Any chance for UMich?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>I'm a junior. I have no idea where I can hit, but as far as I know UMich will be one of my target schools... Any chance I would get in?</p>

<p>GPA: 3.75 (unweighted) - freshman, sophomore combined
I take the IB diploma now so I don't have GPA... but I will get a predicted grade out of 42 soon next semester!</p>

<p>The IB courses I take:</p>

<p>English A1 HL
Math HL
Biology HL
Chinese B SL
Economics SL
Drama SL</p>

<p>SAT 1: 2080 (CR: 630, M: 770, W: 680 [best essay was 11/12]) - definitely going to improve...
SAT 2: Math 1 - 710, Math 2 - 700 (MUST improve), will take Biology M</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
-Basketball - Freshman (2 years), Junior Varsity (2 years), Varsity (3 years)
-Soccer - Freshman (2 years), Junior Varsity (1 year), Varsity (1 year)
-Cross Country (2 years)
-Track and Field (2 years)
-Model United Nations (2 years - 4 conferences)
-Choir (2 years)</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
-Center for Talented Youth (3 years)
-Stanford Forensic National Institute (1 year)
-Dale Carnegie Training - TA (1 year - twice)</p>

<p>Leadership Roles:
-Varsity Basketball Co-captain
-Choir Bass section leader
-Model United Nations school ambassador</p>

<p>Awards:
-Basketball - 3 time MVP, 3 time All-Tournament Team, 4 championships (4 runner-ups, 1 third place [we've placed in every tournament we've played]
-Track and Field - various awards eg. sprints, shot put, discus</p>

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<p>A couple of comments:</p>

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<li>Your test scores are fine. I wouldn’t worry about improving them.</li>
<li>Your years in basketball don’t add up (you list 7 years)</li>
<li>Neither do your basketball awards</li>
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<p>I suspect what happened is that you’re such a great basketball player that the HS team wanted you to play for them when you were in MS. If that is the case… they <em>don’t</em> care about middle school stuff. Unfortunately I can’t judge your IB stuff. I would say if it’s comparable to a 3.75 GPA then that’s fine.</p>

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<p>Yeah I played for the high school team in middle school, thus the weird number for the years and awards on the team.</p>

<p>As for the 3.75, I actually got it wrong and its actually 3.93. But my IB grades won’t and aren’t at that standard.</p>

<p>Thank you for the comments, but other than those is there a verdict as to if I will be a good candidate for the school?</p>

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<p>Your scores are right in the middle of the student profile, and you have a ton of extra curricular activities with leadership. I don’t know how IB works, but I have a feeling it goes under the “rigorous coursework” that Michigan emphasizes in high school. So I’d say, you’re chances are pretty high that you’d get in.</p>