<p>I dig out this thread below when UMich changed the GPA calculation policy in 2009.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-michigan-ann-arbor/796954-university-michigan-no-longer-recalculating-gpa.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-michigan-ann-arbor/796954-university-michigan-no-longer-recalculating-gpa.html</a>
There are some Q&A quoted explaining the reason behind it. The decision was made after several studies in 2006 and 2009. It would be hard to believe if they change back the policy within 2-3 years, particularly when there was no similar announcement for the reversal. It is indeed a lot of work to go through each transcript and punch in the grades of core courses from each applicant and it seems there is little reason to go back when the number of applicants keep increasing significantly in the last few years. Information on website is often outdated. If you find any current information on their website, please post the link here.
Disregarding recalculating GPA or not, it is always better to have good grades and GPA. Nevertheless, GPA itself is meaningless as each school, or even each teacher, would have different grading curves.</p>