technology to the underprivileged, did a lot of running related activities.

Summer Activities:
Daily summer XC training, volunteering with my school’s youth running program.

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App - 9.5, everybody I showed it to loved it (although that’s probably not saying much). I wrote about the influence running had on my life, although it was a little bit of a twist from what you’d expect I guess.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9, Physics teacher kept on telling my mom how great the rec was. Had a really good time in his class last year, I have him again for Physics C.
Teacher Rec #2: 6, Did terrible in my math class last year haha. I was on good terms with my teacher though.
Counselor Rec: 8.5, she kept on telling me how unique my activities were, but in the end the guidance counselor rec will probably always be a bit general.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Went well, he seemed impressed and we got along.

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Data Science - Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large public, pretty highly ranked
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Prefer not to say
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection:
Strengths: ACT, Essays, ECs
Weaknesses: GPA, SAT II
Why you think you were accepted: Common App essay, ACT score above Engineering median.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted - University of Toronto (U of T Scholar), Case Western Reserve University (STEM Scholarship)
Rejected - UPenn
Deferred - UChicago

General Comments:

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 32
SAT II: Math II (800) Physics (740)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
Weighted GPA:4.35
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): No AP classes offered
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AT Physics II, AT Calculus, AT US History, Latin 4, Chamber Collective, English 4
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Illinois State Scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Cello (Individual Lessons + Chamber), Varsity Basketball (3 years), United Synagogue Youth, Theatre (Leads in 3 Musicals and 1 play)
Job/Work Experience: CIT at Camp Ramah, Hebrew Teacher at Synagogue
Volunteer/Community service: Ready Set Grow (Tutoring Kids 50+ hours), Tikvah Chaverim (Mentoring Special needs kids 30+ Hours)
Summer Activities: Camp Ramah in Wisconsin and Ramah Seminar in Israel (An educational seminar in Jerusalem for Jewish American teens)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 10/10 - Really displayed how much I wanted to go to Michigan and how I grew up a huge Michigan fan. Started with a quote from Bo Schembechler- The long time Michigan Football coach - and talked about how my mom, cousins, uncle, aunt all attended Michigan.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details):10/10 - Went above and beyond in this class and my teacher loved me and would always talk to me after class about the Cubs and basketball etc. I met with him and wrote him a letter to help him write his letter of rec and included some of my proudest work as a student in his class.
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 9/10 - Had a great relationship with this teacher, would always stay after class and talk to him. However, he had to write over 50 letters of recommendation, so I was worried it would be very cliche and not specific.
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):8/10 - New my counselor well, but not on a very personal level
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details):None
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details):None

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
Intended Major: Business Management
State (if domestic applicant):Illinois
Country (if international applicant):United States
School Type: Private School (#1 Private School in Illinois)
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:Dad makes over 1 million dollars a year, Mom is unemployed.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): MAJOR Legacy (Everyone in family)

Reflections:
Strengths:GPA and Essays
Weaknesses: ACT score was very average
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted to University of Illinois, University of Chicago and University of Michigan (3 for 3!!!)

General Comments (if any):
WILL BE ATTENDING UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN as a member of the CLASS OF 2021!!! GO BLUE!
Still waiting to here back from Ross in March, but won’t make or brake my decision.
Didn’t wan’t to go to University of Chicago (not my type + already live on campus), was possibly thinking about Northwestern, but was so overjoyed when I got into Michigan, I knew this was the perfect place for me.

