Hi, I’m an Asian male from Michigan (live 20 minutes from UMich campus) and I want to major in CS. I will be the first in my family to graduate college. My income level is lower middle class.
Schedule: 9th grade:
AP World History
Advanced Algebra I
Geophysical Science
English 1
Spanish 1
PE
10th grade:
AP US History
Honors Geometry
Honors Biology
Spanish 2
American Literature
Advanced Baseball & Conditioning
11th grade:
AP Micro/Macroeconomics
AP English Language
AP U.S. Government
Honors Precalc w/ Trig
Honors Chemistry
Spanish 3
12th grade:
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics B
AP Psychology
AP Computer Science
Computer Applications
Intro to C#
I currently have a 3.8W GPA in my senior year
Extra-curriculars:
Football (Varsity junior, senior year)
Baseball (Varsity junior, senior)
Track (Varsity sophomore, junior year)
National Honors Society (4 years)
Developed mobile app for local charity
Congressional Recognition Award
AP Scholar Award
Honestly speaking, not very high. On a positive note, it does seem like you have an upward trend in GPA and you did take rigorous classes, but if your weighted GPA is 3.4, I’d imagine it’s lower unweighted (correct me if I am wrong). Your ECs look nice, but even with the rigorous schedule, the low GPA and below average SAT score will make it hard to convince someone on the admission committee that you’d be able to do well in UMich courses.
With that being said, I honestly don’t know how much of a positive effect being a first generation college student has (I imagine it’s quite positive), and I also have no idea what your essays/LORs look like, so what I’m saying may be too harsh, but I’d recommend retaking the SAT and try to push for 2000+.
The mid 50% unweighed GPA range for admitted students in 3.8-4.0 and the mid 50% SAT range for admitted students is 2000-2300. I agree with hailbate, the odds are not good. But I also agree that your upward trend and challenging classes will serve you well. If not admitted, do well wherever you go to college the first year, and transfer to Michigan.
You probably won’t get admitted. Being Asian Male hurts you the most. But first generation maybe helpful if you mentioned in your essay. Not sure why you don’t have ACT if you live in the area. I thought it’s required by the high school.
@alexandre “The mid 50% unweighed GPA range for admitted students in 3.8-4.0”
I hope that is not accurate. Since many Ivies do not even have a 3.9 unwgpa average, this would suggest that Michigan puts a high premium on gpa over rigor. Essentially, if you know you want to go to Michigan then take easy classes, avoid Honors and AP classes, get all A’s, and use the extra time to study for the ACT/SAT.
There are many students in the 3.6-3.8 range with very high rigor that other top schools will strongly consider.
@Much2learn UMich considers both GPA and course rigor to be most important. For the class of 2018, 21% of enrolled freshmen have GPA 4.0 from high school. So Alexandre’s estimation is reasonable considering admission stat is usually higher than enrolled freshmen stat. 3.6-3.7 is considered low at UMich. The admission average GPA in the last couple years were 3.85. The mid 50 should be around 3.75 to 4.0.