Question About Transferring to Michigan

Transfer Students
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<p>I'm a sophomore at Central Michigan University (not a great school, but not a bad one for those who don't know it), and my friend started me thinking about transferring to another Michigan college. I talked to my parents and they said I should try and "The worst thing that could happen is you get in and have to make a decision." I'm not looking for a huge difference in tuition so I want to stay public, and that leaves Michigan State or Michigan. I'm not as interested in MSU. Some background:</p>

<p>-My HS GPA was a 3.3
-ACT was a 27
-College freshmen GPA was 3.03 but the thing is I did pretty bad first semester and turned around second semester (over a full grade point).
-I'm set to finish with a 3.8 this semester and I'm confident I could finish with something similar in spring
-I'm an eagle scout, been on three mission trips with church (one abroad), had an internship with a law firm this past summer, football captain for a year in high school, I'm in state, mom is faculty at Michigan (don't know if this matters), lifelong football fan (know this doesn't matter but had to add)
-History major so I would be applying to LSA</p>

<p>My question is when should I apply to Michigan? Do I apply after this semester when I will have roughly a 3.3 for next fall? Or do I wait to get that up another tenth of a grade point or two after this spring semester? If I wait I will have to apply for Winter or Fall '11.</p>

<p>It's not life-or-death important to me if I get in, but I would really like to. I know my GPA isn't up there, but if it wasn't for that first semester I would be in a much better position. </p>

<p>I can't think of any other questions now, but I'm sure I will have more.</p>

<p>Thanks a lot!</p>

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<p>Hey there,</p>

<p>I had almost identical transfer stats when I tried to apply to Michigan last year - I was flatly rejected. They say on the LS&A site that a 3.0 is the minimum, but a woman I spoke with after I received their letter said the cutoff is more like a 3.5. Except in cases where you’ve made an incredible turn-around, they do take your high school stats into account - that 27 ACT is going to hurt. I had a 28, but coupled with my lower GPA, it wasn’t up to snuff. </p>

<p>You may just want to look into MSU :(</p>

<p>And I know, East Lansing seriously sucks.</p>