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@realteddybear65 May I ask if UMich granted you any aid or scholarship? I’m an international student too. From my research, they are not generous, but I’m really hooked on their Marketing major.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1500 (750 M, 750 E)
ACT (breakdown): 34 (32 M, 35 E, 35 R, 34 S)
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.96
Weighted GPA: 4.29
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/205
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB SL Mathematics (6)
Senior Year Course Load:
IB HL English, IB HL French, IB HL Biology, IB SL ESS, IB HL HOTA, College Calculus II, Audition Choir
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Semifinalist, Optimist Oratorical Contest Regional 1st Place

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (President), Student Government (Communications Director), Choir (Soprano Section Leader), NHS (committee chair), French Honor Society (Vice-President), Interact (committee chair), Knowledge Bowl (captain), Theater (captain)
Job/Work Experience:Lifeguard (3 yrs), Library (5 yrs), Instructor at a local nonprofit (2 yrs), intern for the Dems
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered for a local nonprofit (4 yrs), ran food drives, etc.
Summer Activities: RYLA, Volunteering, Started a workshop for underclassmen speech and debaters
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
CommonApp: 9/10 - followed my love of languages throughout my life, showed my passions through learning french
Essay #1 - 8/10 - talked about being an IB Diploma kid, surrounded by brilliant people every day
Essay #2 - 10/10 - Used the Michigan fight song to show my various interests in Michigan

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 10/10 - I have had her for years, and she knew me at my worst and my best
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 8/10 - Less familiar, but she was my adviser for my Extended Essay
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 10/10 - Not only knew me, but my difficult family situation

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 25,000-49,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation!

Reflections:
Strengths: My essays, grades, rigorous coursework
Weaknesses: GPA, out of state
Why you think you were accepted: My passion for being a wolverine really showed, I guess
Where else were you accepted: Purdue, University of Denver
Deferred: UChicago

General Comments (if any): I’m so excited to be a victor valiant! Go Blue!

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Decision: Accepted CoE

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 32 (didn’t send)
SAT II: 1450 (740 math, 710 Reading)
Subject tests: 790 Math 2, 710 history
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98/100
Weighted GPA: 101.35
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/167
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc AB (5), AP Lang (4), APUSH (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Stats, AP Literature and Comp, Computer Science, Hon Ocean Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honors Society

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (president), Math Team (captain), varsity soccer, track, Maine Youth Orchestra, Executive Board
Job/Work Experience: Farm Camp Councilor (summer 2016)
Volunteer/Community service: Middle School assistant track coach (15 hrs) , Key Club activities (70 hrs)
Summer Activities: UMaine consider Engineering program (3 days)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7/10 didn’t love my common app essay, but I was very proud of my supplements
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): none

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 9/10 AP Calc teacher, had for two years, he thinks I have a deep appreciation for calculus (arguable but I go with it)
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 8/10 AP English teacher, very kind woman, known for writing good recommendations
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 5/10 she’s a bit of a whack job and I have little faith in her writing abilities
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): none
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): HAIL interview. Had a couple awkward stumbles, but went well

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Bio-medical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Maine
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Urban public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: >100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Mother passed away who’s originally from Michigan

Reflections:
Strengths: supplement essays, GPA, sending SAT subject tests
Weaknesses: SAT score aren’t great for engineering, common app essay was kinda bland
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: OOS from Maine, strong supplements, my why Michigan was strong.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: First decision I’ve received. I’ve applied to Northwestern, Wisconsin-Madison, Tufts, UBuffalo and University of Vermont

