University of Michigan fall 2020 transfer.
ZGlover
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Hi everybody,
I am finishing up 4 years active duty in the Marine Corps, and I am looking to transfer to UM for the fall 2020 semester. I am trying to get into the LSA program for a bachelors in psychology. I took online courses during my time in the military, but it looks like I will only have 9 or so credits that will transfer to Michigan. Not a lot, but enough to qualify as a transfer student.
My college GPA is 3.56 and my high school GPA was 3.4 My essays were pretty strong and I have some excellent letters of recommendation.
Obviously I do not have the best GPAs, but I figured I would apply anyway and see what happens.
I understand that UM is a very competitive school, and my hopes are not high for acceptance. However, I read that they are more lenient on transfer students than freshman. If someone could provide some insight on my chances of admission that would be great!
14 replies I am finishing up 4 years active duty in the Marine Corps, and I am looking to transfer to UM for the fall 2020 semester. I am trying to get into the LSA program for a bachelors in psychology. I took online courses during my time in the military, but it looks like I will only have 9 or so credits that will transfer to Michigan. Not a lot, but enough to qualify as a transfer student.
My college GPA is 3.56 and my high school GPA was 3.4 My essays were pretty strong and I have some excellent letters of recommendation.
Obviously I do not have the best GPAs, but I figured I would apply anyway and see what happens.
I understand that UM is a very competitive school, and my hopes are not high for acceptance. However, I read that they are more lenient on transfer students than freshman. If someone could provide some insight on my chances of admission that would be great!
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Look at :https://vets.umich.edu/prospective-students/undergraduate-students/
Contact them at the bottom and ask your questions. They will advise you correctly. Pursue this site also. Lots of good information coming from the military.
College GPA (Estimated): 3.8-3.9ish
High School GPA: 3.95
SAT: 1280
Decent amount of extracurricular, also in Financial Management Association at Toledo.
Pretty good at writing essays
At the time of my Fall 2020 application in February, I will have 16 transferrable credits and be in the process of earning 16 more. Should I wait until I have fully completed my first year, or would I still have a good shot at being accepted? Also, should I retake the SAT since they do consider that? I am fairly confident I can get at least a 1350. Any feedback would be appreciated!
Does anyone know is having too many units will hinder my chance for getting accepted into UMichigan? Currently have 3.8 GPA at San Jose State University.
https://admissions.umich.edu/apply/transfer-students/transfer-credit
Check it out
Do you know if UM calculate how many units can be transferred before they admit students or after? I feel transfer admission is a lot more objective than freshman admission (unless you are applying to UC/CSU from California community college)
Heyyyyy I remember you from last year on the freshmen applicant University of Michigan thread. I was wait-listed, but I'm back and ready to get rejected once again!
Was your son looking to go to umich or do you just browse the forms frequently?
Wishing you the best.
Go Blue!
Thank you for your kind wishes.
Does anyone know how important letters of recommendation are? Am I okay if I don't have one?
"A statement" seems to imply a max of a paragraph, but the common app gives way more room than that. Any insights?
Asian, International
Current School: top 50 region west university (my family's faith based instituation)
Major: Econ LSA ( the institution im currently at doesnt have an econ major)
College GPA: 3.4-3.5 ( I know very low for transfer from lower tier school)
It was on an upward trend until this quarter as I am doing very poorly in General Biology.
Somewhat "rigorous" Courses taken before transfer app : Calc 1, Phys 1 &2, Microecon, Acc 1&2, Macroecon, Stats, and will be taking calc2, calc3, game theory, and retaking macroecon to receive a better grade. all B+ to A except for macroecon.
also I attended 1 CC in Michigan 1 4 year faith-based institution in Michigan, and currently enrolled at a Californian university (also faith-based)
Extra Curriculars/Extra Stuff after HS grad
- Founder and President at a cultural club at current school
- 1.5 month volunteer work in a small village in Nepal
(teaching korean/english, doing medical/dental work, and installing water pipes)
Recommendations: one or maybe two decent ones
High School GPA: 3.6 UW 3.8 W
ACT : 33 (34 superscore)
I did not apply to any non schools other than faith-based institution after hs.
One Ap score : 4 in US history
EC's in HS
-Varsity soccer 3 years (captain senior year)
-2 years senator for class office
-1 year Parliamentarian for student government
-1 year Parliamentarian for class office
Im quite concerned as I attended several schools before transferring (for health and family reasons), And have a lower than average gpa a from a lower-tier college.
I would submit my application with 45 credits earned.
How does UMICH assess college gpa, standardized testing scores, and ECs ?
Will my ACT score even matter to the admission officers?