Background: Low-income Arab American from Michigan
Unweighted GPA 3.76
Weighted GPA 4.14(AP classes not offered freshman and 1 offered sophomore year+ 1st semester and 3rd semester is bringing down my average by a lot because of concussions)
Course Load 5 regular classes 8 AP 6 Dual Enrollment the rest are honors
5 on AP Gov exam
All Dual enrollment classes relate to my desired major (government)
SAT 720 Math 690 Reading 1410 Composite
ECs: Student Council President, Co-founded two clubs (one had to do with career exploration the other was an entrepreneurship club), Link Crew, Football, Baseball, Link Crew, Volunteered over 400 hours for the little league team I used to play for, 2 jobs did a shadowing program with an attorney and NHS Treasurer
Essays: Wrote my personal statement about how someone in my life dealing with injustice within our justice system led me to want to study politics and law so I can make a change.
LORS: Strong letters of recommendation from my AP Lang and APUSH teacher and an A+ letter of rec from my AP GOV teacher.
I think you have a good chance, not guaranteed, but probably a very good candidate. Your downside is your unweighted GPA. Test scores are solid, but not high enough to automatically pull your application. I think that you probably have a 50% chance of getting in
I wanted to hear what you guys think. I am applying for the MCDBiology program at Umich. I have a 4.0 UW GPA (4.55 weighted - 9 APs and 4 dual enrollment classes). I have gotten a 5 on 6/6 AP exams taken so far and will take three more this year. I am also taking Calc 3, Diff Eq, and two semesters of orgo chem. I have a 36 ACT with a 10/12 on writing. I have ECs that have to do with volunteer work, the co-president of a science club, but my main one is having done research in a lab and published a paper in a respected journal. I think my essays are solid and will not pull me down, but I do not believe they have that “wow!” factor many amazing examples online seem to have. I have two good letter of recs from teachers and I have one from the professors I did research work with. I have also been offered a HAIL scholarship if admitted - if that helps me at all.
I do also want to say that I am not boasting or being self-deprecating. I have genuinely never compared myself to others and focused on my work, so I have no clue how I stack up against some of the best students in the world!
Thanks! Looking forward to hearing from you guys, and good luck to all!