University of Michigan Class of 2023 EA Results Thread

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Thought I’d copy over from Stanford to help out anyone wanting to see more, especially those who were deferred or are looking to apply in coming years. Please do not post if you don’t have your decision.

Remove the “a” in the bold, size, and color of your decision.

[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FFA500]Decision: Deferred[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected[/color][/size]**

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

Subjective:

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

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

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

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments:

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Never took.
ACT (breakdown): 36 Composite (35 Math, 36 Everything Else); 12 Writing
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 World History (Never actually studied world history)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: Whatever the maximum is
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A but about 1/45
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus AB (5), AP Physics C (Mechanics, E&M), AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics
IB (place score in parenthesis): French B SL (6), Math HL, Physics HL, Biology HL, Chemistry HL, English Lang/Lit SL
Senior Year Course Load: Weird system but 5/9 actual credit courses: English, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Data Management
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Two-time Intel Finalist and Grand Award Winner (from Canada), Google Science Fair, Sanofi BioGenius, National Science Fair Winner, several prestigious international leadership and science awards (also multiple national ones), Regional Debate Awards, Regional Science Olympiad (we cannot progress higher for either activity)

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Heavy on invention and research; self-initiated both projects and contacted professors to work in their labs, multiple awards. Prime Minister of School. Prestigious historical award to visit battlefields of Europe. Junior Achievement Company (VP Finance). International Competitor in skiing. Varsity Debate (Captain), Science Olympiad (Captain). EV Club Founder.

Job/Work Experience: Intern at regional technology accelerator (self-initiated); Founded blockchain startup (~8000 USD current profit).
Volunteer/Community service: Vice-Chair of Community Foundation Youth Committee, Canadian Cancer Society Representative, Mayor’s Youth Leader, Altar Serving. Over 400 hours total.
Summer Activities: Continued research, SHAD (selective Canadian educational program), French immersion programme, continued work on startups, playing sports

Essays (rating 1-10, details): Not sure how anybody can rate their own essays. I spent a lot of time and had four separate people comprehensively edit them.
Common App: About creating a water filter for developing countries (which I have won several awards for) and how engineering is about improving the lives of others
Activities Paragraph: talked about research and how it’s developing solutions for different problems
Why Michigan: talked a lot about how it applied to my prior work and business experience with specific course references, etc.; thought it showed interest

Ross Preferred
Business Issue: talked about lack of applicable skills in the workforce and how it relates to the skilled trades and auto industry in my hometown and how i’ve seen that firsthand with startups, etc.
Artifact: Research infographic, talked about self-initiating research in a lab to work on Zika virus without having taken bio or chem (also went to ISEF for this)

What Matters: Talked about my community and helping newcomers including playing hockey with Syrian refugees, etc.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Waived rights to all so can’t say about how good they are.

Teacher Rec #1: IB Chemistry Teacher/Principal
Teacher Rec #2: English Teacher: know this one is for sure great, he has provided my references which helped me win several prestigious awards, have great relationship and very thankful for him
Counselor Rec: New as counselor but has known me for several years, probably pretty good
Additional Rec: Supervisor for youth committee I was at
Interview: Pretty good, there was slight language barrier but we connected well and spoke for about an hour and a half about a lot of different things. Like others, would never call this an interview.

Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
Intended Major: Engineering (Biomedical, Electrical, Management) with Ross Preferred Admission
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: Private (but not feeder/magnet, just local school)
Ethnicity: Indian/British
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Doubt I qualify for any financial aid.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (Hispanic through grandfather)

Strengths: Academics at basically maximum. Honestly I have to say I dedicated myself completely to engineering and thought I did have a pretty strong application, everything fit into engineering and how I talked about how engineering is about improving our society, bringing in to the community stuff.
Weaknesses: High income? Ranked at ISEF but not 1st/2nd place? Maybe they thought I was bs’ing my activities?

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: To be honest, I gave it everything and have pursued activities that use engineering for basically all my free time. I can’t really fit anything more into my schedule so glad to see it paid off.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred from Stanford for engineering.

