<p>I took 7 APs throughout high school - AP Calc AB and BC sophomore year, AP Chem, Bio & Stats junior year, and now taking AP Lit and Physics E&M. My current year schedule looks bad though - I'm taking like a ton of electives (Accounting I, Painting I, Public Speaking, etc etc...) besides the 2 APs</p>
<p>best composite score on ACT is 32, that time I got a 30 in Math, 34 in CR, 30 in Science, 35 in English, 6 on the essay. I don't think Michigan superscores, so my other scores probably don't matter...</p>
<p>Took SAT twice - 1980, then 2050. Probably not sending them in though. </p>
<p>Wasn't really involved in high school - I could put down Interact Club and Relay for Life as community service, but I don't have hours recorded for those.. I only have six hours in my 'official' volunteer records. I also have fencing, which was a hobby I did outside of school. I tutored a sixth grader in math and high schooler in Calc, and worked as a hostess in a restaurant. </p>
<p>Never really received any awards or honors besides Honor Roll, AP Scholar.. which don't really count.</p>
<p>My college essays are pretty solid. I think that looks kind of suspicious though, because all in all I'm a pretty good writer, but obviously my ACT/SAT essay scores don't reflect that.. I suck at timed writing. </p>
<p>Your overall strength of schedule is above average nationally because of the 7 AP’s, but if your school offers over 30 AP courses and you only took 7 then you are doing yourself a disservice by not taking more, as most public high schools across the country can’t offer more than 5-10 across 4 years, depending on their population and budgets. Unless you are planning on majoring in accounting, your senior year course load is weak, so hopefully you are cranking A’s in those two AP’s. Why would you not take at least 4-5 bonafide courses to prep for college? I think you or your high school counselor was sleeping when that decision was made. I would still apply as you won’t know if you don’t apply at least.</p>
<p>Oh no. I just didn’t want to put too my pressure on myself, it’s my senior year! I totally regret that now. Crap. I should’ve taken AP Psych or something. Does U of M put a lot of emphasis on senior year courses?</p>
<p>The University of Michigan is actually one of those schools that really does look at senior courseload, and it is, in fact, the most important thing to the admissions board, besides your GPA and SAT/ACT. Secondary school rigor is important to a lot of schools up north. Another would be the University of Wisconsin - Madison.</p>