University of Michigan Class of 2022 Early Action Decision Thread

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Name of University of Michigan school you are applying to and major: LSA econ, Ross applicant

SAT I (breakdown): 1430 (700 math, 730 reading/writing)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 740 Biology, 660 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.55 (strong upward trend)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): school does not offer APs
Senior Year Course Load: Chinese 4 (H), Calculus AB (H), Astrophysics (H), Ethics (H), Baseball literature (H), World Empires II (H), International Relations 1/2 (H), Constitutional Law (H)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swimming 9,11,12 (team captain 12), track 10,
Job/Work Experience: lifeguard, swim instructor, internship at hedge fund
Volunteer/Community service: habitat for humanity, building houses for low-income families
Summer Activities: working
Essays: 10/10, definitely what got me into the school since my grades are on the lower end
Teacher Recommendation: 9-10/10 did research with one of the teachers and he loves me so that one was very good, other teacher’s was also probably very good
Counselor Rec: 8/10 ? we are fairly close, but I’m not his favorite
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none
Other

Applying for Financial Aid?: no
State (if domestic applicant): California
School Type: competitive private high school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, son of immigrants

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Just realized I forgot to add the decision


Accepted!

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Accepted LSA

SAT I (breakdown): 1550 (800 math, 750 English)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87 UM GPA (3.75UW/3.91W)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Does not rank (top 10% I would guess)
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4) Gov (5) Chem (4) Senior year: Calc Bc, Physics, Micro-econ, APES, AP Lang, German 5 (all AP)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: See above
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, 3 year High school soccer and 8 years club soccer, also joined DECA and Interact club this year
Job/Work Experience: Salesman for Student Painters, Coach for pee wee soccer at 2 different organizations
Volunteer/Community service: NHS, various other involvements with organizations around local area and Detroit
Summer Activities: hung out with friends 24/7 lol
Essays: Common App: 10/10 wrote in 1 hour then spend 4 months editing with multiple friends and teachers. IMO strongest part of my application, I feel my essay was very inciteful and meaningful

Why UM: 8/10 Very personal and inciteful as well, wasn’t very specific however, wrote a paragraph about LSA and one about Ross

Community: 9/10 talked about hometown and privelidge, as well as attitude towards one’s privilege (or lack of)

Hobbies: 7/10 solid essay about soccer but nothing they haven’t seen before, it seems like everyone and their mother wrote about sports

Teacher Recommendation: No idea, as I didn’t read it and my teacher had to write 20 of them in 2 weeks. My guess is they were really well written but everyone got more or less the same one with some tweaks, and we all applied to UM lol
Counselor Rec: Didn’t Read either, counselor had to write one for 100+ kids so guessing similar to teacher, we are pretty close tho
Additional Rec: Letter of Rec from extremely influential public figure with close ties to UM (not dropping name for obvious reasons) probably held a lot of weight
Interview:
Other

Applying for Financial Aid?: yes (not getting any of course)
State (if domestic applicant): In state
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Top 5 public school in state. Also top UM feeder (typically sends 60 every year)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k-150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

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LSA– ACCEPTED OOS

Major: Neuroscience

SAT I (breakdown): 1450– 790 Math, 660 Reading/English. 7,7,8 essays (didn’t send)
ACT (breakdown): C:34 M:34 S:34 R:32 E:32 W:9; C:33 M:35 S:28 R:31 E:35 W:6 (sent both)
SAT II: –
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): probably top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (5), Physics 1 (4), World History (3) (my school doesn’t offer lots of AP classes for frosh-junior year.)
IB (place score in parenthesis): –
Senior Year Course Load: AP psychology, AP Seminar, AP calc BC, and AP biology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Played at the National music festival twice with my saxophone ensemble; Illinois State Scholar, National Honor Society

