What are my chances? University of Michigan College of LSA EA Class of 2022

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Hello,
I go to an international school in Asia (South Korea) and have been an international student for my entire life
I’m applying this year EA University of Michigan LSA as an organizational studies major. Despite the fact that none of you are admissions officers, I would like to know what you think of my chances as an applicant this year.
At our school we have a grading scale that goes on a 0-100% basis with two semesters separating a single year. The school also as an AP curriculum.
Thus GPA: 95.44% / 100% (Unweighted, I believe)
Our school has a ranking system (decile) and as a really competitive high school and class, my rank is Top 50% of the class.
Number of AP classes taken: 9 (5 as a senior)
AP Classes (with scores): World History (4), US History (5), Chemistry (5), Language and Composition (5), Literature and Composition, Environmental Science, Psychology, Art History, Calculus AB
SAT (New): 1660 (770 Reading&Writing, 790 Math) with 21/24 for essay
SAT Subject Tests: Math 2C - 800, Chemistry - 770, World History - 780

Extracurriculars
Was a member of policy making organization for youth rights in Seoul and Korea (both regional and national)
Was a volunteer tutor for a photography tutoring program for Nepalese Youth
Captain/Leader of a volunteer organization helping children with special needs
President of school photography club
Treasurer of school history club
Member of varsity swim team for 4 years

11 awards and honors listed in resume

Also, as an out of state applicant, I know of 70 (or more) students from my high school applying EA to this school. Will this hurt my chances?

Thank you!

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hard to say. Not to be mean but class rank of 50% isn’t great 4 u because most colleges want to evaluate success in the context of your school. This could go two ways: your GPA gets valued and your class rank disregarded, or your class rank is valued and your good GPA disregarded.

idfk anything about the SAT so I can’t tell you what’s good or bad

your EC’s are good though

how are your recommendation letters? That seems to be the only missing link

Other kids from your school I doubt will be a massive barrier from you, granted, it depends on how much better/worse those kids are than you

You’ll prolly get in but college admissions are kind of a crap shoot

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My recommendation letters come from my Literature teacher and Social Studies teacher (taught me AP US History and AP Psychology)
Both teachers like me as a person and a student so I’m hoping they wrote nice recommendation letters.
Also, for my school, the top 20% of the class is at most 2 points higher in GPA than my GPA (so around 97) while the top 30 to 40% of the class is at most 1.5 points higher than my GPA. So in terms of GPA or SAT, most of the kids that will apply to this school will have similar GPAs. I think the biggest way to differentiate from the other students is extracurriculars and the major we choose to apply for; I’m the only one applying as an organizational studies major.
Thanks for your help!

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There is a typo in your post. Your SAT is 1460 not 1660, which is impossible.

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@billcsho i meant 1560 haha oops