General Comments: Glad I got in and my effort paid off. Hopefully Ross works out as well. Will see what responses I get from the other elite US schools.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 33 composite, 34 superscored. 36 on science
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Weighted GPA: 4.42
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (5), AP Biology (4), AP Psych (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Human Geo, AP Environmental, Hon. Molecular Genetics, SGA, Art, Hon. English
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Veterinary Hospital Intern, Babysitting bi-weekly, Religious youth group (treasury chair), classes about suturing and other medical techniques at local hospital, Camp Counselor, Community service in Costa Rica, summer leadership program, State-wide student activism group (Treasurer), County-wide student activism group (Head of Communications), Class SGA (fundraising chair)
Job/Work Experience: Intern at veterinary hospital & babysitting
Summer Activities: community service & travel
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Not sure how to rate my own essays
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): I am really close with my school counselor, so I think that rec was very strong. My AP Bio teacher understood me very well, so I am assuming that was also a glowing rec. My spanish teacher acknowledged my hard work, so i assume that was great as well. Overall probably a 9/10

Teacher Rec #1: AP Bio (10/10)
Teacher Rec #2: Hon. Spanish 4/5 (8/10)
Counselor Rec: (10/10)
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Animal Sciences
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): double legacy

Reflection

Strengths: my essays, why Michigan specifically.
Weaknesses: AP scores and GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: legacy
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Miami Ohio (half to full ride), Ohio State (half ride), Pitt (20,000), Wisconsin.

Will be withdrawing the above apps along with UNC, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, and UConn soon since I committed to UMich.

General Comments:

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 34(composite), 30®, 33(E), 36(M), 36(S), 8(Essay)
SAT II: Physics (800), Maths IIc (800)
Unweighted GPA (out of 7.0): 6.71
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): HL Physics (7), HL Mathematics (7), HL Computer Science (6), SL English Lang&Lit (6), SL Korean Lang&Lit (7), SL Geography (7),
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Whole-school president 11th and 12th grade at my school, Student Welfare Awareness Group (Chairman), Dorm Captain (5 year straight), Physics society (founding member/current chair), North Korean refugee charity(founding member/current chair), Sweatbox weightlifting club (founding member),
Job/Work Experience: Internship at a small manufacturing factory for 3 consecutive summer breaks.
Volunteer/Community service: The charity activity above + student welfare awareness group stuff
Summer Activities: attended NSLC Engineering conference @ UCBerkeley, got admitted to UMSS stuff last year held by UMich, but ended up not attending.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Why Michigan (9, Literally spent a month researching the hell outta UMich)

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: Vice-principal/SL Geography teacher/EE supervisor → Focused on my school president experience (8/10)
Teacher Rec #2: HL Mathematics teacher → Focused on my work ethic and academic success (10/10)
Counselor Rec: School counselor → no clue
Additional Rec: x drama teacher/tutor → Focused on my positivity (cause I do smile a lot) (10/10)
Interview: Didn’t know UMich had one :frowning:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Mechanical engineering, but general engineering for application
State (if domestic applicant): OOS
Country (if international applicant): South Korea
School Type: British international school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: NA
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: Leaderships extracurriculars, and my essay
Weaknesses: My grades
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Simply my essays - all my friends who outscored me with their SAT/ACTs as well as GPAs got defered from UMich. I was pretty much the one and only student who knew about this school in great depth.

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Decision: Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1510 Superscore is 1540 (770 on both)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5: Calc AB Subscore, Spanish Language, Gov, Psychology, English Literature
4: Statistics, European History, Art History, BC Calc
IB (place score in parenthesis): Pscyhology SL - 6, Due to take the remaining 5 this year
Senior Year Course Load: One of the hardest offered at school. Full IB Diploma Candidate. HL Math, Spanish 7, Biology HL, English HL, TOK, IB Global Politics, Environmental Sciences SL
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing national or anything, but some honorable mentions:

