Transfer Sophmore Year?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>I've heard that it's challenging to apply and to be accepted to UMich until after sophomore year. Buuuuut. With the following stats, would I have any luck? Not to say that I am turning a cold shoulder on the college I am attending on the fall. That isn't the case. I was merely captivated by UMich when I visited. I wonder if I should even bother applying, is all.
End of the year stuff: GPA: UW 3.96, W: 5.1. Rank: 8/458. ACT: 31 C - 34/31/33/27. Very active in music/theatre endeavors. I have family that attended UMich. I'm OOS. I took 10 APs during school - 4 junior yr, 6 senior yr. I got 2 4's and 2 5's junior year.</p>

<p>I think my biggest turn off for this year's admission was that I was an intended music person and I focused most of my essays on that without having enough musical merit. I think my grades are solid, minus my ACT which could be better.</p>

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<p>My son was accepted after Freshman year at another University. His stats out of High School were similar (his grades were not as good as yours) but he was instate. U of M waited to see one semester of college classes (3.8) before admitting him. His top three choices were Michigan, Michigan and Michigan and he made that clear throughout the process. </p>

<p>I think it helped that he had a defined school within LS&A that he wanted to attend and focused his essays in his transfer application to that school. I would think you have a decent chance and would have guessed you would have made it in directly out of high school given those stats.</p>