University of Michigan Class of 2012 Decisions Thread

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<p>Stats
SAT Verbal: 760
SAT Math:750
SAT Writing:660 :(
SAT Total:2170
SAT II:790, 760, 650
IB taken/scores:IB predicted 39-41 points ----> (+3 points)= 42-44
GPA weighted: Qu'est-ce que c'est??
GPA unweighted:???
Rank or % estimate: top 1%</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays:Personally I think great!
Teacher Recs: Que?
Counselor Rec: Je ne sais pas
Hook (if any): What? What in the world is a hook? I'm no peter pan :)</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Vienna, Austria (Europe)
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Canadian-Asian
Gender: Female
Legacy Yes/No: None
Recruited Yes/No:?
Important ECs: Most Promising Young Artist nominated by the Viennese Perach Music Foundation; Bronze, Silver, Gold International Youth Award; lots and lots of others. :)</p>

<p>Question:
When do BBA decisions come out??</p>

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<p>mid-december last year</p>

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<p>Well, they started in mid-december and went until April</p>

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<p>1MX -- how soon after you were accepted to LSA were you accepted to the Honors program?</p>

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<p>i'm going to bump this thread for the newly accepted applicants. this will be really helpful for next year guys...is there a way we can get this stickied?</p>

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<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Accepted LSA: [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT Verbal: 660
[ *] SAT Math: 700
[ *] SAT Writing: 700
[ *] SAT Total: 2060 (retaking on saturday, although it doesn't matter for UM)
[ *] SAT II: Math II 800, Spanish 720, USH 710
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores: 5: Bio, USH, Calc AB, Physics B 4: Euro, Lang/Comp... will take Lit and Calc BC plus maybe more this year.
[ *] GPA weighted: 4.5
[ *] GPA unweighted: 3.99
[ *] Rank or % estimate: 1/300ish (but all people with above 4.0 W are number 1)... top 3%</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: I'm not a spectacular writer but probably alright
[ *] Teacher Recs: Probably good, my calc teacher who wrote it is kind of spacy but he's a good teacher and likes me and stuff
[ *] Counselor Rec: Generic, I don't know my counselor</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Out of state
[ *] School Type: Large public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Legacy Yes/No: No
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: No
[ *] Important ECs: Swimming (state qualifier, captain, etc), Piano, Art Shows/Art Club, Tennis</p>

<p>[ /list]</p>

<p>[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/etc:[ /b]
When do we find out PA decisions? sorry if it's already been asked, but I want to know what to expect.
Congrats to all</p>

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<p>......wow that didn't work.</p>

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<p>[ b]Decision && School:deferred LSA **</p>

<p>[<em>] SAT Verbal: 740
[</em>] SAT Math: 680
[<em>] SAT Writing: 800
[</em>] SAT Total: 2220
[<em>] GPA weighted: 3.86
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.79
[li] Rank or % estimate: top 20%, very very competitive</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: well thought out, articulate.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: very positive
[li] Counselor Rec: outstanding</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul] b]Location/Person*[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: private, dual-curriculum, very competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: Not
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: Not
[li] Important ECs: sports editor of school paper, four years of advanced graphic design, summer job, etc.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Other Factors:*
Won an Jewish bible scholarship award. obviously wasn't really a factor though</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Michigan made a tremendous mistake in deferring me.</p>

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<p>Accepted CoE</p>

<p>Stats:
[ *] SAT Verbal: 670
[ *] SAT Math: 750
[ *] SAT Writing: 610
[ *] SAT Total: 2030 (not superscored, 2 tries)
[ *] SAT II: Math II 670, Physics 650, Chem 650
* AP/IB taken/scores:Calc AB, taking Physics C, Calc BC, Stats, and Comp Sci this year.
* GPA weighted:3.51/ Good upward trend
* GPA unweighted:A lot lower, maybe 3.2/3.1
* Rank or % estimate:?</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays:Decent
* Teacher Recs: Decent
* Counselor Rec: Idk.
* Hook (if any): Like Rubik's Cubes
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country:MA
* School Type:Private
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender:male
* Legacy Yes/No:No,
* Recruited Yes/No:No.
* Important ECs: Created Science team/president, leader in Association for Diversity, Church youth group leader
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors: I go to a school with an excellent reputation</p>

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<p>kafka, did they tell you that, or are you just assuming bc you havent heard yet? thats really weird, your stats are awesome.</p>

<p>go blue, congrats to all!</p>

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<p>application sent in online : 11:18 pm Oct/31
had what i thought everything : 11/04</p>

