what are my chances at admission?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>I come from a very prestigious public high school, ranked number 39 in the nation by Newsweek, and I am applying to Michigan's Ross school, under preferred admission. My credentials are as follows:</p>

<p>3.7/4.0 unweighted GPA, our school doesn't weight
took the SAT 1 once, 750 reading, 750 writing, 690 math, 12 essay
SAT 2: Biology-750 US History-670 Chinese-(?)
AP's: APUSH (4) Biology (4) Statistics (3) Calc BC (?) AP Physics (?) AP Economics Mic/Mac (?) AP Lit/Lang (?)</p>

<p>EC's: 1. editor for the school paper. Have been writing for it since freshman year
2. Frontman (singer, guitarist, pianist, songwriter) of a band, created an 11-track CD
3. piano for 9 years
4. self-taught guitar for less than a year
5. Choir by audition, self-taught
6. Brown belt in karate, achieved in a little over a year</p>

<p>Awards: 1. High school academic lettering award (recieved in 9th grade and 10th grade)
2. PSAT commended scholar
3. AP scholar
4. Statewide piano award
5. Consistent honor roll
6. National Honor Society</p>

<p>volunteer: 1. 100 hours work experience as a staff assistant and camp counselor at a summer camp for economically disadvantaged kids, that I had attended every summer for four years previously.
2. Spent August interning and teaching graduate students English at a university in Beijing.
3. Spent a week in an orphanage in China teaching english to and working with kids.</p>

<p>leadership: 1. editor of paper
2. english teacher for Chinese high school students, graduate school students, and orphans.
3. Leader of band
4. Group leader/ staff assistant for sports camp
5. Teacher assistant in my Chinese school's chess class, worked for two years.</p>

<p>That's me in a big nutshell. I could say more, but I saved that for the michigan resume. How are my chances, y'all?</p>

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<p>you're like 99.9% in for Michigan itself, Ross is going to come down to the essay i'd think</p>

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<p>I wouldn't go so far as saying you have a 99.9% chance of getting in, but your chances are very good indeed. Make Michigan a safe match. As for Ross, I'd say it is a matter of luck. Last year, Ross accepted only 20% of the pre-admit applicants, and of those who enrolled, the mean SAT was 1420.</p>

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<p>sweet. I thought that Michigan would be extremely tough to get into, but I guess I'm not such a bad candidate after all. There were a few extenuating circumstances junior year that brought down my GPA from like 3.85 to 3.7, but luckily, I'm a good writer, and just finished my essays last night. Still have quite a bit of revision to do, though. Thanks for the help.</p>