<p>Ok, I am a Sophomore right now. But I'm still starting to worry..</p>
<p>I'm currently in Argentina on a year long Exchange program and i will get back in the Middle of junior year.</p>
<p>I haven't taken any of the tests and my GPA before i left was like a 3.22, but freshmen year it was 3.86. I guess i got distracted with leaving and I'm going to pull it back up to A´s </p>
<p>I'm in state and Plan on applying to Engineering. My Main problem is i don't think i have enough time in school when i get back to get in any Calc. I plan on doing something with Computer Science Major so I'm going to try for as many Computer classes as possible. </p>
<p>I have 2 years varsity Swimming and a grandmother who got her masters at Michigan if that would do anything at all.</p>
<p>I'm just starting to freak because i don't have much time after i get back.... although i think my exchange year Michigan will like... kinda looking for things to do or reassurence</p>
<p>waaaaaay to early to worry. Just get good grades, study for the ACT/SAT, and do some extracurriculars</p>
<p>When you do get around to applying though, get it in as early as possible. Like the before the end of September early.</p>
<p>crunchtime9 is 100% right. Unless you’re applying to Michigan as a safety school on top of multiple ivies, you should definitely apply early. It can only improve your chances.</p>
<p>If you really want to get into Calc, learn Pre-Calc or 2nd year of Algebra on your own over the summer. A lot of people here do that.</p>
<p>I always laugh when people say that Michigan is a “safety school.” Especially if you are from OOS, it is never a safety school.</p>
<p>First of all, the engineering school at Michigan is a lot harder to get into than LSA.
I was just wondering which school you go to in Michigan (I too live in Michigan).
Every year my school graduates 30-40 some kids to Michigan (I go to a private school and there is about 120-140 kids per grade).
Your GPA is somewhat low, but as long as you volunteer a lot at various places but is commit to those place of volunteering (like 200+ hours on ONE activity – colleges want to see your committed to volunteering for that one activity, not like 2-3 hours on various activities–but also you should volunteer likee 100+ or even 200+ some where else too so they see that you have a range of locations that you like to volunteer at).
Also join some clubs, but not blow off clubs like a culture club (i.e. spanish club, gaming club…) join a competitive or important one like Science Olympiad, or Yearbook or School Newspaper. </p>
<p>The exchange program does show them that you have depth (you have a very good interest in other fields and experience)
GPA wise, you should try to get it up, get a tutor, or take classes and try to test out. But also make sure that you take some challenging classes and then some easier (but not blow off) classes.
as for Calc, double up on math so you can take two years in one and get into calc, it also make your transcript look stronger too</p>
<p>Study for the ACT/SAT
but most of all
Extracurricular, colleges love to see your list of out of extracurricular, they love it more when they see you have won an award</p>
<p>novi…
it can be a safety school for some.
Like those who have a 4.0/35. And there are many of these types of candidates each year.</p>
<p>Exactly, I know a kid who had 4.0/35 who applied to Princeton, MIT, Stanford, Northwestern, Virginia, and Michigan. Michigan was his safety. Like blackpen2008 said, there are plenty or kids like this every year.</p>
<p>"Especially if you are from OOS, it is never a safety school. "</p>
<p>I am from OOS, and Michigan was a safety for me according to my college advisor. I never really truly believed that and was paranoid for a while but anyway… I did have a 3.2 at one of THE top private schools in the nation and way above average SAT scores. The admit rate for anyone with 3.0+ to Michigan was 100% in the past 5 years (over 100 applications) even though less than 15 people actually came. Therefore, from a stats point of view Michigan was an universal safety school for half my high school even being OOS. Therefore your statement is not true.</p>
<p>For some reason I fell in love with Michigan and decided to come here over wharton and cornell.</p>
<p>did you go to exeter?</p>
<p>Ok fine. Michigan could be a safety school for the small number of top students who have a 4.0 uw gpa and 35 ACT scores. The OP however is not one of them, so I don’t think he should be lead to believe to consider Michigan a safety school. With those stats of your friend Taxi1113, I suppose Northwestern and Virginia could be considered safety schools as well.</p>
<p>Eh, they kind of were, but I believe that Northwestern and Virginia are more difficult to get into than Michigan. I had one friend this year who got into Michigan and rejected from Virginia. I had another friend who had the same thing happen for Northwestern. Those examples have led me to believe that those schools are at least a little more selective than Michigan.</p>
<p>Of course, the example of two friends is all conclusive. Look, Michigan is way larger than both NU and UVA so naturally it will be a bit easier, generally speaking, to gain admission. I still maintain that it is not a safety school for the vast majority of well qualified applicants. I have heard many stories here about top students getting waitlisted at Michigan. I suppose many of those believed that U-M was a safety school for them too.</p>