<p>Between two candidates with VERY similar stats, would Michigan prefer the candidate with the higher ACT score or the candidate with a higher rank/GPA?</p>
<p>Definitely the latter.</p>
<p>Higher GPA; Umich could care less about rank…</p>
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<p>^ Source?</p>
<p>IMO class rank is important to U of M since they judge you based on your school. For example, if someone has a low GPA (let’s say a 3.0), then his rank will be very important, both for the applicant, and U of M in making a decision. If his class rank is really high, then U of M will know that the school is really difficult, and his 3.0 won’t look so bad.</p>
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exactly. Rank is very important.</p>
<p>So how do my stats look so far? BTW, I’m a Junior, but I’ll be applying early senior year.</p>
<p>ACT: 32 (as of now, but I have a feeling it will go up)
Race: Asian
State: Michigan
Rank: Top 5%
AP’s: APUSH - 4
GPA: 3.78 UW, but I’ve taken loads of AP’s
EC’s: Pretty good
Leadership: Lots of student government leadership positions, a few clubs.
Hook: None! </p>
<p>I’m just concerned that my G.P.A. is too low, especially because I’ll be competing against other Asians with MUCH better statistics than me.</p>
<p>I got in with 3.67 UW but my ACT was 35. My ECs were on par with you, more or less.</p>
<p>But I got into EA, if you’re doing RD then your chances would probably go down.</p>
<p>You’re not only competing against other asians…you’re competing against other people, asian and non-asian. I’m honestly sick and tired of asians claiming that because of the fact that they’re asian, all of a sudden it’s exponentially harder to get admitted into universities. Anyways, I got in with a 3.7 UW GPA (with only 4 AP classes, and having a C in AP Calc AB junior year), barely being in the top 20% of my class, OOS, and having a 2050 SAT, so you should be beyond fine.</p>
<p>You’re fine. I got in OOS with a 30 ACT and a 4.5 UW gpa (top 5%) because michigan no longer recalculates GPA, they will look at your rank and the rigor of your classes. I will have taken 13 AP classes and the rest all honors by the time I graduate, however my grades were basically half As and half Bs, so I wasn’t really great in terms of grades. But being top 5% of my school and taking the hardest classes I could take helped.</p>
<p>…but then again, I did apply EA. So your chances might be a little lower since you applied so late</p>
<p>Just apply as early as you can and I think you’ll be okay, but if you can get that 3.78 to a 3.80, that’d definitely work in your favor. :)</p>
<p>source: OOS public HS naviance: 2006-2009: Umich defers all applicants below 3.7 UW GPA even though in top 5-10% of the class…noone is accepted upon reconsideration for RD…all with stellar rigor/sat’s/act’s (two with 2300 SAT’s in fact)</p>
<p>note: this year with not recalculating GPA’s ALL of these kids comparably are accepted right down to the 15%tile…</p>
<p>the difference between a 3.78 and 3.8 won’t make a difference…what are you talking about Crono?</p>
<p>“source: OOS public HS naviance: 2006-2009: Umich defers all applicants below 3.7 UW GPA even though in top 5-10% of the class…noone is accepted upon reconsideration for RD…all with stellar rigor/sat’s/act’s (two with 2300 SAT’s in fact)” - rodney</p>
<p>bullshat</p>
<p>I got in with a 3.67 UW OOS</p>
<p>That was this year and rodney was referring to previous years enemyunit.</p>
<p>As well, one must attempt to come across as being an inquisitive and rather intelligent person in the essays if one’s statistics are relatively low (I think, at least).</p>
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See, now you’re just trying to be belligerent. :/</p>
<p>Is there no difference between a 29 and a 30 on the ACT? Look, I’m not saying that there is some kind of “magic number” at any college, but straight numbers mean a lot. This year at our school, we had quite a few kids apply ED, and everyone who had below a 3.8 was deferred. Even a friend with a 3.75, an AP-riddled schedule, and a 30 ACT was deferred, and he applied in early October.</p>
<p>Yet again Crono, I had a 3.7 (with only 4 AP’s so far) and a 2050 when I applied and I’m OOS and yet I got in (I applied mid-October). People from my school with 3.85’s and 2100+ SATs got deferred with taking either the same number of AP’s as me or less AP’s (I’m on the super-accelerated math track for our school while they’re only on the slightly accelerated one so I just took more math AP’s than them). Why, you ask? Because, in my essays, I showed them that I’m more intelligent than my numbers indicate…it’s as simple as that.</p>