<p>I went to Western Michigan in the fall, got a 3.6 gpa but then enrolled in a community college where i got a 3.94. I would love to get into UofM I will have 60 credit hours after this school year and I plan on raising my gpa even higher(my 3.94 at community college was because i got one A- in existentialism! lol)</p>
<p>I was a slacker in HS and my gpa is probably in the range of 2.5-3.0(probably somewhere in the 2.7 i feel) I also got a 29 on the act both times i took it(super scoring it i got a 35 english 33 science 36 reading and a 21 math)</p>
<p>michigan is my dream school, I have a job in Ann Arbor, they are good at my anticipated program...everything is perfect</p>
<p>if i can get in...
so what do you think?</p>
<p>High reach. You need a much higher gpa from Western to be considered, like 3.9-4.0.</p>
<p>really?a high reach? if you average them together it is a 3.77. If i 4.0 this next year my gpa would be almost a 3.9.</p>
<p>i’m doing everything that I can. My classes that I am scheduled in are all course equivalent to Umich, I’m going to washtnew cc which is in ann arbor…aren’t these considered?</p>
<p>They accept a high percentage of transfers…but who knows. Also, I think it will help that a letter of rec. I will have is from an advisor for the LSA honors college(lsa is what i would transfer into) that has to be a plus, right?</p>
<p>Considering that many admits come from high school with less than a 3.9, I doubt you would need one to transfer… But I don’t really know.</p>
<p>Did you take a college pre-calc class? Obviously you’re not going to do anything math related but it might help to have a better math score. Maybe take it again? I don’t know how much consideration they’ll put into it though.</p>
<p>I had a 2.7 in high school, 29 ACT, and a 3.5 from my community college when I applied and I got into LSA. </p>
<p>No ECs in high school, at CC I had paper staff, 50 community service hours, plus rotoract. And, IMHO, my essays were great.</p>
<p>According to their website the average transfer student has a 3.6. So I think suggesting you are a reach if you don’t have a 3.9-4.0 is completely absurd.</p>
<p>Well I know someone who tried to transfer from State with a 3.9 and did not get into LSA. It might be that they don’t want transfers from MSU as much as other schools in the state. It still won’t be easy. A 3.5 from a cc is not very impressive to be honest. Did you have any other hooks at the time? Minority or otherwise? Sorry to sound so condescending. Also, I wonder what schools those transfer students with 3.6 averages attended previously.</p>
<p>RageRoolz. I probably did overstate the gpa. It’s not that you’re not qualified, it’s just going to be hard to transfer. I wish you the very best of luck.</p>
<p>I am a white, middle-class female from Michigan. I am not a legacy or anything, though neither my parents nor my grandparents have completed degrees if that counts, I know they asked it on the application. As I have mentioned before in other threads, Michigan gets way more qualified applicants than they have spaces for. I would imagine someone with a perfect GPA and test score could still get denied if they applied late, or their essays weren’t good, or if a particularly good class was applying at the same time they were. I didn’t even submit my application until December, so everyone else who filled out the application probably set the bar way before I even applied and I STILL got in-- within two weeks. So it would seem to me it’s pretty varied. The OP should have a shot as long as they do all the right things between then and now. Obviously still apply to other schools if they’re dead set on transferring, which I think anybody with ANY stats should do, but I wouldn’t call it a high reach. </p>
<p>I am leaving my CC with a 3.7 and as a member of Phi Theta Kappa. I am kicking myself that I hadn’t managed that BEFORE I applied, but it’s just as well I guess.</p>
<p>Curious TwistedxKiss. Your intended major? Did you do any interviewing with advisors before hand? Also, which CC were you attending? I am sure this would help others. Btw, I agree that my comment about a high reach was inappropriate.</p>
<p>My intended major is political science. I did no interviewing, I didn’t even know that was possible. I attended Schoolcraft Community College in Livonia, Michigan and Plymouth High School, in Canton, MI. Plymouth is part of the Plymouth-Canton Educational Park, which is SOMETIMES the more recognizable name. It’s just a public school, I dunno if it’s any good or anything, it’s just known for having three high schools on campus and having over 6,000 students. :P</p>
<p>The only thing I can possibly think of is if they were particularly impressed by an additional essay I wrote about being diagnosed with dyscalculia. If that’s the case I have to think that was kind of silly of them, because I only had one math course factoring into my GPA that I did just fine in and there is no math requirement for the political science program anyway for it to even be a factor. Given how competitive the school is, and given that they knew I didn’t have to take any math anyway, I can’t believe that all by itself would be enough to make a huge difference.</p>
<p>RageRoolz. You have excellent ACT scores in all areas except for math. Perhaps your essay can explain this like TwistedxKiss did on hers?</p>
<p>thanks to everyone for the responses! It is great to get some dialogue.</p>
<p>As far as the act is is concerned, I know my math kills me. It is what I get for neglecting it. I am signed up for basic statistics which meats the quanattive reasoning requirement for Umich. IDK if i will need to take any more(i hope not) It isnt as if I am bad at math per say, it just floats out of my mind. I retain information very well, except for math. IDK why…i learn it in school, do the tests well then forget it.</p>
<p>As far as High Schools go I went to L’anse Creuse which is supposedly a pretty good school(blue ribbon winner). Didn’t seem like it to me, but I did notice at western that my training in writing college level essays was far superior to those around me. So that was nice.</p>
<p>It is nice to see twistedxkiss stats. They are eerily similar to my own so it gives me a lot of hope :)</p>
<p>Our ACT scores are fairly similar. I got a 32 in english, a 34 in math, a 27 in science, and a 24 in math. Both math and science sections are heavily affected by my dyscalculia, so that was about the score I expected. But I was VERY ill the first half of the test, I nearly had to walk out. I probably could have pulled a 30-32 otherwise. I’d considered retaking the test when I was feeling better but I was told by Michigan and by my CC that they really weren’t going to be interested in my ACT scores as a transfer, that that was more for incoming freshmen. If that’s the case, if anything, the 29 might be to your advantage because even if that is a tad bit low it’s not really on level with a 2.7 GPA either. It would prove that there was SOMETHING going on in that head of yours during that time period, at least. :P</p>
<p>thats what i figured.if they look at my transcripts, my greads in high school climb during my junior and senior year, then my college scores climb, and i have a good act. I feel it shows i am intelligent, i just didn’t always put it to good use. Upward trend has to help!better than a downward trend i suppose ;)</p>
<p>Like when you applied to college the first time, your gpa is not the only thing they take in to account. The essay you write on why you left Western Mich and why you want to go to UMich will be very important. Also, I know because of the economic crisis, Michigan increased the number of transfer students it accepted this spring, it may help you if they are continuing this.</p>