rate my chances for u of m--ann arbor

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<p>WORK/VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE</p>

<p>• Editorial Intern for school’s fb page UNPAID<br>
• Storyteller/Patient Transport@ local hospital UNPAID<br>
• Cashier/Sales Associate @ my school’s store UNPAID<br>
• Teaching Assistant @ local university, program for middle school students PAID<br>
• Clerical Assistant @ local library PAID JOB<br>
• Intern Teaching Assistant @ local university, program for middle school students UNPAID<br>
• Teacher Aide @ my school UNPAID </p>

<p>LEADERSHIP ROLES</p>

<p>• State Vice President of Communications<br>
Michigan Business Professionals of America<br>
• Teens Advisory Board Member<br>
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America<br>
• Youth Ambassador<br>
Save A Mother
• Youth Advisory Council Member<br>
Do Something<br>
• Secretary<br>
My school’s chapter of Business Professionals of America<br>
• President/Founder<br>
Do Something Club<br>
• Chapter Awards Chairperson<br>
My school’s Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) chapter </p>

<p>EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES/MEMBERSHIPS </p>

<p>• National Society of High School Scholars<br>
• National Ventures Scholar<br>
• Huffington Post High School Blogger<br>
• My school’s Art Club<br>
• National Honor Society<br>
• Generation of Promise<br>
• A Do Something Club<br>
• Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA)<br>
• my school's Latin Club<br>
• Business Professionals of America </p>

<p>ACT: 27 Gpa: was 4.0 now 3.8-ish</p>

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<p>btw im a rising senior =] and this summer im doing two internships (both nationally known) plus volunteering at hospital and other things here and there</p>

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<p>What’s your senior schedule like? I would suggest taking the ACT one more time to get within UMich’s range.</p>

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<p>my senior schedule
ap bio, ap lit and comp, honors physics, journalism/photography, psychology, calc ab, and oral communications. </p>

<p>here’s the thing–i’m a minority and low income (so that gives a boost) plus i go to a school which u of m loves (they accept students from my school like crazy)</p>

<p>i’m also a recipient of an incentive scholarship that my school district offers (and u of m is my choice, so i’m known in their system as a scholar of that award, so that’s another boost) </p>

<p>the act-- tried 3 times, always in that range =/ (heres the thing, i nvr practiced for act except reading and english, and english i do pretty good but reading–my worst score!)</p>

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<p>out of curiosity–which school? I’m in Michigan too and I know a handful of feeder schools to UMich. </p>

<p>And I think you’re a good match. One worry though–your GPA. you said it WAS a 4.0, but now 3.8. What made it drop?</p>

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<p>It was 4.0 I got a B in ap chem and accelerated pre-calculus. I go to Cass Technical high school in Detroit Michigan.</p>

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<p>Oh okay. Since those are rigorous courses, I think you’ll be fine!</p>

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<p>Lol so I read through all these “rate my chances”, and I can’t help but think, am I the only person who wasn’t involved in 500 clubs and activities in high school? The only school related activity I included was track and field and X country…</p>

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<p>Btw I had the same GPA and ACT as the OP.</p>

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<p>U-M will know Cass Tech well and your high school guidance counselor should have an idea of acceptance rates at U-M and whether students with 3.8 ish/27 ACT usually get it. If you haven’t practiced for the ACT you may want to try practicing for the September test and see if that helps bump the score a bit. I think you can get it but not a slam dunk.</p>

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<p>Lol I thought I wasn’t doing enough extra curricular activities</p>

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<p>Just being honest, I don’t think you’ll get in unless you bump your ACT to at least a 29-30. The number of applications continues to grow and even though you go to Cass Tech a downward GPA trend and a very low ACT won’t look all that outstanding.</p>

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<p>Get your GPA ABOVE 3.9 and I think you’ll have a good chance. U of M seem to be more focus on GPA. No one on here can tell you the future, but you can apply EA and hope for the best. 27 on your ACT isn’t the deal breaker, but a lower GPA could be.</p>

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<p>So my friend had 23 in his Act and around a 3.8 plus not even 10% of the extra curricular I do and he got accepted with a full ride.</p>

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<p>Btw those who are already at u of m do you recommend me making a portfolio? And any advice on my resume. (it’s two pages long)</p>

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<p>Congrats for your friend, he’s probably on athletic scholarship or if not just very lucky. I still wouldn’t guess that you get in with your stats. All I suggest is getting a higher ACT score.</p>

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<p>Actually it’s pretty common. I do more activities and take more challenging classes than students that graduated this year and they got in.</p>

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<p>You do realize that I go to Michigan right? I have a pretty good idea of the backgrounds of most common students. It’s not common to get in with a 23 ACT and even if one were to get in with that he or she would almost surely have to do the Summer Bridge program. I’m just telling you the truth, admissions is getting more and more competitive every year and you should probably raise your ACT if you want to get in.</p>

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<p>I don’t really feel the need to make a new topic for this, so I’ll post it here.</p>

<p>I’m looking for some opinions on this, but do you guys think Michigan places much importance on ECs? According to the 2010-2011 data, ECs are only “considered”, not even “important”. I find this hard to believe for such a selective school. Do they really place most of the emphasis on grades, rigor, and test scores?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>You will most likely get in…You are an in state applicant, just barely on the low side of their ACT range (i think its 27-30), you have a pretty strong gpa (btw, what is it “3.8ish” or 3.8 and why did it fall?), your club experiences and extracurricular are pretty strong.
If you have any hooks like sports or urm then you definitely are in, if not I still think you have a very strong shot.</p>