UMich Chances

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What are my chances for Umich?
Stats:
GPA: 4.0 unweighted
AP courses: 5 by the end of this year (All my school offers)
Dual Enrollment: 8 by the end of this year (4 of the courses are in the computer science department at my local CC)
ACT: 28 (32 E, 26 M, 30 R, 24 S) (30 Super-scored) --Average at my school is a 15 Composite
Race: African American (Somalian)
State: Michigan
Rank: 1 in 158
Extra curricular:
National Honors Society (Vice President)
Senior Board
Mayor’s Youth Council (We meet with the mayor to discuss issues that affect youth)
Mentor for troubled kids (Junior year)
Blood drive, etc
Income: <20,000 (School is one of the poorer ones in the state)
First generation

Essays and recommendations are pretty good. PM me if you need to read my essay to base your opinion,
I applied early action to college of LSA for Computer science.

Accepted Schools so far: MSU, MTU, and GVSU

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I see no reason why you wouldn’t be accepted

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Your ACT is on the lower end but your hooks and class rank do more than enough to erase that aspect.

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You should be fine. Michigan values GPA above all else. Your ACT is low but not that low. You’ve already shown you can do well in college classes with dual enrollment, plus your HS probably sends few kids to Michigan.

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@TooOld4School “your HS probably sends few kids to Michigan” The last time someone from my high school got accepted to Michigan, or any school like it, was probably 10 years ago.

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You’d pry get a massive scholarship as well

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Your course rigor is good and your GPA too, but your test score is low. UMich does not super score and the mid 50 ACT last year was 30-34. Also Affirmative Act has been banned for admission. In addition, your HS historical admission record is not good. Hopefully your GC Lot and your essay may help you. Otherwise, it is a low reach for you from in state.

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@billcsho So being a URM is no longer a hook for UMich?

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Look up the percentage of student body by race and you will see the number of African American students decreased by half after the banning of affirmative acts. Other races did not have significant change.

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I’m confused. @TooOld4School it sounds like you are saying that my school sending few kids to Michigan will help me out. On the other hand, @billcsho sounds like he is saying that it won’t help me out that my school has a bad admissions record.

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Michigan has made an outreach effort for under served schools in-state. If you are deferred it would make sense to re-take the ACT and try to add a few points.

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@TooOld4School when are the deferred applicants reviewed again? Like if I retake the ACT in febuary, would it be too late?

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Considering that the final decisions don’t come out until April and the test date is Feb 6, you will probably be OK. You should check with UM admissions to confirm. If you take the ACT with writing I doubt the writing scores will be out in time to make a difference. Hopefully it won’t be necessary.

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@TooOld4School On my last ACT, my writing score came out 3 days after the composite (Approximately 3 weeks after the test date)

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If it isn’t too late to be ready for the 12/12 ACT, you could just take now.

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Try to retake as soon as possible. The regular admission is rolling. Those that have below range score may get rejected earlier although the notice may come out later. Don’t take the chance.

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@billcsho So would February be too late? The deadline for December was last month.

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It may be late but if there is no other option, give it a try. The only alternative would be taking the SAT in Jan.

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I’ll tell you guys next week when the decisions come out if I got in or not.

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Can someone please chance me?
In state
GPA 3.68 UW
ACT: 32 (28E, 29M, 34R, 35S)
3 APs, 7 by the end of the year, 9 honors
Rank: idk
EC’s: 3 years cheerleading(2 JV, 1 varsity) Marching band 4 years
link leader 2 years
NHS
30+ hours of work a week
Essays and recommendations: really good
1st gen college
Applied EA to LSA undecided
Accepted so far to, MSU, Purdue, OSU