Secondary Admission

• Spring 2020 courses: No
• Fall 2020 courses: Yes
• Spring 2021 courses: Yes
• Summer 2021 courses: Yes

Yes, the 0.0 grade will be included into your GPA calculations for Broad admission decisions.

There will be no impact. The Broad College will use original numeric grades from Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Summer 2021 to calculate cumulative and College/Major Precore GPAs in admission decisions.

Per the Spring 2020 S/NS policy, original numeric grades cannot be used in GPA calculations; GPAs will be calculated without those grades.

No, as NS = no credit in a course. You may repeat the course in a future semester, and reapply in the next semester for which you are eligible.

Broad academic advisors are available to assist you. Visit our Advising page for our advising options.

You can use this GPA Calculator tool to help you determine how your GPA will be impacted if you choose S/NS for one or more courses (there are two sheets – one for cumulative GPA and one for precore GPA). Remember that numeric Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Summer 2021 grades will be used to calculate cumulative and College/Major Precore GPAs.

You may also contact a Broad academic advisor for assistance.

• If you are repeating a course in Fall 2020 that you designated as S or NS from Spring 2020, the numeric grade you earn in Fall 2020 will be used in GPA calculations.
• If you repeat any course that is designated as S or NS from Spring 2020, Fall 2020, or Spring 2021, your new grade will be used to determine your admission (as will all non-repeated numeric grades earned in Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Summer 2021).

See the “Submit Your Application” section, above, to begin your application. Do not begin an application if you are not actually qualified to apply in this particular semester.

No. Students must complete and submit a new Experiential Profile and Case Study. Scores and content from previous semesters will not be carried over and used in the current application.

If you have not yet taken the case study and the application is still open for the semester, log into your application and click the red “Cancel Application” button at the top of the screen.

If you have taken the case study, and/or the application is closed for the semester, please submit your cancellation request to admissions@broad.msu.edu.

If your application is cancelled, you will not receive any scores for the Case Study and/or Experiential Profile.

• A resume? NO.
• An interview? NO.
• Letters of recommendation? NO.

• Academic Factors: 118 points possible (see Academic Factor Point Chart in the Admission Information Session slides)
• Experiential Profile: 30 points possible
• Case Study: 24 points possible
• Total: 172 points possible

The number and percentage of admitted students varies by semester. Admission numbers/rates are impacted by available seats in the college and the size of the applicant pool; these numbers vary by semester. In most semesters, the majority of applicants are admitted. Over the past three years, 43-62% of eligible applicants were admitted.

Reapplication is an available option, but you should carefully consider whether this is the best plan for you. Students who are considering reapplying should meet with a Broad academic advisor to discuss their previous application, scores, academic situation and best strategy for a future application. Reapplying is often a sound option, but not always; each student’s situation is unique.

Students can appeal an admission decision until the posted deadline. See the Admission Decision Appeals section, above, for appeal process information after decisions are sent out for the current application period.

Students with a business-preference major who will reach junior standing (56 credits) for the first time through summer enrollment at MSU and/or another school can apply to the Broad College in the summer.

Students in other majors (outside the Broad College, Hospitality Business) are not eligible for summer admission.

Students who have matriculated to MSU in a previous semester and have completed at least one class at the undergraduate level, but are not enrolled in the current semester, are eligible to apply for admission in the fall or spring (not summer – see question above). Note that all requirements remain in place – the case study is still required.

Students who have been admitted to MSU but have not yet begun MSU courses are not eligible for Broad College admission via the secondary admission process.

The first chronological non-repeatable grade earned in a precore course will be used in all future applications to calculate the precore GPA (substitute course grades taken later cannot be used).

• • Example: Spring 2021 grade in STT 315 cannot replace Fall 2020 grade in STT 200

The requirement for business professionals to have “data literacy” skills has taken on tremendous importance as business analytics have become a component of any business and business process.

