<p>I guess i'm bitter because uofm's gpa system screws me over pretty bad, but I can't see how this system is fair:</p>
<p>Case 1 and Case 2. Both have same exact apps, except the person in case 2 got all B+ and the kid in case 1 had all B-'s. According to UofM, they have equal GPA's.</p>
<p>The difference in a 88 or 89 is much different than getting a 80 or 81 in all your classes. Especially for difficult AP classes. How can umich say that these two people are equal candidates?</p>
<p>When the admissions office reads your application, they do not only look at the GPA, that is only a number. They look at your grades holisticly - course difficulty, selection, etc. To think that Michigan treats a student with straight B-'s the same as a student with straight 89's is downright niave and stupid.</p>
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To think that Michigan treats a student with straight B-'s the same as a student with straight 89's is downright niave[sic] and stupid.
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I forgot--you are an expert on Michigan admission policy and tactics.</p>
<p>Its neither naive nor stupid to think that...its a quite common misconception. Numerically, a B+ and a B- is all the same to UM, as it is to most colleges. However, the GPA is certainly not the only thing UM looks at.</p>
<p>KB</p>
<p>I never said I was an expert nor do I claim to know a lot about the admissions policies and what not. But, like kb said, it is a common misconception. The admissions officers would not simply disregard the actual transcript (course difficulty and selection, rank, etc.) and only look at the GPA. Surely you cannot judge someone by a numerical value alone. There are many other factors associated with the GPA that need to be evaluated and a world class university such as umich understands that.</p>
<p>Sorry for sounding harsh, I didn't intend it to come out that way, sorry.</p>
<p>You're right. It isn't fair. But that's the way they do things. There's nothing you can do about it other than improve other aspects of your application.</p>
<p>Badkarma, an applicant's transcript will be very rigorously studied. From individual grades to the difficulty level of one's classes.</p>
<p>Oh, I don't know about "rigorously studied". For example, they never caught the fact that I had not taken four years of English. I'm not complaining though.</p>
<p>well yeah...but you also had like a 35 ACT...so I doubt it would have factored much...they were pretty convinced of your english skills.</p>