should I bother applying to UMich?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm sorry for making another chances thread. I usually dont get into all of the obsessing over colleges but here goes. I'm going to be applying to U of Michigan Ann Arbor this fall but Im not sure if my stats will make admission too much of a reach. Can anyone tell me if I even have a small chance?</p>

<p>GPA: 4.089 weighted/3.5ish unweighted
(6 AP, many honors classes) UPWARD GRADE TREND
Rank: not reported (im around 87ish/764 at a very competitive public school)
ACT: 33
SAT II Math: 720
SAT II Bio: 700
AP Bio: 5
AP US Gov: 5</p>

<p>current senior classes: AP chem, AP micro/macro, AP calc AB, Latin honors 4th year, essay writing (honors)</p>

<p>3 years track (might medal at state this spring but it will be too late for the admissions process to notice, i just got decent this year)
3 years Latin club (on executive board - secretary)
3 years IJCL (a 3 day state latin competition/convention)
1.5 years tutoring at my schools literacy center
1 year cross country</p>

<p>75 volunteer hours at a childrens musuem</p>

<p>good letters of rec.</p>

<p>sorry this was kind of long</p>

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<p>lol bother applying?</p>

<p>you are like guaranteed admission</p>

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<p>Granted, your unweighted is kind of low, but the other stellar aspects of your profile would, I carefully presume, offset the deficiency.</p>

<p>Frankly, I dont know how the score 32 on the ACT test would translate into the SAT score, but I again presume that it is much higher than the average.</p>

<p>My question to you is, how is your grade trend? Is it an upward trend or downward?</p>

<p>Yes, it matters. :)</p>

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<p>Mediocre GPA, # of APs taken (only 2 up to junior year?..), and IIs... but your ACT and upward trend of GPA foreshadow a good chance in admission :). Wrong section btw.</p>

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<p>"you are like guaranteed admission"</p>

<p>No fricken way he is guaranteed admission.</p>

<p>UMich is a GPA school. That's the one thing they care about. If you don't have a 3.7+ UM GPA, it will be a reach, in-state or OOS. They don't accept the majority of their applicants. 52% of the accepted class had a 3.9 or higher, and yes, this is unweighted.</p>

<p>Yes, there have been kids accepted with those high test scores and grades below average for the institution, but the one factor that UMich cares about the most, the GPA, the OP is in the bottom 25% of accepted applicants. And he/she is well below that mark (3.7). Not to mention that 90% of Michigan's class ranks in the top 10%, and the OP isn't in the top 10%.</p>

<p>I'd say chances are 50-50, guaranteed admission is a ridiculous statement.</p>