<p>So Michigan's website says that 52% of students had an average HS GPA of a 3.9. Someone on another thread linked to a Ross preferred admission sheet that said the average HS GPA for the people admitted to it was 3.8. Both are 2008 stats. Are these stats both right? I would have thought Ross kids would have had a 3.95 or so average GPA.</p>
<p>Just because 52% of students have a GPA of 3.9+ does NOT mean the average GPA is 3.9. The bottom range of Umich students (i.e. football players) have GPAs significantly lower than the median score, so the mean GPA is significantly lower. These students don’t get into Ross, so Ross’s average GPA is not lowered in this way.</p>
<p>There’s some screwy things with their statistics. The LSA median HS GPA is supposed to be 3.8, Engineering 3.9, and I’d have to imagine most of the other schools are lower. They don’t seem to add up.</p>
<p>The “average” (which is statistically the worst way to do it because your factoring in the extremes) is around 3.7-3.8 (for all the school combined and including recruits).
The accurate way to do it is the median which is also 3.8 but usually the best way is to take the middle 50% is 3.7-3.9. And so really LSA has a lower GPA while Ross is actually higher because Ross students are in the extremes.</p>
<p>i wouldn’t just think that ross students have higher gpas in high school. you’re really splitting hairs with this stuff.</p>
<p>I remember Alexandre saying in one thread that just about everyone getting in had 4.0s in high school. I was just surprised. I didn’t really think through that 52% and average thing.</p>