I am going to be a junior next year. I move to America right before my freshman year with little to no knowledge about how the American high schools work or even speak English. I did pretty good in my freshman year with a 4.0 gpa (I also took summer school in the summer before my sophomore year) but I had easy classes. Than in my sophomore year I challenged myself with accelerated classes and also got moved from ESL 1 to a mainstream English course. But my gpa significantly went down. I had 3.0 - 3.2 gpa and not that many community service hours. I was also part of a club outside school that showed my leadership skills and joined the football team. My dream is to get into University of Michigan. It has the best school of dentistry in the country and I want to be part of that more than anything. Do I have any chance of getting into UM ? And what can I do to boost my chances ? I am ready to move the mountains rock by rock to get into that school. I already took 2 science AP classes for next year + accelerated classes, I m going to be a mentor for the incoming freshman, and play varsity football. I could probably take more AP classes and join more clubs and sports outside of school. Would that help ? Take you very much for all the help !!!
For dental school at UMich, you can still get your bachelor degree somewhere else first. For UMich undergraduate, you should try your best to bring up your GPA while keeping the course rigor. Are you still considered an international student?
If you want to be a dentist and go to dental school at umich, you first have to do 4 years of undergrad college first and do a premed track. I suggest you save money and go to a cheaper college and get a good GPA and then go to Umich for dental school. If you really want to attend umich as an undergrad, the most important thing would be to improve your GPA significantly and get a good Standardized testing score. I want to stress though that going to umich as an undergrad is not necessary to go to umich dental school. As an international student, admissions and financial aid will both be more stringent.
Billcsho, I want to say no, but I don’t know that for sure. I think you are considered an American citizen only after 5 years after getting your green card
do you have your green card? You are not considered an American citizen after 5 years of getting your green card. You are only an American citizen after you take an American citizenship test. If you have a green card, you would be considered a permanent resident, in which case you will basically be treated the same way as a citizen in terms of financial aid. If you are here on a temporary visa without a green card, like a student visa, then you are still considered an international student. I would be very surprised if you have a green card or American citizenship, since those take several years too acquire.
I do have a green card. You are right it took about 3 years for me and my family to get all the paperwork done and move here.
Great that you are not an international student. Have you checked the NPC to see if it is affordable to you? Are you in state or OOS?
Be very careful with over-challenging yourself. UMich considers both uwGPA and course rigor to be most important. You should try to keep your GPA above 3.8 with reasonable rigor courses. Just ask the GC at your school to see what would be considered high rigor at your school. Do not overload yourself.