  1. College Board Letter of Commendation (didn’t get to include this in app, as I received it in December)
  2. National Spanish Exam Bronze Certificate
  3. Maryland Seal of Biliteracy (Will show up on my 7th semester transcript, don’t know if it did on app)
  4. I am 20 credit hours away from a special tassel for completing 260 volunteer service hours, so I will do this before sending in my LOCI

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 1. Student-run countywide newspaper Section Editor
2. Key Club Vice President
3. Red Cross Club Event Manager in 11th grade
4. Thespian Honor Society - inducted after participating in 6 or 7 mainstage productions
5. Regional Student Government Elections Committee member for 2 years (9th and 11th)
6. Worked during the school year and over the summer at an art gallery/camp
7. Science, Math, Spanish, National Honor Societies but I only listed National I believe

Job/Work Experience: No paid work experience.
Volunteer/Community service: See extracurriculars and #4 on awards.
Summer Activities: Volunteered at art gallery/camp.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Why Michigan (8) Community (8) Activity to Continue (8) I honestly don’t know haha I’m grasping at straws and I think this is where I might have been lacking.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 1. Spanish teacher for 2 years, by far the best teacher I’ve had in high school. 2. Psychology teacher, great teacher and I did a very successful Psychology lab that I designed in her class. These are iffy for me because I don’t talk much in class, but I’m sure they have a generally positive impression of me.

Teacher Rec #1: 8.5?
Teacher Rec #2:8?
Counselor Rec: She doesn’t know me all that well, but I could see she was impressed that I’m a first gen immigrant and was handling the college process on my own because my parents either don’t speak English or are unfamiliar with the whole process.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: OOS LSA, Not applicable

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Undeclared but talked about BCN in the essay.
State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Large, competitive school
Ethnicity: Southeast Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 110k I don’t know which bracket haha
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really

Reflection

Strengths: Stats
Weaknesses: Essays and Recs I’m assuming
Why you think you were deferred:
Where else were you deferred: Honestly not sure but I’m also not surprised because the school is so competitive.

General Comments: It is my first choice school! I will be sending in an LOCI and asking my GC to call on my behalf. Will also send 7th semester grades, and hope for the best. :)))

Deferred applicants please see my thread where we can share stats and talk about next steps so hopefully we’ll all be Wolverines come April!!

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Decision: Accepted

If anyone wants more info or me to share more pm me I’m not rly into posting stuff just thought this might help someone

Objective:
All these scores are super scored
SAT I (breakdown): 750math 660 ela
ACT (breakdown): 34 m 33 r 34 e 29 s
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.85
Weighted GPA: 4.07
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): compsci a comp sci Principles psych physics 1 physics c ab calc bc calc macro art Studio
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): robotics club vinyl LGBT club starting an art class
Job/Work Experience: worked at insurance company in coding/ui
Volunteer/Community service: hundreds of hours and many years in cancer charity group
Summer Activities: mit summer program
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7-8
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9-10

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

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

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: really good interview/the guy who interviewed me loved everything I was saying and a lot of that was what I put in my application
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments:

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** Decision: Accepted**

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1400 (750 math 660 ela)
ACT (breakdown): 33 (34 english, 28 math, 33 reading, 36 science)
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Weighted GPA: 3.96
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): chem (3) macro (3) bio (n/a) stats (n/a)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: ap bio, ap stats, anatomy and physiology, psychology, world literature, yearbook
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 years nhs, 2 years varsity cheerleading, 8 years travel softball, volunteer at michigan medicine, leadership intern at camp invention (stem based science camp for elementary age kids), leader at my church’s vacation bible school
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: see extracurriculars
Summer Activities: see extracurriculars
Essays (rating 1-10, details): idk how to rank these but for why michigan I talked about my volunteer experience at their hospital and how it helped me decide I want to be a nurse practitioner, also researched a ton about their specific programs. my community essay was super personal which I think helped and my activity essay was okay I wrote about how softball has taught me a lot of lessons and I hope to continue learning from it.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 9/10 it was from my ap chem and honors chem teacher who is also my nhs advisor so he knows me really well. I was able to read it and was very happy with it
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec: idk was not able to read it and don’t know her very well
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: nursing
State (if domestic applicant): michigan
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: medium size public school
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college student

