Worth applying?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>My school limits the number of applications to 6, so I have to pick schools wisely. I have decided to apply to schools where I have a chance because I don't want to end up being rejected from all schools. Do I have a decent enough shot to warrant applying?</p>

<p>2280 SAT (800M, 740CR, 740W)
800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry
IB: 43/45 Predicted, Full Candidate
No GPA/Rank/APs offered at my school</p>

<p>8 International Math Competition Awards (nothing amazing, average AIME qualifier level (6 points at AIME))
1 National Award for Business
7 School Awards</p>

<p>President/Founder of 3 Clubs in School
Run successful business
Internship at Barclays
Organized 3 science projects
Student Council
2000 hours of community service
Varsity Basketball
10 Major leadership roles</p>

<p>4 Languages</p>

<p>Chinese
No Financial Aid
Great recommendations/essays.
International Applicant.</p>

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<p>Apply EA to Michigan and it becomes a very safe match.</p>

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<p>What about Ross pre-admit?</p>

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<p>Ross is unpredictible. Your Ross essay and personal experiences will count for a lot.</p>

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<p>What if I have a lot of experience with business and finance? I’m sure that’s a plus.</p>

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<p>Won’t hurt to try, but it’s still a crap shoot.</p>

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<p>Work experience definitely helps. But no matter what, the odds with Ross are never good. Apply EA and see what happens.</p>

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<p>I’m sure it isn’t as hard to get into as, say, Wharton or Princeton though, is it?</p>

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<p>You’re probably right, but I have a friend who was rejected as a preadmit but accepted to Wharton.</p>

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<p>Ross pre-admit is not as hard to get into as Princeton or Wharton, but it is not much easier either.</p>

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<p>Does anyone know the selectivity of Ross? Also what is Honors?</p>

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<p>Chinesedumplings, Ross pre-admit is relatively selective. Below are the admissions figures for the latest pre-admit class:</p>

<p>1,283 applied
332 (26%) admitted </p>

<p>Of the 332 who were admitted, below were their stats:
Average ACT: 33
Average SAT: 1492 (M + CR only)
Mid 80% GPA (weighed): 3.75-4.70
Average GPA (weighed): 4.11</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.bus.umich.edu/Admissions/Bba/BBA%20Class%20Profiles%202010.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bus.umich.edu/Admissions/Bba/BBA%20Class%20Profiles%202010.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The school of LSA does not publish Honors statistics, but typically, 500 out of a class of 4,000 LSA students are admitted into the Honors program. In other words, only the top 15% of the students in LSA are invited into the Honors program. If you consider the fact that the top 25% of the students in the school of LSA have near 4.0 GPAs with SAT/ACT scores over 1430/31, you can easily imagine how strong the top 15% are. The minimum unweighed GPA and SAT/ACT for Honors consideration is 3.8 and 1400/32/. I would estimate that the average honors students has an unweighed GPA of 4.0 (having taken mainly AP courses) and SAT/ACT scores over 1450/33.</p>

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<p>“Safe match”…lol…
Safety for sure, but Alexandre wont admit it. He drank too much maize and blue koolaid to admit that michigan could be someone’s safety…</p>

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<p>Bearcats, I have seen many students with similar stats get rejected by Michigan. Most of them are Asian (Indian or Chinese), applying with thousands of other highly qualified Asian applicants for a few hundred spots. I am not saying it is common, but it happens, particularly in the case of overrepresented applicants.</p>

<p>Either way, Michigan is one of the most selective universities in the nation, so applying to it as a sole safety is never wise.</p>

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<p>^ I wasn’t considering it a safety, but I was anticipating that I would more likely than not be accepted. Can you be rejected as a Ross pre-admit but still be accepted to umich?</p>

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<p>yes, you can be rejected as a pre-admit but still be accepted to umich; the outcome of your pre-admit decision does not influence your initial acceptance into lsa,engineering,etc.</p>

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<p>if your in state it would probably be a safety. our of state I would guess that you would get in. You have high SATs and SAT2s & impressive ECs</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot.</p>