What are my chances for University of Michigan

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Hey, I’m currently a Junior in High School and I REALLY want to get into the University of Michigan, so I was wondering if I was on the right path. Keep in mind, I will most likely be applying for a Political Science major, so remember that when you are assessing (I know other majors like Biology or Engineering are harder to get into)

GPA: 3.54 (unweighted)
AP classes (haven’t tested in them yet, but I’m currently taking these classes)

  • AP US History
  • AP Lang and Comp
  • AP US Gov
  • AP Econ
  • AP Env. Sci.
  • AP Stats

I have no other honors classes because my school doesn’t offer AP/Honors until Junior year so :confused:

EC:
Model United Nations (My school team is ranked top 25 on the West coast): Secretary-General of Conferences
Junior State of America: Vice President (will most likely be president next year)
Mock Trial: Director of Public Relations
School magazine (it’s about social issues): Graphic designer
I have over 100 volunteer hours so far working with little kids at the YMCA.

Awards:
Model UN Awards: 2-second place awards, 3 fourth place awards, and 2 best research awards
Les Grand Concours: 2 honorary national french awards
Golden Award (It’s a school award given to the best students in a certain subject): History & AVID

SAT:
Haven’t taken them yet, but my PSAT was about 1400 (on a 1600 scale)

  • I’m working on improving this

SAT II:
Again, haven’t taken but will take SAT II AP US History, SAT II English Language. Those are strong subjects, so I should get a good score :slight_smile:

Other classes:
I took a Psychology and a Political Science class at a local college and I got A in both of them (there is no A+ or A-, just A. Also, I get college credit for this, so it’s like taking an AP class)

I know I will have very strong teacher recommendation letter. My school is very very competitive, like at least half the class has a 4.0 GPA. But, historically, not many have applied to Michigan, only 4-5 people have gone there so I’m hoping it won’t mess my chances up.

I feel like I’m forgetting something but that’s all I have. What are my chances of getting into University of Michigan as a Political Science major?

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well first I would say you should give your SAT soon and get that out of the way.
Secondly, your ECs are good but try to use your junior year to do more things related to your major - like starting a blog on current issues?

Overall your profile is good!