Reflection

Strengths: essays and directed interest in my major
Weaknesses: stats
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I worked super hard on my essays and showed a lot of interest in umich by visiting multiple times and talking to my admissions counselor as well as faculty at the nursing school
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at gvsu and wayne state

General Comments:

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 31 composite, 35 English, 26 Math, 32 Reading, 30 Science
SAT II: 710 US History, 730 MC Biology
Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 96
Weighted GPA: 100.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 out of 120
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 English Lang, 4 Spanish Lang, 3 Bio, 2 Chem, 4 US History
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Comp Sci Principles, AP Enviro, AP US Government, Accelerated English, Online courses in physics and entrepreneurship
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing international, AP Scholar w Honor

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Health Careers club (Prez), Indoor and Outdoor track and field (captain), Mock trial (president), Model Congress (president), Debate (president), NHS (treasurer)
Job/Work Experience: Cashier
Volunteer/Community service: only stuff related to NHS (volunteering at a hospital, tutoring in science)
Summer Activities: Two internships in labs
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 10 very personal and individual
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Bio teacher, amazing letter 9
Teacher Rec #2: gov teacher, rlly good letter 7
Counselor Rec: average i think? I didnt see it 6
Additional Rec: from my PI at HMS 9
Interview: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Cellular and Molecular Biology
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white latina
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 100,000k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, woman in STEM

Reflection

Strengths: unique internship opportunities, strong essays, letters of rec, leadership
Weaknesses: test scores !!! I was stressed about them forever
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: strong leadership, demonstrated interest in the school, internship experiences
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ??? we shall see

General Comments:
So excited! Umich is one of my top choices

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1450 (1460 superscored)
ACT (breakdown): 33 (35E, 34M, 33S, 31R)
SAT II: Didn’t take any
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5-3.6ish (my school doesn’t give UW GPA)
Weighted GPA: 4.03
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank – top 10% I think
AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (5), Psychology (5), World History (3), Calculus AB, Physics 1/2, Literature, Computer Science A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Comp Sci, AP Physics 2, Honors Politics, Gym/Health
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (President), Model UN (Secretary), Golf Team (Captain), Debate Team, Math League, NHS
Job/Work Experience: Founded an online sneaker reselling business when I was in middle school. Been running it ever since then with $500k+ in sales over the years. Multiple news articles have been published featuring my business including Forbes and Yahoo Finance. Interned as a blockchain researcher at an IT company. Worked as a website administrator at a cryptocurrency trading software company.
Volunteer/Community service: Peer tutoring, volunteered as a recreational activities director at my local elderly care facility.
Summer Activities: Business Leadership Academy at a local college, self-studied AP Macro/Micro Economics, continued working on my business/internships, etc.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8-9/10 – I worked really hard on all my essays, especially the Why UMich supplement. They aren’t gonna make you cry or burst out in laughter but they are personal and unique to me.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): I waived my rights to see them so I have no idea.

Teacher Rec #1: AP Stats teacher - 6/10. Did decently well in her class but didn’t really communicate with her outside of class.
Teacher Rec #2: FBLA advisor and Finance teacher - 8/10. Got an A+ in her class and was in constant communication with her (mostly for FBLA stuff though). She knew about my other activities and was hopefully able to speak about that as well as my performance in her class.
Counselor Rec: 7/10
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Undecided for LSA. Also applied for business at Ross.
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope.

Reflection

Strengths: Extracurriculars, particularly my sneaker business. Essays.
Weaknesses: GPA, LORs could have probably been better.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My grades were good enough to not get me rejected off the bat but my ECs and essays were unique enough to get me in.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Rutgers - Business, Indiana University - Kelley, Babson College, Tulane - Freeman.
General Comments: The college process is weird. I saw tons of people with MUCH higher stats than me get deferred. High stats do not guarantee admission, especially at selective schools. There is a lot of factors you CANT control… so try to focus on the things that you CAN control.

