<p>Will coming from the Naval Academy help my cause? I have heard that since we have more obligations than a civilian student that a lower GPA is more tolerable. I'm a junior transfer applicant from the United States Naval Academy and I'm looking to get into the University of Michigan for the Winter term. I'm a Quantitative Economics major (half math/half econ) with a 3.24 GPA, but I'm looking to switch into Mathematical Sciences or pure Mathematics if I get accepted to Michigan. In high school I had a 3.4 weighted and a 3.3 unweighted GPA. I received a 28 on the ACT. I have pretty extensive extra curriculars and was an All-American water polo player in high school. I also have played polo for two years here at the Naval Acadmey. I would have a lot higher GPA, but my last semester was ridiculously hard and I ended up with a 2.63 for the semester (ouch!). I'm also worried that my decision to apply to Michigan was really late and I submitted my application on September 30th, the day before the deadline; however, all of other required materials made it in before then. In two years I have 72 credits to date which I believe somewhat displays a challenging course load. My transcript at the academy looks like this:</p>
<p>Semester 1:
A-----Rhetoric and Introduction to Literature I
B-----Calculus I
B-----U.S. Government
A-----Boxing/Wrestling
A-----Seamanship
B-----Foundations of Chemistry I
Credits: 16 GPA:3.31</p>
<p>Semester 2:
A-----Rhetoric and Introduction to Literature II
A-----4/C Swimming
A-----Preparing to Lead
B-----American Naval History
A-----Introduction to Navigation
A-----Calculus II
B-----Foundations of Chem II
Credits: 18 GPA: 3.61</p>
<p>Semester 3:
C-----Introductory Economics: SQE Majors
A-----General Physics I
A-----Ethics and Moral Reasoning
B-----Navigation and Piloting
A-----Physical Education
A-----Calculus III with Optimization
B-----Matrix Theory
Credits: 19 GPA: 3.42</p>
<p>Semester 4:
C-----Microeconomics: SQE Majors
C-----Multivariable Calculus
B-----Linear Models and Optimization
B-----The West in a Global Context
C-----General Physics II
A-----Martial Arts I
A-----Language and Linguistics
Credits: 19 GPA: 2.63</p>
<p>Cumulative Credits: 72
Cumulative GPA: 3.24</p>
<p>I have started taking these courses for this current 2008 fall semester because I am forced to go to class while the process for my separation goes through (it takes a couple weeks and I will be going back home to Michigan October 20th), although I won't be receiving any credit.</p>
<p>Electrical Fundamentals and Applications
Macroeconomics: SQE Majors
The West In the Modern World
Leadership: Theory and Applications
Physical Education
Differential Equations with Matrices
Probability and Statistics I
Credits: 20</p>
<p>Do I have a decent chance to be accepted?</p>