Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>Yep, finally succumbed to posting one of these topics but I really couldn't resist any more.</p>

<p>Stats:
-3.95 weighted GPA --haven't converted it to U of M but should be somewhere in the same area-mostly straight A's except for 2 Bs</p>

<p>SATs:
-780m, 750v, 740w</p>

<p>ECs:
-Science Olympiad-3 years with medals both state and regionals
-National Honor Society-2 years
-Teacher Aide at Chinese Language School-2 years
-National Merit Semifinalist
-Violin, piano, and judo</p>

<p>APs:
-US History-5
-Gov't-4
-Lang/Comp-4
-French-4</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
-AP Calc BC
-AP Physics C
-AP Lit/Comp
-AP Biology
-Intro Art (for the fine arts thing)</p>

<p>Rank:
-barely top 10% (sheesh)</p>

<p>Essay:
-decent but nothing earth-shattering</p>

<p>Got to read my teacher rec and it was incredible</p>

<p>but not expecting much from my failure of a counselor other than the usual "good student, will do well, good luck" crap.</p>

<p>and here's the kicker, international app. Eek. That just kills my chances, I guess, despite living in Michigan for all of high school.</p>

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<p>I think you're in good shape (provided you can prove you have the money)</p>

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<p>haha, right, the money. That kind of worries me about U of M, that I'll most likely have to fork over the entire 40k. I guess I'll have to hold out for the grand old sum of $2500 from National Merit.</p>

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<p>you're SATs are well over the avg for Umich. Your gpa is pretty solid and your EC's are ok. i think your biggest worry is money :[</p>

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<p>yep, 160k plus who knows how much more since I'm planning on med school. yuck. that's a heck of a lot of debt.</p>

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<p>You are most likely in at Michigan.</p>

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<p>well, that's a relief. At least I'm over that part of the hurdle.</p>

<p>lol, now just to finish the app...ugh, why so many essays? Still have those two shorter ones to do after finally finishing the long one.</p>

<p>Plus all the supplemental forms for internationals.</p>

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<p>I don't know why you people bother asking about your chances. You should be able to tell by the fact that your GPA is close to a 4.0 and your SAT scores are in the top 2-3% nationally that you'll get accepted to just about any college you want; U-M is not really that hard to get into.</p>

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<p>Itsthescottdog, according to the USNWR, Michigan is the 21st most selective university in the nation and according to Princeton Review (a joke I grant you) Michigan's selectivity score is 98. I would say Michigan can be very tough to get into. But you are right, a person with a 4.0 GPA and a 1400+ on the two original sections of the SAT has a very good chance of getting into Michigan. But most good students (3.5-.37 GPA with 1200-1300 SAT) actually get turned down by Michigan.</p>

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<p>lol, itsthescottdog, "any college" is definitely too generous an assumption. University of Michigan is so far my only university near the top of my list where I think I've got a better than 50-50 chance.</p>

<p>And I was going to say more but Alexandre beat me to it, that U of M is a highly selective university. But granted the "is not really that hard to get into" comment can be relative depending on different standards.</p>