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Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1330
ACT (breakdown): 27
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
Weighted GPA: 3.93
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/59
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), US History (4), Language and Composition (4), Physics 1 (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: College French, AP Calc AB, AP physics 2, AP literature
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: lifeguard, ski lift attendant
Volunteer/Community service: Youth Court (500+ hrs in 4 years)
Summer Activities: work
Essays (rating 1-10, details): unique about why I want to be a lawyer (8)

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Data science in college of Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Upstate NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Rural public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: less than $30,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): job placement

Reflection

Strengths: Essay
Weaknesses: AP and SAT scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: female in engineering school
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Rejected Notre Dame
Accepted: Miami U (Ohio), Michigan State, Buffalo
General Comments:

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1340
ACT (breakdown): 27
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
Weighted GPA: N/A (school doesn’t provide weighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 70/240 (very competitive school, we are ranked top 2% in the nation, so everyone is very smart)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Microeconomics 4, 3 more APs this year
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP English, AP Spanish, Anatomy and Physiology, etc.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Lacrosse 9th-11th, Varsity Sailing 12th
Job/Work Experience: Waitress 1.5 years, Housekeeper 1 year
Volunteer/Community service: N/A
Summer Activities: work
Essays (rating 1-10, details): about my trauma from childhood experiences (9/10)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Waived my right

Teacher Rec #1: 6/10, didn’t know the teacher that well, she is a fellow member of my yacht club and part of the sailing committee
Teacher Rec #2: 10/10, one of my favorite teachers, super intelligent, multiple doctorates, knew much about my personal life
Counselor Rec: Waived my right to view
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant): United States
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Multiracial (African American and Dutch)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: less than 30,000 (mother is disabled)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college, rural school

Reflection

Strengths: Essay
Weaknesses: Test Scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Grand Valley State University, Marquette University, Hope College, Central Michigan, Michigan State

General Comments:

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Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1510 (780 M, 730 R&W)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 780 Math II, 750 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA: 99.26/100 - about 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APUSH, AP World, AP Chemistry; 4 AP Russian; 3 AP Lang
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calc AB, AP Literature, AP Macroeconomics, Financial Management
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Commended Scholar, AP Scholar, NHS

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • Autism Awareness Club (President, 11 - Present)
  • Women in STEM (Vice President, 12)
  • Varsity Softball (10 - 12)
  • Robotics Club (9, closed due to budget)

Job/Work Experience:

Volunteer/Community service:

  • Volunteered with kids with autism

Summer Activities:

  • NYU engineering course

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
7/10 unique and funny rather than serious

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 9/10 chemistry teacher who I had for two years in a row; I did pretty well in his class and I would come during lunch to talk with him
Teacher Rec #2: 7/10 AP world teacher; extremely nice, so I’m sure it was great and I did well in her class
Counselor Rec: 6/10 idk her too well
Additional Rec: 10/10 my boss at my volunteering place, I read it and I loved it
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Specialized Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: well - rounded, good recs
Weaknesses: Test scores, not many engineering activities, essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No one from my school has gotten in in the last few years and my test scores weren’t that great. I didn’t feel too hurt, because I wasn’t expecting to get in and it wasn’t my top school
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Rejected Caltech
Applied UC Berkeley, UCLA, Georgia Tech

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Accepted !

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): October SAT: 1450 (700 math, 750 EBRW) Since I wasn’t sure that my October score would get in on time, I also sent 1400( 700 both) and 1390 (720 EBRW and 670 Math)
ACT (breakdown):N/A
SAT II: 750 - World History 770- US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA: My school does out of 100. 95 Gpa. Have a few Bs (86-88)- Don’t be discouraged!
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (5) APUSH(5), APES(5) , AP Lang(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Lit, Ap Gov, Ap Stats, Syracuse University Dual enrollment forensics, Web Journalism, Public Speaking, French , Econ.

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar?

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

United States Senate Page; Summer 2018 sponsored by Schumer.