<p>FINALLY got my teacher rec : dec/8</p>

<p>*Desision : Accepted LSA: undeclared *</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT/ACT: 30 - 32 super
* SAT IIs: 770 math 1, 760 math 2, 650 chem
* GPA (w/uw): 3.732/4 or 4.1/5
* Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %: 29/238
* Total AP's/IB's taken (score): chem 4, calc ab 4, now: phys, calc bc, literature, stats
* Course load: every AP i could fit and every honors my school offered
* Other stats:
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: i wrote about architecture for the big one...
* Teacher Recs: decent? i dunno if he liked me...
* Counselor Rec: didn't read
* Interview: none
* Major EC's: varsity xc cap-10,11,12, varsity track 10,11,12, NHS president, Key Club Vice president, senior class vice president, Latin Club 9,10,11-officer,12-officer, bunch more
* Work experience: intern architecture/engineering/surveying firm
* Hook (if any): I AM SWEET, first generation, sis goes there
* Notable weaknesses (if any): NONE
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: mich
* School Type: public
* Ethnicity: asian
* Gender: f
* Income Bracket: 50,000-60,000
* Financial aid?: they better give me some, and 4000 from MME
* Intended Major: ARCHITECTURE!
* Other schools in mind: CORNELL ED, carnegie mellon, USC, rice
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors: i am sweet?</p>

<p>General Comments: i am so happy! this is the first school to accept me! all my friends have already gotten in somewhere, state, western, grand valley and YES!! i'm at least going somewhere next year!!!</p>

<p>technically i'm undeclared</p>

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<p>Accepted at College of Engineering</p>

<p>stats -
SAT CR: 630
SAT Math: 750
SAT Writing: 650
SAT Total: 2030
SAT II: None
ACT: Didnt submit
AP/IB Taken: 1 AP course, AP Calc - 5
GPA Weighted: 4.18
GPA Unweighted: 3.9
Rank: 120ish / 650</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays - Good
Teacher Rec - Amazing
Counselor Rec - No idea
Hook - Overcame a major surgery which ended my sports career (dunno if that was a hook but what my essay was about)</p>

<p>Location: Arizona, Public HS, White, Male, Not Legacy, National Honor Society and President of Charity Organization</p>

<p>Accepted 12/13, Applied October 30th</p>

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<p>Decision : Accepted College of Engineering: electrical or computer</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT/ACT: 780 m 590 cr 690 w (best one)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800 math 2, 540 ush</li>
<li>GPA (w/uw): i have to say REALLY low..... or 3.4-3.6 um gpa</li>
<li>Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %: barely 20 percent??</li>
<li>Total AP's/IB's taken (score): chem 4, calc ab 5, stat 4, worldh 5, and more taking right now</li>
<li>Course load: i thought it was pretty rigorous</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: i thought i wrote it in last minute</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: hopefully, good?</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: i think my counselor likes me</li>
<li>Major EC's: nhs, interact (vp), key, habitat, church stuff</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: georgia</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: asian</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: low low low</li>
<li>Financial aid?: im poor...so hopefully?? ^^</li>
<li>Intended Major: computer/electrical engineering</li>
<li>Other schools in mind: carnegie, rice, nyu, texas, illinois, ucb, ucsd, ucla, vriginia</li>
</ul>

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<p>^^^UC's OOS huh? good luck with that lol...and congrats everyone!!!</p>

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<p>Decision : Accepted College of Engineering: Computer</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT/ACT: 800m 780cr w-680 (Yes, I just Crtl-C the guy above me... I'm lazy)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 770 math 2, 780 Chem, 790 Phyzz</li>
<li>GPA (w/uw): high? our school odesn't do outta 4.0 retards... (98.6/101.4)</li>
<li>Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %: 7 outta 361</li>
<li>Total AP's/IB's taken (score): 5s on all APs (chem, phyzz, ush) I'm going for IB tho..</li>
<li>Course load: hardest offered</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: :D</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: :D</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: :D</li>
<li>Major EC's: nhs, orch, french, Varistiy Tennis, JV Soccer, JV wrestler, mathletes, SO, Science Club, Stream Watch
like prez/cap for most of them</li>
</ul>

<p>*Yes, I am a wrestler. It's really a good sport. </p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: NY</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: asian</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: guess</li>
<li>Financial aid?: gimme food</li>
<li>Intended Major: computer engineering</li>
<li>Other schools in mind: take a stab</li>
</ul>