General Comments (if any):**
I tore both ACLs in the past year, so I talked about how that has opened my eyes to biomedical engineering.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (750CR, 700M, 710W)
ACT (breakdown): 33 (36E, 35R, 32S, 30M) (10W)
SAT II: 720 US History, 680 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): On the school scale, it’s considered a 4.0UW, around a 3.84-3.89UW on U Mich’s Scale
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5- AP US History, 5-AP Human Geo, 4- English Lit and Comp, 4- AP Chemistry, 3- AP Calculus
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Lang, AP Psychology, AP Biology, AP Gov, Economics, Theater Arts, Linear Algebra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, OVAC All-American Academic (Math) Scholar, National French Honors Society, NHS Member, Westinghouse Science Scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Speech/Debate team, Multi-year member and primary speaker for the local Indian/Hindu-American Association, Varsity XC Runner, 4 year school drama cast member, 4 year poetry slam finalist, President of school Amnesty International, Med Club Secretary, International Club speaker, played various other sports throughout high school
Job/Work Experience: Worked Frozen Yogurt for about 7 months (April 2016-November 2016)
Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours at local hospitals, 50+ at the House of the Carpenter (outreach summer camp for impoverished children)
Summer Activities: Rounds with cardiology assistants as well as aforementioned volunteering, I also run a social media marketing service through Instagram
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App: 9.5/10, English teacher said it was phenomenally written and gave a sense of my true personality and aspirations
Some of my most rushed. Changed an entire one about 45 mins before the deadline. It’s a wonder I got in with these hahah
Activity: 8/10, rushed but not bad
Community: 9/10, had some unique ideas for this one
Why Mich: 6.5/10, while I had some good and specific reasons, I reached way too far and made some ridiculous analogies. It was very cringey
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details)
Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details):9.5/10 from junior english teacher. He’s a great writer and I was a big participant in his class, not to mention that I think he really liked me. He’s overseas now but we continue to converse through email Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 8/10 Economics teacher, he’s talked to me throughout high school and seems to really respect me. While he doesn’t have the greatest idea of how I am as a student, I think it turned out decently
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 7.5/10, Never spoke to her much as an underclassman but I tried to get to know her well this year. She selected me for the Morehead-Cain scholarship at UNC, so I’m definitely a fan of her haha
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): N/A

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): WV
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None. I don’t think my geographic location distracts from the fact that I am indeed an Asian applying to college

Reflections:
Strengths: ACT, some pretty unique extracurriculars and a good common app essay
Weaknesses: My grades. While it may look good on paper, my avg. isn’t the best. SAT, Supplemental Essays also could be better
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was pretty nervous about this one! I think the admissions committee liked that I showed my true personality and passion through the essays and my extracurriculars.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: WVU, University of Pittsburgh. So far, I’m 3/3! Buuut January-April, I hear back from: UVA, UNC-Chapel Hill, Johns Hopkins, Duke, U Penn, Case Western Reserve, OSU. So my college journey is just beginning.

General Comments (if any):
Congratulations to all those accepted! To all those Deferred, good luck! To all those Denied, no worries! A college doesn’t define who you are and there’s some unique aspects to each and every college. Good luck on the rest of your search!

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Decision: Deferred

Objective: Engineering
SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (720 CR, 780 M, 780 W, 11E), new sat 1550 (800 M 750 English)
ACT (breakdown): 34 (don’t remember the individual parts)
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 760 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not sure, maybe top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on AP Calculus AB, Physics C Mechanics, Statistics, 4 on AP Calculus BC, Physics C Electricity and Magnetism, Computer Science A
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lang, AP Econ (Macro and Micro), Diff Eq’s and CA, Computer Science 3 (after AP CS), Gym, Honors Bio, Orchestra (highest group in district)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Hella awards from robotics (20+), Stock market game top 10%,

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

-Captain of FRC Robotics Team (9,10,11,12). Won awards and went to Worlds 2 times. Led a large group of kids and wrote business proposal to gain a lot of money for funding for my team. I am currently trying to coordinate a tutoring project using robotics to teach underprivileged kids about STEM and programming and such. This is a big part of my life and I really became great at helping others learn and attacking situations analytically.
-President of FBLA (10, VP in 11th, P in 12th). Won regional awards, in charge of the club. Lots of duties and too many to list here, but generally, I enjoy it a lot. I lead a special stock-education part of our chapter, where I teach my classmates about stocks, because I really enjoy discussing them and reading about them. All in all, I really enjoy being in this club
-Science Education Club where I became in charge of a tutoring project that works with our local elementary schools, as well as helping a lot to coordinate science fairs and school related events.
-Violin Player since 6th grade (6-12). In top orchestra of school/district (1st Violin), in top local orchestra in the region. Performed at Carnegie Hall with orchestra. Won 3rd place in a quartet competition Private lessons from grades 6-10.

Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
-Pre calc course (at the same tutoring center where I volunteered lol) which allowed me to take calc AB as a sophomore.
-Volunteering at church summer camp and robotics summer class to get into honors societies.
-Summer internship at Financial Services company this summer where I worked with statistics and back-tested their databases. I also worked with customers and tried to sell financial products to them, which required a lot of research (you can’t sell something if you don’t know everything about it!). Lots of fun, learned a lot, and I think I’m going to write about it in a supplement at the very least.
Volunteering:
-Local hospital for 84 hours as a patient escort.
-Local tutoring center as a teaching assistant for 100 hours. Grades and taught kids math concepts, worked with the database and actually learned how to use Excel extensively here.
-Robotics Summer Class at local STEM center for 50 hours. Taught kids about robotics and helped them out when they were making their robots (programming, mechanical problems). Did inventory and cleaned up too.
-Church’s summer camp for 75 hours. In charge of kids and taught important lessons through fun activities. Volunteered at 5ks and other fundraisers for this organization too.

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App (7/10), thought it was alright, but not that amazing
Supplement (9.5-10), I wrote them really, really well. They were unique, and low-key risky too, but I think I pulled it off well.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 7/10 physics teacher. idk if he likes or hates me, so it may or may not have bene good
Teacher Rec #2: 8.5/10 11th grade social studies teacher (we have a different class at our school than most). i talked a lot, became good friends with him, and made a great impression. the rec was probably very generic as he writes one for a lot of students
Counselor Rec: idk didn’t know her b/c my old counselor left this past summer. probably generic
Additional Rec: 10/10 from boss at internship
Interview: offered, took up HAIL interview. Interviewer was rough and asked super tough questions but he said that I was one of his best kids of all time and that’d he’d recommend me in an instant.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Industrial and Operations Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Tri-State Area
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Big (700+ students), public school, academically strong at the top of the class
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 250k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: EC’s, Tests were aight, Supplement was pretty good
Weaknesses: GPA (oh boy), Common app sorta boring
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: GPA GPA GPA
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: As of now, nothing. Applied to my local state school (not gonna specify which), GT. For RD I’m doing a whole other slew (Dartmouth, Northwestern, NYU, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, RPI, etc.).

General Comments : Make sure you don’t screw up your grades. That hurt me the most and is the reason I got deferred during the EA process. Hopefully something else works out in the future. GO BLUE!

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Accepted into LSA

SAT I (breakdown): 1390 (Math: 720, CR:670)
ACT (breakdown): 32 (Math:35 Science: 35 Reading:29 English:29)
SAT II:N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Weighted GPA: 4.52
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AB Calculus (3) Macroeconomics (4) English Language and Comp (4) Physics 1, Microeconomics, Statistics, Human Geography
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Physics 1, Microeconomics, Statistics, Human Geography, Expository Writing (Rutgers)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
B]Subjective:*
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer, Tennis (Captain), FED Challenge
Job/Work Experience: Deli Worker, Landscaper
Volunteer/Community service: River activist project (founder)
Summer Activities: Tennis Club Coach/ volunteer
Essays (rating 1-10, details):9- I believe this got me into Michigan rather than being deferred, because I provided details about why Michigan is the right choice for me based on the programs they offer. Don’t be lazy in your essays. Do research and prove to admissions that you know about the community that you want to become part of.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8- My tennis coach, an alumni and significant student athlete

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 9- English teacher who I had for two years. Knew I had a good work ethic and was active class participant.
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 9- Economics teach I have had for three years. Performed well in her class and proved a solid understanding of material. Also member of a club she runs.
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 9- Have a strong relationship with your counselor. Ensure they have enough information about you to write a powerful letter.
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): Above
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): None

[B]Other:*
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Management (If I get into Ross)
State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
Country (if international applicant): United States
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[B]Reflections:*
Strengths: Essays
Weaknesses: Test Scores, minimal clubs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I believe I was accepted because I worked hard on an application which showed admissions why Michigan is a good fit for me. If you really want it, work for it!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Rejected: University of Pennsylvania
Accepted: Rutgers University

[B]General Comments (if any):*

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):N/A
ACT (breakdown): 33 (36 E, 36 R, 30 S, 29 M, 28 W)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.51
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A but definitely top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), APUSH (5), Lang (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP gov, AP comp. politics, AP calc BC, enviro sci, honors humanities program (school specific), journalism
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Spanish Exam (?) and National Merit Commendation

