<p>GPA 4.0 weighted, 3.5 or so UW (horrible -_-)
rank: bad, i'm gonna say 75/500
school size: medium to large
Asian male, OOS (Cali)
prospective major: engineering (most likely EE, but i haven't researched much yet), should i apply undecided instead b/c of my low GPA?</p>
<p>Course load: sophmore (ap euro, ap stats, chem h, eng h, chinese2), junior (ap eng lang, ap us, physics IB, pre calc H, chinese3; self studied for calc and physics AP tests, though i don't think the ad coms will notice that), senior (ap calc bc, ap chem, ap eng lit, ap psych)</p>
<p>SAT I: 2160 (800M/710W/650CR)
SAT II: 8002c, projected: 750 for physics and chem </p>
<p>EC's:
math counts california 26th place and 7th place novice news LA county (i think both are worthless b/c they're not top 3 or major statewide events)
school newspaper sports editor
president of an engineering oriented club at school
VP of helping hands (tutoring kids who need help at school, esp in math/science)
Tutoring K-9th grade kids, 4 hours/week
100 hrs at local hospital (volunteering)</p>
<p>do you guys see anything else i could possibly do to offset my low GPA?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Math Counts doesn't mean anything regardless, as it is for middle school. How competitive is your school? I think that'll make a big difference. Your SATs and schedule are great. I'd say match...
Also, have you calculated your UM GPA?</p>
<p>my school is horrible, we are not competitive at all (we have like 3 people each year to go decent colleges, 5 into uc berkeley, and the rest go to UCLA, SD, I, cal states, etc.)</p>
<p>oh yea, my umich GPA is my UW gpa (3.50 for soph+junior)</p>
<p>I think you're a match, maaaaybe slight reach because of OOS, but don't lose sleep over it. Write awesome essays!</p>
<p>oh crap</p>
<p>i just recalculated my GPA</p>
<p>3.33 -_-</p>
<p>Slight Reach/Reach. There have been people who have gotten in with that low of a GPA...OOS though...I don't know. Give it a try...Apply EARLY! If you're deferred (likely), your senior grades (if they are good) could help you.</p>
<p>thanks for the info</p>
<p>if i get good senior grades and apply RD, would it help me? or would i have to apply ED and when i (probably will) get deferred, then they consider my senior grades when a mid-year report is sent</p>
<p>I'd say also apply early.</p>
<p>They don't have ED, but they have early-response. It's in your best interest to apply as early as possible.</p>
<p>wouldn't applying early put me up against even a tougher applicant pool (which diminishes my chances even further -_-)</p>
<p>of course i'm still gonna apply early though</p>
<p>Applying early shows enthusiasm.</p>
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wouldn't applying early put me up against even a tougher applicant pool (which diminishes my chances even further -_-)
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Ditto what Christine said. Also, the early appliers are a mix of weak and strong applicants. Many people from my school (in-state) who were weak applicants and got in when they applied early.</p>
<p>you live in Cali, why on earth would you come to Michigan and its horrid weather?</p>
<p>b/c the UC system is f-d, like 75% of the admission weight is on your GPA/rank so i'm definitely not getting in any good UC's</p>
<p>bump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>