chance me please? :D

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>Hi!
I was wondering what my chances would be for U of Michigan...It would be great if anyone could help me out here
Thanks a lot for reading this!</p>

<p>*Aiming for Premed or Pharmacy.
Looking to major in Biology (or Accounting)</p>

<p>Gender: M
Ethnicity: Asian
College Class Year: 2016
High School: Public, NJ
Will apply for financial aid</p>

<p>ACADEMICS:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.55 out of 4
GPA - Weighted: 6.20 out of 7
Class Rank: top 15%
Class Size: 482
Took mostly AP and Honors classes (except spanish)</p>

<p>To note-my grades have been improving each year (slowly, but still improving)
And I’m predicting that they will also improve more by the midyear report time. </p>

<p>SCORES:
-(SAT I super scored-took it twice 2190 first time 2290 second) Superscore 2340
SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 740
SAT I Writing: 800
-SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 750 (planning to retake)
-SAT II Biology M: 690 (planning to retake)
-4 in AP English Language and Composition</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:</p>

<p>Youth Orchestra since sophomore year
Various other orchestras from middle school to freshman year (principal of 2 orchestras)
High School Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra in Philadelphia (under one of the best programs) for 3 years since sophomore year
Christian Fellowship Club
Badminton club (I know it’s not much, but hey why not)
String Quartet in junior year & senior year
Church worship leader (lead praise, play guitar/sing, involved with all youth group events)
Engineer Club (leadership position-President)
Habitat for Humanity (school chapter,volunteered in SC for 1 week during spring break 2010
Cross country for freshman and sophomore years</p>

<p>Leadership positions: </p>

<p>-President and Founder of Engineers Club at School (elected 2011 and president for this year)
-Leading praise group at church (previously co-leader, but other guy graduated)</p>

<p>Athletics: Cross country freshman team and junior varsity team (9 and 10 grade)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work:</p>

<p>Volunteer at Fellowship House, an organization in Camden, NJ that helps inner city children. Gives them a safe place to go after school to play and do homework (Christian organization) I played with the kids and helped them with homework
Research Volunteer at Rowan University (2011)
Volunteer at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (2011)
Volunteer at church for various events and for children’s ministry
Habitat Volunteer-went to John’s Island, SC for Spring break 2010 to help build houses for those in need; various other day builds
Played music in nursing homes for 5+ years through private teacher</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
National Merit Semi-finalist (232 PSAT score in NJ)
School honor roll</p>

<p>Summer Activities: </p>

<p>Volunteered for church’s Vacation Bible School for younger children for 3 years Logged 150+ hours for VBS overall. </p>

<p>Orchestra for nursing home in summer 2011</p>

<p>Research Volunteer at Rowan University (NJ) – Helped research about the sexual evolution within aphid populations (2011)</p>

<p>Volunteer at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital-Worked in a MRI Lab (My fathers) looking at images and analyzing them (2011)</p>

<p>Again, thanks for reading...I appreciate any help I can get</p>

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<p>Maybe, your GPA is pretty low though and you’re OOS. Michigan doesn’t superscore so your SAT is 2290 and your ECs are numerous and solid but not amazing. Even if you get a 4.0 next semester, I would count you as a low reach, mostly because you’re OOS and it will get much harder to get in from OOS with the increase in applicants. The acceptance rate has dropped to 40% and most of the casualties are OOS applicants.</p>