Chance Me - University of Michigan Ann Arbor

I am currently a junior in HS and U of M is my dream college. I grew up going to U of M campus for football games and fell in love with the school.

I had a rough freshman year due to the passing of 3 very close relatives and my mom’s diagnosis with cancer in a span of just over 6 months. I ended my Freshman year with around a 3.4 GPA . Since then I have gotten my GPA up to around a 3.8 (around 3.6 UW I believe). I know my GPA is low By the end of HS I will have 9 AP classes completed. The first time I took the ACT I got a 27 composite score, which I know I can do better and I will likely get around a 30 when I am done taking it.

As far as extracurriculars go I have played football and baseball all through High School. I will be a captain on the football team next year. I have been a member of Student Council for all of High School and will likely be President next year (counts as class president as well). I am considering running for a student rep position on our school board. I am a member of NHS and I will try to run for a leadership role in that too (VP or something). I am on a Youth Advisory Committee that oversees grants and distributes them into our community. I am a member of other local groups to our school (anti-bullying group called BeNice and Students Against Destructive Decisions). I will be getting a part-time job soon. I am an active member at my youth group and have gone on 6 mission trips in my life. I have volunteered over 200 hours for the Audio/Visual Tech Team at my church.

For my essays, I am pretty confident in my writing ability for the essays, I can write about overcoming my almost depressed state following the death of 3 relatives and my mom’s cancer diagnosis in 6 months.

I am also family friends with an alumni and current employee in a dept. at U of M that I could probably get to write a recommendation.

Please leave me some feedback, because I want to know what to expect this fall when I apply.
Thanks

Are you in state? Try to bring up your GPA. You uwGPA is on the low side, and your ACT too. What is your intended major? Alumni recommendation has no value.

Yes I am in state. I am trying to bring up my GPA, if it helps any I got a 4.3 last semester. I will probably go in for political science or economics.