Chances at umich or msu?

Vegluv091
Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:21:11 +0000

It’s been a dream of mine to go to umich. I have to apply this November and I’m getting a little nervous. I don’t have a great GPA. Actually, I have a pretty lousy GPA. But I have always taken the most difficult classes offered to me, and participated in a few activities. 9th grade was what really messed me up, because I didn’t really care about my grades back then. Here is what I’ve taken:

9th grade: Honors Biology, Accelerated Geometry, Spanish I, Global history, English 9, and health/gym (required).

10th grade: AP US History, Accelerated Algebra 2, Spanish II, Honors English, Honors Chemistry, and Nutrition.

11th grade: AP English Language, AP Biology, AP Psychology, Spanish III, Human Anatomy, and Pre-Calculus

12th grade (this is what I plan to take): AP Calculus a/b, AP English Literature, AP Physics, AP Chemistry, Spanish IIII, and Government/Economics (required)

I’m in 11th grade, and have a cumulative GPA of 3.111. This past semester I recieved a 3.6 GPA, but my cumulative is still pretty low.
Activity wise… I was on freshmen cheerleading in 9th grade, and then varsity cheerleading for 10th and half of 11th grade. I was also on freshmen tennis in 9th grade, and track in 10th grade. I participated in Be The Change (a club against bullying) in 10th grade.
I did take the ACT in September 2011, but I had no idea what it was like and recieved a 24. Since then I’ve taken an ACT prep course and took it again a couple weeks ago. I don’t know my score yet but it was much better, I know I got at least a 26-28.
I do live in Michigan… I’ve heard that makes a little bit of a difference.
I also know my counselor very, very well. So I will definitely recieve an excellent reccomendation from her. I also have a good relationship with my AP Biology teacher and plan on asking her for a reccomendation.
Do I have any possible chance of getting in? I want to study Biochemistry. I know that I have a pretty lousy GPA, but I’ve taken the most difficult courses offered at my school. What do you think?