Should I bother applying?

<p>I am wondering if I should apply to U. of Michigan… I still have to write 3 more essays, the due date is Feb. 1st, it’s $40, and I probably won’t get accepted. It’s my fourth-choice school, and I applied to others. Any advice? BTW, my GPA is really low. I also have never been to Michigan, and I don't know anyone in or around Michigan.</p>

<p>have you been accepted to your top 3 choices that you would rather go to over michigan? if not, you should apply, b/c who knows what will happen? but if my hunch is correct, and your last sentence tells me that you arent really that enthusiastic about michigan, then i think you can answer your own question.</p>

<p>no, i haven't been accepted yet. You are correct, I'm not very enthusiastic about UM. I think I won't apply there. Thank you! (I mostly wanted to either be talked out of it, or told that it's fine.)</p>

<p>My daughter apperently decided not to apply even though her transcrips, scores and recs are already there. She viewed UMich as a safety-match for an early app. but it was beyond top 5 on her list, and not a good deal financially. Since UMIch app was different from everything else, it seemed odd to start with it and postpone all other apps. By Jan 1 she stll had nothing that could be recycled for UMich app and was too exhausted to start another set of essays.
Now it's a reach. She still has nothing ready. She already applied to couple safeties which are much weaker, but cheap due to in-state tuition (those had simple apps). Right now she is studying for a subject SAT for next Saturday (could help with reaches she already applied to, although it has to be a perfect score to help). And unless a panic attack hits, my feeling is that she will not apply to UMich.
There is limit to these apps. See, maybe you can do something to improve your chances in the schools you already applied to.</p>

<p>I already finished and submitted my apps for the other three. UMich has such strange essay questions- they are completely unrelated to the others I wrote. If I drop UM, I'll only be applying to three schools-2 reach/match, and 1 safety. I don't really know what I could do to improve my chances- I retook the ACT and did a little worse than my first score (which I was happy about). My GPA is already crap for mid-year grades, but I'm doing okay for third quarter. There's no way I can add an EC- I already work 30hrs a week and am in a few clubs.</p>

<p>I still have to finish the apps of my two safety schools along with Umich as well.
And yes the esay questions are strange- though i was able to recycle my why major essay from cornell and jhu's essay. I still have to write the diversity one.
the only thing is that its 200 words which is like 2 paragraphs.</p>

<p>But i'll probably submit the application as everything plus my scores are already there.</p>