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Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>I am african american male and I go to a Catholic Private school in D.C.</p>

<p>I live in Maryland</p>

<p>SAT 2100 (710 M, 690V, 700W)</p>

<p>Just so you know...4 years of religion is required in my school</p>

<p>Freshman (hardest courseload) 3.928 uw (4.5 w)
Hn. Geometry /A
Hn. English 9 /B+
Hn. Scripture/A
Hn.Biology/A
Spanish 1/A
World History/A
JROTC/A</p>

<p>Sophemore (hardest courseload)..messed up that year 3.35 uw (3.928W)</p>

<p>Hn. Algebra 2/C+
Hn. American Lit/B+ ( 1 point from a B)
SPanish 2/ A
Hn. Jesus and CHurch/B+
Us. History/B+ (1 point from an A)
Hn. Chem/C+ (1 point from a B)
JROTC/ A</p>

<p>Junior hardest courseload (i could have taken AP PHysics B) 3.78 uw 4.214w
Physics/A
Scholars Seminar (socratic seminar)...advanced course/A
Psychology/A
Hn. Pre-Cal/B+
Hn. Brit Lit/B
Spanish 3/A
Morality/A</p>

<p>Cummalitve 3.7 uw (4.214 w)</p>

<p>EC's:
National Honor Society (11,12)
Spanish Honors Society (11,12)
Middle States (Accrediation for Growth)- leader (9,10,11)
National Youth LEadership Forum (10)
Leadership Development Institute (9)
Track and Field (9,10,11,12)
Spanish Club- Leader ( 11,12)
Multicultral Student Alliance (11,12)
Job at grocery store as Cashier (10,11)
Government Job (11,12)
Yearbook CLub (11,12)
National Honor Role
Who's Who Amongst american high school students
De LaSalle Scholars Program -$6000 annually
100+ hours of communiy service</p>

<p>...other things i cant remeber right now</p>

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<p>I'd say most likely in.</p>

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<p>you have a chance. However, please REMEMBER to send in ur application quite early (maybe earlier than october)</p>

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<p>Apply in September or October at the latest, and I'd say your chances are excellent.</p>

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<p>I disagree with the excellent chances. I actually think they are rather low.</p>

<p>Not calculating his Jesus & Church, Scholars Seminar, JROTC, or Morality classes, his UM GPA is a 3.2. That's incredibly low for an out-of-state applicant. Even counting those classes, his UM GPA is only a 3.36, which is still low for an out-of-state applicant.</p>

<p>All of your "1-point from an A-, 1 point from a B-" will come back to kill you, especially in the honors classes. UM gets rid of all weighting, and all +/-, meaning all those B+'s 1 point off from an A- will be counted as a 3. It's a terrible system, but that's how they do it.</p>

<p>It's a reach. If you send it in early, you will be deferred because of your grades, meaning a strong senior year will get you in. I've yet to see someone with that low of a GPA get in initially, and not deferred. Make sure you have a true safety.</p>

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<p>But the OP is an URM with a 1400 SAT score. Michigan is not a safety for him, but it is certainly a safe match.</p>

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<p>to the OP: dude you probably want to take that national honor role and whos who off your list...they arent really accomplishments...more like just long lists of people they put in a book...</p>

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<p>if they still did it this way i would will get admitted. You need 100 points on the thing to be automatically admitted. But too bad they don't</p>

<p><a href="http://www.umich.edu/%7Emrev/archives/1998/4-1-98/pg1.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.umich.edu/~mrev/archives/1998/4-1-98/pg1.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>bump.. ....</p>

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<p>i visited Michigan and i liked it a lot</p>

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<p>Chill out Jaw, you have a very realistic chance. Michigan is becoming increasingl7 competitive. Two years ago, Michigan admitted 62% of its applicants. This year, Michigan admitted fewer than 50% of its applicants and this trend is going to continue. However, you are an URM, you have a very good SAT score and your GPA at a private school is quite solid. Your C+ in honors Algebra your sophomore year is probably your weakest link, but you made up for it by getting a B+ in pre-calculus your junior year. I'd say Michigan is a safe match for you.</p>