Going all-in for Early Action next year. Chances? :)

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>Recently I realized how much I want to go to Michigan - a lot. So, chance for Class of 2016?</p>

<p>This Is Me.
Asian American.
New Jersey.
Public school, quite competitive, 20 APs offered.
Sends students to Ivies and top 10 colleges every year.
Class Rank: Reported in quintiles. Top quintile.
7 APs to be taken by senior year. That's the standard amount for top students (highest ever was 10 because of school system)</p>

<p>GPA: ~3.7, will be between 3.67 and 3.74 depending on marking period. Includes awards in Accounting and Symphonic Band.
SAT: 1390/2120, 1540/2340
PSAT: 219. Commended likely.
SAT II (expected) Math II 800 US History 750 Chemistry 700
APs (expected) Chemistry 4 US History 5 Language 4</p>

<p>ECs (by senior year):
-I play the alto and baritone saxophone, clarinet, trumpet (haven't played in forever), and marimba.
-Marching Band - Section leader, soloist, Assis. Drum Major (11th) Drum Major, Vice President (12th). 4 years. Band awards.
-Indoor Drumline - Marimba player. 2 years. Band awards.
-Pit Orchestra. 2 years.
-Rowan Youth Orchestra - Trumpet player. 2 years.
-Tri-M Honor Society. 2 years.
-Online Text-Based Writing. 4 years. (Online text-based role-playing game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
-NaNoWriMo. 3 years. I can't finish these on time..
-Interact Club - Vice President. 3 years.
-DECA - Won awards in states and regionals. 2 years.
-UPenn Lab - Volunteer work at the environmental medicine technician lab. 3 years.
-UPenn Biomedical Research Academy - summer program. 1 year, summer.
-Chinese School Volunteering - former volunteer officer. 2 year.
-Virtua Hospital Volunteering. 1.5 years.
-NHS. 1.5 years. (Running for officer, no idea how it'll go.)</p>

<p>Recs: English, Music, History. All good in their own ways.
Essays: I can write very well. I'll manage.
Major: IDK. Either Biology, History, Economics, English, Computer Science, ____ Engineering... aka undecided.</p>

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<p>You could get in but a 3.7 GPA is not a slam dunk. Everything else looks OK.</p>

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<p>i dont see why not. in my opinion, michigan is pretty random as it gets to the latter part of its acceptance. many top 15 colleges bounded students have got waitlisted in mass numbers. but then theres students like myself who got in with nothing steller to my resume and only a low 2000 sat and 3.5 gpa. if you do early action, id say you have a very good chance of being admitted.</p>

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<p>write some good essays/get some good rec’s and you should be fine. but just a heads up, they are deferring a lot more people from the EA applicant pool now that they have switched to the common app, the amount of deferrals won’t be nearly as much as it was last year, but just be aware that a lot of really good applicants got deferred this year(like you). But either way I think you get accepted.</p>

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<p>^why would less kids get deferred next year? I would assume that would increase</p>

<p>I think you might get in, its tough. You are OOS and nothing really spectacular… maybe 50/50, 60/40 your in</p>

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<p>My instate son has similar stats and was wait listed. You have better EC’s but he is a 3rd gen legacy (for what that’s worth these days) and instate. I think 50/50 is about right.</p>

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<p>with a 2340 sat and good ecs you should be fine</p>