Chance me for UMich Ann Arbor, outstate pre-med. || + Chance percentage + Suggestions. [3.75-4.00 GPA]

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I am a US Citizen currently attending a public school. My dream univesity is UMich. I am out of state. It has almost everything I want in a school. My parents wont be able to pay for almost any of my post-secondary and I will be trying to get scholarships when I can figure those out. (Honestly Dont care about affordability, My family is at that weird spot where we have enough money to not have finacial aid but too broke for this. I will live on scholarships)

I intend to major in Neurology in UMich or somewhere medical. I would do a lot to get into UMich and want to improve chances of getting in. Here’s my current information and predictions:

Im a freshman

Predicted Unweighted around 3.75-4.00

Unsure about my schools weighing system and no Class ranks yet.

I don’t have ACT or SAT scores yet but I do predict around 30-35 ACT, 1400-1550 SAT

(Will be getting ACT tutor)

My courses:

(A)- AP

(H)- Honor

  • English: 3yrs (H), 1yr (A)
  • Math: Calc BC (A), Stats (A)
  • Science: Bio (A), Chem 2 (H), Physics 2 (A),
  • History and social studies: Gov (A), US His (A), World His (H)
  • Language other than English: Spanish 3, (Maybe I can fit in Spanish medical terminology)
  • Visual or performing arts: cough cough uh…
  • Other academic courses: Anatomy & Physiology, Phlebotomy, Med terms, Health Care Research

Awards

Not yet….

Extracurriculars
Debate & Forensics +4yrs State all 4 yrs and hopefully nationals sometime, Buisness professionals of America +4yrs, HOSA +4yrs with fancy recognition events and striving for state officer, Superintendent Advisory Team, Council on mental health club, everything (Meeting, content…snack) arranger for some LGBTQ+ club. More but I dont care as much about my others

I know some archery, but not competitively. Trying to get my parents to let me do fencing.

I am hoping to log over 800+hrs of medical/food related volunteer work by senior year.

Maybe 100+ hrs of shadowing if I get bored this summer.

I do know I will go to a policy debate camp over one of my summers for 2weeks possibly. Either cheap affordable boring ones… or attempt to self fundraise to apply to UMich’s Classic+ debate camp!

Also Im learning Piano and hoping to learn Lyre Harp

Essays/LORs/Other
Emtpy for now, but for LOR, I am a very expressive out there student and always been very active in many of my clubs (more than everyone in 3 of my big big clubs.). A lot of the club sponsors and teachers like me as a student…

Schools

Not sure how this section works at all.

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What year are you in school?

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You’re a Freshman. You have 3 more years.

Michigan is over $80K a year and even more the last two years. You cannot live on scholarships.

Med School is at least another $400K. In 3 years, UM might be over $90K a year.

Dl you have $800k for undergrad and grad - forget scholarships?

You can do pre-med anywhere - and certainly a heck of a lot cheaper than Michigan - which, by the way, shares many traits with many schools.

As a 9th grader in first semester, you’re way too early to be worrying about this and you have no idea of your GPA as you’ve not even finished a semester.

We don’t know anything about rigor, test score and more. A 30-35 is like sunny one day and rain storms the next with Michigan.

Come back after Junior year first semester - but in the meantime, find out a range from your parents - and include medical school.

Lots of schools like Michigan and they cost less - and you have some great ones in state.

And tastes change.

No need to recommend any schools now (the rest of your thread)- you’re waaaaaaaaaaay too early.

Be a student, do well, get involved outside of class and don’t think about college. In two years, talk to your folks about budget.

Good luck.

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Thanks, I didn’t see that.

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It is a mistake to have a dream school – especially one that is competitive in terms of admissions and that appears unaffordable.

You are a freshman — take a few steps away from thinking about specific colleges and focus on having the best HS experience possible.

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It’s great to think about college early in terms of making sure you’re taking challenging classes and doing well in them. But a lot will change in the next few years. Work hard, explore things of interest and expect to grow and change as you navigate high school. Unless one is expecting to be recruited, freshman year is too early to think about specific schools. My kids did visit different universities strategically if we were in the area to get a feel for the type of school that might be interesting. Best of luck to you.