(Deputy Climate Smart Coordinator)Town Government. Helped local gov to found sustainability committee.

Intern NY state Dems

Intern on 2 other political campaigns in HS.

(Senior editor)of newspaper.

(Co-President) of Gender Equality Club.

(Vice President) of Model UN

(Secretary) of student council.

Job/Work Experience: I got paid to be a senate Page.
Volunteer/Community service:
Work as a volunteer at a historical museum.

Summer Activities:

US Senate Page (Senior year)
Intern at Town Government ( Junior year/ sophomore)
Essays (rating 1-10, details):

Common app: Wrote about reaching my 50th state and then goes that into my experiences in the senate, my growing love of politics and the loss of my dad. (8/10)

Community Essay: Wrote about finding political friendship with my other pages. (10/10)

Why Michigan Essay: I was really specific giving examples of classes and organizations I would love. (8/10)

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: APES teacher. It was a very small class and so we grew very close personally . She said that my letter would totally talk about how political I am. 9/10
Teacher Rec #2: Ap Lang teacher. He really likes me as a student probably 9/10
Counselor Rec: New Counselor- likely very generic letter. 7/10
Additional Rec: Form letter from the democratic US Senate Secretary.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: I decided to check no because I don’t think I would qualify and I didn’t want it to hurt me.

Intended Major: Government
State (if domestic applicant):NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Top 100 public HS in the country ( Very Competitive- about 40+ kids applied early)
Ethnicity: Technically Latina because my grandfather is Brazilian.
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 125,000 (Dad is deceased)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, My older Brother goes there.

Reflection

Strengths: Activities, Hooks, I focused on one field
Weaknesses:Grades and GPA. I also did not have the most rigorous curriculum.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted: I think I showed that Michigan is a school I am really interested in. Plus my brother going there helped I think.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted:

Georgetown: Deferred

General comments

My grades weren’t perfect. I had lots of high 80’s/ low 90’s. However, I showed them that I am different and that’s what matters!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 32 (English: 33 Math: 26 Reading:34 Science: 33 Writing: 33
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7/3.8 not sure
Weighted GPA: 4.09
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 89/780
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang(4) US History(3) Computer Science Principles(3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB (Online), AP Literature, AP Studio Art 2-D, Honors Government/Economics, Business, Honors Marine Biology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Seal Bearer

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis(3 years), Ambassadors program at my high school (3 years), volunteer tutor (2 years), Intern at magazine (1 year), Nordstroms Fashion Ambassadors (1 year), Yearbook (1 year)
Job/Work Experience: Camp counselor and employee at smoothie store
Volunteer/Community service: taught students at elementary schools, volunteered to teach students with down syndrome dance classes
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
8/10? Mainly discussed my latin heritage, creative pursuits and passions, as well as learning disability that I learned to overcome on my own
Why Michigan essay was very strong, I had visited and it has been my dream school since sophomore year
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: AP Studio Art 2-D (Photo) Teacher; had a clear understanding of what I wanted out of college and the type of career I am striving for- 10/10
Teacher Rec #2: N/A
Counselor Rec: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Communications (strength in Advertising,PR, and Marketing)
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large public high school
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, wrote about grandparents move from Mexico to the United States, toured the school over the summer

Reflection

Strengths: Showed large interest in my major by linking my photography website which showed “fashion advertisements” I had created myself in the additional information section, strong essays, wide range of EC’s
Weaknesses: GPA wasn’t the strongest
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was accepted because I showed a lot of self driven interest in my particular major and wrote about exactly what I wanted out of the UMich curriculum
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to: University of Arizona, University of Oregon, SMU, Tulane, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and SDSU

General Comments:
I never even thought I could get into Michigan because my GPA and test scores aren’t the strongest and I didn’t take the hardest classes offered at my school. However, I think showing interest in the school and in my major helped a lot as well as working really hard on my essays to show the school exactly what I had to offer.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 34 (36 english, 35 reading, 29 math, 36 science)
SAT II: 730 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 40 (out of about 800)
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4) AP Lang (5) AP World (4) AP Comp Sci. Princ. (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov., H. Physics, AP Calc., AP Photography, AP Lit, H Spanish 4
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Honor roll?

