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Chances at Michigan - Ann Arbor?

Korean-American student at a pretty well known public high school in Northern New Jersey.

SAT I: 1380

High School - 2nd Decile Ranking of approximately 380 students (School only goes by 10%, 20% and so on. I'm technically top 15% but that probably won't show on the record). High Honor Roll Student (Took mostly Honors and AP)

GPA: Weighted: 4.0327, Unweighted: 3.6502

AP Courses: US History - 4, Physics B - 2

Senior Schedule
AP Advanced Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP English Literature
AP Latin
AP Psychology
Chamber Orchestra - Concertmaster

#Numbers Correspond to Grade Year Commited to the Event#
Extracurriculars (In School)


Cultural Diversity Asian Festival Event (Member: 9, 11, 12: Possible Leader)
Maroon and White Selected Soloists Recital (10-12)
Tri-M Music Honors Society (Member: 11-12)
High Times School Newspaper (Staff Writer: 11)
High School Chamber Orchestra (9-10: Member, 11: Assistant Concertmaster, 12: Concertmaster)
Latin Honor Society (Member: 10, 11)
National Honor Society (Member: 12)
Academic Decathlon (Member: 10)

I also was heavily involved with various chamber groups with orchestra peers. As first violinist for nearly all of the formed groups, I had a great time performing for various community service events since my sophomore year throughout my town and sometimes to other local towns. Total time commited to these activities is well over 150 hours.

Extracurriculars: Outside of School

Manhattan School of Music Pre-College Division (Member: 9-12)
MSM Philharmonic Orchestra (Best in the Pre-College Division: 1st Violin 7th Chair)
Region I High School Orchestra (Member: 10, 1st Violin 7th Chair)
Global Ministries Youth Anti-Racism Dialogue (Participant: 10)(This event took place at a local Windham hotel in Newark, NJ. Peers from across the country came together to discuss racial issues in today's society. I was lucky enough to have been selected by a church youth pastor to attend this event).

Community Service Activities
Valley Hospital Junior Volunteer Services: 150+ Hours (Since Soph Year)
Church Mission Trips To Le Pan, Mexico: Well over 300 Hours (Member: 10, 11)
West Bergen Mental Health Center's Center for Children and Youth Aspergers Related Services (Intern: Since June of this summer) Will complete more than 150+ hours by the time I submit my app.

I want to major in psych. UMich's undergrad psych program is one of the best in the US.

OK. All Comments Accepted.

By Subparasian (Subparasian) on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 08:51 pm: Edit

I say 75-80% chance you're in.

Class rank is probably your weakest link. However, your SAT score, GPA, and activities make up for it.

Did you apply yet?

How are your essays and recommendations?

By K516 (K516) on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 09:08 pm: Edit

applied dec 22nd.

essays are good, and my teacher said he wrote very good recs

By K516 (K516) on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 09:10 pm: Edit

er, a very good rec

By K516 (K516) on Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 09:31 pm: Edit

any other comments?`

By Jinhamasaki (Jinhamasaki) on Monday, January 19, 2004 - 06:45 pm: Edit

I had similar stats - 4.7 W, 3.7 UW, but I got a 1270 SAT. I applied in October, and was deferred on Dec 19th. Nice EC's, but I don't know how UMich weighs EC's with their new scale. Oh, i was ranked 24/419 (6%)

By Chen (Chen) on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 09:27 pm: Edit

Well, I know one person was rejected with those stats in my school. Your ECs are impressive...but it's not a 75% chance in my eye.

By K516 (K516) on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 06:02 pm: Edit

thanks jin and chen. any others?

By K516 (K516) on Friday, January 30, 2004 - 05:14 pm: Edit

bump!

By Celerystalksme (Celerystalksme) on Saturday, January 31, 2004 - 06:38 pm: Edit

you're borderline...gonna need some luck...maybe you'll get waitlisted...

By K516 (K516) on Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 10:23 pm: Edit

ouch..i better hope for the best, thanks celery. anybody else?

By K516 (K516) on Saturday, February 14, 2004 - 02:02 pm: Edit

bump

By Rohit_Sn (Rohit_Sn) on Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 12:58 am: Edit

hi I am rohit a us citizen who has studied in india.
I applied to umich on jan 31 2004. We don't have gpa system bu I have got a's and a+ throughout my schooling and secured 96% in my state board exam in 10grade. I went to the national intel science and eng fair 3 times and won for best chem project in 2002.
IMPORATANTLY my sat scores are pretty low
M- 730
V-610
I play an instrument called mridangam and have written fairly decent essays. Think I have got a chance guys?

By Rohit_Sn (Rohit_Sn) on Monday, February 16, 2004 - 11:29 am: Edit

BUMP

By Linedeacon (Linedeacon) on Monday, February 16, 2004 - 02:03 pm: Edit

I bet you're in, I got in with a lot lower SATs out of state. Yet, there have been some people who got deferred, that I thought would definitley get in. I guess this new admissions process they has less focus on the numbers.

By Rohit_Sn (Rohit_Sn) on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 01:09 am: Edit

Thank you. What are you planning on majoring in? I'm keen on comp science or aerospace. I heard college of engneering is really competitive

By K516 (K516) on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 02:08 am: Edit

i think you have a good chance as well, since stuff like Intel ISEF is amazing merit. But please make your own thread if you don't mind.

By Rohit_Sn (Rohit_Sn) on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 06:16 am: Edit

Sorry the thread seemed kind of generic. So I just jumped in. Anyway you should get in too with your sat scores and other stuff.
Good luck with your admissions

By Linedeacon (Linedeacon) on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 06:32 am: Edit

I plan to major in business, not sure if I'm going to Wake Forest or Michigan yet though.

By Becks777 (Becks777) on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 06:15 pm: Edit

rohit did u have to take the toefl?

By Rohit_Sn (Rohit_Sn) on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 01:22 am: Edit

No I don't since I am a us citizen and am not applying for visa but since my verbal score is kind of mediocre i would just like to know if I have to take toefl?

By Skulkarni1 (Skulkarni1) on Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 11:00 am: Edit

HI, my name is Sneha , and i have wanted to attend UMICH for as long as i can remember. i go to a school called detroit country day- it is a very, very, very difficult school- the average SAT score is above a 1350, - it's really hard. I am a junior- will have an unweighted gpa of a 3.5 or a 3.6. i am instate. test scores: haven't taken them yet, but probally will score around a 1300-1350 on the SAT I'S because my PSAT was in the 94th percentile with a 62 math and a 72 verbal. classes:
freshman year only honors class was honors biology
sophmore year took honors english, doubled up on sciences with regular chemistry and anatomy, took a 1 semester computer programming class
junior year am taking IB precalculus, AP biology, and have tripled up on sciences with ap bio, physics, and cell biology
senior year will take: ap biosychology, organic chemistry,, genetics (1semester class) and oceanography (1semester class) to give me a total of three science classes as well as taking english, regular calculus, and french five.
have taken french all through high school
extra curriculurs:
vice president of model un club, have been in club for past three years, will be in it next year
women's issues research comitee head, have been in the club sophmore and junior year
am a student tutor as a junior
have been on jv tennis for the past three years, will be on team again
work/volunteer service:
1. 125 hours at ymca child care center as a volunteer
2. 30 hours at abilities center with disabled kids volunteer
3. 36 hours at va hospital volunteer
4. camp invention counselor job
5. echo park learning center camp counselor job

does it seem like i will get in? i really, really want to go and i'm getting stressed!!! please help!