Chance a current junior please!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>I am a junior - Asian American (great, I know!)</p>

<p>However, unlike most of my peers I am NOT by any means a "math/science" person, though I do love math, I love english/humanities wayyyy more!</p>

<p>Here's a break down of my stats as of right now:</p>

<p>Rank: 3/ 550 people --> though this year, my classes along with ECs have been extremely difficult. So im hoping I can maintain that level even after exams, which are coming up so soon! </p>

<p>GPA: 4.7 (out of 4 due to weighting)
Class load: hardest possible no doubt!
ACT: score without much studying - 29 (however, I will make SURE this goes up by June. My goal is a 32+ and im quite confident that i can do it with proper prep. Im studying!)</p>

<p>ECs: (I think this is the stronger portion of my app...let me know ur opinions..)</p>

<p>Editor-in-chief of School Paper - first junior to become one in a looong time, i am absolutely certain that the newspaper advisor will write me a first class rec!</p>

<p>Question: Our school paper won a national award from columbia university (silver crown) during my time this year as EIC, is something I should mention? This award is not directed to me specfically but more to our entire paper. I think it's appealing as it is an award recogonizing the top few papers internationally...please share ur opinions!</p>

<p>Founder and manager of newspaper website </p>

<p>Awarded Outstanding web-designer by IU </p>

<p>Write for other community papers as well, including our cultural one.</p>

<p>Many essay competition awards; won 1st place in state for a newspaper article I wrote. That same article won 4th place nationally at another competiton (which i will not list here for security reasons as you can easily look me up) </p>

<p>History fair state finalist/winner, potential national qualifer (will find out in a couple weeks!)</p>

<p>Internship at congressman office summer before junior year </p>

<p>Likely to obtain internship at Senate Office this summer (already applied! From the looks of it, the intern coordinator seemed enthusiastic when I called her, so hopefully this works out for me!)
***NOte: i have no connections whatsoever, i know i wont be able to tell this to admissions officers but i just feel better after letting u all know =) </p>

<p>Teen Rep on local Youth Commisson - began this system of teen reps to help form better student-community alliances </p>

<p>Founder of a community service council for multicultural students (we help out at various community festivals, represent the youth, currently planning a cultural show and a trip abroad to India) </p>

<p>500+ volunteer service hours through hospital volunteering (the usual lol), tutoring, after school enrichment program helping for younger children, etc. etc. </p>

<p>Nominated and will be attending Girls State</p>

<p>State Pageant winner (first runner up) and miss talented </p>

<p>Math Honor Society President
Founder and manager of club website (to submit service hours,updates on events, etc) </p>

<p>NAtional Honor Society (running for Pres., we'll see what happens!)</p>

<p>French Honor Society </p>

<p>DECA state winner</p>

<p>I have several other ECs but I feel that these are my main ones and the ones that I am most proud to be involved in!</p>

<p>What do you think??</p>

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<p>Very qualified. Are you in/out of state? If you’re in-state, submit your app early, and you’ll get in without a doubt.</p>

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<p>Im out of state unforutnately. Im from IL. I know they have rolling admissions, so I had a question - </p>

<p>Can i submit my app as early as Sept? If so, how early can I hear from them?</p>

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<p>Way underqualified… Especially if u are instate, then you have no chance. But seriously, the ACT is good enough and personally I wouldn’t bother to retake it. But if you are shooting for scholarships or applying to honors then i guess it wouldn’t hurt.</p>

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<p>So u are out of state then… u will hear back by mid december if u submit your app for early decision. In your case, It may very well be earlier</p>

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<p>thanks samuelson! what do u think i could do to improve my chances or my app?</p>

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<p>Definitely score highly on the ACT. If you’re OOS and apply early, then you still have a very strong chance. It’ll be easier to judge if you posted a UM gpa instead of your highschool weighted one.</p>

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<p>No offense Hardworker, but how did u get a 29 outta 36 on the ACT and have a GPA of 4.7 and “Class load: hardest possible no doubt!” But you should definitely take the ACT again. Especially with scholarships, if you want lots of money aka like something like full tuition try and get a 34. I get that you didnt study but if familiarize yourself with it, you should be able to get that easily. Unless you are a poor test taker which seems unlikely, you should be able to do a lot better on your ACT. </p>

<p>GOOD LUCK!</p>

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<p>applying early is key and often makes the biggest difference. Retake the ACT again and do well fall semester of senior year (pick hard classes). If u get deferred (I doubt u will), as long as u have a solid fall semester senior year grades, then u should be fine. If that happens, write a letter just in case. O, and put a little effort into your essays.</p>

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<p>Honestly if you apply in September you’ll get in for sure. You may even hear back by October or November. I’m from Illinois too and I know many people who got in with similar statistics.</p>