<p>I just had to post my experience (I’m a freshman at MSU, graduated from high school in spring 2012). I had pretty low grades in high school, probably a 2.8 cumulative GPA when I was applying, a 29 on the ACT, no SAT or AP level classes (my school was a prep school so, unofficially AP-level). No sports, but I was on quiz bowl for 3 years and student council for 1. Tons of work experience. </p>
<p>I applied in October as soon as the application opened, and they got back to me in December, telling me that they were deferring my application until they got more applications, and they would give me another decision in the spring. My school ran on trimesters, so the second trimester (November-February) I did really well (for me), pulling a 3.3 and had some of my favorite teachers write recommendation letters for me. I got accepted at the end of March. </p>
<p>BUT! Before you decide to use me as an example and slack off I should say this: My friend had pretty much the same grades as me, with a little bit more extracurricular stuff on her application. She was deferred in the first batch like me but, when I got my acceptance letter, she started calling them to find out why she hadn’t received a decision yet. They told her that they “weren’t making decisions yet” (obviously not, since I had already been accepted). She called them daily for two weeks and finally they claimed that her application had been misplaced, and then accepted her for the spring semester because they were full for the fall semester. </p>
<p>Roll of the dice. Good luck! </p>
<p>(I also posted this at my blog about MSU. [Follow</a> me on my journey to Michigan State, and changing from a small town to East Lansing!: My MSU Admission Experience](<a href=“http://rakustartsatstate.blogspot.com/2012/10/my-msu-admission-experience.html]Follow”>Follow me on my journey to Michigan State, and changing from a small town to East Lansing!: My MSU Admission Experience))</p>