<p>I am very nervous and very scared about not getting accepted. I stumbled on this great website last month and have been on these forums periodically. I hope you can help me out.</p>
<p>I am a junior right now who is attending a competitive public high school. We have two semesters in one school year, with four classes in one semester, which means a total of 8 classes in one year. We go on a 4.0 scale.</p>
<p>I got a C in Calculus AB last semester. Worst day of my life and I still regret it today. I am again in Calculus BC and getting As on my tests, however. If I can pull off a 4.0 on all four my classes this semester (I got 3 As and 1 C last semester), do you think that would qualify as a "strong" junior year? 3 of the 4 classes I am in right now are also APs.</p>
<p>I raped myself my sophomore year, also, and it was the end of that year that I set myself straight (I got a 3.3 my sophomore year) and began to study hard. I got a 3.75 my freshman year. </p>
<p>So it comes down to this...if, assuming I can get a 4.0 the rest of my junior year and a 4.0 my senior year and a 34 on my ACT, do I have a chance at UM-Ann Arbor (my unweighted GPA at the end of my junior year would be 3.6) even if I got a C in Calculus? What makes me even more worried is because I am applying to Engineering.</p>
<p>Thank you so much to those who have read and helped me out. I know I might have been kind of wordy, but I would appreciate your opinions on whether I can get in, what I can do to improve my application, and most of all, if its the end of the world if I got a C.</p>
<p>They don't count senior year unless you get deferred, in which case they might request your first semester senior year grades. </p>
<p>If you get a 3.6 for your junior year, that means you'll have a 3.45 cumulative GPA since you didn't do so well your sophomore year (UM only looks at soph/jun years). Even if you got a 34 ACT and you're in-state, you'll have a hard time getting in, since GPA is weighted more than test scores. Your best shot will be to submit your app in September.</p>
<p>I know in-state kids with <3.3 GPAs with <2000 SAT and <30 ACTs getting into Engineering, so you definitely still have a chance.</p>
<p>Submit as early as possible, get an A in Calc BC, and make sure that you get good grades in your other classes. Are they also AP? The school may understand a C more if you have balanced it with other advanced placement classes. </p>
<p>If you have great extra-curricular activities w/leadership, you should be fine. I know a couple kids in my junior year Calc AB class who pulled a C in the class, and they were both admitted, including one to engineering. The one who got into engineering is an exceptional student though, varsity athletics, National Merit scholar, headed to military academy, etc. Even though he applied in September, he didn't get in till early December. UMich really relies on grades, and they could care less about test scores (they matter but not as much as you would think). If anything, they might wonder why you pulled a 34 but such a low GPA. </p>
<p>Chances are you'll get deferred (not because of the C, but because of your GPA), but I've seen a lot of people get deferred and eventually get in. Raise your grades, write interesting essays, focus on your activities and maybe get a leadership position. Don't fret on your grades in your application, because that will be a total turn off for admissions.</p>
<p>Thanks, both of you, for giving me some hope. I hate myself for not realizing the importance of studying earlier and hope that although its late, my efforts now will tip the scales in favor of me. </p>
<p>Thanks again, and I will try to do what you have advised me to do.</p>
<p>Thanks for bringing that up. How much do you know about changing majors? If I do apply to LSA and get accepted, will it be a hassle to transfer to COE?</p>
<p>I would not suggest that. Not everyone gets into COE as a transfer from LSA. Unless you're positive that you can do well in your freshman courses and positive that you won't make it into COE, I would suggest directly applying to the COE. Also, the admissions standards for COE are not too far off from LSA. But I guess its up to you in the end. Do you wish to take a risk and perhaps take an year in LSA only to be rejected from COE or do you wish to take a risk now and go straight into COE without undergoing that yearlong wait. I would do the former.</p>
<p>that's not true j89, if you meet GPA requirement, you will be able to transfer to COE, that's according to my program advisor.
transfer into engineering physics is 2.8
Transfer into IOE is 3.0
transfer into ME EECS cheme and most other majors is 3.2
only biomed requires a 3.5</p>
<p>if you cant maintain that gpa taking the same freshman classes (math, physics, your social science and humanities requirement, chem) as other engineering majors, maybe engineering is not for you. If you cant maintain that GPa in those classes, you'll be worse once you start your entry level weeder classes. Like ME 211 builds on physics 141. Chem E builds on basic chem. The only major that doesnt build on any of those things is IOE but it builds on math 214 ( a bunch of linear algebra). So you need to take that into account. If you do bad on the requirement classes, you'll do even worse in your major class. </p>
<p>Also a good thing is you can take english125 instead of engin100 which is a lot less time consuming.</p>
<p>also i suggested LSA instead of engineering is because LSA will be a lot more forgiving on your C in a math class. Engineering admissions focus on those classes. And you 34 ACT stands out a lot more too. Since average SAT/ACT is a lot higher in COE (which is where the self selective part comes in)</p>
<p>btw, transfering to COE is a semester thing. Apply first semester. Maintain that GPA. talk to EAC. they will tell you things like english 125 replacing engin100 and how you can plan your classes</p>
<p>i think you're ok. As everyone here has previously said, senior year doesn't often influence choices, unless you fail a class or something seriously like that, and regardless, people with low GPA can get in if they impress the U. I'm hoping this'll work for me. (3.49 GPA applying next year. XP)</p>
<p>As for transfer to COE, it seems as if that's a relatively easy process, but I would talk to an admissions advisor (after being accepted to LSA) about what that would entail, because you can never be sure.</p>
<p>If your taking like all regular classes and have a 4.00 GPA chances are they wouldn’t accept you but say if you have all AP classes and have like a 3.6 GPA you would actually have a higher chance because you took harder classes.
Also they recalcuate GPA’s and they don’t look at your freshman year
Oh and if you live in Michigan you get extra points :)</p>