Chances for University of Michigan at Ann Arbor?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Recently, University of Michigan has been a school that I really want to go to. Due to its selectivity, I have been doubting my chances on even having a chance at getting accepted. Am I qualified for being accepted even if it's a slight chance?</p>

<p>I am currently a junior at Westwood Highschool in Austin Texas, which was ranked 57 in the top 2000 public schools of the United States
I am an Asian Male
My SAT score is around 2060 ( will be improving this score next year during the october exam)
I am currently in the IB program and my current rank is 21% with a unweighted gpa of 3.7-3.8 and weighted gpa of 4.75 out of 605 students.
I have been a part of the varsity soccer and orchestra from 9th grade-11th grade and will be in varsity my senior year.
I have been academic all district as a soccer player for all my years and will be expecting academic all state my senior year.
I have been a part of All-Region and All area for every year and will be expecting the same my senior year and all state my junior year and possibly senior year.
I have received rank 1 division in the Texas State solo and ensemble my freshmen and junior year.
Our orchestra has won the string honor orchestra for state and also part of the international midwest chicago full orchestra as well (my second time attending).
I have completed the grade 8 piano exam of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
I recieved the Texas Musical Scholars award.
I am part of the National Honors Society, the National Spanish Honors society, as well as the Tri- M Music scholars society.
I was junior representative of my IB student organization as well as historian for both orchestra and westwood break dance club.
I have received bronze and honorable mention from the national spanish exam
Recently, I have taken Calc AB AP, European history ap, spanish ap, spanish ib sl, english literature ap, biology ap, biology sl and next year will be taking the AP statistics ap test, chemistry ap, chemistry ib sl, biology hl, WAS hl, english hl, english language ap, math sl
I have been an active volunteer outside of school in organizations and church
I am co-founder of a website Teen</a> Photo | Tutorials, Forums, and Showcases for young photographers which gets world wide views daily. </p>

<p>As you can see my GPA, rank and SAT scores are not at the level that I believe that University of Michigan is looking for. I wanted to point out my extra curricular such as varsity soccer and orchestra all four years to show that I also have music and sports that I'm dedicated to do. I'm not sure if colleges like looking at people more well rounded or more focused on certain things but what are my chances of getting accepted into University of Michigan, even if it is probably super small? Thanks</p>

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<p>UMichigan: High Match/Low Reach depending on your essays and how you present yourself in your application</p>

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<p>What is your intended major? That would make difference in your chance. Since UMich joined the common application, the acceptance rate has dropped from 51% to 37%. The average GPA also went up to 3.83 while the SAT also bumped up ~100 points. Your SAT score is near the average of admission last year. If you can bring up the score in October, it will definitely help. Your GPA may be fine considering your course load and your school’s competitiveness. Your EC is fine and it seems you have a passion in Music. FYI. UMich has great music school and also programs for non music major. Nevertheless, UMich is never short of musicians. Ann Arbor’s high schools are also great in music (with many Grammy and other national Awards) and most of the local students apply to UMich too. That may make you harder to stand out from the crowd. Don’t be discourage though, just focus on raising your SAT score (or you may try ACT too, mid 50% for UMich is 29-33). You should have a decent chance for LSA.</p>

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<p>I was going for Biochem</p>

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<p>For LS&A, where biochem resides, I’d say you’re a match. Your stats are about average and the IB curriculum is normally considered very rigorous. One caveat, assuming you get accepted I wouldn’t count on much non-loan aid. Like many state flagship universities, money is tight at Michigan, so they’ll happily accept your OOS tuition if you’re willing to pay it.</p>