Chance me for U of M?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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GPA: 4.0 Unweighted, 4.432 Weighted
Rank: 3/165ish
SAT: 1340 / 1350 Superscore
APs: APW (5), APUSH, APCS, AP Physics, AP Lang
Honors Classes: Biology, Geometry, English I, Alg 2 Trig, English II, Chemistry, Pre-Calc
Senior Course load: Honors Spanish, AP Bio, AP Calc, AP Macro, AP Gov, AP Literature,
Hook(s): First gen (parents immigrants did not attend college)
Ethnicity: Asian
Income bracket: around 150k i think
Extracurriculars: Captain of varsity tennis (senior year - won conference, regionals and placed 5th in state junior year), Model UN, Math Club, part of volunteering club, NHS, Finance Club, Peer tutor (I tutor an underclassman every monday for an hour), Cum Laude, Student Ambassador (give tours to prospective students and families, represents school in some events), Part of local youth action board which targets fighting child hunger in community, Class Rep/student gov (freshman year), Junior treasurer /student gov (junior year), 150+ service hours, worked for family business since freshman year

UofM typically accepts top 10 from my school, but I am a little worried because of my SAT score. I am an in-state student who attends a private school. I am trying my best to raise SAT score, but it’s very hard for me for some reason. Can someone chance me / provide tips to increase my acceptance rate?

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Also received 8/8/8 on SAT essay but I heard it does not matter

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Have you tried a practice ACT test to see how you score? Some students find that they are better at one test over the other.

I agree that the lower SAT score is a concern for a school like Michigan.

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GPA and rigor are the two most important factors to UMich per their CDS. Maybe try the ACT instead of the SAT?

It’s a sample of 4 in-state students from the last cycle in the Deferred/RD thread, but we did see in-state students post their acceptances with the following stats:

  1. 3.9 / 1,390
  2. 3.97 / 1,370
  3. 3.8 / 29 (concordance = 1,330-1,350)
  4. 3.9 / 28 (concordance = 1,300-1,320)

However, we know nothing about the rest of their application(s), like their essays, EC’s, etc… And again, they were deferred from EA into RD. Having said that, being first gen helps tremendously.

EDIT 1: Assuming LSA, not Ross or Engineering.

EDIT 2: These scores were at or near the bottom of what I noted here on CC, which tends to skew high compared to the general population.