<p>I am hoping to attend the U of M in Fall of 2012 and I am in state. My gpa is a 3.9 unweighted and my ACT score is a 27 and I am ranked third in my class. I am a URM. I have ecs like NHS, Science Olympiad, Varsity Track, Work. I am dual enrolled in a community college and I have a very rigorious schedule. Do I have a chance at U of M? Please note this is for the Ann Arbor campus.</p>
<p>Yes. In my opinion, you will make for a strong competitor in next year’s admissions process, as long as you can write genuinely-remarkable essays. Your accomplishments are commendable, but they are not the best. Judging by what you mentioned above, I take it the english and reading sections of the ACT are where you struggled. So work out the kinks in your ACT score (high but not uncommon) by taking preparatory classes in these subjects. I can guarantee it will not hurt you to attempt the ACT again. Improving your score by even a few points will greatly increase your likelihood of being accepted. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Take the ACT again, as it could very well hold you back. URM will help a lot but 27 is pretty low for Michigan. And you have to remember it will be even harder to get in next year than this year.</p>
<p>This statement rubbed me the wrong way. It assumes that the student struggled on the English portion of the ACT given that he is a URM. Fallacy at it’s finest.</p>
<p>“Judging by what you mentioned above, I take it the English and reading sections of the ACT are where you struggled.”</p>
<p>I think the OP has great chances to get into Michigan given that his rank and his ACT score are above average for most URM’s. Also his EC’s are great as well.</p>
<p>^ Entertainer, don’t be so presumptuous. It’s clear that doctor was referring to the lack of proper grammar/punctuation in the OP’s post.</p>
<p>Thank you liv4physicz. Entertainer–To be honest, I did notice multiple grammar errors littered throughout puremeerkat’s message, but did not base my judgment on this etiher. Instead, I deduced that he or she was a math-science person based on the extra-curriculars mentioned above; hence, he or she received a lower composite from the only non-math and non-science sections on the ACT: english and reading. I appreciate your statement on fallacy, but let me assure that it was misplaced, as I have not said anything to intentionally demean a certain race, nor will you ever hear me say anything like that.</p>
<p>I think you are in!! (: U of M is no ivy, and with an acceptance rate of 50 something, you are definately a strong applicant. BTW, I know someone from my school who got below a 27 on the ACT and got into the University of Chicago. Therefore, I think you will be accepted.</p>
<p>^ you sound so ignant it hurts.</p>
<p>either way, you’re a urm, you have a good shot.</p>
<p>I think you’re fine. Being a URM only helps you more. I think you are a near lock to get in, especially because you’re in state. I know people with worse stats and Asian who got in.</p>
<p>You should be okay, but it wouldn’t hurt to take the ACT again. You will need to focus on the essay questions on the application. Good luck.</p>
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U-M admissions are not supposed to know that you are a URM; even if they do, they are supposed to ignore that by law.</p>
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<p>They ask you for your race on your application. There is an option “Decline to disclose.” They are not allowed to have an explicit advantage based only on race (IE, they can’t assign “admissions points” because of someone’s race - they can’t add ACT or GPA points to someone because of their race) but they can factor in factors such as race so they can create a diverse campus. Whether or not they do infact take advantage of that I don’t know (I hardly ever see Black kids on campus), but they are allowed to consider race as part of their holistic admissions process.</p>
<p>You need to get your act up. I know several kids with 4.0s and 29-31s who didn’t get in. Its getting really though. You still have time though!</p>
<p>^yeah but how many if those kids are URMs?</p>
<p>Anyone that thinks race doesn’t play a part in admissions lives under a rock. Just like being female helps you in Engineering.</p>
<p>You are IS and a URM. If your schedule is as rigorous as you said it is then that 3.9 becomes really impressive. I think you are in, regardless of the ACT. It couldn’t hurt to get it up though.</p>
<p>^ I missed the URM part.</p>
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This is for reporting only. They are supposed to “cover” it up before sending the form to the readers.</p>
<p>“This is for reporting only. They are supposed to “cover” it up before sending the form to the readers.”</p>
<p>Let’s be honest here. A great deal of minorities are accepted to Michigan over other students with the exact same, or superior, credentials. I could name several cases from my high school alone. I was rejected while my hispanic friend, who has lower grades and test scores than myself, was accepted. Its not just a coincidence. Besides, in Gratz v. Bollinger, the point system is what was stricken down, not the accepting or rejecting of people based on their racial background. So UM obviously still takes race into consideration, as do many other universities.</p>
<p>What does urm mean?</p>
<p>Underrepresented Minority</p>
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Not after Michigan voted to ban affirmative action at the state’s public universities. That’s why admissions are now using tools to look at the demography of your neigborhood, etc. to ensure diversity.</p>