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (editor in chief)
Job/Work Experience: Worked all through high school in a doctor’s office
Volunteer/Community service: peer tutor, worked actively with the homeless in my community throughout high school
Summer Activities: worked for the homeless task force in my community
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
9/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 8/10 AP Lang and AP Lit teacher: great writer and she really likes me but hard to say how much effort she put into my letter
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10 APUSH teacher: great relationship with him and he is very experienced in writing letters of rec
Counselor Rec: 7/10 she really likes me, but it could be a very standard letter
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: history
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: Asian/ white
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: Activities, essays, scores
Weaknesses: transcript (I could have taken harder classes my sophomore and junior year)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I honestly think visiting the school helped a lot in showing demonstrated interest. My essays were also really strong and showed how much I liked the school
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments:

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1570 (790 Math, 780 EBW)
ACT (breakdown): 35 (36 Math, 36 Science, 33 Reading, 33 Writing)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Weighted GPA: 4.49
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), Stats (5), Spanish (4), Comp. Sci Principles (4), Chem (5), BC Calc (5 BC, 5 AB subscore), APUSH (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Bio, AP Environmental, AP Physics 1, Multivariable Calculus, Advanced Hispanic Studies (Spanish Class after AP at my school), Honors English
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society (Treasurer), Gender Equality Advocacy Group (President), Model UN (Chief Operating Officer), Soccer (Captain), Track (Captain), Cross Country, School Macot
Job/Work Experience: Local Movie Theater/ Restaurant Server
Volunteer/Community service: Worked into NHS, Local Sports Equipment Donation Group,
Summer Activities: Volunteered at summer science camp, interned at Ophthalmology Institution
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9

“Why Michigan?” Essay: 10/10 Easily my best. I have always loved Michigan and although the prompt asks what about the program attracts me, I wrote more generally about Michigan. It was very honest and heartfelt and I did also discuss the program at the end.

Extracurricular Essay: 9/10 I think this one was good but it is so short that I struggled to fit everything in well. I think I emphasized what was needed well and I think my main point, that I wanted to continue making a difference, came across well

Community: 8/10 As someone who isn’t very diverse I think this was my most difficult essay. I had to get creative but I found a community that was a little bit of a stretch (Possibly) but one that I showed leadership in.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Chemistry Teacher (Intended Major), Likely strong, teacher is very smart and a good writer. Spoke to me as a student
Teacher Rec #2: Spanish Teacher and Gender Equality Group Sponsor, Most likely very good. Knows me as a person well, as a student, and as a leader.
Counselor Rec: My counselor likes me a lot and met with me multiple times since junior year to make my letter a priority. I think she likely did a great job.
Additional Rec:
Interview: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Chemistry
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, 459 per class
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: Why Michigan Essay, Test Scores, GPA
Weaknesses: Lack of diversity, lack of specialization (can be good or bad), possibly one of the rec letters but also might not be
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I would have been deferred had I not emphasized how much I love Michigan.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted IU, UGA, and UW-Madison

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1560
ACT (breakdown):N/A
SAT II:N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB, Calc BC, Gov, Stats, Macro, Comp Sci, US History, World History, Micro, = 5; Bio=4
Senior Year Course Load: Dual Enrolled Chemistry, AP English, Organic, Phsysics, minor classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction, Commended Scholar, Honor Roll

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Created online resource for kids(don’t want to give too much away but it fits in with my bio major), SciOly (Captain), Filmed a documentary about a scientist, Mentor/Tutor, NHS President, Student Council Secretary, etc
Job/Work Experience: Retail Associate at Office Max
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital and Retirement Home Volunteer ( 300 hours)
Summer Activities: UMich Summer Camp (Anatomy)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App (7); Supplements (7-8)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10 (Calc Teacher- knew him pretty well lol)
Teacher Rec #2: 7.5
Counselor Rec: avg

