<p>I am wondering if it is even worth it to send in a transfer app to UM. In high school, I had a 3.7 and a 30 on the ACT and was deferred and waitlisted. Currently, I am seeking two BAs at MSU (Political Theory and Const. Democracy from James Madison/ and Economics) with a minor in Philosophy and Law and a specialization in Political Economy. My GPA isn't exactly stellar (3.1), but I had mono my sophomore year (I am currently senior class status but this will be my junior year). I am currently the director of MSU's student legal service program, a member of the Finance Association, MSU's student government, and MSU's student investment association, an e-board member of my fraternity, and a former member of the men's lacrosse team at MSU. What are my chances??</p>
<p>Short answer: Yes you should apply. If you do so with your current stats it would be very, very likely you would be rejected, but can you live knowing you never even tried? If your answer is yes, then don’t bother to read on.</p>
<p>Long answer: Your chances are zero if you don’t apply. Especially if you aren’t filling out tons of other apps, applying to Umich is worth it if you want to at least take a chance, the app isn’t hard and then at least you’ll know if it was possible. I think if I were you I’d give it one more semester at MSU to bring up that GPA, maybe retake any classes that would make a big difference (for example I failed a course and retaking it raised my gpa .5 by itself, but if you just got all B’s and C’s it probably isn’t worth it), and beef up your application however possible-- any EC’s or volunteer work? Are you hoping to transfer as a junior or are you a junior presently hoping to transfer for senior year? Because you can only transfer 50 or 60 credits, I forget how many. That may be a reason not to transfer if you’ve already got a boatload of credits. You need to look at the logistics of what you’re trying to do here before you start working on anything. Including your major since you may not find exactly what you have at MSU offered here and you may have to take major steps backwards to complete a UM degree now even though you are close to an MSU degree.</p>
<p>For your information, the average GPA for admitted transfer students is a 3.6. So you’re very low, I won’t lie. I got accepted with a 3.5 (with extensive extracurriculars but a terrible high school record). I developed a severe health condition right after I was admitted and nearly had to drop out of school to recover and was terrified of being rescinded, but I talked with people at admissions extensively and they told me as long as I had medical documentation of my illness and my record was otherwise strong, the worst thing they would do is not give me credit for those classes or defer my enrollment to Winter to give me time to retake whatever they found unsatisfactory. Which I felt was very accommodating considering how competitive Umich is. So if you raised your gpa a bit and gave them more than that bad semester to focus on, plus maybe an essay about the mono and what you did to try to keep up, you might have a shot worth trying for then. You’ll have to decide for yourself if that’s worth it. If I were you I’d probably just stay at MSU unless I had a really compelling reason to want to transfer to UM.</p>