I want to transfer to University of Michigan, what are my chances?

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<p>Hi everybody, and thank you for doing this. I'm going into my sophomore year this fall at Oakland University and I would really like to attend Michigan for the fall semester 2012. I applied to Michigan coming out of high school, but I got a letter with the opportunity to be put on the waiting list, but did not follow up on it because I couldn't afford the school at the time anyway. In high school I did poor my freshman year with a 3.4 but the following years consistently got around a 3.9 and ended up with a final high school GPA of 3.79. My ACT was a 28. My major at Oakland is Biology B.S. My freshman year grades at Oakland were a 3.95 first semester and a 4.0 second semester leaving me with a 3.975 freshman GPA with 37 credits (4 of those being AP credits--Calculus). I took two semesters of freshman Biology, psychology, one semester of German, writing, an introductory honors course, the first semester of chem, and stats. I've already scheduled for next year and I finish up chem, I take the second semester of German, I start and finish physics, I have one or two honors courses, and I have a few biology courses. I'm in the honors college at Oakland. I'm also in the pre-med society. I'm a member for fall 2011 of Alpha Lamba Delta Honors Society. I started volunteering at Genesys Hospice at the beginning of the year and I believe I have about 43 hours of community service, part of which includes vigil care which is typically at about 2 in the morning. The application opens up August 1st, but I will be in Germany from July 17th to August 8th. Do you think it will help to apply right away, or should I wait so that I can get more college grades in there and rack up some more volunteer hours? Also of course, do you guys think I can get in? Thank you so much!</p>

<p>Ryan</p>

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<p>Can you afford Michigan now? You say that you couldn’t afford it when you first applied.</p>

<p>If you are pre-med, your goal should be to get through your undergraduate program as inexpensively as possible so that you can afford med school. How much debt would transferring leave you with?</p>

<p>You need to find out when transfer applications are due at Michigan. Often the cut-off date is later than for freshmen. You also need to find out if there is a different cut-off date for any scholarships that are available for transfer students. That information will determine when you want to actually apply.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Are you instate for UMich?</p>

<p>UMich is very expensive as an OOS student.</p>

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<p>Yes I can afford it now for two years. I’m in state.</p>