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (event captain x 2), Math Team, Student Council, Marching Band (drum major), Symphonic Band (section leader), Peer tutoring, Softball, Travel softball (captain), jazz band (section leader), National Honor Society (Leadership council)
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard (summer 2016); Performing Arts Camp Counselor (summer 2017); Youth Umpire (2015-2017 spring/summers only)
Volunteer/Community service: I volunteer to help tutor kids at the library
Summer Activities: working and travel softball
Essays: Community: I wrote about how I was in the drum major community and how my role as a returning drum major helped me ease the worries of new drum majors. I also wrote about how this community helped me over come struggles I was having in my Band.
Why Michigan: I mostly wrote about Michigan’s mission statement and how I thought I fit into their description. I also wrote about visiting the campus and what not.
Extra: my coalition essay was to the prompt “how has your actions benefited the bigger cause?” and I wrote about my marching band experience and how I could focus on the individual to help push the band to be its best.
Teacher Recommendation: Probably 100/10. She is my favorite teacher who I had sophomore year. She was also my junior year math team coach and I teacher aid for her this year. I’m always in her class helping before and after school and she loves me as much as I love her :))
Counselor Rec: –
Additional Rec: –
Interview: –
Other

Applying for Financial Aid?: yes
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
School Type: College Prep
Ethnicity: Asian/White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Female going into STEM?

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———DEFERRED———
LSA: Spanish Major

SAT I (breakdown): 1230
ACT (breakdown): 27
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21/331
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Human Geo, Ap world history, Ap environmental science, Ap lang, Ap chemistry, Ap government, Ap lit
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Ap stats, ap spanish, ap calc B/C, ap biology, economics, dual enrollment english 131
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society: over 200 hours of volunteering, Link crew: (leader), Varsity Bowling:(Captain) (MVP two years) went to regionals every year, played for 4 years.

Job/Work Experience: Piano teacher: started own business by teaching piano, played for 11 years, tutor kids on the weekends, babysitter
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at local bakery, distribute leftover food every week to needy people, Red Cross volunteer (over 30 hours)
Summer Activities: shadowed heart surgeon at big hospital (future career), summer program at Oakland University
Essays: 8/10
Why UMICH Essay: 10/10 was very specific and showed how I would fit.
Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 teacher knew me really well and was NHS advisor
Counselor Rec: 10/10 talked to her a lot
Additional Rec: -
Interview: -
Other: -

Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White/Middle Eastern
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Less than $25,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation, Very low income

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Name of University of Michigan school you are applying to and major:
ACCEPTED LSA - Political Science and Psychology (Pre-Law Track)

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 30C, 34 English, 31 Math, 30 Reading, 25 Science, 11/12 Writing
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/145
AP (place score in parenthesis): Language & Composition (5,) will be taking exams for Microeconomics, Government, and Literature & Composition in May
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: First Semester - Consumer Law, College (Dual Enrollment) Statistics, Advanced Spanish Five, AP Microeconomics, AP Literature & Comp, Accounting 1
Second Semester - Advanced Political Science, AP Government, personal fitness, AP Literature & Comp
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none really. accepted to the National Scholars Institute at the University of Iowa for creative writing (9) and evolutionary developmental biology (10.) national scholastic art & writing contest silver key award winner (9)

