<p>Well I will put in my two cents here. 3.2 UW GPA is not low, its just not high enough for schools like Michigan and VT. Being an URM will help you more than you think it will. In my case It provided me with the miracle of getting accepted into the University of Michigan with a 3.27 U-M GPA. I got a 1600 on the SAT as well. I did send in my mid year grades and maybe those helped. Who knows. I’m an African-American from New Jersey. I applied to Rutgers and got accepted no problem. I applied to schools like University of Maryland College Park and TCNJ, and mostly state schools because I plan to attend medical school. As soon as I got into Michigan, I put my deposit and now I’m heading there apart of the class of 2013. Heres my advice. Stellar Essays, find teachers that know you very well so they can write good recommendations. As with me I had convos after convos with my teachers and guidance counselors. They pretty much knew a lot about my life. The last piece of advice is to think positive. Colleges say they don’t have a minimum GPA and SAT requirement for a reason. There are people that will probably get as lucky as I did. But you will never know unless you apply. I got into all those schools that you named except VT and Ohio State, which I didn’t apply to. Also Michigan looks at the rigor of your classes and U-M GPA. I’d say 80% of their admissions decision is based on that. Only problem with what I’m seeing in your chance thread is that you aren’t in any AP classes. That could pose a problem. I was in several. Always was in advanced and honors classes.</p>