Updated chances thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>I did this a while ago but everything is final now.</p>

<p>I'm going to be applying to engineering and send in my application mid-september.</p>

<p>Out of state
Rank: school does not rank</p>

<p>List of academic classes
sophomore
Wood shop (is this academic?) B/A
Chem A/A
Honors Alg2/trig A/A
Spanish 2 A/A
Eng 2 C/C (teacher hated me, there was nothing I could do)</p>

<p>junior
Eng 3 A/A
AP calc AB A/A
AP Human Geography B/A
US history A/B
AP Chem A/A
Spanish 3 B/B</p>

<p>Schedule for senior year
AP US gov
AP calc BC
AP Physics
AP Music Theory
Honors spanish 4
Eng 4</p>

<p>My school doesn't go crazy with honors classes like it seems most people's do. The only honors class available I didn't take was eng 3, which is impossible at my school (kid who has a 2400 worked his ass off to get a B). I could've taken APUS junior year and AP Euro soph year, but besides that I've taken about the hardest my school offers. </p>

<p>ACT 30 (retaking this and expecting a 31 or 32). Got 26 reading, 28 english, 30 math (really bad for me, should get 34+ on retake), and 35 science. I forget my essay score.</p>

<p>SAT II: MathII 750, chem 680 (does mich look at these?)</p>

<p>AP: got 5 on calc ab, chem, and human geography</p>

<p>Varsity golf every year
Part time job at a golf course
qualified and took AIME this year
Played piano for 11 years, won multiple awards for it
volunteer position at a local space and science center (not many hours)
MUN (10-12)
MUN club president (11-12)
AP award thing I get for 3 5's
National honor society
Internship this summer at a mechanical engineering company (how much does this help?)</p>

<p>My essays should be great, the internship will really help me with the why engineering essay.</p>

<p>My letters of rec should be great too. My counselor, chem teacher, and math teachers all really like me.</p>

<p>I think that's everything</p>

<p>Thanks for looking at this</p>

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<p>I had an internship at microsoft, had a 3.4 u mich (unweighted gpa) and a 2140. I got deferred, waitlisted, then accepted and that may be a similiar path u take</p>

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<p>flong, did you apply too late? if you'd applied in September or October, do you think you would've gotten in earlier?</p>

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<p>i applied early november. That doesn't matter anymore since U M doenst do rolling regardless. Being OOS is the real killer for both of you since instate acceptance is around the 45-50 and oos is around 35. </p>

<p>The problem is some applicants use U of M as a safety (even though its such a great school) because they believe they are Ivy bound and many of those types of applicants are the OOSers because most M residents woudl love to go to U of M since its cheap and offers a great education. So you guys have to somehow convince U of M that that is the school for you and if they offer you acceptnace you are going 100 percent</p>

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<p>you're looking at a deferred waitlist IMO, too bad for OOS</p>