Am I good enough to get in?

hailbate
Sun, 10 Jan 2016 03:45:46 +0000

@bmburke14

Honestly I’m really inclined to tell you to get off this forum for another 1-2 years, cause you should not be worrying about the ACT/college (especially college) as a freshman in high school.

However, the entering class of 2015 had these stats:
Avg GPA: 3.85 (Unweighted)
Avg. ACT (mid 50% range): 30-34
Avg. SAT (mid 50% range): 2040-2280

So generally you want to aim to be in that range, if not over that range (these stats can change by the time you apply, hence why it might be pointless to tell you all this right now)

I’m not gonna even bother going in-depth into majors since you don’t even know what school you’re going to. For medical school it doesn’t matter what you major in (genuinely, admission committees don’t care what you major in… Just do well in the pre-requisite science courses). For business, if you are going for a BBA (through Ross School of Business), you won’t even have a major when you apply to Ross. MBA I genuinely have no idea, but I’d guess somewhere in the likes of Econ or having a BBA would be very beneficial.

Scholarships are something that you won’t have to worry about until your senior year. You school should offer some local scholarships, and there are many different scholarships offered by UMich to select students (i.e. HAIL scholarship, Regents Merit scholarship, etc.) that you will hear more about once you get into the application process.

I think what you have is good, but really you should also just pursue what genuinely interests you to add onto your list since you already have community service down. Whether it’s undergrad or applying to medical school, showing your involvement and passion for a EC is going to be what makes you stand out. So it’s not about “what should I do” but more so “what can I do with the activities that I’m doing”.

Just my opinion, and I really hope you aren’t some troll account lol. But either way I hope it helped.