To develop the necessary data literacy and analytical skills, Broad students begin their journey with CSE102 learning python programming.
They will continue this journey with ITM209 (Excel, Tableau, SQL, etc.) and MKT317 (R coding to run statistics).
At the 300/400 course level, major assignments and in some cases full courses require the use of these analytical skills and/or are fully focused on building additional tools (e.g. machine learning) to ensure a student graduates with the needed tools to be successful in a student’s desired profession.

Per MSU policy, students may earn transfer credit in CSE 102 if a course at another school is approved for transfer as CSE 102. See Transfer MSU for currently approved equivalencies. To request an evaluation of a new course for potential transfer as CSE 102, please contact the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Transfer courses from prior semesters must be reflected as “accepted credit” on a student’s MSU academic record by May 9, 2023. Unofficial documentation (such as is accepted for current semester dual-enrolled courses, see next question) will NOT be accepted. Students are responsible for making sure that official transcripts from other schools arrive at MSU and are added to their academic record in the months between the course end date and the current semester deadline.

To make sure your transfer course is considered in this semester’s admission decision, complete the following steps:

1. Declare this course as part of your Broad application (there is a place in the application for you to disclose this information).
2. Submit an unofficial transcript or a screenshot of your grade report (must include your name, the course code, name of school and the grade) via email to the Broad undergraduate admissions coordinator, by 8:00pm, May 10, 2023. The grade report must be a final grade officially posted by that school (similar to MSU’s SIS grade report, not a D2L-type report). Information not submitted by the deadline will not be considered in the current semester admission decision; you may apply again in the next application period. Late submission of this information, for any reason, will not be considered a valid reason to appeal an admission denial/ineligible decision.
3. Work with that school to have an official transcript sent to the MSU Office of Admissions as soon as possible (the admissions coordinator will follow up a few weeks into the next semester to make sure all transcripts have been received). Do not have official transcripts sent to any other location, including the Broad College. Official transcripts should be mailed to:

Office of Admissions
Michigan State University
Hannah Administration Building
426 Auditorium Rd Rm 250
East Lansing, MI 48824

Credit in College Precore Courses earned via AP/IB/CLEP/A Level will translate into GPA equivalencies for the College Precore GPA only (this will not impact the Cumulative GPA or Major Precore GPA). See the conversion chart in the Admission Information Session presentation slides, above, for exact score-to-GPA information.

No. Students must earn credit in all required courses – the AP waiver does not fulfill the requirement.

If only one College Precore Course is completed at MSU, transfer grades will be reviewed.

If two or more College Precore Courses are completed at MSU, only MSU grades are used.

• Example: If STT 200 and WRA 101 are completed in transfer, and EC 201 and EC 202 are completed at MSU, the EC 201 and 202 grades will constitute the entire College Precore GPA.

Transfer equivalent grades are based on the first chronological course completed that resulted in transferable credit (2.0/C grade).

Example: STT 200 from Macomb Community College was completed twice – Fall 2013 grade: C; Spring 2014 grade: B. Since the Fall 2013 grade allows transferable credit, that is the grade that will be used.

The original course credit amount is used (example: if a course that transfers as STT 200 – a 3-credit course – to MSU, but is a 4-credit course at that school, the full 4 credits are calculated in the GPA).

When using transfer grades from institutions that give individual course grades as letter grades (“C” instead of “2.0”), we apply that institution’s grade equivalencies (usually found on the back of the transcript and on that institution’s website).

Example Transfer College Precore GPA:

• Writing: ENG 1020 4 credits (Wayne State University) B (3.0 per WSU’s grade conversion)
• Statistics: STT 210 4 credits (Macomb CC) A- (3.7 per MCC’s grade conversion)
• Economics: ECON 201 4 credits (Macomb CC) C (2.0 per MCC’s grade conversion)
• College Precore GPA: 2.9

If you are repeating the course at MSU, the grade you earn this semester will be used. Note: the most recent grade is used, whether or not it is the higher grade.