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • 4 years of acting in school productions
  • 4 years of assistant directing middle school productions (my school is 6th-12th)
  • managing/news and features editor at school paper
  • VP and founding member of school’s MUN club (me and two other girls singlehandedly got this off the ground at our school)
  • year-round job on weekends at my Jewish community center (4 years of that and now I’m one of 2 bosses for the teen work program)
  • 3 years as a tutor for a literacy organization with a chapter at my old title 1 elementary school
  • did a year round internship/ambassador program with a big local theater company last year
  • interned at a New York casting agency this summer
  • founding member of local High School Democrats chapter (12th grade only)
  • online media internship
    Job/Work Experience: see above
    Volunteer/Community service: see above
    Summer Activities: WashU Summer Scholar (2015), internships, camps, idk haha
    Essays (rating 1-10, details): Honestly I don’t know…I’m a good writer but my topic was kind of odd — you either liked it or you didn’t. subjective essays were pretty strong, I think.
    Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): My counselor loves me (I’m her favorite student) and I think my teacher recs were pretty good (I hope).

[B]Other:*
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: communication studies
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: small, private all-girls (secular)
Ethnicity: white (Jewish)
Gender: F
Income Bracket: it’s complicated
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none hahaha

Reflections:
Strengths: GPA? strong humanities achievements?
Weaknesses: no SAT II scores, no hooks
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I’m a pretty strong all-around applicant
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected from Northwestern (ED), and so far I’ve only heard from UMich and NU. I’m still waiting to hear back from: UC Berkeley, UCSB, American, Brandeis, Brown, Emory, Johns Hopkins, Rice, William and Mary, Tufts, USC, WashU in St. Louis (my first choice) and Yale. We’ve got a long ride ahead lol

General Comments (if any): Congrats to everyone! Maybe I’ll be seeing some of you in Ann Arbor next year :slight_smile: And for everyone rejected/deferred: I know how it feels, but there will be so much good news ahead. Go blue!
Oh, also, does anybody know where I can find the facebook group??

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@lynntargaerion I wasn’t offered any aid or scholarships immediately, but I think they don’t release their packages until later. I’m hoping to at least get some sort of a merit scholarship. I’m a U.S. Citizen, though, even though I live abroad, so maybe I’m not the best reference.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):N/A
ACT (breakdown): 33 (33 E, 33 R, 36 S, 29 M, 28 W)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Weighted GPA: 4.19
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9 of 364
AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (4) Bio (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, Honors Eng,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching band (section leader) Jazz band (first chair) symphonic (first chair) Academic Team (captain)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Church mission group
Summer Activities: N/A
Essays (rating 1-10, details):?
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): good?

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): dunno
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): dunno
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): dunno
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): dunno
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): none

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major: Biochemistry
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $250k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflections:
Strengths: Redhead
Weaknesses: Redhead
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ACT and class rank

General Comments:
It’s way to expensive for OOS ($59K), so hello Ohio State University. Sadly.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):N/A
ACT (breakdown): 29
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.55
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 / ~370
AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (3) WH (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): All preIB / IB Classes since freshman year. Scores aren’t out until summer.
Senior Year Course Load: IB Calc, IB Chem (HL), IB Bio (SL), Spanish 4 (SL), etc.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club, animal rescue, woman’s/children’s shelter, etc.
Job/Work Experience: 2 years as cashier / copy and print @ Office Depot
Volunteer/Community service: see ECs . . . although, I did initiate a supplies drive for the woman’s shelter and we got over 400 items donated for the shelter…
Summer Activities: N/A
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App: 9/10; others collectively 6/10

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): didn’t see
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 8/10
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 10/10
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): n/a
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): not offered

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
Intended Major: Political science, but undecided
State (if domestic applicant): ALABAMA
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: like, the lowest one probably…
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflections:
Strengths: Rec letters and common app essay. Maybe my GPA and class load.
Weaknesses: ACT, ACT, ACT… and the fact I like in the backwash of the south… shout out to alabama
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly have no clue how I actually got in.