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Si
Intended Major: bio
State (if domestic applicant): instate
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White
Gender:Male
Income Bracket: >250,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

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Decision: Accepted

Objective: Accepted LSA
SAT I (breakdown): 1540 (800M & 740 E)
ACT (breakdown): 35 (36M 35 S 35E 34R)
SAT II: N/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Weighted GPA: 4.36
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/450
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on five tests and 4 on two
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 6 AP’s
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with distinction, won a coding competition, a couple of others school awards, NHS…

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of NHS, Captain of Tennis team, VP of MUN, Spanish Club, Key Club, Student government, and couple others.
Job/Work Experience: Worked at Kumon for almost 2 years
Volunteer/Community service: 150+ of comm service
Summer Activities: Shadowed my doctor
Essays (rating 1-10, details): IMO> Common App was 9/10Why Umich was a solid 10/10, community was 8/10 & ec essay was 7.5/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8/10 (waived right to view)

Teacher Rec #1: AP English 9/10
Teacher Rec #2: AP CHem 8/10
Counselor Rec: Meh 7/10
Additional Rec: Employer 8/10
Interview: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Heck yeah
Intended Major: Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): In state
Country (if international applicant): The US of A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian/Pacific Islander
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection

Strengths: My test scores, common app, school-specific essay, and ec’s
Weaknesses: My counselor rec I guess was pretty vague…
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Demonstrated huge interest and being well-rounded
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Instate schools, but looking forward to Northwestern…

General Comments: Good Luck to everyone who got accepted and deferred! You all will find a place for you that will befit your needs whether it is Umich or not. Now I have a very solid school to fall back on in case nothing else works out.

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Objective: Accepted LSA
SAT I (breakdown): Superscore 1480 (740 both sections), 18 writing
ACT (breakdown): 34 (36E, 31M, 33S, 34R)
SAT II: 740 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school doesn’t calculate, I’d estimate 3.97
Weighted GPA: 4.1633
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a, I’d estimate top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on US History, Chemistry, Microeconomics, US Gov, English Lang
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, Latin Independent Study, Honors Physics, Band, AP Macroeconomics, AP Lit, AP European History
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with distinction, NHS, National Merit commended student, DECA State finalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: taught special needs children to swim for two years, daycare programs, tutoring
Volunteer/Community service: miscellaneous stuff through NHS, tutoring, church volunteer work (camp counsellor, lector, children’s homily leader), Services for Older Citizens
Summer Activities: ACLU Summer Advocacy Institute Summer 2018
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App Essay – how my deceased dad influenced my decision to become a civil rights attorney (8.5)
Why LSA – want to work with Poverty Solutions and apply to the Ford School (8)
Community – Marching Band (7)
Extracurricular – how DECA helped me come out of my shell (6.5)

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Pre-calc teacher, probably a 9; she loves me
Teacher Rec #2: AP Lang teacher, unsure of ranking but probably a 7-8; she’s hard to read, but I impressed her when I took her class
Counselor Rec: 9-10, my counselor likes me a lot
Additional Rec: n/a

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yup
Intended Major: Politics, Philosophy, and Economics
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: under $30k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing comes to mind

Reflection

Strengths: common app, why LSA essays, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: additional UMich essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: University of Michigan tends to accept around 60 out of 400 in our graduating class every year; they really seem to like my high school. Additionally, I think my essays were pretty well-conceived.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected at University of Pennsylvania, accepted at Michigan State

General Comments: good luck to everyone else who applied!

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Deferred

Objective: Deferred LSA
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 34 (35, 34, 34, 34)
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
Weighted GPA: n/a
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a but probably 2 or 3 at top private school
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem (5), APUSH (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): cum laude

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): many
Job/Work Experience: a few jobs
Volunteer/Community service: lots
Summer Activities: won grants for travel and research
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10
Teacher Rec #2: 9
Counselor Rec: 10
Additional Rec:
Interview: n/a

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: political science
State (if domestic applicant): TN
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments:
probably was deferred because UM didn’t think I would attend, also never visited and don’t have any connections