UMich GPA Calculation Methodology

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I read the blurb below in a CC post this past winter but some follow-on posters threw some doubt on this claim
that grades at UMich are actually calculated using that methodology. Can anyone help clarify? Also, how
are non-academic HS grades treated (ie. PE, Art) assuming those courses produce earned HS credits? Thank you.

At UMich,
All classes count from all 4 years. An A+, A, and A- are all counted as 4.0s. A B+, B, and B- are all counted as 3.0s. This goes on. Down to an F (0).
So if you only take 4 classes, and you get an A-, a B+, an A, and a D, your GPA would be calculated as follows: (4+3+4+1)/4 = 3.0 GPA.

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only for applicants. When you are in the school is the normal GPA system.

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I have now sat thru the info session 3 times this year ( my kids a tour guide and I gather info for our hs counseling office, so I sot thru whenever I’m visiting). The system you reporters correct. Admisdions doesn’t look at plus or minuses.

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Thanks for confirming! Do you also know if they include grades for non academic courses (PE, Art, etc) in their calculation?

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Doesn’t Ross assign a 4.3 GPA for A+?

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Not sure about that

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Is this for admission or for students at UMich?

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Admissions

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The “no subgrade” GPA calculation is only for admission with HS grades. I don’t think Ross or CoE have different system. Couple years ago, they announced 21% of all freshmen had GPA 4.0 in high school which was based on this calculation.

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Thanks for clarifying. Seems like this methodology could, for example, help a bump a student’s GPA in cases where he/she earned many A-'s but the effective “bump” is likely only .10 or so, ie. go from a 3.7 to a 3.8 etc.

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One may get up to 0.3 bump GPA, but also a loss of up to 0.3 (if one got all B+, but that person is not likely to be admitted anyway). Theoretically, if one received A- in all courses, the GPA would bump up from 3.7 to 4.0.

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Despite the stated methodology, I’m skeptical that the adcoms don’t see all A-'s in that case and take that into consideration.

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This is great news for me (I’ve gotten 3 A-'s). Do any other schools practice this type of calculation?