Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>I was wondering what my chances for U Mich are</p>

<p>GPA: 4.25 weighted 3.99 unweighted
SAT: 2200 (800 W, 760 CR, 640 M)
SAT II (literature): 750
SAT II (US History):700
Class Rank: 2/350
AP English Language - 5
AP US history - 5</p>

<p>I've taken pretty much the hardest course load EXCEPT I stopped taking Math after Trig (I didn't take calculus). This is what I'm most worried about - I don't want to do anything math-related in college, but I'm sure it's still a sore spot.
Extracurriculars:
Concertmaster of city youth symphony
4 years of all-state
Finalist in Concerto Competition
various chamber music groups
Writer for local newspaper
President of National Honor Society
Science Bowl
Science Club
Performed in various school plays</p>

<p>Summer activities
Worked as camp counselor all last summer
Volunteer at local food depot
Community college classes (last summer and the summer before)
Attended Barnard pre-college program this summer</p>

<p>My awards are all local (school-wide awards and whatnot)
My school and state don't often send kids to great schools BUT my mother and her entire family (essentially) have all gone to U of M.</p>

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<p>Safety...Michigan doesn't consider SAT 2 scores.</p>

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<p>UM is def a safety for you. I think with those stats you have a great chance at some Ivy League schools as well although we all prefer that you choose Michigan :)</p>

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<p>Well, thank you. Er, I didn't realize U or M doesn't superscore the SAT (I posted my superscore). What do they look at then, the first sitting?</p>

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<p>um..I think UM does superscore or at least that is what a person in the admissions office told me last year when I called in to ask lol</p>

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<p>They don't superscore the SAT , they look at your composite score in one sitting, thats another reason why students who consider SAT scores as an indicator of how good a college is , consider Michigan less prestigious.</p>

<p>And the admissions office will look at your best score in any one sitting(not the first one)</p>

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<p>So they still consider your highest SAT scores, but they don't put them all together and evaluate out of 2400?</p>

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<p>What they mean is, say the first time you took the SAT, you got a 600M, 650CR, and 700W. The second time, you got a 640M, 670CR, and 680W. They would use the second time you took it, or "second sitting" as the score by which you are evaluated. So you would have gotten a 1950 the first time, and a 1990 the second time. They would only consider the 1990. Superscoring, which they DO NOT use, would mean taking the 640, 670, and 700 and adding them up to get a 2010. Hope that answered your question.</p>

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<p>I assume you have enough, but how many 'math' courses have you actually taken? At least 3 years are required for LSA.</p>

<p>I took trig in 10th grade so that would have only made 2 for me.</p>

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<p>I've taken four math courses... but we had block scheduling, so I did it in two years. They were four separate math classes, though.</p>