Chance Me? - Michigan Ann Arbor

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I am a high school senior (white male), and applied out of state EA to the University of Michigan LSA
My cumulative weighted GPA is 3.81
However, I demonstrate an upward curve. Freshman: 3.54 Sophomore: 3.62 Junior: 4.15
Attend small private school
After Senior year I will have completed 2 honors, and 7 AP classes: Chemistry (4), US History (4), and Human Geography (4)

Extra Curricular: Varsity Baseball captain (State Champions 2016), Varsity Tennis Captain (Regional Champions 2016), Involved with local non-profit, 2014 & 2015 Presidential service award, Camp Counselor (Unpaid), Little League Umpire (Paid), Chess Club captain

Took immunology course at Brown University over past summer

Good supplements/essay, not incredible though
Strong Letters of Rec.
Do I have any chance? I know its a reach

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What is your unweighted GPA? Michigan weights A+,A,A-=4, all B=3, etc. SAT/ACT? Without this information everyone is just speculating.

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@TooOld4School every chance is speculation. Not even ADCOMS know if you’re going to get in.

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@TooOld4School also, UM doesn’t recalculate grades anymore. They have 't since 2009. https://www.michigandaily.com/content/u-no-longer-recalculate-gpa-admissions-process

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@as1799, I think you mean only the ADCOM knows if you are going to be admitted. And UM does do a recalculation, according to the person quoted in the article that I spoke to. The recalculated figure is used in the CDS so they must compute it. Michigan admissions are very data driven; especially for in-state students, you can predict with a some certainty that a student from a feeder school who applied in EA with a high GPA and ACT will be admitted. In cases like the OP, there is too much uncertainty and too little information.

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@as1799, I believe Michigan reinstituted GPA recalculations within a few years after dropping it. According to current website information: https://umich.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2259/kw/Gpa/session/L3RpbWUvMTQ4MTA0MTI3OC9zaWQvaXB5d0NzNW4%3D

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@MomOf2TeenGirls I’m not disagreeing with you but how old is that? I didn’t see a date and it could be outdated. I think that recalculating 55,000 gpas is unnecessary and the university recognized that it waste of time, but who knows.

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@as1799, last updated 10/10/2016. You can see the dates each answer was updated if you search the FAQ for GPA.
https://umich.custhelp.com/app/answers/list/kw/Gpa/search/1

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UW GPA: 3.55
ACT: 34
Sorry I forgot

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I was at a UMich presentation/tour last Spring and the topic of grade recalculation was brought up. An admissions officer said yes, they still recalculate everyone’s grades upon evaluation.

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They do recalculate grades. It wouldn’t be fair for someone whose high school weights GPAs to be compared to others whose schools don’t weight. So at U of M, an A, A+, and A-, for any class no matter if it’s AP or honors, mean the same thing. That obviously goes for Bs, Cs,…etc as well.

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Grades are recalculated. They visited my school and this came up. However, course rigor is taken into account just as much as numerical gpa is

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Your ACT is definitely high, especially because you applied to LSA which serves to your benefit. I don’t know how much the high ACT will compensate for the relatively low GPA (Michigan’s average is around a 3.9). Though I think it is a reach, I think you have a decent chance.