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Dear Mr. Tan:

I am pleased to inform you that you that you have been accepted as a member of the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts class entering Fall 2004. You can be proud of your achievements, and i am confident that you will contribute to the long-standing tradition of excellence that has characterized Michigan's students.

On behalf of the entire University community, I offer you our warmest wishes for a rewarding future, and i hope that you will call the University of Michigan your alam mater.

Sincerely,
Theodore L. Spencer
Director

...ok... and to the stuff you guys are interested in... stats...

1300 SAT(720M/580V)
3.46 UW GPA (top 20%) - not the hardest courseload
Lots of EC(National recoginition for community service, private awards, etc. = $24,000)
Good essays, Awesome Optional essay

From this point now, i will believe in the power of prayer. I think it was my orgasmic optional essay that won them over... ~^

Class of 2008!

By Lemmego2college (Lemmego2college) on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 05:18 pm: Edit

wow subparasian congrats! when did u apply?

By Becks777 (Becks777) on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 05:30 pm: Edit

and were u instate or out of state?

By Senior2 (Senior2) on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 05:56 pm: Edit

what were your essays on??

By Subparasian (Subparasian) on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 06:04 pm: Edit

Applied Nov 6, received today.

Out of State, Florida

Essays were on how UMich fit me and what i planned to do with my education (very specific and detailed, not gonna go into it).

By Subparasian (Subparasian) on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 06:15 pm: Edit

btw, Good luck to those applying... I'm just an example of how anything can happen... or at least mistakes can occur... Haha.

Maybe with those who have been accepted, we can start a club.

I'm off to celebrate, peace!

By Jinhamasaki (Jinhamasaki) on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 06:52 pm: Edit

I envy you XD
I wish I got a 1300...I'm sure I would have gotten in then...
Are you even applying to UF?

Ugh wtf...I hate Michigan...
I'm in top 5% and I still didn't get in...(*&$*@$
You have better EC's than me though

By Ozmaweez7 (Ozmaweez7) on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 07:00 pm: Edit

Congratulations! I got accepted too OOS, welcome to the Michigan family!

By Becks777 (Becks777) on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 - 07:23 pm: Edit

## crossing fingers ##......ugggghhh...applied almost the same time as u did......engineering though

By Subparasian (Subparasian) on Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 12:28 am: Edit

I was working on my USC, UF, and UT applications today... but after i got my letter, it got cold... so i made a fire. ^_^

By Jinhamasaki (Jinhamasaki) on Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 03:21 pm: Edit

Hehe, I finished my UF app for RD1. I *really* don't want to go there...but if the money calls..

By Subparasian (Subparasian) on Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 05:42 pm: Edit

UF is nice. I live in Gainesville. It's a very nice town. The winters are usually nice, but it's so friggin hot the rest of the year. The tuition is super cheap too (~3k instate, 10k outstate). No parking. One main mall no where close to campus. LOTS of publixes (~6 of them). Oh, and did i mention it was hot here?

Good luck Jin

By Rmehney (Rmehney) on Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 09:54 pm: Edit

What is your reconfigured UMich GPA? If you don't know how to compute it... don't count 9th grade, drop all +'s and -'s, count only academic classes, and round to the nearest whole number for instance (3.45 = 3.5, 3.43=3.4)

By Jinhamasaki (Jinhamasaki) on Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 10:31 pm: Edit

I hate Gainesville, it's so friggin small in the middle of nowhere! It's like uhmm....empty! ALsoI got lost on the streets lol

By Spydersport824 (Spydersport824) on Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 10:38 pm: Edit

Rmehney- are you telling me they round your GPA! Everyone I have talked to said that no school on Earth rounds GPA's. I asked my guidance counseler and he said the same thing. If you are true that would be great, because I would have a 3.8 instead of a 3.76

By Rmehney (Rmehney) on Friday, December 26, 2003 - 12:59 am: Edit

Yes, they round up/down. I have had this confirmed over the phone by the person that MADE the decision on my application.

By Rmehney (Rmehney) on Friday, December 26, 2003 - 01:00 am: Edit

I even have confidential forms via the university to my high school containing information proving this.

By Spydersport824 (Spydersport824) on Friday, December 26, 2003 - 11:34 am: Edit

that is awesome. do all schools do this or just UMich?

By Rmehney (Rmehney) on Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 03:40 pm: Edit

I am unsure.

By Wastingtime (Wastingtime) on Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 04:19 pm: Edit

The UMich rep. that came to my school to talk about the university said that GPA's on a scale are recalculated accordingly:

Any grade between 90-100 = 4.0
Any grade between 80-90 = 3.0
70-80 = 2.0
60-70 = 1.0

It seemed a bit crazy to me because that means my GPA is 4.0 based on the recalculations, but hey, I guess it works to my advantage!

By Madameinsanity (Madameinsanity) on Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 04:53 pm: Edit

Yeah Mich!! Got in, outta state.. really crappy essay and no optional essay.

Had fun with that diversity Q though, i talked about a time where whites were the minority hahaha

By Alphachimp (Alphachimp) on Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 10:32 pm: Edit

lol...i did too. wrote about how ppl were racist to me cuz i was white. i guess that doesnt DQ me afterall.

By Gameguy56 (Gameguy56) on Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 11:55 pm: Edit

subparasian, just curious, how many APs?

By Subparasian (Subparasian) on Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 06:42 pm: Edit

before senior year? 3
right now, senior year? 6

...but my school was like #41 in (Time? USNews?) Top 100 High Schools... so that explains my low class rank.

By Alphachimp (Alphachimp) on Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 08:37 pm: Edit

that list is bs because it doesnt include schools with entrance exams. no offense or anything.

By Vulcano (Vulcano) on Thursday, January 08, 2004 - 10:30 pm: Edit

Should I call UMich and ask them what the status of my application is? Im an international student so would it not be wise to call and see the possible mail problems or should I not bother?