i need to get into umich

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>Ive been wanting to go to Umich since I was young and I would like to know how I stand and what I can do to improve my chances of becoming accepted.</p>

<p>I live on Long Island, NY and I go to an extremely competitive school, ranked 13th in the nation. I am white and catholic.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.6 UW 4.2 W (upward trend- soph 3.4 junior- 3.8)
SAT: 2080
-Math 680
-English 680
-Writing 720</p>

<p>ACT: 31
SAT II:
Physics- 740
US History- 760</p>

<p>Taken 4 AP's so far. AP Euro (4) AP Comp AP Physics Ap American.
Senior year: AP Chem, AP Psych, AP Lit, AP Gov't, AP Economics, AP Calc. I will have taken 10 AP's at the end of senior year.</p>

<p>EC:
JV and Varsity football 4 years
JV and Varsity baseball 4 years
varsity club
kids helping pets in need
stock market club
300+ hours of community service
intership over the summer
Full time job 40 hours/ week (summer job)
Marching Band (4 years) (60 hours of community service)
-NYS Virtuosi Band (only 200 selected in all of NY state)
Science Research (4 years)</p>

<p>My passion is science research which I find very interesting, I have entered many competitions such as
Intel, Siemens Westinghouse, Dupont Challenge, Oracle Thinkquest, and Toshiba Exploravision.</p>

<p>My essays will be strong as well as my recommendations.</p>

<p>Help anybody pleaseee!!!!</p>

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<p>raise the SATs and your in</p>

<p>also, the fact that your school is ranked 13 in the nation doesnt make any difference at all. the ranking system is so messed up that its just a bunch of good to decent random schools.</p>

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<p>How high should I aim for like a 2120 ?</p>

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<p>I definitely think the gpa is more of a concern than the sat, but either way I say apply early and you're in.</p>

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<p>ya I agree with Obrien.. 3.6 is pretty low.. do you know what your Umich gpa is?</p>

<p>plus hes got a 31 act.. so i think ure fine with test scores.......</p>

<p>i like your thread title tho</p>

<p>"i need to get into umich"</p>

<p><em>-</em> dont we all</p>

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<p>I got in with a 3.0 UM GPA last year. I doubt one year makes much of a difference.</p>

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<p>haha yeah i read the title and had to think for a second if i started this thread</p>

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<p>UMich is a slight reach. Your ACT/SAT score is fine, though improving it would definitely help make up a little bit for your poor GPA. BTW, calculate your UM GPA (only academic classes count, no weights, chop off -/+'s, A=4, B=3, etc) and if it turns out higher then your chances just went up. If you get deferred, make sure you improve your grades first semester junior year. And DON"T FORGET TO APPLY EARLY.</p>

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<p>isnt 1360 pretty low?</p>

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<p>Ill definitely try to get my ACT up to a 32 and the SAT up to 2100. My UMich GPA is about 3.5</p>

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<p>You'll need to raise your GPA/test scores since you're OOS. Make sure you finish off this year strong.</p>

<p>OOS is a lot more competetive than in-state.</p>

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<p>the middle 50% gpa for michigan freshman is 3.6-3.9, so wouldn't he easily be in the range?</p>

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<p>Yeah but you forgot that like...65% (not sure if this stat is accurate, it's what I remember off the top of my head) of students are in-state. And the average GPA is now at 3.8 (it's going up).</p>

<p>So for OOS, competition gets stiffer, and you'll need to be above avg...</p>

<p>Heck, I'm in-state, great ECs (seriously...), had a 3.65 UW, 32 ACT AND legacy and I was deferred. Though I did get accepted a few weeks later oddly enough :S. However, a few of my friends have also been deferred and they have similar grades / test scores (3.7 + 31, 3.7 + 33, both deferred0.</p>

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<p>ya well maybe they made a mistake and thats why the admitted you so quickly after your deferral, zkevin</p>

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<p>I know as a state school Michigan needs to accept a certain number of kids from Michigan, but based on my, albeit limited, knowledge of out of state Michigan students, i don't think it's THAT much more competitive. I'm sure the university doesnt mind getting an extra 20 grand for every out of state applicant as well...</p>

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<p>so what do you think my chances are, even if i get deferred i know i can work as hard as i can senior year to do really well and i will be applying as early as possible in rolling admissions.</p>

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<p>Like I said, I believe UMich will be a slight reach. At the worse, I believe you will deferred, and from the accept rate for deferrals is though to be around 30-50% (never formally released, that's just what alot people think it is)</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot man, much appreciation, I think I can push my grades up senior year to straight A's just to get in. Pray for me, thanks guys =)</p>