General Comments:
I could not be more excited to go to UMich. Literally the high point of my life. But to be completely honest, I have no idea why they accepted me other than maybe trying to include more low income students and alabama is such a noncompetitive state. There were way more qualified people that got defered, so I just don’t get it.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (CR 710 math 770 Writing 730)
ACT (breakdown): Did not take
SAT II:math 2 800 chem 800 USH 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.88
Weighted GPA:4.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): BC(5)Chem(5)USH(4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Differential equation, Multivariable Calc, French 4h, English4h, AP physics C, AP econ, AP Computer science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AMC12/10 school winner

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
American Mathematic Competition Club (president)
Literary Club (president)
Student company(founder/CFO)
My own business club(founder)
Entrepreneurship Club(secretary)
Red Cross club(coordinator)

Job/Work Experience:
Internship at Alumni development office, trying to help current students to find internship by connecting students with alumni
Internship at Zhong De securities

Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Internships listed above
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9 about how I find deal with racism through jazz music
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details):9 From my BC teacher
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details):8 From my APUSH teacher
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):9
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details):nope
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): good only 15 mins tho

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?:no
Intended Major:business @Ross or acturial Math
State (if domestic applicant):N/A
Country (if international applicant):CHINA
School Type: boarding prep
Ethnicity:CHINESE
Gender:male
Income Bracket:150,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflections:
Strengths:my essays were really good, very specific and relevant to Umich. In one essay I talked about my love for bodybuilding. And my common app essay was good as well.
Weaknesses:well-rounded
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Scores within range, and good essays and tons of leadership roles
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred by Penn and case western reserve(like Wth serious?)

General Comments (if any):
I tried really hard in high school for a good GPA, and I believe my leadership roles were key

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*[size=4]Decision: Accepted Engineering[/size]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800M, 800CR, 770W)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics 4, APUSH 5, World 5, Lit 5, Psych 5
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Stat, AP Econ, AP Lang, computer design class
Major Awards: AP Scholar, Bridge Building Competition, AP Scholar w Distinction, National Merit something, award for academic achievement and social consciousness

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Track/XC Captain, church leader/lector, designing and building a garden for the language dept., other stuff
Job/Work Experience: lifeguarding, tutoring
Volunteer/Community service: volunteering w autistic kids in several programs, church stuff, that garden (mentioned above), classic service project over the summer
Summer Activities: service activity in WV, lifeguarding, leading STEM camps for kids
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9.5/10, was told it was the best counsellor had ever read
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 9/10, my physics teacher, probably lied a lot and just said good things bc he’s a lazy man no tea
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 9/10, history teacher who I was p close with
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 10/10, had great anecdotes from a sophomore year teacher who adored me
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): n/a
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): i just didn’t know i had an interview offered to me until 2 days ago

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: I will
Intended Major: engineering :slight_smile:
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: best public school in my state
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 250k+?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): girl in engineering /dab

Reflections:
Strengths: biceps, obliques, scores, essays
Weaknesses: just didn’t know i could do an interview
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: stats
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: deferred at duke smh

General Comments (if any): Listen I just am not going to go to UM probably because it’s too far and cold, but damn I was really happy I got in, what a lovely congratulations email and everything. Made my whole day. What a fantastic school, I am so excited for everyone who got in. Is there a UMich group me?

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Decision: Accepted

[B]Objective:*
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 29 (31E, 26M, 33R, 25S, 9W)
SAT II:n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.6?
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (3), Lang (3), Lit (3), World (5), US History (5), Government (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs (AP Art, Stats, and Environmental Science) 1 class at my community college (Organic Chem)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Girl Up (VP), Diversity Club (VP), Students for a Healthy America (VP), NHS (Historian), Student Council (Parliamentarian junior year), Varsity Track, Varsity Cross Country (Captain)
Job/Work Experience: I work at my local TJ Maxx around 10 hours a week
Volunteer/Community service: I do a lot of tutoring
Summer Activities: Working
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8 I’m a decent writer but i didn’t really enjoy the writing prompts as much
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 7, it was good but the teacher wrote the same thing for everyone
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): ? I wasn’t allowed to read it but I’vehad that teacher since middle school
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 9 it was very personal and helped paint a good picture of me
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details):
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details):

