<p>The article from the Michigan Daily is old information. That only lasted one year, then the university went back to recalculating GPAs. They used to only use academic courses from 10th-11th grade. In 2009-10, they tried using the school reported GPA from transcripts as noted in the article. It created some problems for how other areas of campus (Financial Aid, Budget and Planning) used the GPA for decisions and reporting, so it was aborted after one year.</p>
<p>Since 2010-11, the Admissions office recalculates your GPA based on all courses (including electives) taken in 9th-11th. Plusses and minusses are discarded. Weighted or honors points are NOT included. As mentioned earlier, A+, A, A- are all given a 4, B+, B, B- a 3, and so on. So they essentially are recalculating your grades on an unweighted, 4.0 scale.</p>
<p>It’s important to note though that the admissions officers are not relying solely on that recalculated GPA. They look at the individual grades to determine upward trends or declines, to note if the B’s are mostly B-, to view the rigor of your curriculum relative to what your school offers, and how you perform in academic courses and the more rigorous classes that you’ve elected.</p>