<p>Hey, I have a question about transferring to UMich's LSA school.</p>
<p>Here's the deal, I had a 3.1-3.2 UW in highschool because of some seriously bad mistakes made in my Freshman and Junior Years. However, my senior year grades were entirely As with a few Bs. I was also on the track team for four years and also in the computer club for 4 years, vice president for 2 years (haha, sounds geeky...). I also scored a 1320 on the SATs and took about 5 AP classes.</p>
<p>AP US History: 5
AP Calc AB: 5
AP English Lit: 5
AP US Govt.: 4
AP Comparative Govt.: 5</p>
<p>Anyway, I'm at American University's SIS program right now and have found that the people here aren't really my type. I've also lost complete interest in politics (my decision to attend here was HEAVILY influenced by the fact that the elections took place during my application time!), so I'm looking for a more liberal arts experience at a Midwest school with a bigger student body.</p>
<p>The other reason I'd like to attend UMich is my rich family heritage to the state and the university. I feel like I have a deeper connection to the school, as I've visited Michigan about 10 times since I was a little kid and have also visited the campus.</p>
<p>My academic performance at AU has been pretty decent so far, though it's pretty soon to judge anything significantly. I got my act together by Senior year and am following said trend. I'm taking more advanced courses for freshman such as Calc II, as well as courses such as World Politics, Chinese I, and Macroeconomics. Next semester I plan on diversifying my course loud by adding a literature class or creative writing class of some sort (200-level) and continuing on with Calc III (LSA says it wants its applicants to have a liberal arts course load). I'm aiming to achieve around a 3.7-4.0 GPA here, and am doing pretty well in accomplishing this goal thus far.</p>
<p>As I stated, I also have a significant legacy at UMich. My great-uncle is Alfred Taubman, who has the Medical Library, School of Architecture, and some other stuff named after him. My uncle is a museum curator at the Museum of Natural History at UMich and teaches courses on museum maintenence or something. He is also a UMich graduate. My dad and mom are also UMich graduates, as are both of my grandparents. My aunt also got her graduate degree from UMich and is a professor at UCLA (she went to Northwestern for Undergrad, which is another place I have considered applying to -- anyone know what my chances are there?).</p>
<p>I also have some fairly interesting things about me. One of the reasons for my bad performance in high school was because I got into web design and running a website. I had a website that averaged about 6500 unique hits a day, and own a web design company called "Ivy Street" (it's in the works). I've had 2 clients so far and am working on 3-5 soon. I also am setting up an online magazine called the "Velvet Howler" with a friend of mine that goes to CMU. So yeah, I've been doing that for about 5 years...</p>
<p>So yeah.... What ARE my chances, hehehe?</p>