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UMich is my number one choice- i have always seen myself there and love everything about the school. what do you guys think, will i get in?

instate
go to a very difficult private college prep school in michigan - one of the two schools in michigan that received the higest points for difficulty of schools in comparison to any other school in michigan. school full of child prodigies....and then theirs me lol

applied : august 19th
all parts of application in, including test scores, etc : august 23rd

unweighted GPA - 3.5 (actually a 3.45 but rounded)
weighted - 3.7
rank : dunno, guessing top 20 top 25 percent
SAT - 1340 best one sitting score
will get very good recs, the teachers that i ask love me and i know them personallly
above average or better essays: spent a lot of time on them, got other english teachers to help, etc

Freshman year (know doesn't count in GPA But still) - honors biology, regular everything else , five academic classes total, took choir and required to take one semester health and second semester had a study hall, french class

sophmore year - took honors english, doubled up on sciences with chemistry and anatomy, and took another 1/2 semester computer science programming course , continued with french

junior year - took IB precalculus (higher than honors, lower than AP), took AP biology, doubled up on sciences with ap bio and physics, and second semester had three science classes with a 1 semester course of cell biology , continued with french

Senior Year- just so you know how my courseload stands
Calculus (reg)
Women's Literature (reg)
AP psychology
IB organic chemistry (higher then honors, no AP offered)
IB world history (again, higher than hnors, no AP offered in this particular subject and i like world history)
french five

ECS (in order of importance)
1. womens' issues council - am president as a senior, was research commitee head as a junior, was on council 10, 11, 12 grades
2. model united nations - have been in it since freshman year, got honroable mention at a conference in new york, was secretary and vice president
3. student tutoring - was a student tutor 11, 12 in honors biology for freshmen
4. jv tennis - have been on since freshman year and as a senior

volunteer/work experience
1. worked at camp invention as my first work experience - the camp was a 1 week camp. (summer camp)
2. worked at echo park learning center for one session of camp (summer camp)
3. volunteered at VA hospital: 36 hours varioust times freshman year
4. volunteered at YMCA childcare center : 125 hours over summer
5. able abe's summer camp volunteer: children with disabilities : have 135 hours of volunteer time over two summers

what do you think?

By Skulkarni1 (Skulkarni1) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 01:44 pm: Edit

anyone?

By Skulkarni1 (Skulkarni1) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 04:21 pm: Edit

..........

By Skulkarni1 (Skulkarni1) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 07:00 pm: Edit

please help!

By Cruella (Cruella) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 09:07 pm: Edit

Well, I have to say...maybe. You have a chance, but not much of one, I would find a good back up plan. Make sure your second choice is somewhere you could tolerate. I personally think your stats are better suited to Michigan State than U of M.

I have seen kids with higher stats turned down and they also went to private school in Michigan.

By Stuckat410 (Stuckat410) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 09:54 pm: Edit

well, considering you're in-state, and from a good private school, i think that significantly boosts your chances.
but
your g.p.a. is only 3.5 unweighted, and probably even lower if they recalculate it (because umich recalculates gpa's from academic 10th and 11th grade classes)... and umich is known for accepting kids with high (3.8+... i'm guessing) g.p.a.'s... BUT. since your school's a very well known.. probably competitive, high school... that would be put into consideration.

i'm not an expert, actually i've only gained knowledge from lurking around random college forums, but i think you're a maybe also. (i'm also a maybe.. out of state)

good luck!

*edit* oh- i just read that you already sent your app in... i think you're in.

By Celebrian23 (Celebrian23) on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 10:30 pm: Edit

he's in, if he was out of state, no way, but in state is very easy

By Skulkarni1 (Skulkarni1) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 11:36 am: Edit

the 3.5 gpa is calculated the UMICH way, with only 10th and 11th calculated academic courses only

By Hollis08 (Hollis08) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 02:20 pm: Edit

I don't mean to be rude...but give these kids a chance. I'm at UMich riht now. I just started. I had just over a 1200 on my SAT's and SAT II's weren't that great. I did have a 4.0 highschool gpa and lots of extra cirriculars. I went to a normal, very small, highschool. My school offered very few AP classes. I could only take 4 or 5 total. I'm also from out of state.
I feel that I wrote some good essays for Michigan but I'm not some genius and I'm still here. Everyone that keeps posting just needs to relax, write some diverse essays that show off your unique personalities, and just be confident. Everyone that has posted on here recently asking what their chances are, I would say you'll all get in.
Good luck all and hope to you see you next fall!

By A2a2 (A2a2) on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 05:35 pm: Edit

Skulkarni, I think you've got a very good chance. My S went to the other h.s. in Michigan that got the highest points under the old system - and he was accepted to Honors with only a slightly higher GPA. Under the old system, your GPA would have been bumped up the equivalent of a tenth over the best public schools in the state (and there are only a handful of them) and two tenths over the above average high schools. So Michigan looks at your GPA as about equal to a 3.7. Since you applied so early, I think you're in -- unless you applied to engineering, which is a whole different story.

By Skulkarni1 (Skulkarni1) on Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 07:34 pm: Edit

thanks everyone! i applied LSA, so i'm just keeping my fingers crossed and praying a lot!