Chance me, if you don't mind.

Mgodrum
Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:36:11 +0000

Hi! Thanks for your time, seriously.

School Type: Public
Location: Michigan
Race/Gender: Caucasian male
Prospective Major: Biology, maybe? A field in science definitely.
Unweighted GPA: 3.64
Weighted GPA: 3.7 (I know UM doesn’t use a weighted GPA, but hey)
Class Rank: Top 25% (Just outside the top 10%)

ACT Composite: 32
ACT Math: 30
ACT Reading: 33
ACT English: 33
ACT Science: 33
ACT Writing: 8 (Though I did score a 10 on a previous test)

In regards to classes, my school hasn’t offered honors classes up until this coming school year. There are two AP’s readily available to sophomores, though I didn’t take either.

(Semester 1/semester 2)
Freshman year:
Algebra 1 B+/B+
Biology A-/A-
Concert Band A/A
English 9 Accelerated A/B+
French 1 B/B+
World History B+/A-
Marching Band A

Sophomore year:
English 10 Accelerated A-/A-
French 2 A/A
Geometry A-/B+
Percussion Ensemble A/A
Physics B/B+
U.S. History A/A
Marching Band A

Junior Year:
Advanced American Literature B-/B+
Algebra 2 B-/B+
AP Biology B/A
AP Government B+/A
AP Psychology B/A
Economics A
Independent Study A (Economics was a one semester class, I took Independent Study the next and used it as a practice hour)
Percussion Ensemble A/A
Marching Band A

Schedule for Senior year:
AP Chemistry
AP Comparative Government and Politics
AP English
We The People/Constitutional Law
Functions Statistics and Trig
Wind Ensemble
Percussion Ensemble
Marching Band

My grades had a decent upwards trend, save my first semester with AP’s (3.62 to 3.72 to 3.45/3.83)

EC’s:
Marching Band/Drumline for 4 years
Co-Section Leader of drumline, one year
U of M youth ensembles band, Percussion
U of M youth ensembles symphony orchestra, Percussion
I will march a WGI Open or World class corp, which I will be on by the application deadline
I may be a part of the 2013 Army All American Marching Band, the results will be back in a few weeks (I feel like I have a decent to good chance)
10-20 hours of community service (no idea if this is significant)
Job at Target

Thanks a ton!