<p>I take both Spanish and Chinese. My grade in Chinese is not so good. I got the defferal letter asking for fall semester grades and I want to know if I should drop Chinese so that it does not lower my UM GPA.</p>
<p>For the benefit of all please list exactly what types of classes are included and not included in UM GPA.</p>
<p>it won't matter if you drop chinese now; it's already on your fall semester grades</p>
<p>The semester doesn't end for two weeks and you didn't even answer my question-Does it count on the UM GPA?</p>
<p>It does count.</p>
<p>From their website:</p>
<p>Once your completed application is received, we recalculate your GPA into a "Michigan GPA". This is based only on core, academic courses, which include:</p>
<pre><code>* English
* Science
* Mathematics
* Social Science or History
* Foreign Language
* Computer Programming
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<p>Grades are determined using an unweighted 4.0 scale: </p>
<pre><code>* A (including plus or minus ) = 4.0
* B (including plus or minus) = 3.0
* C (including plus or minus) = 2.0
* D (including plus or minus) = 1.0
* E or F = 0.0.
</code></pre>
<p>Freshmen: No extra (GPA) weight is given to Honors, Accelerated, or Advanced Placement courses; however, the difficulty of a student's curriculum is taken into consideration within the admissions process. Additionally, only courses taken 10th and 11th grade are used to calculate the GPA.</p>