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (captain junior and seniors years,) Student Council (secretary freshman-junior year; lieutenant governor junior year; village leader senior year,) National Honor Society, coaching middle school mock trial (varsity team placed second in the state both years I coached,) dance (since I was three, seven year focus on pointe ballet, lead role in production senior year,) cross country (varsity sophomore and junior years,) Best Buddies (peer buddy sophomore/junior year)
Job/Work Experience: Cook/Cashier/Waitress at local bowling alley during sophomore, junior, and summer before senior year approx. 15 hrs a week. Certified Nurse’s Aide at a nursing home now, approx. 40 hrs. a week or more, working 2p-10p or 10p-6a shift.
Volunteer/Community service: organized our school’s suicide prevention week, organized “trunk-or-treat” safe trick-or-treating event for children, do an annual collection for the homeless, countless other little Student Council events and fundraisers
Summer Activities: Work
Essays: I’m sure they came off well. Did my personal essay on my experience as a rape/child sexual abuse victim. Community essay on being part of a really small town and how that both helps and hinders my future success.
Teacher Recommendation: Probably looked good. Had one recommendation from the history/government/political science teacher who is also the mock trial coach. Another from a math teacher whose class I worked on upwards of thirty hours a week to be successful in (she had never had anyone that dedicated to their 4.0 before,) one from a Spanish teacher who basically watched me try not to crumble under the weight of my parents’ ugly divorce my freshman year. Last one from the teacher/TAG coordinator who chose me to pilot our online AP program (school only offers one AP course in-house)
Counselor Rec: probably fairly basic because counselor is new this year
Additional Rec: one from my employer (who I’ve saved by picking up a million shifts for her) and another from my principal. both probably were good
Interview:
Other

Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): Iowa
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Rural/Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Approx. $90k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Rural applicant, rape victim

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Accepted LSA

SAT I (breakdown): 1470
ACT (breakdown): 33
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/200
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (5), AP US Gov and Politics (5), AP Lang and Comp (5), AP Psych (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Human Geo, AP English Lit and Comp, AP Spanish Lang and Culture, Honors Band, Honors Anatomy and Physiology, AP Stats
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 honor societies, horseback riding, co-captain of the marching band, first chair of two instruments in concert band, jazz band, newspaper writer
Job/Work Experience: small amount of barn work
Volunteer/Community service: tutoring in Spanish and Band
Summer Activities: Duke TIP class @ Duke University
Essays: fairly strong, I thought they were good
Teacher Recommendation: probably good but I didn’t read them
Counselor Rec: not sure because he was new to my school this year (UGH) so he doesn’t know me too well
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a

Applying for Financial Aid?: yes
State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: charter
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: >100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): mom went there for law school, not sure if that counts for anything

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**Decision: Accepted LSA(Computer Science) **

SAT I (breakdown):Didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): Highest sitting 32, 33 superscore
SAT II: Didnt take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Nope
AP (place score in parenthesis): Gov (5), Lang (5), Programming(5), World(4), History(4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Pysch, Hon Forensic Science, AP Calc AB, AP Lit, CS Internship, Humanities, Programming 3
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NCWIT(National Women In Tech) Maryland Aspirations award

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theater tech(Head of construction), School Ambassadors, NAHS, NHS
Job/Work Experience: Been working at local pizza place since June this year
Volunteer/Community service:None
Summer Activities:None
Essays: Why UMich (6/10) Community (7/10) Extracurricular(7.5/10)
Teacher Recommendation: The one from my CS teacher probably (9/10) because he loves me. The other teacher I don’t really know, maybe (6/10)
Counselor Rec:(7/10) She’s new this year but seems to really like me
Interview:None
Other

Applying for Financial Aid?: Yup
State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:Black
Gender:Female
Income Bracket:80k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM, First Gen, Girl in CS

Final thoughts: I honestly thought I was going to get deferred. I didn’t even allow myself to get really excited about the school because I thought my application wasn’t great. I know certain factors probably boosted my application a lot but I think I was a good candidate overall. The NPC said that they may give me a lot of non-loan money so just crossing my fingers for that!

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ACCEPTED LSA

SAT I (breakdown): 1280
ACT (breakdown): 31 (35E, 30M, 32R, 25S)
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): (3) Eng Lang
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP eng lit and comp, AP calc AB, AP French, AP physics mechanics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: two hospitals (one of them was umich hospital), habitat for humanity
Summer Activities: youth exchange trip to France
Essays: why umich 9/10 community 8.5/10 activity 8/10
Teacher Recommendation: precalc teacher, didn’t really talk to her much but apparently she writes good recs
Counselor Rec: don’t talk to her unless I have to switch out of a class so 7-8/10
Additional rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Other

Applying for Financial Aid?: yes
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy

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Accepted out of state!

