<p>I am a Junior at a Philadelphia Archdiocesan High School so UMich would be OOS.
Intended Major: Chem. Engineering</p>
<p>4.0 GPA unweighted
Ranked in top 5 out of 209</p>
<p>Took AP Calc AB and AP Biology Junior Year
Taking AP US History and AP Chem for my Senior Year (along with honors physics and env. science)
All of my other classes in HS were honors classes</p>
<p>SAT (1st Time)
Writing 630
Math 680
CR 620</p>
<p>took them the second time yesterday and felt much better about the critical reading and writing sections so hopefully the score will improve. Taking ACTs soon. Taking Math and Bio Subject Tests in the fall.</p>
<p>EC: Varsity Golf 3 years...Hopefully Captain senior year
JV Basketball 9-10 grade Varsity Basketball 11 grade
Baseball- Freshman Year
Coach at the local YMCA in a sports league for disabled children (2 six-week seasons)</p>
<p>Neumann Scholarship Award Winner- Full 4-year scholarship to any Phila. Archdiocesan High School
Accepted and attending Notre Dame Summer Scholars Program.
Accepted and attending Georgetown's Summer Program for High School Students.</p>
<p>when i said umcp i meant university of maryland college park sorry.</p>
<p>Riverbirch, I’m guessing UMich has rolling admissions then? When would you consider early?</p>
<p>I know the 2 Ivies and Northwestern are out of my league at the moment esp. because of my SAT scores. But what can I do to improve my chances at all of these schools?</p>
<p>This summer I plan on doing a lot of community service when I get back from the summer programs so I know that may improve my application.</p>
<p>I also wanted to look at Johns Hopkins. I know this is a Michigan thread and I am very interested in UMich since it is a top public university. However, is it worth the high tuition versus going to PSU- University Park as an in-state student or maybe another comparably-priced private school?</p>
<p>I would say that Michigan is a slight reach. Your GPA is excellent, but your SAT scores are not. Although Michigan doesn’t place too much weight on standardized test scores, you are an OOS student and a future prospect at the college of engineering. Get your SAT up and you will have a great chance. Admissions will probably get tougher next year with the acceptance rates probably dropping to the low 30’s or even high 20’s.</p>
<p>Oh okay that’s what i was thinking. Notre Dame’s SAT scores are a little above mine in CR and Writing even though they do not evaluate the writing section. I seem to be right in the range of Georgia Tech I think.</p>
<p>semi-reach, even with that gpa; the median sat of accepted students last year was 1400 for Coe, and that includes a good chunk of in-state kids. That number def. increased this year, next year as well, so I’d try to raise that sat for sure - try to get at least 700 on the math.</p>
<p>I think you’ll get into U-M. SAT scores may be a little lower than the mass of U-M admits but the GPA is 4.0 UW, good course rigor and some good EC’s. Also applying to COE and math is the highest subscore of SATs. Test scores are downplayed more at U-M than at other schools. They are looking for students who challenge themselves in highs school and do well. I’d rather have the 4.0 UW 1930 SAT than a 3.6 with a 2350.</p>
<p>But UofM won’t. OOS is much more competitive than being instate and with UofM going to the common app many ivy league applicants are just throwing in UofM as a back up. i see UofM as a reach unless you get your sat up to like 2100 or so(which is definitely doable) and especially get the math up because CoE also looks at that subscore, not just the composite like LSA. To further your chances, i would look at taking calc2 and 3 at a CC next year. it will bolster your academic record</p>
<p>AP Calc AB is the highest math that my school offers. I took pre-calc/trig at my local community college last summer so I will probably end up doing that again for Calc 2 and 3.</p>
<p>The more I read about UMich, the more I want to become a Wolverine, so hopefully I’ll get in. I never knew that a state school could be so competitive though.</p>
<p>how do i not? i had a friend, out of state, this year have a 29 act and get rejected(which is about the equivalent of the OP’s sat score). he had good ecs and a 4.0 gpa and got rejected. i am simply saying that if the sat score gets raised the OP’s chances will be greatly improved. also i suggested that the OP continue with math to make his/her application look better. how at all is that wrong?</p>
<p>What is wrong is to suggest that U-M is reach for a 4.0 student unless he or she has a 2100 ACT. The simply isn’t true. Perhaps you need the 2100 to reach safety status with a 4.0 GPA.</p>
<p>After reading hundreds of posts on the U-M decisions thread these past few months, I really don’t know what qualifies anyone to get into Michigan as a safety or a match anymore.</p>
<p>exactly, except if you are instate. if the OP was instate i would say that he/she would most likely be admitted to CoE, but as an OOS applicant, it is more difficult to be admitted. on michigan’s own website it states that for last year’s admitted freshmen class the middle 50% for sat was a 1960-2200. this puts the OP in the bottom 25% of admitted students so in my opinion to say that the OP will get in is foolish since this year’s class was more competitive than last year’s class and the OP would be in the bottom 25% for last year. Also this includes both instate and OOS so i would assume the the stats would be a little bit higher for the OOS students who were admitted. also, the average gpa of admitted students is a 3.8 so a 4.0 won’t be that significant of a boost, but all the same, i wish you good luck with your application.</p>