<p>Today is my birthday! I'm now 17 Well anyways, here's all my info!</p>
<p>PA Resident
Race: Black
Gender: Male</p>
<p>HS GPA: 3.1-3.4 (HUGE upward trend)
F-Year:2.7
S-Year: 3.4
J-Year: 3.6
HS Type: Academically excellent Catholic school in the Philly suburbs</p>
<p>SAT: 1430 Total (I'm going to retake it and try to get it up to at least a 1700)
M: 440
CR:480
W:510</p>
<p>EC's
-Marching Band
-Drumline
-Percussion Ensemble
-Drumming lessons every week
-Semi-pro Baseball
-Wells Fargo College Bound group since 8th grade
-National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine (Summer 2011)
...and possibly Mock Trial, World Affairs club, and the School Newspaper this year</p>
<p>Things that might get counted against me:
-NO AP's or honors so far (I'm going to try to get as many as I can for my senior year, and I might do dual enrollment).
-I've been to 2 different high schools in three years, not because of discipline problems, but because of my mom's inability to pay for Catholic school (I went to Catholic school grades 9 and 11).</p>
<p>Reason for my low freshman year grades:
I was educated in the academically WORST school district in PA. Going from the worst school district to a challenging Catholic high school was a challenge to me, but I eventually adjusted. </p>
<p>How would my chances at these colleges improve if I raised my SAT score to at least a 1700 or 1800? Also, what if I filled my course load with all AP classes this year (or possibly dual enrollment)?</p>
<p>(I think you forgot to post the colleges we’re chancing you for)</p>
<p>Isn’t this the UMich Ann Arbor section? If you meant the colleges at UMich, my intended majors are Economics and Pre-med</p>
<p>Indeed it is but I thought you implied other colleges to chance as well, apologies (& happy birthday!)</p>
<p>Unfortunately, as you know, your SAT is really going to hold you back if you don’t make the gains you’re hoping for. Definitely work on that actively. </p>
<p>While packing your schedule with APs this year will benefit you, it would have been better if you ha started earlier. That said, universities will look at the offerings your school(s) offered before they judge your “regular” unknowingly.</p>
<p>Luck!</p>
<p>If you get admitted it will not be because of your GPA and test scores but it spite of it. U-M is a major reach. You are going to have to do a good job selling your story through essays, teacher recommendations and counselor recommendation. Better test scores will help. As far as senior year classes, I would look for college prep classes that you can do well in. Do not load up on AP’s if that is going to adversely affect your GPA. They do not want to see B’s in AP’s. Also the circumstances of your school may help - sometimes Catholic schools have less grade inflation than public schools.</p>
<p>Happy Birthday and Good Luck!</p>
<p>I don’t think you have much of a chance, if any at all.</p>
<p>If you do get in though, with your grades, it’ll give light to how Umich views URMs.</p>
<p>That may not be the “politically correct” thing to say, but whatever.</p>
<p>Happy birthday and good luck. If you get in make the most of it</p>
<p>University of Michigan is an exceedingly competitive university. The entering freshmen class has an average unweighted GPA of a 3.83 and the middle 50% of SAT scores are between 1990-2230 ([source](<a href=“http://www.admissions.umich.edu/drupal/about-our-applicants]source[/url]”>http://www.admissions.umich.edu/drupal/about-our-applicants)</a>).
Unfortunately, when you add on top of that the lack of AP classes and out-of-state residency, your chances are very low. You can always apply though, cause you never really know what will happen until you do. Good luck, regardless of what you end up doing.</p>
<p>Quite honestly, you have almost no chance. UMich is one of the top 5, maybe top 3, public schools in the nation. You would need to have much better stats.</p>
<p>I go to a decent public school that sends kids to a lot of top universities, including the occasional Ivy. To put it into perspective, one person in last year’s graduating class went to UMich (OOS). She was a valedictorian and probably the smartest student in the class.</p>
<p>It’s okay. UMich isn’t even really on my list. I was just looking to add another college to my list. Looks like it’s as tough for an OOS student to get into as UNC Chapel Hill and UVA. Do any of you mind chancing me at my other colleges:
- Penn State-University Park
- University of Delaware
- University of Maryland-College Park
- Temple
- UConn
- UGA</p>
<p>Thank you for your responses everyone!</p>
<p>Penn State- Reach
Maryland- Low reach
Temple- Match
UConn- Low Reach</p>
<p>In the meantine, have a very Happy Birthday! I hope you continue your upward trend and get into a great school. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Happy (belated) birthday. If you could get that SAT up and continue that trend, and if your school were considered rigorous, you could always give umich a shot. One thing they’re conscious of is what a student has done with their opportunities. Not being able to afford catholic school, but then having a strong gpa when you got back there in grade 11 suggests you’re pretty determined and are the type of person who is committed to doing well. I think that and your strong ecs could give you an edge, though It would be a long shot statistically.</p>
<p>Res ispas advice is dead on about how to tackle the application. Good luck whatever you decide!</p>
<p>Thank you everyone for your responses! I might just end up applying and seeing what happens, but I’m also going to take all of the advice I’ve seen on this thread. Thanks everyone!</p>
<p>And you should still apply…you never know :)</p>