Chance me for University Of Michigan?

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I really want to go to the University of Michigan but I strongly believe that my GPA will cut me off… I am also OOS too :frowning:
Please chance me and lmk if I should even apply or just save my time…

  1. GPA my overall GPA is around a 3.63
    but my high school is a blue ribbon school (OOS) I am a 88-90 converted to percentage…
  2. My SAT score is decent. I have a 1540/1600
    My essay was a 7/6/8
  3. I took the SAT2 for Chem but I will not send bc I did not do well on them.
  4. Extracurriculars : I have a leadership position as president of my HS’s community club and the Vice President of my HS’s animal rights club.
    I have the bronze presidential award
    I have over 150 hours of volunteer hours
    I created my own home baking company and essentially turned one of my hobbies into a business.
  5. I have shown interest in the college already. I toured In January if that helps in the slightest bit.
  6. I am a junior but I will be taking 8 AP courses in total (including senior year) and one honors class
    AP WORLD HISTORY (did well)
    AP US(doing well)
    AP LANG AND COMP(doing well)
    AP PHYSICS (not doing the best in)
    SS RESEARCH (honors)
    next year as a senior I will take…
    AP STAT
    AP PSYCH
    AP MACRO
    AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
  7. I am pretty sure I will receive strong rec letters …
    8)I fell in love with the University of Michigan. I feel as if I’m just bringing my hopes up if I apply.
    In addition, would it help to email admissions officers to show them my interest ?
    Also, if I were to apply, which department would I have the highest chance of getting into? thank u sm ik this is very early bc I’m only a junior
2

Have you checked the naviance data of your school? Also, is that GPA recalculated without subgrades?

3

I checked naviance and a few people with below a 3.6 and around there have been accepted and there are people who have had exceptional GPA’s but we’re denied… 79 have been accepted and 20 have enrolled. this is the GPA on my unofficial transcript w all my grades from 9,10, and half semester of junior year

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First, recalculate your uwGPA in UMich’s way and see what it is. If you habe mostly A- plus a couple B-, the recalculated GPA may be near 3.9. The same may happen to the former students from your HS. That is going to make a big difference. Those got denied with higher GPA may have lower course rigor, lower score, or poor applications.

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I have majority A’s and only 3 B+’s throughout my transcript. The only B+’s I have was bc I took high school courses in 8th grade and unfortunately got a B in Algebra 1 and a B+ in Spanish Checkpoint A… and a B+ in chem :frowning: (ya ik lol) sophomore year. Other than that, they are all A’s.

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Do the grades from 8th grade show up on your transcript and are included in GPA calculation? They said they only include all classes in 9th through 12th grade in the GPA recalculation.
https://umich.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2259/~/recalculating-the-gpa-for-freshmen-applicants

So your UM recalculated GPA is 3.9+. So you are within admission range and UMich is a low to mid reach for you from OOS.

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They are included because it was a high school level course. Thank you so much anyways. I really appreciate it!

8

Could I maybe send you my transcript?

9

It is on the transcript does not mean they would include it in the recalculation. There are some small schools with combined middle and high schools with transcripts showing classes from all grades too.

10

Could I send u it anyways just so you can see it. Please? I’m so sorry but I really want to get in

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Normally they will not use classes taken in middle school to compute GPA. You might want to mention that in your application in case it is overlooked.

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omg thank u