<p>LOL…
that is hilarious…
anyways it is always possible to get lucky or screwed… that’s why we always apply to several colleges…</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>Hearing this makes me want to call up every college that rejected me and inquire about my application…</p>
<p>If I was Entertainer, I would work very hard the first semester, and get outstanding grades. Then, I would go the guidance to inquire and/or have my record fixed, if need be.</p>
<p>To me, it is obvious that a mistake was made. Even with GPA calculations, your SAT scores would not randomly rise like that. It wasn’t even as if the sheet gives a total (so superscoring isn’t an excuse). The right thing to do would be to tell U of M, because someone else who could very well jump on the offer if U of M were to offer them admission right now (you don’t know, it could’ve been their life-long dream to go there).</p>
<p>With that being said, I can’t honestly say that I would tell them if the same thing had happened to me. There is risk involved in that if they do rescind your admission, it’s likely too late to find somewhere else to go that’s not a community college. Obviously, I’m sure you know all this. The reason I think I might say something regardless is because I would be worried about what would happen if they ever caught their mistake.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t recommend waiting a semester. If you’re going to be honest about it, be honest now so it doesn’t hurt you later. Hopefully if you tell them now, they won’t do anything, but even if they do, at least you can make alternative plans in the beginning of this whole mess rather than a semester or more in.</p>
<p>I have a similar mistake on my sheet too but to a much lesser extent. Whereas my ACT break down is correct, my GPA is correct, my HS %ile says 97%, and I didn’t even make top 20.</p>
<p>What gives?</p>
<p>Yo entertainer, I’m sure they won’t rescind your admission. Like bearcats said, PR nightmare. If they even hint at rescinding your admission, threaten to get this story all over the news, and they’ll cave pretty quick.</p>
<p>If it is the general belief that Umich make so many “mistakes” on first-year student’s transcripts, I only have one advice. Try to have it fix! I do not believe it will interfere with your admission. However, it will give you a very good idea on how things are handled.</p>
<p>I believe the percentile only has to do with your results on the math placement exam. I know my school doesn’t rank, and I managed to get in the 96th (or maybe 97th) probably because I got a 96 on the placement test.</p>
<p>I can’t explain the SAT score mishap though. I don’t know what I would do if I were you.</p>
<p>(Finally was able to estimate my University of Michigan GPA: possibly 3.3, if not 3.3-3.2)</p>
<p>Entertainer it’s also possible that your stats could have got mixed with another student already admitted ( since all admitted stats may go in the same area). I would address the situation before someone else might address it to you ( which could turn out for the worst).</p>
<p>You’re officially in, so your SAT and HS GPA no longer mean anything really. I wouldn’t mention this to anyone to be honest. If you got in with stats like that, and they weren’t even your actual stats, you got really damn lucky. You may have taken someones spot that deserved it more, so I guess keep that in mind while you study here. Just accept it, move on, and do well at the university. Good luck</p>
<p>As people have said, its a lot more likely its just a mix-up than “making it look like they’re accepting super-qualified applicants.”</p>
<p>I find it hilarious that they actually mix up applications (Orange County anyone?). If only my name were Ming Chen or something, I could apply to Harvard and maybe get lucky.</p>
<p>aajc, they give you a percentile for your GPA, your math placement, and chem placement scores. The GPA one was at the top left corner of that paper.</p>
<p>Dang, that really stinks…I’d just go and explain it to them. Maybe they just messed up your file recently. Either way, I’m sure they won’t rescind your admission…it’s not like they can call the other guy back lols</p>
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If your name were Ming Chen, you might wanna mask it on your application if you could. Remember Jian Li and Princeton?</p>
<p>…Either you’re making a counter joke I don’t understand or you didn’t get my joke…?</p>
<p>Sorry that I couldn’t post. I have just finished my orientation. My GPA was correct. It was a 3.3 U-M GPA. The file that they posted was my file. It said my name and everything. I asked my advisor is there a reason why my class rank is so high because in high school I was only top 24%. She told me that this was what your high school counselor gave me. My senior GPA matched the credentials that she showed me(Cumulative: meaning including Frosh-Sr. years). Heres the thing though, I was admitted into Michigan and I told my advisor that my academic credentials are on the low side and I don’t know how I’m going to succeed at the University of Michigan. She told me that “If we accepted you, we know that you can succeed here.” </p>
<p>I was talking to a lot of students. They were sharing their scores and GPA and stuff and I was quiet. I still didn’t understand why they were talking about scores and stuff when that didn’t really matter. I’m not sure what was going on but I have another meeting with my advisor. Maybe it was the wrong file or maybe the statistics were mixed up with another student’s, but at least I wasn’t rejected and at least I got into a top University. I also got in with those grades and I’m an out of state student. She told me that my essays were extremely interesting. She also told me that I had interesting life experiences. I know that I can succeed at U-M because I really didn’t try in high school. I was the kind of person that procrastinated and got decent grades. I just hope I can handle the work load. Any advice? Also they can’t really reject me because I got a 3.6 U-M GPA UW and 4.4W GPA my senior year. I tried somewhat that year. I also registered for classes already. So I’m set to attend. Since it was my first time visiting, I must say that I love it! The students are welcoming. The faculty and advisors are interesting and well educated, the school spirit is enormous. We learned the chants and all of that. We also learned one important thing. Ohio State sucks! I can’t wait to attend this fall. GO BLUE!</p>
<p>I wanted to know if it was possible that universities rig grades to make the schools seem more competitive than they actually are. I think SAT scores are that way, but thats just an opinion of mine.</p>
<p>Well that sounds great, though I’m somewhat confused. Do you have a 3.3 UM GPA or 3.6? You stated both above.</p>
<p>(Just curious because I either have a 3.3 UM GPA, or 3.3-3.2… yeah I know, not great)</p>
<p>The 3.6 is my senior year U-M GPA. I sent them my final transcript. I’m not sure if that was factored into the cumulative total. I also asked the advisor if their was any quota/affirmative action thing, because it didn’t make sense how I got in. Even my High school teacher told me that I probably got in because of a quota or something racial. Not sure about that. I get ****ed off when other people tell me I filled out a quota. I’m planning on getting into Med school. When I was admitted into Michigan I knew that I could actually make something out of my education here. I love the school. The people are amazing. The resources are abundant. Ann Arbor is like NYC in a sense.</p>
<p>^
glad you straighten it out.
If you work hard, you WILL succeed no matter what people say about a quota.</p>
<p>Yea thanks for the encouragement. Mostly everyone at Michigan is encouraging. Its pretty cool. I’ve never had so many strangers come up to me and ask me stuff. They can sense that I’m new to Michigan.</p>
<p>Nice, I’m glad things are working out. Just being on this site and hearing all the great things about U of M gets me really excited…I really hope I get accepted T_T</p>