Chance a deferred student!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>Competitive public high school in NJ, usually get around 20 kids into Michigan every year.</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT 1: 780W/ 740R/ 700M (2220)
SAT 2: 770 USH/ 740 Bio/ 700 Math 1
GPA: 3.76 W (low, but upward trend- average accepted for my school is a 4.0, but that also includes people like our valedictorian with a 4.5 who won't be attending)
Took 5 AP's: English Lang (5), Apush (5), Bio (4), Chem and English Lit senior year</p>

<p>Awards:
AP Scholar
National Merit Commendation
Highest Honors for Academic Achievement (from school)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
1. Volunteer at camp for disadvantaged kids living w/ leukemia or cancer. Talked about this in my extracurric essay
2. Science resaerch: intern at Columbia University Biochem Lab, helped to make discovery, will be co-author of paper, got letter from head of lab
3. Varsity Tennis- Team State Sectional Finalists
4. Co-founded Jeopardy and Biology clubs at my school
5. member of Peer leadership program at my school
6. New Jersey Boys State
7. Other volunteering stuff</p>

<p>Recommendations:
Guidance Counselor: Excellent
AP English teacher: Great
AP Bio teacher: not sure, I think good
Head of lab: Excellent, "one of the best students I've had work for me"</p>

<p>Essays:
Common app: really good I think
Michigan essays: pretty good, not amazing though</p>

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

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<p>I’ll be damned if you don’t get in pal.</p>

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<p>The OP’s 3.76 reported is weighted…the 3.75 that is tossed around as a threshold is typically an unweighted GPA. That said on paper you’re certainly in the running and the deferral, as opposed to a rejection, tells you this. OP no one can “chance” you…talk to your GC and see how you stack up compared to others from your school who were accepted this year and last year…that will give you a better picture than a random posting. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Anyone else? bumpp</p>

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<p>1440 on the SAT (CR + M) is good, but your GPA is under the 50%ile. I think you have a 50/50 chance.</p>

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<p>If it means anything, I was accepted with a 3.74 weighted but closer to a 3.4 UW, but I had SATs similar to the OP’s (though a bit higher–1490/2270).</p>

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<p>The bigger question is how many NJ deferrals have ever been accepted to UMIch ever…</p>

<p>Go to your guidance counselor and ask…then please send me a PM</p>

<p>I am betting zero…they get enough yield from EA NJ acceptances; they don’t need any more…</p>

<p>And even by the slight chance that they do, I know students who were deferred with UW 3.8 GPA’s this year…</p>

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<p>It does not mean much AsianGinger. Michigan is quite selective. In other words, its decisions are random. Obviously, excellent students have better odds of getting in than merely good ones, but in the end, nobody has a “good” chance of getting in. There was a time when a 4.0 (UW) student with a 1500+ (CR+M) was virtually guaranteed admission. Today, even such students have a not better than 75% shot of getting in. Students such as the OP and yourself (very qualified to be sure) stand a less than 50% chance of admission.</p>