Name of University of Michigan school you are applying to and major: LSA for Poli Sci (Out of State)

SAT I (breakdown): 1470 (760 CR, 710 Math)
ACT (breakdown): 32 (33 superscore, 34 R, 34 W, 31 M, 31 S)
SAT II: Accidentally sent them (don’t ask how) but 640 Spanish and 700 US History (bad, I know)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Unweighted: 3.81, Weighted is 4.05 (school doesn’t weigh dramatically, top people in my class have 4.3-4.5). Note that I went through some traumatic experiences during high school so my GPA isn’t as high as it could be, though it is still great. My senior year GPA is a 4.52 (all As in 4 AP classes) and I sent those in.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank, but definitely top 10%.
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 (Euro), 5 (Psych)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Comparative Gov’t, AP US Gov’t, AP Spanish, college-level English class, electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, journalism piece commended at state conference, national honors society, spanish honors society.

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): school newspaper (4 years, editor-in-chief. launched social media and website from scratch and dramatically improved the paper. Presented at state conference about my success), camp counselor (3 years, junior counselor, which is a leadership position), canvassed for 2 politicians for 3 political cycles, did a special needs camp for 2 years, and a bunch of smaller stuff. I overcame obesity during high school (lost 80 pounds after becoming obese due to mental issues) and I put exercising as a hobby as it takes up a significant amount of time, so it kind of counts as an extracurricular. I did a good amount of extracurricular but I really focused on 2-3 of them, so they were quality.
Volunteer/Community service: National Honors Society (400 hours)
Essays: VERY good, I think it is what got me in. It is about how I came out as gay and became depressed due to bullying, ultimately leading to me becoming obese through using food to cope. I then described how I overcame my obesity and issues by dieting and losing 80 pounds. Made people cry (I didn’t focus on the gay part because I don’t like using that card, but I had to mention it).
Teacher Recommendation: Very good, I imagine. Didn’t read them, though.
Interview: N/A

Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes.
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic (Michigan does not practice affirmative action, though)
Gender: M
Income Bracket: upper middle class (200k+)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, gay, overcame obesity, grades on upward trend. Note that Michigan does not practice affirmative action, however.

I believe my essay got me in as many people in my school with better stats than me were deferred. I was accepted alongside the top people in my class.

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Accepted EA LSA

SAT I (breakdown): 1530: 780 reading, 750 math
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: Math 2 780, Chemistry 740, French 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC 5, Psych 5, Chinese 5, French 5, Gov 5, U.S History 4, Chem 4, English Language & Comp 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP World History, Multi-variable Calc, AP Bio, Hon Physics, AP Literature
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Journalism Award, National Debate Awards

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Debate (captain)
Newspaper (Editor)
Psychology Journal (Editor)
Dance team (Captain)
Job/Work Experience: Kumon and home tutor
Volunteer/Community service: I have 900+ SSL from a bunch of stuff
Summer Activities: NIH Intern, academic camps
Essays: Common App was a story about voicing my opinions
Activity: Student Newsaper
Community: Debate team captain (focus on mentoring incoming debaters)
Teacher Recommendation: Chemistry and French teacher, both considered me top student in their class
Counselor Rec: Good I started talking to her early and we get along
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None
Other

Applying for Financial Aid?: No
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

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Accepted LSA

SAT I (breakdown): 1550 (800 M, 750 RW)

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/158

AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus BC (3)

Senior Year Course Load: 1st semester: AP English Literature, Elementary French 1 (DE), Contemporary Social Problems (DE), Anatomy and Physiology; 2nd semester: AP Statistics, Elementary French 2 (DE), AP Biology, AP Psychology

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge College Prep Scholar, Questbridge National College Match Finalist, and several school/regional awards

