Chance me -- EA College of Engineering

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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I know this board gets a ton of these posts, but I’d appreciate someone outside perspective on my chances :slight_smile:

Anyhoo:
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residency: In-state
Testing:
ACT: 35 composite (35 English/writing/science, 34 math, 8’s on writing subtest)
SAT: 1510 composite (770 English, 740 math, 7/6/7 writing)
Grades:
4.0 unweighted GPA, 4.64 weighted on a 5.0 scale.
Top 10% at a competitive HS (we don’t do specific class ranks)
12 AP/IB classes (max I could take, with an additional hour every year it was available)
National Merit Semifinalist
ECs:
Treasurer of National Honor Society at my school
Principal trombone in 3 state-recognized ensembles (Symphonic band/orchestra and jazz band)
2-year marching band section leader, 4 years total
4 years of varsity track
3 years of varsity cross country
Volunteer at local animal shelter
Part-time job as a soccer ref
Other stuff:
Essays should be good, I spent a lot of time on them and had them reviewed multiple times.
Multiple on-campus visits and an on-campus summer camp for biomedical imagining.
Numerous alumni in family (parents, grandparents, etc)
Letter of rec from a humanities teacher I had a good relationship with

Thanks to anyone who responds!

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You should be in without problem.

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I think you are in good shape so long as you write decent essays and there is not something really bad that you left out about yourself.

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Hope you receive good news in 2-3 weeks.