<p>The only explanation that makes sense is, like others have said, that your file got mixed up with someone else’s. Michigan doesn’t need to alter the statistics of their incoming students to make them appear better when they have plenty of students looking to be accepted who already have stats superior to yours. </p>
<p>The only situation I can think of where this situation would warrant serious investigation is if you are on musical or athletic scholarship.</p>
<p>^^^That’s what I was wondering too. In any case, if you’re happy with your summer experience entertainer, I’d certainly not bring it to anyone’s attention. However, just be prepared to work very,very hard.</p>
<p>maybe that’s how coolbreeze might be able to get in one day too… but then they need to mix his essay up with someone else’s too.</p>
<p>yeah exactly what novi said.
you weren’t qualified to get in the first place, so will have to study and work really hard.</p>
<p>Bearcats:
“maybe that’s how coolbreeze might be able to get in one day too… but then they need to mix his essay up with someone else’s too.”</p>
<p>lol. i agree.</p>
<p>I just phoned Umich, and was told that in recalculing HS GPA for each incoming freshman, only the CORE courses required by the university defined your GPA recalculation. This is how it was explained to me. For example, Umich requires 2 years of foreign language. If you took 4, only 2 will count to re-calculate GPA. Also Gym classes and such do not count toward the calculation. So, it is possible to have a higher recalculated GPA in college, than the one in HS.</p>
<p>^^^
Dude you dont get it do you… </p>
<p>1) Recalculating your GPA does not affect your class rank, unless Michigan can get all the individual grades for everyone at your high school, recalculate their GPA based on Michigan GPA guidelines, re-rank them, which is impossible. Therefore, going from 76% to 11% is impossible.</p>
<p>2) Even if they superscore… Superscoring SATs doesnt simultaneously increase all 3 sections of a person’s SAT score</p>
<p>is it really that hard to understand?</p>
<p>Michigan does not superscore.</p>
<p>Well this is just about my worst nightmare, I am glad that my advisers and I have discussed my past record extensively since so many people have questioned whether or not I ought to have been admitted-- it never occurred to me that a mistake could be made. It’s a horrible feeling to have that questioned. I’m sorry, Entertainer. Even if there wasn’t a mistake I am sure this must be a terrible feeling. You have to decide whether or not to correct the mistake and risk having your admission revoked. I really don’t know what I would do, it would weigh heavily on my conscience to know something had gone amiss and not say anything, but at the same time it would be very difficult to say anything. I wouldn’t fault you for either choice. This late in the game it is probably too late for them to offer someone else admission, and who knows if they even know whose stats you’ve mistakenly been given. So given that you might just consider yourself lucky if you think you can handle the rigorous expectations at Michigan despite it all. You’ll have to decide what’s right for you. Good luck.</p>
<p>Gut feeling tells me, even if it is a mistake (which I am 90% sure it is), they would not rescind. Think about the PR nightmare if you go to the papers</p>
<p>Which I would fully recommend doing if that were to happen. You’ve gotten screwed just as severely as the other guy.</p>
<p>Entertainer had a 3.2 HS GPA ranking in the 76% (of his HS). Umich received his transcript, removed all of the courses not to be included in the recalculation, and came up with a higher GPA, moving Entertainer to the top 11% of his Umich Class of 2013. Why would Umich compiled every GPA of his HS? They don’t care about that. They only care about their Umich class of incoming freshman.</p>
<p>haha bearcats “PR nightmare”, I think we can officially say you’re the Ari Gold of the UMich CC forum</p>
<p>Even if there were a mistake, a 3.2 uw HS gpa is nothing to be ashamed of and certainly good enough for entry into U-M as it above minimum requirements. Even though your SAT scores are low, you still have been admitted to the school and I suggest you make the best of it. Good luck to you entertainer. I hope you have a great year!</p>
<p>“Entertainer had a 3.2 HS GPA ranking in the 76% (of his HS). Umich received his transcript, removed all of the courses not to be included in the recalculation, and came up with a higher GPA, moving Entertainer to the top 11% of his Umich Class of 2013. Why would Umich compiled every GPA of his HS?”</p>
<p>are you really that dumb? U of M does not rank their entire incoming freshman class based on GPA. The reason is obvious. GPA in school A =/= GPA in school B. Class rank is your rank in your class AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL. It’s pretty much established.
Even if they do (and I know they dont) rank students by recalculated UM GPA in the incoming class, I hope you do know that top 11% of the incoming class is about 3.95+ (since 75th percentile is 3.9). Do you know how bad he has to do freshman/senior year and tank all ineligible classes to move from 3.2 UW to 3.95 UM GPA? Not to mention the red flag it would raise along with the uber low SATS. The statistical probability is insignificant.</p>
<p>I totally agreed. Not to mention that the Evaluation Form to be filled out by the evaluators is 2 pages long (can be viewed on line), and GPA and test scores are only two of a multitudes of criterias. Obviously you fulfill every other ones, so you are where you belong. Good luck!!!</p>
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If Entertainer is at “the top 11% of his Umich Class of 2013”, I’d predict that Michigan will drop out of the top 100 ranking a year from now.</p>
<p>As I recall, the OP got off the waitlist around mid June … so a mix up is not unlikely.</p>
<p>“As I recall, the OP got off the waitlist around mid June … so a mix up is not unlikely.”</p>
<p>that makes it even more likely IMO. 1970 SATs and top11% of class applying from OOS is exactly the kind of borderline profile that would get in from the waitlist. (Not good enough to warrant admissions right away, but not bad enuogh to reject)</p>
<p>Agreed, there has to be a mix-up here with another applicant’s file. With the tens of thousands of applications Michigan receives it’s very possible mistakes happen by chance. My brother ran into some trouble a few weeks ago registering for classes when he found out two other people were given the same UM-ID number at his orientation.</p>
<p>Wouldn’t it be “funny” if a whole bunch of applications got scrambled? Maybe that is why UM admissions was so late in notifying people of admission. </p>
<p>Anyway, Entertainer, as other people pointed out, it is probably really too late for this to make a difference for the other person(s) involved in the mix up. They certainly have other plans by now. Maybe their record was even caught and fixed in the process. I would accept your fate/good fortune. Just take advantage of all of the resources available to you, pick your classes carefully and work hard. Regardless of how you got in, when you successfully complete your education there, you will have the same credentials as anyone else with a UM degree.</p>