Chances?

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<p>Hi. Im currently a senior and i just sent in my application. Im curious as to what you think my chances are.</p>

<p>GPA - Umich - 3.3 (i know its low but my gc is explaining how junior year my grades werent as good as they couldve been cuz i missed about a month of school with surgery and shingles... while taking 4 ap and 3 honors classes)</p>

<p>School doesnt rank...</p>

<p>SAT - 1390/2070
Math - 730
Writing - 680
CR - 660</p>

<p>Teacher recs - i read one of them who said i was one of the best she had had in 17 years of teaching and that while i was a junior in a class meant for seniors i emerged the leader and made evereyone else around me perform better... the second one that i sent i didnt read becuase the teacher doesnt allow it but i asked my GC if i had to send one which would i send and he said it was a tossup... so it mustve been very good</p>

<p>My essays were actually fairly good... writing is kinda my thing</p>

<p>i got a
5 on the AP English Lang
4 on AP US Hist
4 on AP Psych (self study)
3 on AP Govt (self study)</p>

<p>the thing that im hoping to make up for my gpa are my pretty good ecs...</p>

<p>I am...
-vice president of fbla
-captain of debate (finished 5th at state finals)
-editor of the school paper
-co-founder of my own tutoring business
-One of two students on a regional board to talk about the problems teen face in my community
- two varsity sport (wrestling and track)
- ambassador of intramural football league in charge of arranging playing times
- i umped baseball for a few years
- part of youth chapter of charity organization that sends money to sponsor schools in villages in India
- went to a third world country where mom grew up to help teach english (wrote one of my essays kinda about this)</p>

<p>and my dad taught grad school marketing at ross for 8 years before i moved out of michigan... i lived there until i was about 10 before moving to where i am now</p>

<p>intended majors were poly sci and history</p>

<p>thnx for ne help</p>

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<p>forgot to say...</p>

<p>at my school you can only take 2 honors classes freshman year and 2 sophomore year, which i did...</p>

<p>last year i had the most demanding courseload at my school (tied, actually)</p>

<p>this year im in 3 more AP classes (stat comp gov and lit)</p>

<p>SAT2s (mich doesnt look at these, right?)
Math 1 - 720
Math 2 - 680
US Hist - 660</p>

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<p>your umich gpa is pretty low... but your ecs are good...</p>

<p>michigan heavily weights the gpa and sat so i dont know how much your recs and ecs will make up for your gpa</p>

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<p>How do you calculate your umich gpa? Do they give it to you when you submit your app?</p>

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<p>no they won't give it to you. just go to search forum, type in UMich GPA and you will get tons of results telling you how to calculate it...it has been said numerous times.</p>

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<p>Your SAT is fine, but your GPA is low, even when you consider that you missed a month of school. I'd say Michigan is a slight reach for you.</p>

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<p>bump... does it help at all that my dad used to teach grad school at ross and that i lived there until i was about ten? i did mention those things in the additional info section</p>

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<p>It will maybe help a little, but in the end, it is your credentials and essays that are going to make or break you. You may be deferred and your senior grades may provide the tie breaker. Definitely keep those grades as high as possible your senior year.</p>