<p>I don't know if everyone here is angry or just hates black students, but my previous thread was filled with racial hatred. Please reevaluate my chances with these stats:</p>
<p>I am an African-American male from Chesterfield, Missouri. I know being OOS might lower my chances a bit but this is the only university that I'm applying to and I'd like to know my chances.</p>
<p>I am applying to the Engineering school and hope to enroll in the biomedical engineering program there.</p>
<p>GPA: UM gpa is currently at 3.2 *** SHOOTING FOR A 3.6 SENIOR YEAR GPA
SAT: 1760. Math 560, Reading: 610, Writing: 590, Essay: 8
ACT: Composite of 24
AP's: US History AP 3, Chemistry AP 2, English Composition: 3, English Lit: 2, World History 3.
Extracurriculars:
Editor of the school newspaper
Chief Organizer of the Class of '08 Prom Committee
3 years of Varsity Track/Cross Country
4 years of Varsity Basketball
21 cumulative hours of Community Service
Treasurer of my school's Black Student Union</p>
<p>*** I AM PLANNING TO RETAKE THE ACT DURING SEPTEMBER IN HOPES OF A HIGHER SCORE, CURRENTLY UNSURE ABOUT RETAKING THE SAT ***</p>
<p>First of all, no matter WHAT your academic profile was, I'd be advising you to not put all your eggs into an OOS basket for Michigan. Admissions is just one part of the risk you're taking. There's also cost, if you're at all concerned about that. Michigan's aid for nonresidents is not like its aid for residents--there's less of it, and you can't be sure your need (if any) will be fully met. Please have some backup plans in place!</p>
<p>As for your profile, being African-American is no longer a plus factor for your application. Other aspects of under-representativeness might be (depending on your school, or the demography of your neighborhood, or whether you're first-generation, etc.) but race isn't a plus.</p>
<p>Engineering admissions folk will be taking a close look at your math classes and math grades. You haven't said a lot about those. I don't "chance" people (even with this information provided) but I wanted to give you a heads-up about that.</p>
<p>Regardless of race, and based on the limited information provided, it seems you have almost no chance of getting into Michigan (especially engineering with that math sat score). You really should apply to other schools, but who knows what could happen depending on how your essays are etc.</p>
<p>I think you are a very big reach, unless you can get your ACT up to a 29 or 30, which is unlikely. Also, the avg. GPA is a 3.8 and you have a 3.2, which is not very good. Don't mean to sound too depressing or anything, I'm sure you'll get in somewhere decent, but race isn't a factor anymore, and you're not quite qualified (unless you have some special circumstances/talents that you didn't write about, or unless your essays are out-of-this-world).</p>
<p>DO NOT only apply to Michigan, unless you don't mind going to a junior college first. No offense, but that would be like someone with a 2000 only applying to Harvard.</p>
<p>i did kind of. You could here peoples bitterness about AA a lot. It was kind of like they didn't want to chance him, they just wanted to tell him he'll get in because he's black because its what they WANT to believe or something.</p>