Chance an Ann Arbor resident?

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<p>Intended major: CS @ LSA</p>

<p>I go to an Ann Arbor high school. I had some personal issues during my freshman and sophomore years, but I worked my hardest for junior year. </p>

<p>SAT: 2290 (800 Math score)
PSAT: 210
ACT: 29 (I think I'll just send only my SAT score instead)
GPA:
9th grade: 3.0UW
10th grade: 3.05UW / 3.3W
11th grade: 3.55 UW / 3.8W</p>

<p>APs:
AP US History (couldn't afford to take the exam :()
AP Spanish - 5
AP Micro/Macro - 5
AP English Language - 4</p>

<p>ECs:
200+ hours of community service
NHS member
Helped set up a fundraiser for UMich</p>

<p>Hooks: First generation college student, low income, very near by campus</p>

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<p>Reach. Your GPA is just too low.</p>

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<p>Your GPA is still way too low even for LSA.</p>

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<p>Reach. Even your Junior year GPA is low. Solid SAT score and nice AP scores though, but lackluster EC’s. Unfortunately, you being an Ann Arbor resident won’t help you much since there are a ton of more qualified high school students from Ann Arbor that will most likely be applying…</p>

<p>Make your essays amazing and get quality recommendation letters; it’s essential if you want to get in with your GPA.</p>

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<p>GPA is too low and while your SAT is well above average it doesn’t make up for it. Reach.</p>

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<p>If I get rejected, how difficult would it be to transfer from a local CC?</p>

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<p>@mike25 It would still be difficult. According to stats released in 2012, the acceptance rate was 33% (just below the freshman acceptance rate that year) and the average accepted transfer GPA was a 3.65, although it obviously varies from institution to institution.</p>

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<p>How are you NHS with an acc GPA in the 3.3 range? What’s your ethnicity? If you were black Hispanic or Native American with that 800 math score they’d do everything they could to get you in.</p>

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<p>Very strange and significant disconnect between your tests (AP and SAT) and your GPA. This could be a red flag. Are you just not studying during the year and cramming during exams? Michigan does not like that. On the other hand, perhaps you go to a school that is notorious for grade deflation and Michigan admits students its with 3.3 GPAs. You are better qualified to chance yourself than we are by checking on how students from your school have performed when they applied to Michigan in 2011 and 2012. Perhaps you have Naviance. If not, ask your counselor. But assuming grading is “normal” at your school, a 3.3 will likely be too low, even if you are a URM (except if you are Native American).</p>

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<p>There is something wrong that you got such a low GPA and yet having high PSAT/SAT. My impression is that you probably skipped many homework. That may be in the mind of the admission officer too. All 3 high schools in the district have quite normal (or slightly generous) grading system and there are usually extra credits to make up the scores.</p>

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<p>Class rank? ESL?</p>

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<p>AAPS do not rank.</p>