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Band (Co-section leader of percussion and drumline)
Editor for online science blog
Creating a website to help other low-income and/or first-generation kids with the college process
Doing a social science project for a regional science fair

Job/Work Experience:
Had a job at Wendy’s over the summer
Family responsibilities

Volunteer/Community service:
Weekly volunteering at Gurudwara (Sikh temple)
Started a drive for supplies to donate to a homeless shelter

Summer Activities:
Work at Wendy’s
Band camp
Travel for college stuff (QB National College Admissions Conference) and with family

Essays:
Common App: 8/10 (was also my Questbridge Finalist application essay)
Supplements: 9.5/10

Teacher Recommendation: Probably both 7 or 8

Counselor Rec: 7 or 8

Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
School Type: Pretty small, rural school
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <25,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First-gen in America?

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Accepted into LSA for BCN major

SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 35 Comp - 36 36 34 34
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 770 Chem, 770 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A, but top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): CalcAB (5), World History (4), Music Theory (5), Bio (4), English Lang (5), Calc BC (5), Stats (5), Chem (5), US History (5), Human Geography (3) (took it for extra credit)
IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Short Fiction/Poetry (dropped AP Lit), Honors Multivariable Calculus, Bioethics (theology requirement at school), AP Physics C Mech, AP Art History, AP Micro/Macroeconomics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): uhhhh PSAT semifinalist, qualified for AIME, got into SSP, school awards and etc, Presidential Service Award a few times, etc.

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Premed club (founder), community service team (president), First gen students association (vp), Math club member, Project Magnify (founder of this nonprofit organization), liturgy choir cellist, AYS (graduate and undergrad orchestra in LA, 2nd stand cellist), Colburn Conservatory orchestra cellist, the usual chamber groups, schools newspaper Managing editor, poetry and literary magazine copy editor

Job/Work Experience: Research intern at Cedars Sinai Medical Center under California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (paid internship), I worked at Jamba Juice too lol!!!
Volunteer/Community service: Cedars Sinai hospital volunteer, Alexandria House (shelter for women and children facing domestic violence), ARC (home and recreation center for elderly with down syndrome), regional food bank, tutor for homeless children, Project Magnify, service trip to the US - Mexico Border. 1000 hours +
Summer Activities: Research internship, SSP, jamba juice, hanging out with pals
Essays: Common App 10/10 (got really good reviews from multiple sources), 1st essay about extracurricular activity 8/10 (it’s a pretty plain essay, can’t complain), Community essay 8.5/10 (wrote about my nonprofit - if there was more room, could’ve produced a better essay), Why LSA/Michigan 10/10 (honestly think this essay got me in - wrote a decently lengthy essay but definitely covered all the points necessary. Quality > quantity is real!)
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t get to read them because of ferpa!!! But apparently, both were phenomenal. Got them from APUSH teacher and AP Stats teacher: One probably covered more of my academic achievement while the other probably discussed more of my ethic and etc. as a student. 10/10, 10/10
Counselor Rec: Had two because my first counselor retired - these recs can’t be as good as a teacher rec, so probably okay - 8/10
Additional Rec: PI from internship, got to read it because I had to submit to other schools, 8/10. good rec, pretty standard. Music teacher - also got to read it for music schools/conservatory submission, 8/10.
Interview: Didn’t get one.
Other:

Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): Nope, I live in California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private, All boys, Catholic
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper-Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen according to my school’s definition (parents haven’t attended a US 4-year college), but it depends on the school for sure

TIPS!: College app szn is a real tough one, but start early for sure. Also definitely apply to UofM early, along with UVA, UNC, etc
 Make sure that in your essays and all parts of the application that you show different aspects and sides of you. You want to show a portrait of who you are, not just a single part.

