hersheymaster

recommendation

if i received recom from Michigan Alumni, is it helpful to get off waitlist??

Alexandre

I don't think so.

kokeefe

should we send final transcripts once those are completed?

elitespart

I called them like 5 min ago and they said that they are taking students of the waitlist this year. Unfortunately they have no ranking system so all I know is that I'm on the high priority waiting list. This is seriously annoying.

hersheymaster

thanx for good information, elite
Then, don't you know how many they will take students from waitlist?

CCRunner123

damn, I called it.

Northwestern2012

Contrary to elitespart's post, I called this morning and spoke with someone named Ryan, he said "some years they take everyone else, and some years they take noone off. Everyone hasn't submitted they're deposit yet."

Alexandre

NU2012, there are no guarantees of course. However, whether a university uses its waitlist or not usually depends on how it approached admissions on that given year. If it purposely admits fewer students than needed to make 100% sure it does not exceed target, then it will end up using its waitlist.

Most years, Michigan does not approach admissions that way. Instead, I have noticed (and I may be wrong, although I am never wrong! hehe!!) that Michigan seems to have adopted the admissions philosophy that it will admit enough students that if the average historic yield rate holds, its target will be met. That system used to work because Michigan's historic yield rate generally hovered between 38% and 40%. However, in recent years, Michigan's yield rate has climbed to the 44%-46% rate. As a result, its Freshman classes would exceed target by 500 or more students. That is why this year, like in 2006, I suspect that Michigan admitted fewer students than required to meet its target and will accept students from its waitlist once it knows exactly how many admitted students have sent in their security deposits.

In recent years however, Michigan's yield rate has been improving and as such, Michigan's old admissions philosophy is

Opi

so does anyone know if Michigan is using it's waitlist this year? My counselor told me it didn't seem like they were, but the previous posts in this thread seem to say that they are, so i was wondering if anyone knew for certain ;p

and when they say we find out by late june.....does that mean they periodically notify people until that date, or do they just send out notices in late june?

Alexandre

If Michigan is going to resort to the wait list, it will start doing so in the coming week and it will keep doing it for 3-4 weeks. So from May 20-June 30 or so.

aamir19

@Alexandre
really? why do you say that?

Alexandre

Simple logic really. That's when most people at most universities come off the wait list. There is no science in any of this. There are no guarantees, no odds, no "chances". Patience is all I can recommend.

aamir19

^^
Has michigan done so in the past? I mean start around this time and go on till June?

Alexandre

I am not exactly sure of the time span, but a couple of years ago, Michigan admitted hundreds of students from the waitlist. Every other year in recent memory, Michigan has not admitted a single waitlisted student. So it is feast or famine!

Wontonforevuh

anyone have any info about preferred admit Ross kids gettin in from the waitlist?