<p>Anyone know? There is no difference between A and A-. Is it still the case?</p>
<p>A+, A, A-=4
B+, B, B-=3
C+, C, C-=2
D+, D, D-=1</p>
<p>Afaik they’ve never changed their policy about not recalculating gpas that was put into place a few years ago. </p>
<p>Since 2010-11, the Admissions office recalculates your GPA based on all courses (including electives) taken in 9th-11th. Plusses and minusses are discarded. Weighted or honors points are NOT included. As mentioned earlier, A+, A, A- are all given a 4, B+, B, B- a 3, and so on. So they essentially are recalculating your grades on an unweighted, 4.0 scale.</p>
<p>It’s important to note though that the admissions officers are not relying solely on that recalculated GPA. They look at the individual grades to determine upward trends or declines, to note if the B’s are mostly B-, to view the rigor of your curriculum relative to what your school offers, and how you perform in academic courses and the more rigorous classes that you’ve elected.</p>
<p>Whats considered an a a- a+ b b- b+ c c- c+ On a range of 0-100 thanks</p>
<p>According to these articles, they no longer recalculate GPAs:</p>
<p><a href=“'U' to no longer recalculate GPA in admissions process”>http://www.michigandaily.com/content/u-no-longer-recalculate-gpa-admissions-process</a></p>
<p><a href=“Weighted vs. Unweighted GPA: Is There an Advantage | Ivy Coach Blog”>http://theivycoach.com/the-ivy-coach-blog/admissions-process/weighted-vs-unweighted-gpa-is-there-an-advantage/</a></p>
<p>then why is everyone putting unweighted UM gpas in their chance me s?</p>
<p>Those articles, if you look at the date, are prior the return of the recalculation strategy that is enumerated by Danloeb.</p>
<p>Michigan absolutely recalculates. They explain it at admissions sessions, and when my daughter was admitted last year, at her first admission event, the counsellors were crystal clear to the audience about how they do it. </p>
<p>So what counts as a 4 or A. Is the range 90-100 for an A or something like that</p>
<p>Here’s a quickie shortcut:
GPA=x/20 - 1 so if you have a cumulative GPA of 98
98/20 - 1 = 3.9</p>
<p>i hope they recalculate it with consideration to honors/ap classes. My UW sucks because i get B’s in honors…which equals 4 for weighted yet 3 for unweighted</p>
<p>Note that the slope of a 4.0 scale GPA and a 100% scale GPA are not the same. Any simple conversion from average % score to 4.0 scale are not the right way to go. You need to convert the % grade from each class into letter grade and then calculate the GPA from there. </p>
<p>Sure, agree, but at this point the app is in, and the decision is close at hand, the shortcut works fine for that. Mania, they look at your transcript in the context of what is offered at your high school, what you took and how you did. So the question admissions is asking themselves is “did this kid challenge himself/herself in high school.” But Michigan does care about GPA and any admissions officer will tell you that. That is not untypical of public universities even in the context of “holistic review.” </p>
<p>Anyone know how GPA is calculated for IB, where scores are in the range 1-7? </p>
<p>Maniactango-</p>
<p>To answer your question- additional weight to GPA is not given to AP/honors classes. The formula above is to be applied. A in AP calc is treated the same as A in algebra. </p>
<p>However- AP/honors classes are notated in the course rigor part of consideration. Which will help. It’s a multi focal picture for admission. In general- the top three components are GPA, Course Rigor and then testing. Followed by essays, recommendations , and extra curriculars. </p>
<p>Just to clear up any confusion. As someone working the admissions office, the flat all A’s = 4. all B’s = 3 etc. is correct. Also, I believe that only 10th and 11th grades are used in calculation. In order for us to verify the transcript requirement has been completed we only check for 10th and 11th grade. Hope this clears things up!</p>
<p>Agree, I honestly don’t think there is all that much difference between in-state and out-of-state except the international and OSS applications are more competitive simply because there are more of them competing for a finite number of seats. Michigan will skim off the best of the in-state and then everyone else competes for the balance. But in general 3.8 uw and a high ACT score are the minimum threshold without very unusual circumstances. </p>
<p>Well then, im pretty much doomed. ~top 10% of my class with a 3.4ish unweighted. nice meeting you guys 
but for some reason, I’m pretty sure my school sends out weighted gpa’s, which is out of 5(max at 4.7) for us.</p>
<p>@maniactango‌ Michigan reviews all applications holistically. If you attend a competitive high school, a 3.4 may not be that bad. Best of luck to you!</p>
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