Need Help And An Honest Opinion

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>Need Help And Your Honest Opinion! </p>

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<p>Hi I am a junior now and so many of friends swear by this website, so hopefully you can give me some answers. I am really confused, the top three schools are all reaches for me but i want to know what you honestly think my chances are and in what order. in a few months i am taking the SAT and actually feel pretty good about it, I had a bomb of a 9th grade year, was transferred to a really tough school and just bombed out but since then every year have gotten stronger and stronger. i am a strong B studnet, my 10th grade year was all b's as an ending average and this year i am taking IB's and getting again all B's and 1 A. I do play several sports, hold leadership roles and have TONS of hours with my comm. service, i have also been involved in some major fundraising and am overall pretty active. i know i will have a great essay and good rec's. that is what there is to know about me. my top three schools in order:</p>

<p>u of miami
michigan
BU</p>

<p>There are others like colorado, indiana, maybe vermont, maryland, and some others but the three above are what i really want. I have visited Miami and BU and love them both, am going to Michigan in a few weeks. I have my heart SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO set on one of the three, especially Miami. With Miami and Colorado, I am getting letters from people on the board who my family knows as a rec, letter although I know that carries minimal weight. Any help would be REALLY APPRECIATED! Thanks.</p>

<p>I want to apply early decision to one of them and need to know which you would apply to if you were me.</p>

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<p>I don't think Michigan has ED since it's rolling admissions. Don't quote me on this since I didn't apply for Michigan as a freshmen...</p>

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<p>yes, michigan is on a rolling system.</p>

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<p>I would have only applied ED to my #1 school. My top 4 schools were USNA, USMA, Michigan, and Notre Dame. Notre Dame was the only one with ED, and it was not my first choice. Michigan is a good choice. Both my parents went there, and I am hoping to possibly do grad school there for Aero Engineering, but then again, Georgia Tech right now has a better program for that. After you visit UMich, consider which is your top choice. If it is still UMiami, I'd apply ED, but talk to your guidence counselor.</p>

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<p>so you think michigan will be the hardest to get into? i got only about a 1680 on my psat but am aiming for a 1900 and some of the portions of the test i have been taking as a practice have shown i am capable of achieving that if i continue to study/work hard. I would say Miami is my #1 school but know my stats are a little below the norm, am hoping for strong SAT's and hoping to finish off the year really strongly. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Michigan is a pretty hard school to get into from OOS. If you look at the general stats here, most of them OOS, 3.6-3.7 get deferred pretty often, and these guys have 29-33 ACTs. </p>

<p>I'm not too sure on the difficulty of Miami, but from my point of view, Michigan is probably the hardest for you.</p>