What's brown and sticky? (Applying to Michigan)

<p>A stick. </p>

<p>Chance for both EA and RD, not sure which one I'll do because a) IDK if EA is a great boost and b) senior year grades are slightly better than junior year grades right now.</p>

<p>GPA: 92.1/100 UW, but if Michigan recalculates (as I read here they still do?) then 3.77. Otherwise 3.73</p>

<p>SAT: 2340 (or 1540)</p>

<p>SAT II
Math 2: 790
Chemistry: 710
US History: 730</p>

<p>Seven APs taken. That's about the norm for top students here. NJ school, probably top 10% even though there's no rank. So yes I'm OOS.</p>

<p>ECs</p>

<p>*Marching Band
- a LOT of awards here, including best major, best woodwind, etc. Too lazy to type everything out because earlier, I was typing a chance thread for twenty minutes and I click submit and it didn't work, all my work was gone and I was all "fml"
- Leadership positions: Drum major, Vice President, Section Leader (11th), Soloist (10th, 11th), Assistant Drum Major (11th)
- Instruments: Alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, some tenor on the side</p>

<p>*Indoor Drumline.
- Pretty much a winter marching band with only percussion instruments. No leadership positions because they aren't offered.
- Instruments: Snare drum, marimba, some guitar and bass on the side.</p>

<p>*Other musical activities.
- In the school wind ensemble, first chair baritone saxophone.
- Instruments I play that weren't mentioned already: soprano saxophone, clarinet.
- Performed publicly for gigs, churches, etc.</p>

<p>*UPenn Laboratory Research.
- Worked in the Environmental Lab for two summers as a technician assistant and focused primarily on the replication of DNA and its applications in a lab. Too lazy to type out the even better stuff that happened here.</p>

<p>*Science Club/Olympiad.
- Three years in science club, going for Olympiad this year if the officers don't mess it up for me AGAIN.</p>

<p>*DECA
- Several awards on first try in sophomore year, including a few Best Roleplays. Placed top 5 in SJ regionals, was a NJ States finalist.</p>

<p>Other ECs important to me that I didn't mention because I don't feel like it: Intermural Basketball, NaNoWriMo, Biomedical research summer program (at Penn), Interact Club, Volunteering at Chinese School, Student Alliance, being good looking.</p>

<p>Hooks: Sunk the Titanic
Killed Bin Laden
What's green and smells like bacon? Kermit the Frog.</p>

<p>*Honor Societies: Tri-M Honor Society (official induction this year), NHS</p>

<p>Recs: English and Chemistry. BTW it's so fun messing with my Chem teacher, I go in his room, cross out "AP Chemistry" written on the board, and write "AP Charms" or "AP Defense Against the Dark Arts". </p>

<p>Essays: Almost as good as Nutella. ALMOST.
For real though, I know for a fact that my essays hold a unique tone. It's not exactly funny, but it's straight from the heart.</p>

<p>Major: Undecided to LSA.</p>

<p>You’re most likely in either way. Congrats in advance!</p>

<p>Well, we’ll see about that :]</p>

<p>Depending on how my first quarter turns out I’ll go EA or RD, so any other opinions?</p>

<p>Definitely apply EA. Last year Michigan received over 17,000 applications in the early round. It may be more this year. Regular round can be unpredictable based on results from the last couple years.</p>