<p>Alexandre can you look into something for me. So I'm going to be a member of the 2013 incoming class, but something just came up. It seems pretty fishy, but here goes. So My HS GPA was a 3.2 UW and a 4.0W. My SAT score was 500, 590, 500. My class rank was about 76%, but when I went to see my academic advisor my stats were altered severely. They said i was in the top 11% of my class, about a 690(M) 630(CR) 650(W) on the SAT and some other things were strangely altered. I don't know about you, but to me it seems that Michigan alters students grades to make it seem like they are admitting super-qualified applicants. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>maybe youre file got mixed up and you got accepted and someone got rejected…</p>
<p>Entertainer, something similar happened to me at orientation, albeit on a smaller scale. When I got my placement test results with my academic advisor, the sheet said that I had a 3.7 UW GPA, even though my UMich GPA was only a 3.6.</p>
<p>I might be able to explain the percentile thing however. Unless I am mistaken, it is based off of your math placement results. It’s perfectly feasible that you could have scored well enough on that test to get in the top 11% of incoming freshman who take the placement exam. My school doesn’t rank, and I would probably be nowhere near the top 10% percent even if it did, but the sheet at orientation said that I was in the top 3%, probably because of my 96% score on the math placement test. Anybody else agree with me?</p>
<p>The academic sheet you get is the gpa given to the university by your high school. I remember seeing my hs gpa and not UM gpa on that sheet. However, the SAT score should be correct. Entertainment, it seems that your file may have been mixed with someone elses. Either pray that they’ll never find out or report this mistake to your advisor. The choice is yours.</p>
<p>1590 does seem like a very low end SAT score…</p>
<p>Michigan is a huge school. With over 10,000 applicants each year, they’re bound to make a mistake or two. I doubt there’s any malicious intent here.</p>
<p>I would think that if there were a mistake, they wouldn’t now reject you. How would that make them look? If you care, just ask your academic advisor about it. Personally I’d be very curious about it.</p>
<p>Entertainer, the University does not alter stats. They recalculate GPA, but that is all they do. Class rank and SATs/ACTs are left untouched. </p>
<p>One of two things could have happened:</p>
<p>1) The university mixed your file with another student’s from the begining and as a result, you were admitted on another applicant’s credntials. This happens more often than you realize. There are literally millions of applicants to thousands of universities each year. I would say that this sort of mixup happen to thousands of students around the nation. </p>
<p>2) Your file is correct but your the advisor you met opened another student’s file. This is less likely, but it could also have happened.</p>
<p>I cannot advise you on what to do because there is a chance the university could rescind your acceptance. However, since you did nothing wrong, I do not believe they can do so. Personally, I would go to my advisor and sort it out, regardless of the outcome. However, like I said, there is a risk and only you can make the decision.</p>
<p>Good luck and let us know what happens.</p>
<p>In today’s age of technology, it seems very, very strange that any school would make a mistake like that. I thought I remember putting my social security number on my UM app (but I could be confusing it with another school). It’s just strange that a mistake like this could happen when almost everything is done online. Not just strange, but scary that a mixup could happen like that.</p>
<p>Good luck with whatever you decide to do.</p>
<p>actaully on my paper at orientation, my gpa on there was lower than what it really was. I am guessing they recalculated stuff etc. It was not much of a diff but just sayin.</p>
<p>I would be very concerned entertainer if this were true. Just curious, which college are you entered into?</p>
<p>it’s so obviously a mix-up. OP would not even have gotten into Moo U with that stats.</p>
<p>Back in 2007, we went to their orientation, and were told that when recalculating the HS GPA, Umich do NOT included HS Freshman year grades in their calculation (according to them, it is a year of transition), nor do they included grades from the last semester of senior year (but you must show HS graduation, though). So, this is probably why your grade appears higher. The calculation is different, that is it.</p>
<p>"So, this is probably why your grade appears higher. The calculation is different, that is it. "</p>
<p>do they recalculate class rank and SAT scores too?? I’d love to see how they do that.</p>
<p>This happened to a guy at Hotchkiss my year. He got rejected by Princeton with a 3.9 and 2390. This is almost unheard of at Hotchkiss. The college advisor called and questioned why they didnt even waitlist him. The response was…“his SATs is in the 1900s and he has a mediocre GPA, how would you expect us to take him?” </p>
<p>Apparently they mixed up the file with another person with the same name and the other guy got in.</p>
<p>The end result: they reviewed his file and he got in. The lucky idiot also kept his acceptance</p>
<p>Either way you should let them know, even though 1970 is not a good SAT score and borderline, you might have been the reason someone else got denied the chance of admissions here. This is not fair at all.</p>
<p>I do not know about where you are, but here, the HS gives more point for AP classes (to encourage students to take harder classes), so it is possible for a student to have a 4.7 GPA on a 4.0 scale. However, Umich and most of the other universities, will bring that student’s GPA back to a 4.0, by removing the extra credits. It does not change your HS class rank, but may change your rank as you enter the university, considering freshman and half senior does not enter the Umich equation. If one student had very good grades throughout entire HS, and another got poor grades freshman year, did very well sophomore and junior, and slacked off senior, he could have the same Umich GPA as the other student. As for the SAT, I thought most schools superscore. But I am not sure about that one with regards to Umich.</p>
<p>“It does not change your HS class rank, but may change your rank as you enter the university”
They do not calculate class rank respective to the rest of the university… that would be the dumbest thing to do. Every school has different rigor, grading scheme.</p>
<p>how does super scoring turn 500, 590, 500 into 690, 630, 650? Logic please?</p>
<p>It is so obviously a mix-up. You are just making excuses for him now.</p>
<p>"In today’s age of technology, it seems very, very strange that any school would make a mistake like that. "</p>
<p>lol I was told a story about my firm mixing up a structured note with another structured note and lost millions not too long ago. And I doubt U of M has 1 billion to spend on technology every year, because that’s how much they spent on technology last year and the system still screwed up.</p>
<p>Like I said, I do NOT know about SAT. And it could possibly be a mix-up. However, Umich recalculates GPA for their purpose. It certainly does not take away the fact that you graduated from HS with a 3.9, or whatever. This is just the way it is done for admission/selection purpose. It brings everyone on the same level.</p>
<p>“Umich recalculates GPA for their purpose.”
dude obviously I know about the recalculated gpa. But it is also fairly obvious U of M does not rank the class based on the recalculated gpa. They your UMich GPA in the context of your high school.</p>
<p>Wow, you got lucky and someone else got shafted. It’s too late now, the other person is already ready to be at another school. Just keep it to yourself.</p>