Chance please?

<p>There really isn't another school I want to go to/ can afford than U of M. I've lived here my whole life and want to take their pre med and hopefully their med school. </p>

<p>I go to a challenging high school that has a lot of smart people, but my rank is still pretty good.
My GPA after junior year will be about 3.645 unweighted /3.845 weighted - 3.7/4.0 after senior
- My GPA went from 3.5/3.5 to 3.65/4.05 to 3.85/4.05 (I didn't care freshman year)
- U of M says their average GPA was 3.8- is that unweighted or weighted?
- I haven't really taken any easy classes ever
Honors math, honors science, AP bio, AP us history, AP us gov,
Senior year I will have AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Psychology, Spanish 4, microbiology... only one easy class (guitar)
Honor roll every year</p>

<p>Tests: ACT- 33 with 8 writing and balanced scores (I could retake for a 34 I'm sure)
5's on AP Bio , AP US history, AP US gov (all I've taken so far)</p>

<p>Activities (not sure about this part):
I have Only one extracurricular ever through the school- Track sophomore year for 5 months
At my church I have done a ton of stuff over the past several years-
I have a leadership position, go to all the events and meetings, and have several hundred hours (400+) of volunteer work including going to other states for mission trips.
My old schools didn't have sports or band really so I couldn't do those in high school. And I wasn't getting leadership positions at school when nobody knew me..
(Will they care about these?):
I've been playing piano and guitar (classes in school) for several years
I lift weights and am also interested in medicine and will major in biology
I'm going to an engineering camp at the university this summer
My uncle went there and I can probably talk about his influence
I will have a job this summer and possibly into school</p>

<p>So I'm worried about my unweighted GPA (can I apply after senior year so that my GPA has gone up?) and my lack of extracurriculars which I can't really fix now. Do I have a chance?</p>

<p>I'm also a white male so that doesn't really help me</p>

<p>Since you said you can afford it easily, I’m assuming you’re in-state.</p>

<p>This year I applied to engineering…In-state, 3.66 unweighted GPA (hardest classes possible, and like you, it was a case of not caring freshman year but bringing it up as much as possible afterward), 35 ACT, and was accepted EA.</p>

<p>I think you’ll get in</p>

<p>Yeah I live 10 minutes away. Congrats on getting in and nice ACT, but does early action really help with anything? Can I apply after senior year with like 4.4 weighted to improve my chances? Thanks</p>

<p>I had the same concern…but I really do think it helps. People who I couldn’t believe were qualified to get in got in EA. They really encourage people to apply EA because “there’s more spots.” Like my twin sister got in EA to LSA, and she had a 31 ACT, lower unweighted GPA than me (and way less Honors/AP’s). So yeah, you should be fine. I’d apply EA if I were you.</p>