<p>i got deferred initially this year, but got accepted a week ago with 3.5 GPA, i'm OOS, had pretty good everything else</p>
<p>The Michigan formula was used until 2002 I believe, so it wasn't that long ago. Asyou point our, the two most improtant criteria were GPA (worth up to 80 points for 4.0 Michigan GPAs) and race (worth up to 20 points for URMs). The most points one could get for the SAT was 12 points (for a perfect 1600/1600 score). </p>
<p>Under that forumla, a 3.9 student with a 1200 on the SAT got more points than a 3.8 student with a perfect 1600 on the SAT. Michigan just does not assign that much value in standardized tests.</p>
<p>Doubt they use a formula like that anymore. I think I had about a 3.3 and got accepted with scholarship OOS. Top HS, ton of APs, and high standardized test scores outweighed it big time.</p>
<p>GPA is still probably the factor with the most individual weight, but it isn't going to make or break you.</p>