<p>I'm going to be a junior this fall, and U of M is my dream school. I've taken two so far and going to take three more this year. Can you guys tell my how many you took and which ones you took? And what ACT score did you receive? Thanks!!!</p>
<p>I was accepted after being deferred this year.</p>
<p>Took 1 AP junior year and 4 senior year, so 5 total.
32 ACT
Very high in competitive class, 4.93 uw gpa</p>
<p>Hope that helps</p>
<p>I was accepted after being deferred for about 2 weeks, and also was accepted to the Honors program.</p>
<p>I took 1 AP sophomore year, 3 junior year, and 4 senior year.</p>
<p>The classes I took:
Psychology
US history
Biology
Calc ab
Microeconomics
English language
English lit
US government</p>
<p>My act was a 32 (33 superscore)
Ranked 16th out of 578, with a gpa of 4.239</p>
<p>This probably is no help to you but I’ve never taken one AP class in my life…I also was ranked 327 out of 402 in my class. Horrible right? haha. Just got finished cleaning up my act at a small technical school in the middle of no-where and after 4 solid semesters with a 3.31 GPA I got accepted and I’m transferring to Michigan this fall.</p>
<p>A 3.31 GPA isn’t the best GPA in the world but I think my case proves that if you write a REALLY good essay and have solid grades to back it up you should have a very good chance. But what I don’t know is how they review transfer applicants versus how they review incoming high school students. </p>
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<p>Congrats to your acceptance to UMIch. Any other hooks you care to mention</p>
<p>A transfer student will not have the same requirements as an incoming freshman. </p>
<p>For this year’s just admitted class, the average GPA is 3.85. The mid 50 ACT is 30-33, the mid 50 SAT is 2040-2260.</p>
<p>Michigan admits freshmen holistically. 6 parts. GPA is primary. Course rigor. Testing. Essays. Recommendations. Extracurriculars. </p>
<p>Don’t underestimate the essays- they are serious and they are looking closely. My daughter’s essays were mentioned during her meeting with her advisor for registration. </p>
<p>Depending on the school district you come from, the availability of APs may be different. Some districts don’t even offer them. Your school will send a secondary school report with your transcript. That will show what it is like in your school, academically, and UM can see where you are at comparatively. </p>
<p>@DeaconBlues - where did you find those stats for the just admitted class? Thanks.</p>
<p><a href=“http://umichadmissions.■■■■■■■■■■/”>http://umichadmissions.■■■■■■■■■■/</a></p>
<p>Somewhere in there.</p>
<p>Repede is correct. 
The admissions Tumblr- which is administered directly by the admissions staff, has a graphic with this year’s stats.</p>
<p>Wow - yeah. Quite an uptick for UM. The year prior the mid-50% for ACT was 28 - 32.</p>
<p>Wonder how the out-of-state admissions statistics look like. Wish they would release that information separately.</p>
<p>3 AP classes, 2 AP tests, 32 ACT</p>
<p>1 Junior year lmao AP US
4 Senior year AP calc bc (they even accepted me into this math calc honors program that i kindly declined lol) AP macro AP Psych AP Language
3.8/4 UW GPA
32 ACT
OOS and honestly idk how I got in</p>
<p>Go Blue!</p>
<p>my school offers 23 APs and i took 13
sophomore year: us history
junior year: us government, comparative politics, biology, calc ab
senior year: english lit, physics b (skipped in), calc bc, micro econ, macro econ, spanish lang, psychology, and european history</p>
<p>4.5 weighted gpa
2380 superscore on sat after taking twice (2290 single sitting)
out of state</p>
<p>Admitted for â„… 2018 after being deferred</p>
<p>AP World History
AP Chemistry
AP Lit and Comp
AP Calc AB
AP US Gov
ACT: 30</p>
<p>You are fine. My DD had five by Junior year and total 8 by senior. No trouble got in.<br>
My son is in the same situation as you are. He had 2 so far after sophomore year (top kids had 4-5 already in his school). Plan to take 5 in junior year and 3 in senior year. The only reason he is taking so many is because the darn school offers 20, so bunch of kids are taking a lot of them. He needs to stay competitive in his school.</p>
<p>I don’t think the info on # AP taken alone would be that useful at all as it would be largely depending on the availability at the high school and the competitiveness of the students at that school. A student taking 3 may mean more than another student taking 5 at a different school. The ACT score would be far more important though.</p>
<p>Agreed with @billcsho‌!</p>
<p>Some side notes:
Taking AP classes is not the only way to show “rigor”. One can also do this by taking [hopefully rigorous] classes from a local U or community colleges, or some other online resources. Taking AP exams, and doing well in them, however, could very well be more important than taking AP classes to show that one can actually understand & do well with college-level materials.</p>
<p>My S never took any AP classes at all, but he took college-level classes & did well in each one. For some subjects where there’re AP exams, he took the corresponding AP exams soon after he completed his college classes, to prove his mastery of the materials (& in case the U refused to take his dual-enrolled credits). Happy to say that UMich Admissions didn’t think that having 0 AP classes was an issue at all, as long as one could show one’s not a slacker in different ways.</p>
<p>Equivalent of 32-33 sat (2150) and I took 5 aps with 5s on all of them. In honors though.</p>
<p>I’m an out of state student accepted to the College of Engineering for fall of 2014! And a Caucasian female, if it makes a difference.</p>
<p>I took all the APs that my school offered-
Sophomore:
US History- 4
Junior:
Psych- 5
Bio- 4
Chem- 5
English- 4
Senior:
Gov- 5
Stats- 5
Calc BC- 5
English (didn’t test)
Physics B (didn’t test)</p>
<p>ACT 35 (36 superscored), SAT 2140 (only took once).
4.6 GPA on a 4.0 scale, 1st in class out of about 300.
Had a ton of extracurriculars and leadership and awards (national merit, science competition medals…) and whatever schools drone on about wanting.
Essays were terrible. </p>
<p>But as people have been saying, it’s about more than just APs. Keep good grades and show that you challenged yourself, but also get involved and be passionate. Michigan has a lot to offer (and they’d better with this out of state tuition I’m paying), they want to accept students that will utilize everything they have to give.
Good luck! </p>