<p>I'm a junior at an international school in Tokyo and I want to visit UMich this summer, but with airfare being expensive and all, I want to make sure that I'm not wasting my time and that I at least have somewhat of a shot at getting in.</p>
<p>Stats
GPA: 3.49 (weighted) (I know this is really low, but my grades have been improving in an upward trend. freshman: 3.02, sophomore: 3.55, junior: 3.86. I had a really rough Freshman year)</p>
<p>AP Classes this year (at my school you can only take them starting Junior year): US History, English Language and Composition, Macroeconomics. I also self-studied for Microecnomics and Japanese.
Next year I'm taking: European History, Environmental Science, Statistics, and French.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-varsity swim team all 3 years so far and captain this year
-club called abot kamay all 3 years where i went to Thailand for a service trip
-community service with an organization called Hands on Tokyo
-worked for the past 2 summers as a camp counselor at a summer camp hosted by my school</p>
<p>The unweighted GPA is more relevant than the weighted GPA. If the GPA increase in junior year is because of the weighting from AP classes then I would think Michigan would still be a reach. It may be a slight reach in any event.</p>
<p>I think UM is a big reach considering he is an international student and UM only has 5% of internationals in its incoming freshman class. What is your class rank and your unweighted GPA. Your test score is very good and your EC’s are solid. I would apply, but it might be a waste. Also it depends on which college you are applying to. Albeit Engineering and LSA are becoming increasingly more selective now that UM switched to the common app. I would still apply anyway. You never know what will happen.</p>
<p>I only took 3 AP classes this year, so it doesn’t make that big of a difference in my GPA. It’s still in the 3.4 range. Money isn’t an issue with my family.</p>
<p>I don’t know what my class rank is, and I’m probably going to apply to LSA…</p>
<p>He meant your upward trend (the 3.86 Jr year) is mostly do to the weighted nature of the AP classes.</p>
<p>Maybe if you were IS you could have a chance, but international man? I’m just not seeing it. You would need some crazy big hook to make up for the GPA. And your ECs, ACT, and upward trend ain’t it</p>