If you are repeating the course at another institution, the transfer credit will remove the MSU grade from your cumulative (and College Precore, if applicable) GPA calculation. The original grade will not be replaced by the grade earned at the other school in your cumulative GPA calculation. You must earn a 2.0/C grade at the other school for MSU to accept the transfer credit/course.

See the Non-Academic Factors section, above, for an explanation of the non-academic admission factors. Students are encouraged to attend an admission information session during the semester they apply to learn more about the application factors and process.

• Writing Center
• English Language Center Lab
• Admission Information Sessions (see above for dates and presentation files)

Broad academic advisors cannot provide feedback on individual student experiential profiles. Please use the resources referenced above and in the admission information and Experiential Profile large-group sessions.

See the Non-Academic Factors section, above, for an explanation of the non-academic admission factors. Students are encouraged to attend an admission information session during the semester they apply to learn more about the application factors and process.

Approval for an alternate Case Study time will be granted if you have an academic course conflict with the regularly scheduled case study, or a varsity or club (not intramural) athletic travel/competition conflict. Requests must be sent to admissions@broad.msu.edu at least 10 days prior to the regularly scheduled Case Study; documentation of the conflict is required. Alternate Case Studies will not be approved if there are open sessions that do not conflict with class/athletic times.

Approval for a make-up Case Study will be granted if you have an academic course conflict with the regularly scheduled case study, or a varsity or club (not intramural) athletic travel/competition conflict. Requests for a make-up must be sent to admissions@broad.msu.edu at least 10 days prior to the regularly scheduled Case Study; documentation of the conflict is required. Make-ups will not be available for students who miss the Case Study for any other reason, unless they can produce official documentation of a medical/family emergency.

If a future time/date session has available seats, students can self-register. If no seats are available, and students have a documented reason (medical/family emergency) for missing the Case Study without prior notification, that documentation must be sent to admissions@broad.msu.edu no later than two business days after the originally scheduled Case Study. Requests for a make-up Case Study will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, but will not be considered without official documentation (doctor’s note, etc). Forgetting, oversleeping or incorrectly noting the case study date/time in your planner are not reasons that will result in approval of a make-up Case Study.

Start an application for admission and register for a Case Study session. Submit a copy of your RCPD VISA to Melanie Wallace, Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions (admissions@broad.msu.edu) via your MSU email account or using the “Special Accommodation Request” option in the Issue/Question menu. This is required, as the VISA details the necessary accommodations. You will be contacted prior to the Case Study date to confirm appropriate arrangements. You must submit your VISA at least 10 days prior to the Case Study date.

All parts of the application (precore courses, required credits, Experiential Profile, Case Study) must be completed to be considered for admission. Students who do not complete all required elements will be deemed ineligible for admission and should plan to apply in a future semester.

No.

It is an opportunity for a student to share a circumstance beyond his/her control which impacted academic performance. Official supportive documentation of the extenuating circumstance may be requested to corroborate the statement content. Documentation must be sent to admissions@broad.msu.edu.

Some reasons to write a statement: medical illness, family emergency or significant life event.

The desire to pursue a Broad degree with no other extenuating factors is not a reason for a statement; this is assumed based on the act of applying.

No, it is optional.

Submit a statement via email by the last day of the current semester for full consideration.

While the ongoing pandemic and related changes to the mode of instruction over the last several semesters apply to all students, we recognize that students have been impacted differently. Any applicant is welcome to submit a Statement of Extenuating Circumstances through the application system; while the presence of a Statement of Extenuating Circumstances is not itself a guarantee of admission, the statement will allow the Admission Committee to consider a student’s individual situation when reviewing their overall application profile.

Students who would like to submit a Statement of Extenuating Circumstances after the application closes must send the statement via email by the last day of the current semester. All statements must be substantiated with accompanying documentation.