U of Michigan's old POINTS SYSTEM

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<p>Hi, I'm doing a school presentation on a famous lawsuit. I decided to pick Gratz v. Bollinger. The Supreme Court case where Gratz sued U of Michigan after being denied admission to U of Michigan as an undergraduate.</p>

<p>I know that it was 20 points for URM status and 12 points for a perfect SAT score.</p>

<p>It gave points for alumni status, disadvanataged backgrounds, GPA, curriculum rigor and other things.</p>

<p>Does anybody know how many points were given and for what?</p>

<p>For example, how many points did GPA and curriculum rigor get?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=115437%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=115437&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>University of Michigan has loads of good information right on their website. It may help you with other particulars:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.umich.edu/%7Eurel/admissions/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.umich.edu/~urel/admissions/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Take note that nearly every representation of the index system I've seen is for LSA only. Engineering students had a slightly different index where the math portion of standardized tests was given more weight.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.umich.edu/%7Eurel/admissions/archivedocs/uapolicy.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.umich.edu/~urel/admissions/archivedocs/uapolicy.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Also...if you go onto the Michigan Review's website, it actually has a calculator that will tell you what your admissions status would be given the old system.</p>

<p>And for anybody else who cares....race preferences in admissions is a HUGE issue on campus. Bigger than almost anything (inc. the war in Iraq, abortion etc). Its gonna be even bigger b/c of MCRI being on the ballot in 2006. So its good for all you potential students to get acquainted w/ the issue before joining us in Ann Arbor.</p>

<p>KB</p>