<p>I am a senior from the Philadelphia Area who applied Regular Decision to Michigan. My SAT's are 620 CR, 600 Math, 620 Writing. My weighted GPA at my public high school is about a 97% which rounds off to about a 3.83 weighted gpa on a 4 point scale. I will have taken 6 AP classes by the time I graduate high school (high number for my school). My class rank is in the top 10% of my class of about 300. My EC's are also very strong: NHS member with over 165 hours of community service, member of my schools varsity baseball and soccer team, member of French Honor Society, president and founder of my schools business club, and I also had a business internship last summer as well as a great experience as a research assistant and volunteer at a major hospital. I also plan on applying to the School of Kinesiology as a Sports Management major..any input would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>Im an instate senior and our school sends a lot of kids there, so ill give you my opinion:</p>
<p>Your GPA is acceptable, but very close to the limit. Instate, they say they want at least a 3.8, so OOS id assume is a tad higher, and your GPA is a tad higher than a 3.8.</p>
<p>Your SAT scores seem a little bit low. </p>
<p>Your ECs seem very strong and probably above the average acceptee’s.</p>
<p>I’d say if you wrote good essays and got good recs, you should probably get in (80-90%). </p>
<p>The one thing im curious to is why did you not apply EA? its nonbinding and you find out WAY earlier, especially because its nov. 15th and you’ve already applied RD, so you’re way ahead of the jan. 1st deadline.</p>
<p>Honestly, every school in America has a different formula for calculating GPA’s, so I think they will see my class rank and disregard my GPA. For example, my school weights AP classes 1.05%, while the normal standard for other schools in PA is 1.10%. Therefore, someone who gets lower grades than me in AP classes could end up with a higher GPA. </p>
<p>My SAT’s are also a bit low, but they are about 40 points above the average SAT of students accepted into the school of kinesiology…do you think that will give me an advantage?</p>
<p>And as for applying EA, I didn’t get my app done in time. From looking at UM’s application process, it seems that applying EA does not help a student’s chances at getting accepted; it merely let’s them know their admissions decision before RD students. From this, I decided to take my time on my application, think about my essays and not try to rush everything and make unnecessary mistakes just to find out whether I get in or not a month earlier.</p>
<p>I have similar stats (except my GPA is higher and my SAT’s are slightly higher). I also decided not to rush it and apply EA and wait for the regular decision. Is it rolling now? Also, if you apply now, will you have to send in your first quarter grades?</p>
<p>Yes, admission is rolling now…I also do not think you send any of your grades until the midyear report is ready to be sent.</p>
<p>Just wondering, are you applying to the School of Kinesiology as well? Good luck</p>
<p>But how is it rolling if you can’t send any of your grades in until the midyear report? So there would be no benefit of sending in your application until January then except to just get it over with.</p>
<p>Bumppp…</p>
<p>The earlier you get your app in, the more slots are open in your desired school (thus increasing your chances of being admitted)…</p>
<p>^that’s not how it works</p>
<p>How does it work? I don’t think it would increase your chances but there would be more open spots…right?</p>
<p>sorry but they look at unweighted GPA. Assuming that yours is 3.7 or lower and with the 1840 SAT and being OOS you are a high reach IMO. Your ECs will help but I don’t think you’ll overcome the other more important admission considerations.</p>
<p>There is no 4.0 gpa scale on my transcript as everything is straight percentages. And what your saying cannot be true because a 95% could be a 4.0 unweighted at one school and a 3.6 unweighted at another. Therefore, class rank is really what they will look at most because that says more about how academically competitive a student is compared to his or her school. I have also talked to UM officials who have told me similar. </p>
<p>I know me being OOS is a negative, as well as my SAT (even though it’s higher than the average kinesiology student).</p>
<p>Thank you anyway for your input ;)</p>
<p>@ chronome</p>
<p>Think about it mathematically…if there are only 25 spots left and 100 applicants for a school, you have a 25% chance of being accepted. </p>
<p>On the contrary, suppose there are 200 applicants for 100 spots. You have a 50% acceptance rate.</p>
<p>Therefore, yes, in a way, it increases your chances of acceptance</p>
<p>What is your unweighted GPA in percent?</p>
<p>95.9764 so about 96%</p>
<p>KFC, it sounds like you don’t need a chances thread because you know everything already.</p>
<p>yeah chronome is correct. you seem to be discounting everyone’s advice on here.</p>
<p>I am not discrediting anything that has been said, I’m simply saying that what wayneandgarth said cannot be true because I have spoken with UM officials and that is not the information that I have received. </p>
<p>I do not think it’s right to leave something like that go because everyone that reads these should be reading the truth, not speculation. </p>
<p>I felt it was the right thing to do, and let him know for future references that someone who is ranked at the top of their class at a competitive school will not be rejected for having a low uw gpa. Every school is different, and when it comes to discussions like these, those are the types of variables that cannot go unnoticed.</p>
<p>I appreciate the people who have taken the time to look over my statistics and “chance me”…these are interesting conversations that allow people like me to get a good feel for the admissions process! I apologize if I seemed at all offending!</p>
<p>OK - look; I’m not speculating. Admissions will look at your strength of schedule and your individual grades in those classes. All, I’m saying is that with a SAT under 2000 and being out of state, in most cases you will have to have a very difficult schedule 7-8 APs with essentially all A’s (3.85+ unweighted) to have a reasonable chance. These are the top considerations. Don’t believe me, NP. I wish you the very best of luck.</p>
<p>If you apply RD, Michigan is not rolling in the same way as most schools. They won’t even look at your Apps till after Christmas (because they still are dealing with all the EA apps first) and they def. won’t make any decisions until your first semester grades are in. Even if you apply November 2nd, the earliest you would find out is mid February. A girl from my school last year applied November 4th, and got notified in March. Thats why EA is worth it.</p>