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Accepted LSA

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1550 (750 English, 800 Math)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 700 US History, 670 World History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): World History (4), Calculus BC (5), Calc AB Subscore (5), US History (5), Physics 1 (4), Physics C - Mechanics (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Physics 2, AP Literature, AP Microeconomics, AP Government, AP Statistics, Tennis
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): N/A
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): National Merit Scholarship Commendation, Scholar Athlete, Honor Roll, American Legion Boys State Alternate, California State Seal of Biliteracy, AP Scholar with Distinction, other minor school awards.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Founder of a school-wide invention competition, Varsity tennis player, religious school, and member of Physics Olympiad team.
Job/Work Experience: Intern for an investment banking firm.
Volunteer/Community Service: President and Founder of Miracles for Kids Club, Secretary of Red Cross Club, Secretary of Blind Start of America Club, I coach special needs kids in tennis, teacher assistant at my temple.
Summer Experience: Internship and volunteer assistant at a novice tennis tournament.
Teacher Recommendation #1: 9/10. From my Pre-Calculus Honors and Calculus BC teacher. I did really well in his class, which is the hardest at my school.
Teacher Recommendation #2: 9/10. From my APUSH teacher. He liked me and my family.
Counselor Rec: 9/10. Lots of kids at my school but he knows me well.

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Michigan Supplements: 7.5/10
CommonApp Essay: 9.5/10. I essentially wrote how I am a quantitative thinker in a variety of situations and compared myself to a superhero. It is hard to explain without disclosing too much personal information, but I really love this essay.

Other:
U.S. State/Territory or Country: California
School Type: Large Public School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Nope

Reflection
Strengths: GPA, SAT, Community Service
Weaknesses: Demonstrated interest??
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Rejected from UPenn (Wharton). Accepted at UVA.
What would you have done differently?: Shown more interest.

Other Factors: Deferred and then promptly admitted after sending a LOCI. Waiting for the Ross decision!

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Does it mention Computer science in your acceptance?

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Accepted LSA

SAT I (breakdown): 1400/1600

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 53/594

AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus AB (4)

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Accepted!
LSA OOS

SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 34 composite – 31 math, 35 english, 33 science, 35 reading
SAT II: molecular biology 770, english writing 720
GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79 UW, 4.21 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): biology (4), english (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP art, AP spanish, neurobiology, english electives, history electives, calculus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity swimming (captain), literary magazine (primary editor), women’s group (president), peer tutoring, varsity soccer, student council
Job/Work Experience: retail store, babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: Boys & Girls Club, Rebuilding Together,
Summer Activities: summer swim team, CCA art camp, Cooper Union art camp
Essays: 8/10 common app, 7/10 Michigan, 7/10 activities
Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 junior pre-calc teacher & junior english teacher; have a great relationship with all my teachers, and I work with my english teacher on the literary magazine
Counselor Rec: 8-9/10
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other

Applying for Financial Aid?: No
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: small private school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: not sure
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

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I just heard that a few people got acceptances last Friday. The Wolverine Access site says decision will be available by 15th April. Isn’t this too soon? Or do they send decisions out for deferred application normally at this time? I haven’t received any update. Has any other deferred person who applied to the College of Engineering received an update?

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@shanny2 Its normal to be receiving deferred results as rolling
 sometimes the process lags but for the most part all deferences are out by then

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Accepted into LSA
SAT: 1560

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 58 %
AP (place score in parenthesis): Environmental Science (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC, Macro/Micro, Organic chem, French 5 Physics C,: Several School awards but nothing special

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): nothing special but a lot of different kinds of community service
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Probably over 500 plus hours
Summer Activities: Various including summer program at Cornell
Essays: Common App (9) Supplementals (9)
Teacher Recommendations: (10, 9) Both were fantastic plus great Recc from summer school Proff/Cornell

Counselor Rec: Great ( 10) really good
Interview: just OK

Applying for Financial Aid?: NO
State (if domestic applicant): Not domestic
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Suburban, competitive, high achieving private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None,
Was told not to bother to apply since a huge percentage of my private school was applying with better GPA AP’s etc.