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<p>Hello, I'm a Senior at a public high school in the state of Michigan, and UMich is one of my top choices. I am Hispanic, and will be applying Early Action. I was wondering whether being an URM would affect my chances. Any help/insight/advice/comments is appreciated!</p>

<p>STATS
- ACT: 32 (35 Reading, 27 Math, 33 English, 32 Science) single sitting
- SAT: 2080 (750 CR, 660 M, 670 W) single sitting
- SAT II: 800 French reading, 770 United States History, 750 Spanish, 680 English Literature (not sending that one)
- UW GPA: 3.744
- Class rank: n/a, but top 25%.
- AP: 5 French Language, 5 Spanish Language, 5 English Language and Composition, 3 United States History
- High School: USNWR Silver Medal recipient
- ECs: Tutoring Club (4 hours/week), Church student leadership team (4 hours/week), Soccer (3 hours/week), NHS, various local volunteering (30 hours), National and International mission trips to Pittsburgh, Norfolk, and Costa Rica (150+ hours)
- I am also translating/co-authoring a book being published by Taylor & Francis (roughly 20 hours/week this summer and last summer, 4 hours/week during the school year)
- I started a tutoring "business" last year, and I tutor Social Studies, English, Spanish, and French.</p>

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<li><p>I am fluent in French, English, and proficient in Spanish and German.</p></li>
<li><p>Intended Major: English</p></li>
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<p>Senior Courses:
- Humanities (English Lit, Music, Art History, European History)
- Physics
- AP US Government
- AP Microeconomics
- AP Calculus AB
- Spanish at Michigan</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>Don’t worry too much, you’re fine. You should get in early. Just don’t mess up this year.</p>

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<p>32ACT + instate…your golden. Just don’t **** around senior year and you’ll be fine.</p>

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<p>The stats themselves aren’t amazing, but being IS, a URM and fluent in a few languages (something I feel umich loves) I think you will get in.</p>

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<p>Purple- IS with 3.5+ 28+ and you have a real good chance. OP with 32 3.7 is a lock. Don’t forget 32 is the 99th percentile thats something to be proud of.</p>

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<p>I realize it is much easier to get into umich IS, but I still don’t think 3.5+ 28+ IS is a lock, especially with how hard admissions us becoming.</p>

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<p>My bad I read that wrong</p>

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<p>Adam E. I go to a feeder school that sent 72 kids to umich last year. My best friend with a 3.65 and 34 ACT got rejected.</p>

<p>PurpleDuckMan is right. Umich admissions are getting ridiculous…</p>

<p>Thanks for your opinions though. Much appreciated!</p>

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<p>Bump 10char.</p>

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<p>Well your friend had a below average gpa, that’s why. Michigan counts GPA the most by far. Your test scores are very secondary compared to that. I know someone with a 3.78 and 27 ACT who got in early so as long as you don’t do anything stupid, you’re fine.</p>

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<p>All right, thanks for the answer. It’s just that with Michigan’s increased selectivity I find myself getting more and more anxious…</p>

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<p>It’s really only OOS thats more selective. The common app increases the number of OOS people who apply but not IS since the best IS people applied to Michigan anyways. As long as Michigan keeps the ratio of IS to OOS at 60-40, you shouldn’t worry too much.</p>

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<p>Your GPA is really the only thing holding you back here. I’d say it’s a match - you’ll probably get in, but it’s definitely not a certainty.</p>

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<p>While that sounds all fine and dandy, the real-world impact doesn’t look like that. UMich admissions were harder for in-state applicants this past year, too - and will either be just as difficult or even more difficult. I graduated from an in-state high school that usually has an astronomical admissions rate into UMich. We were hit hard by UMich’s increased selectivity, too.</p>

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<p>Welcome to the OOS world.</p>

<p>That makes sense though that it affects OOS more than IS.</p>

<p>And don’t forget the OP is a URM</p>

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<p>Is being URM that big of an advantage at UMich? I thought it didn’t take that into account…</p>

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<p>“While that sounds all fine and dandy, the real-world impact doesn’t look like that. UMich admissions were harder for in-state applicants this past year, too - and will either be just as difficult or even more difficult. I graduated from an in-state high school that usually has an astronomical admissions rate into UMich. We were hit hard by UMich’s increased selectivity, too.”</p>

<p>More IS people are applying too. It didn’t get that much harder last year compared to the year before. The IS rate has been about steady more or less, it may have gotten harder since 2000 but that’s to be expected. The year to year difference isn’t that great. I also went to a UM feeder school so I know about this first hand. The reason I say OP has such a great chance is the URM part. I know one that got in with a 3.72 and a 28 ACT. Michigan isn’t allowed to straight up give points for being a URM but it can consider the fact that one is a URM when looking at the application. Michigan’s big on diversity so it always helps.</p>

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<p>3.7 and 28. Okay, that gives me more hope. I guess I’ll just have to nail those essays. :)</p>

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<p>Yeah Michigan goes crazy for diversity. Multi cultural this, diversity that, blah blah blah…</p>

<p>I read a board about how Glee was racist…</p>

<p>Being a URM definitely helps. Up there with female to engineering or IS vs OOS</p>

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<p>PurpleDuckMan, are you a student at Michigan?</p>

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<p>yes sir i am</p>