Inconsistancies found on the Umich Site

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>Omg sry I’m probably the most annoying person on this section right now, but I need your guys’ advice again.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.umich.edu/fastfacts.html[/url]”>http://www.admissions.umich.edu/fastfacts.html</a></p>

<p>So I was reading this site and noticed a couple of inconsistancies:</p>

<li><p>They said that the average composite SAT is 1900, but if you add the lower 25% numbers, this equals 1870. So is Michigan inflating their numbers to look good?</p></li>
<li><p>They also said that the lower 25% GPA is 3.7. This seems inconsistant with many threads where people said they got into Ross (possibly the hardest school to get into at Mich) with a 3.6. So my question is are they using the overall GPA for this part, or the Umich GPA? </p></li>
<li><p>This is a question: Does Umich care that much about the writing section on the new SAT, or do they just use the new math and verbal sections and use the 1600 score? </p></li>
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<p>Please answer my questions, and if you haven’t replied to my other post, please do so if you want.</p>

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<p>well you assume that people got low scores on all the sections...</p>

<p>someone who had a 600 CR could have a 800 math and 800 writing so his/her CR would be lower 25% but the overall score would be in the upper 75%</p>

<p>I'm pretty sure they use the umich GPA</p>

<p>and from what I've heard, they don't really weigh the writing section too heavily</p>

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the average composite SAT is 1900

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Michigan's average composite SAT is much higher than 1900. The mid-50% is 1900-2160. I know it may be a typo on your part, but I don't want to leave it unchallenged.</p>

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with many threads where people said they got into Ross (possibly the hardest school to get into at Mich) with a 3.6

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How many?</p>

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they don't really weigh the writing section too heavily

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That may be true for last year. Many schools didn't count writing last year. Are you sure that's still true this year? Did they hint at that at the information session?</p>

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<p>I would add that you cannot fully trust the accuracy of students' self-calculations of their Michigan GPA.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I believe the average SAT for last year was 1380 (out of 1600).</p>

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<p>Average GPA/ACT for ROSS:</p>

<p>3.8 ; 32</p>

<p>Essays/Business related EC's are EXTREMELY important for getting into ROSS. Your stats matter, but not nearly as much as they do in other schools</p>

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<p>According to the Kaplan survey U of M gives no weight to writing section: <a href="http://www.kaptest.com/Kaplan/Article/College/SAT/Learn-About-the-SAT/CO_sat_surveyresults.html;jsessionid=FCEWCVZ44TXKBLA3AQJXBM3MDUCBE2HC%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.kaptest.com/Kaplan/Article/College/SAT/Learn-About-the-SAT/CO_sat_surveyresults.html;jsessionid=FCEWCVZ44TXKBLA3AQJXBM3MDUCBE2HC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Ross pre-admit acceptance rate was 16% last year and the acceptance rate for sophomore admits was 47% (but this applicant pool is more self-selecting). The average Ross freshman GPA was 3.6, but the prerequisites include Econ 101 and Math 115 (or higher), which have steeper curves than most freshman courses... and some refer to these classes as the Ross weeder courses, especially Econ 101.</p>