[B]Other:*
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: International Studies
State (if domestic applicant): MI
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
N/A
Reflections:
Strengths: GPA, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: Tests scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Michigan called me and told me that they wanted me to take a class that had a writing component second semester so I’m planning on taking newspaper so idk if that helped? I also have a very weird family background which i wrote about in my essays
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Michigan State University, Ohio State University, Alma College, Albion College. Deferred: Georgetown, Tulane ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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        Deferred engineering

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2220: 800M 720R 700W
ACT (breakdown): None
SAT II: 790 Math 2 740 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75( upward trend)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics 1, US History, Chem (all 4s)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP BC, AP Physics C, AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Comp Sci, DE Field Biology, Honors Econ.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Photography Award, International Math Modeling Award, NASA thing?

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
(Founding Member/Secretary) Fan Club 9th
(VP 11, Pres 12) Chess 9th-12th
(Secretary 11) ACS Chem club (10th-12th)
(Founding member 10th, Captain 11th/12th) Physics and Engineering Club
Academic Team 11th-12th
Programming Team 11th
Robotics 9th-11th
Virginia Space Coast Scholars (NASA run program) 10th
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: about 300 hours
Summer Activities: did stuff at NASA before junior year and did community service annually
Essays (rating 1-10, details): common app 7 I struggled with it, but ended up writing about NASA
Supplements 8.5
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1:9/10 chem teacher who loved me and had him for two years and did research with him
Teacher Rec #2:8/10 physics teacher who liked me
Counselor Rec: don’t know
Additional Rec: no
Interview: No

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: materials science and engineering
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public magnet
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: ~100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses: Not sure, probably greatest was freshman year GPA (3.4)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Freshman GPA
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Cornell rejected
I’m 0/2, likely 0/3 when Georgia tech comes out.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): Composite: 35
English: 36
Math: 36
Reading: 35
Science:34
SAT II: Math 2: 800
Biology M: 800
Spanish w/o listening: 790
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not officially available, but I think 2nd out of 73
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Calculus BC (5), AB subscore (5), English Lit (5), Spanish Language (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP-Prep English courses, Multivariable Calc/Differential Equations, AP Physics C, Biotechnology, Anatomy, Spanish 5, Living Religions
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist, TEAMS 10 state winner 2014, Science Olympiad State Winner 2016, National Spanish Exam Gold Medal 2014 & 2015, National Field Hockey Coaches’ Association Academic Squad Scholar of Distinction

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Field Hockey, Lacrosse (4 year varsity & travel club team), Volunteer tutor, Honor board representative, peer mentor, Newspaper (staff writer), Science Olympiad
Job/Work Experience: Sleepaway camp counselor, lacrosse coach, babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: Tutor for underprivileged students, Summer program (~40 hours)
Summer Activities: Camp counselor, engineering conference, immersion trip to Spain
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8- strong overall, common app essay is pretty basic but well-written. Supplements were carefully planned and executed fairly well.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8- strong, from two teachers (History and BC Calc) who know me well as a student. I also got an additional rec from the director of my summer camp.

(Haven’t read any recs- these are all just speculation)
Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 10, History teacher who taught me 9th and 11th grade. She knows me very well and has seen me grow a lot as a student.
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 7, BC Calc teacher who knows me well, but I am not sure about the quality of the rec.
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 8, probably pretty generic but from a well qualified counselor.
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): 9, from my camp director who has known me for 9 years and knows so much about me.
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): 10, did a HAIL interview for the engineering school. Had an amazing conversation with my interviewer and really showed a lot about myself and also learned a ton about the school.

