New to the whole CC thing so forgive me in advance if I don’t follow the format and whatnot.
Anyway, HS Junior from California, and my number 1 school is U of Michigan.
Stats:
UW GPA: 3.72 (good grade progression from a frosh - 3.2, soph - 4.0, jun - 3.8)
W GPA: 4.2
5 APs by the end of Senior year
SAT: 2050, first time.
Legacy: 11 degrees in my family from U of M, but only 2 are immediate family (Grandfather went and graduated UG 1954, Law 1957 - Dad graduated 1984)
There’s still a scholarship for music students at U of M that my grandfather set up, and my parents were married at the Lawquad. Suffice it to say that I have a large amount of connections to U of M, and I’d like to go.
Extracurriculars:
Great (I think) - run a hedge fund as well as two start up companies (one of the companies has an office that is sponsored by TEDx)
-taught financial literacy to students at my school at lunch as part of the Entrepreneurs & Investors club (which I founded)
-continued to promote of financial literacy by co-founding thefinancialbulls.com (check it out!) which teaches young people how to invest their money
-Co-founder and pres. of an organization that sends water filtration systems to Madagascar (5 systems so far)
-I hold a Sport Pilots license
-Featured in local newspapers as well as TheExaminer.com, Sun News Toronto, and CNNmoney.com
Essays: So far so good
Letters of rec:
-One from the mayor of my city (where I won a city-wide start up competition)
-two teachers (both glowing, one of whom I’ve invested their retirement money so well that they can retire earlier now)
-one from my Counselor who I honestly don’t know that well, but she knows about my activities and whatnot
Planning on applying early
What do you think my chances are?
I know my GPA is a little under their average (UMich avg. = 3.82), and my SAT is closer to the lower end of their mid 50% range (1910 - 2210) but I’m hoping my ECs/Essay/legacy will help.
What do you think my chances are?