<p>Sex: Male
Ethnicity: White/Asian (Japanese)
GPA: 3.83 UW (School doesn't weight)
ACT: 27 (Ouch, don't remember the subscores. I know I got a 35 on English, though. And the Reading... I fell asleep haha. It was also the morning after my parents told me they were getting a divorce, great timing guys. :/ But I just took it again and felt like I did a lot better, but we'll have to see.)
Class Rank: 12/360</p>
<p>APs/Honors:
Psychology: 4
US Government: 4
Composition: 5
US History: 4
Macroeconomics: 2 (Again, ouch! Just couldn't get the stuff for the life of me.)
Honors Earth Science, Biology, and English Freshman year (Only year Honors was offered)</p>
<p>I'm currently taking AP Stats, and even though I didn't take the class, am probably going to take the AP Literature test as well. I also took Japanese and Chinese classes after school at the local community college.</p>
<p>As for ECs, I've had the lead role in our high school musical for the last 3 years and the play for one year. I played Varsity Tennis my Sophomore year, and did Show Choir for two years, receiving State honors each time for multiple events. I also helped to co-found a chapter of Students Against Destructive Decisions at my school, and am the current Vice-President. I also did Drama Club for a couple years and helped to get that program started as well. I spent the summer between Sophomore and Junior year in Washington, DC as a student delegate to the Congressional Youth Leadership Conference, which was a great experience. I did NHS my Junior year, but I ended up quitting and declining admission back to the program. I really hated it. I was given an award for community service excellence last Fall as well for my work with election efforts. I know there's a few I'm missing, but whatever.</p>
<p>Also, I feel like my essays were incredibly solid, and my counselor/teacher recs were really great, too. Also, I'm in-state. Thanks for your time!</p>
<p>I’d say you would be a match but the ACT score is (as you noted) kinda low. I still think you’ll get in with it but with a 30+ ACT you’ll be in for sure in my opinion.</p>
<p>Yeah, I applied mid-October. Also, if Michigan does indeed superscore (I swore they didn’t, but others are telling me differently) I’ve got a 31, if that makes any difference.</p>
<p>I don’t think michigan superscores any tests. Anyways most people retaking the ACT usually get a higher grade. A 29 should be good enough with your gpa and extracurrics</p>
Yeah, that’s what I thought. Thanks. Hopefully they can decide with a 27… I re-took it a month ago, and I’m definitely feeling a better score, hopefully 30+. And I hope they understand that, during the 4 1/2 months of the musical, I’m working on it from 3-9 every day. Not much time for a variety of ECs, but more like a few very intense ones. Thanks to everyone!</p>
<p>dude why are you freaking out? Also, why are people saying he is a slight reach? If you don’t get in it would be surprising. UofM is a state school. You are in-state. They need x amount of instate kids to get funding. You have very good stats. a 27 act is sort low in comparison to others with crazy scores, but it fits in their middle 50 percentile. Also you founded groups etc etc. I know of MANY people who have gotten in with FAR less. EX. My one friend who is a girl had roughly the same gpa as you(maybe .03 or something higher) and a 25 act. her ecs were almost non existent. She got in. Not even waitlisted. In. If you get rejected you ran into a bad application evaluator IMO. I’d say you are a fit. You could still get rejected because michigan is that type of school, but you are right where you need to be. It is like when I talked to my academic advisor about transfering into Michigan. He told me i have a 70% chance of getting in and the other 30% is what the person evaluating my transcripts had for breakfast. At a certain point in time, its almost luck.</p>
<p>^^^one of the better posts i’ve ever read on here. But to the OP you should def. get in, your totally a match. I know people who’ve gotten in even out of state with lower scores then you that weren’t minorities or anything.</p>
<p>Agreed. Strong Match. Great ECs. Musicals take commitment. Evaluators know these things. Don’t sweat the ACT – I’m sure the next one is stronger, and even if it isn’t, they want folks with commitment and character and that doesn’t always equal a fab test-taker.</p>
<p>Wow, thanks, you guys have eased my mind so much it’s not even funny. I mean, I used to feel exactly the same way you did until I started going to U of M seminars and coming here, seeing the crazy-ass people with insane stats losing their minds. I’m with you, RageRoolz; the last three kids from our school got in with a 3.3, 3.6, and 3.8 respectively, and 24-26 ACTs. So I hope I don’t get someone who had a crappy cup 'o Joe that morning haha.</p>
<p>Also, I just visited Michigan State University today, and after being there for 5 minutes, I started checking the status of my U of M app lol. NOT where I wanna go.</p>
<p>ok yea. just because the people that started getting accepted who posted here have like 31-34 act scores and everyone seems to think that that’s what u need to get in, doesn’t mean that EVERYONE else needs those scores. i think you have a great chance. don’t listen to most people on cc. just trust yourself… i also know a lot of people who have got in on much less.</p>
<p>Well it’s good to know I’m not the only one who thinks this way! I wonder what the lowest end GPAs are at U of M; I mean, my friend’s an athlete with a 30 ACT, but a 3.2 GPA, and college would suck without him haha</p>
<p>Collegeboard statistics for University of Michigan:</p>
<p>63% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
25% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
6% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
4% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
2% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99</p>
<p>The lowest GPA accepted is in the range of 2.5-2.99 ( unless very few got in with a GPA below 2.5 but not enough to set off as a percentage). Only about 2 out of 100 had a GPA between that range, and only about 4 out of 100 had a GPA in the range of 3-3.24</p>
<p>I know countless numbers of people who got in UMich with a GPA of 3.9+ and an ACT of 24-26. You’re in, so dont freak out. As I said before, I very much dislike like it when people with high GPAs want to get chanced .</p>
<p>CronoTriggerfan: I’m wondering, what county/school district are you in (i’m assuming you’re in state–or are you somewhere oos?). Because as low as a 26? I thought that you could never get in with that unless you came from an underepresented area in MI or in general, or if you had some great story/hook, of course. Just wondering. Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m in Oakland County, but Brandon School District in the town of Ortonville, with 1.2k people. So we might be underrepresented! Although we’re surrounded by Grand Blanc, Clarkston, Rochester, and a lot of other in-County elite districts, so maybe not. </p>
<p>But yeah, we have. A girl last year got in with a 3.3 and a 24, though she had great ECs and came from an impoverished, Black/Hispanic family. Another friend of mine got in on a 25 ACT (she’s white and rich) but she also had a 3.9 GPA and a very rigorous course load. On the other hand, we had a kid with a 3.9 and a 36 get wait-listed, so you never know.</p>
<p>i rarely add any comment but i felt compelled to write this.
i wish you all the best for the application.
ACT score is the only weakness but i hope you get a stellar score.
Sorry about the divorce.</p>
Although we’re surrounded by Grand Blanc, Clarkston, Rochester, and a lot of other in-County elite districts, so maybe not. </p>
Another friend of mine got in on a 25 ACT (she’s white and rich) but she also had a 3.9 GPA and a very rigorous course load. On the other hand, we had a kid with a 3.9 and a 36 get wait-listed, so you never know.</p>