<p>Topic</p>
<p>If so what effect will this have on Michigan ?</p>
<p>I think Gratz won some and lost some. </p>
<p>1) How she won:
a. Michigan's affirmative action formula was way too formulaic and did not take financial background and opportunities into consideration. Thanks to her, Michigan now evaluates applicants more wholistically.</p>
<p>b. Because the formula gave URMs such an advantage, some URMs who were admitted could not cope and would end up dropping out or graduating with horribly low GPAs. The current admissions process makes it harder for underqualified applicants to get in based on their race, but those that are admitted will graduate at a significantly higher rate and enjoy their experience better at the University.</p>
<p>c. In my opinion, Michigan's admission standards have improved as a result of prop. 2.</p>
<p>2) How she lost:
a. Gratz was a good student, but not spectacular. Many students with her stats were habitually turned down by Michigan. She maintained a 3.8 GPA and scored a 25 on the ACT. Even today, when Michigan no longer uses the formula, she would probably not have been admitted. Her entire campaign seems like a personal vendetta and she will not gain from it personally. It is clear she was bitter about her rejection and unjustifiably so since her grades and ACT were nothing special. She would have been far more productive had she gone to another college, graduated with a good GPA and gone on with her life.</p>
<p>b. She has not made it easier for Caucasian and Asian applicants to get in, she has merely made it harder to URMs to get in.</p>
<p>Actually, in a funny bit of trivia, Gratz would have been admitted that year. Michigan offered admission to everyone off the waitlist that year because of a late-season decision to up instate enrollment. Gratz, however, had declined to be on the waitlist. If she'd said yes, she would have gotten an admit letter.</p>
<p>Paragraph 2a of post 2 is nothing more than unsupported &, in my opinion, poorly reasoned, opinion of the poster, once past the first few sentences of this paragraph. In matters such as this it is hard to make sweeping generalizations; typically there are many subtleties of law that were & will be affected by this case.</p>
<p>how is 2a unsupported? I'm not trying to start a fight, but I think her being moved to the waitlist supports the idea of her academic mediocrity. I agree with Alexandre, not many students today can get into UM with a 25 in their ACT.</p>