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Engineering Physics
State (if domestic applicant): Washington, DC
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflections:
Strengths: Academics, extracirriculars
Weaknesses: Common app essay, some recs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: A well-qualified applicant who has the stats and demonstrated interest in engineering
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from Stanford

General Comments (if any): Really excited about the school!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 34 (35E, 35M, 32R, 34S)
SAT II: 760 (Bio M), 770 (Math II)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Weighted GPA:4.56
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/389 (Top 3%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (3), Chemistry (3), Biology (4), Calculus AB (5), Psychology (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, Literature and Composition (Dual Enrollment), AP Statistics, AP Calculus BC, Human Anatomy and Physiology, AP US Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class Cabinet - 11th, Journalism (News Editor) - 10th and 11th, Dance (Senior Dancer) - 9-12, Tennis (Varsity) - 9,10,12, NHS - 10-12, School Leadership Group (Planned leadership event for 100+ elementary and middle school students) - 10-12
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community Service: Teaching Indian-American students science and essay writing (150+ hours), providing hands-on experiments at local science museum (100+), School Leadership Group (Planned leadership event for 100+ elementary and middle school students), Mentoring female elementary students for science to encourage women in STEM
Summer Activities: Participated in a rigorous summer program for pre-med students through local hospital
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9, each essay covered a different topic that was important to me (women in STEM, dance and pre-medicine+liberal arts education)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9, strong recommendation letters from teachers that has gotten to know me well as a student and from classes that I did well in.

(Haven’t seen the letters, so this is all just speculation)
Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 10, from AP English teacher (10th and 11th) that has seen me grow between those two years
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 9, from AP Psychology teacher (11th) that would have talked about work ethic and my interest in psychology/neuroscience
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 8, was an overall general conselor letter with some personal details
Additional Rec (if any) (rating 1-10, details): None
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): None

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, Very Large (1,500+)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflections:
Strengths: High stats, showed interest (through college visit), essays tailored to the college
Weaknesses: Applying to UMich as a backup
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: High stats, showed interest (through college visit), essays tailored to the college
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Ohio State (accepted), Ohio University (accepted)
(still waiting to hear back from Miami (Ohio), Emory, WashU, Rice, Northwestern, Case Western, Johns Hopkins)

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[B][size=4][color=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size][/b]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 33 (35E, 31R, 30S, 33M) (8W)
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/850
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Language - 4; AP Biology - 4; AP Calculus BC - 3, AP Calculus AB - 4, APUSH - 3, AP Euro - 3, AP Spanish Language - 3
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Government/AP Macroeconomics, AP Statistics, AP Environmental Sci, AP Comp Sci
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nomination of Highest Prestige Award - Instrumental Music, National Honor Society

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (Sax Section leader), First Chair Oboist, Vietnamese Club (President), Cultural Society (President), Lunar New Year Festival (Event Lead), Asian Film Festival (Staff), coached basketball for young children, teach Vietnamese to young middle school students, National Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: I do lots, and I don’t count.
Summer Activities: Took courses at community college after 11th grade, interned at cancer foundation
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Personal Statement - 8/10 - wrote about manga LOL
Activity: 8/10 talked about band
Community: 8/10 discussed my neighborhood
Why Mich: 7/10 I felt like the essay wasn’t really connected at all since I had like 10 different paragraphs talking about different points
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details)
Teacher Rec #1 - 8/10 from my AP Lang teacher - I often led in Socratic Seminars so that helped
Teacher Rec #2 - 8/10 from my Precalculus teacher - she loved me, but I only had her for a semester
Counselor Rec - 7/10 - I don’t really know her, just gave her a Brag sheet about me
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): n/a

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Economics, Communication, and Preferred Admission into Ross
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Viet)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, since I’m Asian.

Reflections:
Strengths: ACT, leadership, marketing experience in Festivals, and music
Weaknesses: My UW GPA and teacher recs.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t really know, but stats are pretty average for their school, and I prayed every day.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected to Columbia

General Comments (if any):
If you didn’t get in, don’t let yourself down - there are plenty of good schools out there, and Michigan doesn’t have to be the one. I am glad I got into Michigan, but I still gotta wait for that financial aid package!!