<p>Hey what's up guys? I am interested in applying to Michigan as well as other schools next year and wanted to know my chances. It looks like this board is a lot more active than the chances board.</p>
<p>BTW I am currently a JUNIOR, and am stronger in Math, science,
and comps than anything else.</p>
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<p>School Type: Public
Location: Northern Virginia
Race/Gender: Asian/Male
Prospective Major: Computer Engineering or CompSci
GPA: 3.73UW
Class rank: We rank after JR. year, so I don't know yet. I know I'm at least in the top 25% of 200+ or so.</p>
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<p>NEW SAT I: 1930
SAT I Math: 710
SAT I Critical Reading: 600
SAT I Writing: 620
Will retake once more in fall.</p>
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<p>Member of FBLA [9-10]
Member of NHS [11]
Took AMC 12: 88.5 [11]
JV Math League [10]
Varsity Math League [11]
Math Honor Society [11]
Heritage Bowl [11]
400+ CS hours @ hospital [as volunteer-trainer]
Probably will maintain these ECs + get summer job.
Got CompTIA A+ Hardware certification</p>
<p>AP courses: 6
AP World History [10] - 3
AP English Composition/Language [11]
AP US History [11]
Will take AP Government, AP Physics, and AP Calc BC next year.
Have taken mostly honors classes.</p>
<p>If there is anything I can do to boost my chances, please leave any suggestions. </p>
<p>One thing you can do is apply early. It definitely improves your chances. </p>
<p>I've railed against the popular adage that you're doomed if you apply after October-November, because that's simply not true. But earlier is better, no doubt about that.</p>
<p>Michigan is a reach for you, if you are applying to the school of Engineering and a match if you are applying tot he school of LSA. Be sure to apply BEFORE October in order to maximize your chances.</p>
<p>I have a 1310/1600, 5 AP's, 4.43/4.6=A GPA, top 10%, lots of EC's. member of Medical Sciences program at high school (its a 4 year thing, very competitive)</p>
<p>I got waitlisted and they didn't take anyone as, in 0/1400, in 2004. </p>
<p>I really wanted to go to umich.</p>
<p>I guess it was a match for me. So chances are, if its a reach for you, then its really slim, and my guidance counselor, told me it'll only get harder to get into great colleges that are becoming much more selective. </p>
<p>Go for at least 5 matches.</p>
<p>My mistake was 5 reaches, 1 match, 2 safeties. In a year such as 2004, it would have been easy to get into at least 3/5 of my reaches, but it'll only get harder.</p>
<p>engineering school is more selective than LSA? my friend w/ 1280 sat, 3.6 gpa, mediocre ECs awards no hook got in, another one w/ better everything got rejected by LSA, both out-of-state</p>
<p>Thom, I know students with sub-1300 on their SATs that got into MIT, Stanford, CalTech, Harvard, Yale, Princeton etc... it does not mean that a student with a sub 1300 on the SAT has a good chance of getting into any of those schools. You are exposed to a handful of students. Your friend may have had extenuating circumstances you are not aware of. And by the way, Michigan does not really care about ECs. Why should they? Michigan has future NFL, MBA, NHL and MLB all-stars, Olympic level swimmers and tracksters, World-famous actors and performers etc... When you have 5,000+ gifted students come into your campus annually, you do not really need to look out for ECs.</p>
<p>Now that the year is over and that I know about the Michigan GPA, I'd like to know my chances. My Michigan GPA is a 3.6 - out of the 10 classes that are used in calculating the GPA, 3 are AP, 3 are Honors, and 2 are foreign language. My overall GPA is 3.73UW and 3.77 weighted. I'm pretty sure on the second taking of the SAT I can hit a 1980 or around that level. In addition to the stats from the original post, I now have 500 hours and hold down the shift chairman position. I am hoping since I don't have very many ECs that the volunteering shows dedication and is an example of leadership skills. I'd like to know my chances for Engineering and LSA.</p>