I'm Starting To Get Really Worried...

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>Up till junior year of high school, I have always considered the University of Michigan to be a sure bet for me since I'm in-state, go to a feeder school, and am generally a smart and well-rounded guy. Now, I see people with a mazing stats/EC's getting deferred and I am forced to rethink my previously optimistic outlook.:(</p>

<p>Background Information:
School-Public Competitive U of M feeder school(about 2,000 kids)
Race-Asian Indian
In-state</p>

<p>Summer Before Freshman Year:
Science Foundations-A</p>

<p>Freshman Year(4.0 UMich GPA):
Biology 1-A
Chemistry 1-A
Geometry-A
Alg. 2 Enr.-A
9th Grade Honors English-A
Debate 1 and Forensics-A
9th Grade US History-A
Spanish 2-A</p>

<p>Summer Before Sophomore Year:
PreCalculus Enriched-B</p>

<p>Sophomore Year(3.6 UMich GPA):
AP Calculus AB-B/B(Semester 1/Semester 2)
AP Chemistry-B/A(Semester 1/Semester 2)
10th Grade Honors English-A
Physics 1-A
Spanish 3-A
Spanish 4-A</p>

<p>Junior Year(4.0 UMich GPA so far):
AP US History-A/?(Semester 1/Semester 2)
AP Physics C(E+M)-A/?(Semester 1/Semester 2)
AP European History-A/?(Semester 1/Semester 2)
AP Language-A(1st Semester class only)
AP Calculus BC-?(2nd Semester class only)</p>

<p>AP Scores:
AP Calculus AB-5
AP Chemistry-4</p>

<p>PSAT: 215(80M, 68W, 67CR)
ACT: 33(35M, 34E, 32R, 29S)</p>

<p>I really don't have any excuse for my low performance Sophomore Year other than I tried my best and still couldn't get all A's in my AP classes since they wre difficult. Now, I realize most of you are probably going ot be angry with me since getting 3 B's in AP classes isn't that big of a deal, but keep in mind that U of M DOES NOT take in account curriculum difficulty apparently and does not consider Freshman grades unfortunately. Nevertheless, I hope they consider that I am taking 5 AP classes junior year and got all A's 1st semester in addition to probably ending up with a 3.8 UMich GPA, considering that I don't get more than 1 B this semester.</p>

<p>Considering I retake the ACT and I have some wonderful essays/EC's/recs...what are my chances to get into U of M, Ross Business School to be patricular??? All replies and opinions will be greatly appreciated, especially those of Alexandre, childbearsfan, and hoedown!!!</p>

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<p>dude you don't have to get worried.</p>

<p>you've got a great SAT score and a great GPA.</p>

<p>People like me should be more worried.</p>

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<p>O_o
didn't you apply to tasp? i saw your posts on the tasp board. correct me if i'm wrong.
look at it this way. if you get into tasp, you're guaranteed. :]
i know that's not very helpful, heh.</p>

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<p>Just apply early and you will be fine. Ross looks like it has been pretty random, so there's really no way to predict how you will do with that.</p>

<p>You don't need to retake the ACT either. Maybe give the SAT a shot though.</p>

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<p>michigan does look into course difficulty. Doesn't it?</p>

<p>Can anyone clear this up? I'm pretty sure they do, but then I see kids that took very easy classes with 3.5-3.7 ish grades and they got in</p>

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<p>Michigan has course curriculum as a strong factor, when I went on the visit. He said the most important factor was GPA, but tied into curriculum. 5 APs is insane, I really wouldn't be worried if I was you.</p>

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<p>Thanks A2, I'm crossing my fingers that you will be accepted to Uof M. You definitely deserve it!!!;)</p>

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<p>your in. My friends with WAY lower stats got accepted.</p>

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<p>wow, thats a topic written by a TRUE nerd</p>

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<p>1<3 NERDS!!!:)</p>

<p>Thanks for the replies you guys, I really appreciate you. The greatest advantage of living in Michigan is that UMich comes VERY cheap to in-staters. I really feel BAD for you out-of-staters since most of the competitive academic kids in my school in the years past ahve only had to pay a $10 grand annual tuition or have gotten full-rides.</p>