Do I have a chance for CS at Ann Arbor?

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<p>Hey guys.</p>

<p>I'm a current junior at a pretty competitive CA school. Freshman year I wasn't very serious but I did really well sophomore year. Unfortunately first semester junior year I think I overloaded myself with APs and hard classes and didn't do well at all; but I plan to get much better this second semester. I have pretty good SAT scores and okayish ECs.</p>

<p>Freshman year:
Honors Bio, Honors Geometry, Honors English, Spanish 3, PE, Health/Geography
First semester GPA: 3.5
Second semester GPA: 3.3</p>

<p>Sophomore year:
Honors Chem, Honors Alg 2/Trig, Honors English, Art, PE, World History
First semester GPA: 3.8
Second semester GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>Jr year:
Honors English, Honors Precalc, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics, CPUSH
First semester GPA: 3.3...(got a C in AP Chem... :/ really worried about this!)
Second semester GPA: Aiming for at least a 3.6; preferrably a 3.8</p>

<p>Sr year sched:
AP Physics B, AP English, AP Human Geography, Yearbook, AP Calculus BC, Gov/Econ</p>

<p>7 APs in total (APs are only allowed during 11th + 12th).
I have taken the most rigorous course load available (except for CPUSH instead of APUSH).</p>

<p>SAT score: 2280 (first try, 790 W, 750 M, 740 CR)
ACT: 34 Composite (36 Reading, 34 Math, 34 English, 32 Science)
Got a 238 on PSAT; expecting to be National Merit Finalist</p>

<p>ECs:
Co-founded and vice president of student-run Microfinance institution; lending around $15,000 to 3 entrepeneurs locally - made website for this.</p>

<p>Track & Field (2 years JV, 1 years varsity)</p>

<p>Officer of school's TV channel (will be either secretary or president next year)</p>

<p>Committee member of school's club which provides money for the school by converting cooking oil to biofuel and sells it. Will be officer next year. - made website for this club</p>

<p>Interned at Bay Area startup company; programmed for this company (unpaid internship). Will intern again this summer.</p>

<p>Taking C++ online class this year (Stanford's EPGY)</p>

<p>I plan to major in comp science. </p>

<p>SO: At the end of junior year, my GPA will be around a 3.6 (3.65 Max). This is unweighted. My weighted GPA (only Junior + Senior year we have weighted classes) would be around a 3.9 GPA. If you only take 10th + 11th GPA, then I have around a 3.725 UW, and a 4.15 W GPA.</p>

<p>I appreciate your guys' time on reading this long-winded post; any advice would be appreciated. My weak 1st sem. junior year is causing some very scared thoughts in my mind.</p>

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<p>If you’re OOS, it’ll be difficult, but in-state, you might have a chance. If you have some good examples of programming that you’ve done, you might want to stress that on your application. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks for such a quick reply! What about my app do you think is lacking?</p>

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<p>I got in with a 3.6 and 2240 OOS so don’t lose hope.</p>

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<p>That C in AP Chem will hurt, but overall its a gpa issue.</p>

<p>Like a said before, really stress the work you’ve put into both your internship, clubs, and experiences. If there isn’t a space for it on the application, send it in as an attachment. You’ve done a lot of impressive things that brings out your true abilities and motivation. Just get that message across to the admissions team and they’ll look past that gpa.</p>

<p>You have a great chance if you work on your application/essays, do well that first semester of school, and apply early.</p>

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<p>dude you’ll be fine. i got in with 3.6 UW and 2030</p>