Can i get into University of Michigan? Its one of my top 3 schools.

Applying to College
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<p>I'm a rising senior and when I graduate I will have completed 14 Honors/AP courses during my high school career (11 honors classes, 3 AP classes)
-GPA: 3.88
-ACT: 28 (will take again in october)
-Tons of community service (Youth group, sunday school teacher, arts and crafts at a local library, and English as a Second Language teacher)
-Century Club for 2 years (over 100+ hours of service)
-Key Club one year
-Field Hockey 2 years
-Golf 2 years
-National Honors Society 2 years
-Accepted into a Pre-College Program at Emory University this summer and took a non credit course in Neuroscience
-I've been working at an animal hospital for about a year, so I'm familiar/involved with some aspects of medicine (I can write one of my essays about this)
-I work 16 hours/week during the school year and 25/week over the summer</p>

<p>I also got a 4 on my AP English Exam.
Thanks guys</p>

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<p>you have a good shot</p>

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<p>I think you have a good shot if you do early action. Are you in state or out of state?</p>

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<p>28 act spells trouble. it’s reach for you.</p>

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<p>Agree: the ACT can be a tripping point. UMich is pretty competitive. Even in state applicants with a 28 shouldn’t bank on an accept.</p>

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<p>probably, a kid in my school is going to Michigan and i know he had good stats, but from what i know of him their probably similar to yours.</p>

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<p>I’m out of state, so it might be tough. hopefully if I get my score up a couple points it’ll be easier.</p>

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<p>A better question might be “Can I afford UMich”? Can you at $50K/year OOS?</p>

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<p>I think you need to get closer to a 31 on the ACT, if you are out of state.</p>

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<p>Is that GPA weighted or unweighted? If it’s unweighted it will help you. Current ACT score will hurt you. If you get the ACT to 30 or better and you have an unweighted GPA above 3.8, you have a good chance. If not it’s a longshot, but not impossible.</p>

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<p>My gpa is unweighted, and out of 4.0</p>

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<p>Unless this is the wrong UMich, it accepts 51% of applicants. I don’t think that’s that selective, or maybe I just don’t understand the meaning of ‘selective’ in college world.
38% of students there are OOS. The mid ACT score is 27-31. Oh yeah you have no chance, you are only in the exact range of most of their students. (Sarcasm).
I wouldn’t bank on getting in, but you have an extremely high chance of getting in. This is based on the 51% admissions (not that selective I’m not saying it’s a bad school it’s just not that selective at 51%) and that 38% of people there are OOS. You are in the range of ACT and have a good GPA.</p>

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<p>Erin’s Dad pointed out the high cost for OOS applicants (post #8). When all is said and done, you will realize that your in-state university is a much more affordable alternative. Unless you can raise your ACT score by several points (probably 3 pts. as floridadad said), becoming a Wolverine will not be an option. You will need to be at the top of the ACT range since you are an OOS and unhooked applicant.</p>

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<p>OP, I see from another thread you are from NJ. You need to ask your parents if they’re willing to pay $50K/year for college. You have some in-state options (Rutgers, TCNJ) that would be much more affordable.</p>