Will my senior grades kill my chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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I’m out of state, and I was deferred. I applied with a 3.2uw and 3.7w. My senior grades will MOST LIKELY look like:

AP Physics 1: 90
AP Calculus AB: 81
Irrelevant required class: 87
Drafting Independent Study: 94
Adv. Game Design: 94
English H: 94

My math class is the highest I could go (i didn’t take easy classes is what im saying. AP Physics 2 is the most advanced physics at my school. I applied to LSA for computer science if that matters.

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Umich average unweighted gpa is 3.87 so your unweighted gpa is way below their average even for an in state person. (Many students from my in state top 5 feeder school were rejected with uw 3.7 gpa) Unless you have a hook like recruited athlete u have a very small chance (1%) of getting in. Definitely look at other options.

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I wouldn’t worry about your senior grades as much as I would about your unweighted GPA. But good luck, regardless!

4

Your UW GPA has already killed your chances. That B- in Calc with a comp sci interest is the nail in the coffin

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But he said he got deferred so that means Umich saw something in him to not deny him immediately?

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umich defers pretty much everyone early action. my friend has a 3.2 uw gpa and didn’t even bother applying to umich because she knew her grades weren’t there even though she had the legacy status (her mom went there). she was deferred from msu also and she’s in state, but she already knew that msu was a reach for her. gpa is the most important factor for umich. a person from my feeder school had a 3.5 uw gpa and 36 act score and was rejected from umich so even a high test score won’t make up for a low gpa. (he’s at msu now) a 3.2 gpa already cuts out like the top 50 schools in the country. this is a more realistic list of schools you can get into with a 3.2 gpa. http://www.collegesimply.com/guides/3.2-gpa-colleges/?view=all

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Agree with @Eeeee127. Getting deferred from UMich early is almost impossible. 4 of my friends last year with <3.0 UW GPA’s and <28 ACT were deferred last year. Unless you’re a criminal or have a gpa under like 2, you can’t really be rejected EA.

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i mean getting rejected* is almost impossible