Alexandre

I don't think it is that straight forward. One cannot assume that a student is better than another simply by looking at scores. I scored well over 1500 (out of 1600) on my SAT. My sisters barely broke the 1000 mark. It is clear and undisputed in my family that my sisters are better students. There are many variables to consider. Family background, holding a full time job to help with the bills, coming from an underprvileged socio-economic background, etc... And there are many hooks that we may not see. Such as writing a great essay, excellent teacher recs, a special gift (athletic, artistic etc...). I learned long ago never to compare myself to anybody. ANYBODY. It is impossible to compare oneself to another. There are simply too many variables to consider. Now, don't get me wrong. I am sure Michigan admissions commits hundreds of brain farts each year. But out of 30,000 applicantions, that's to be expected.

ramennoodles08

Honestly, the only one I would agree with that you stated is socio-economic privilege along with URM, recruited athlete, and a few very rare situations other then that if someone has far superior stats to a lesser student and the lesser student gets in over the superior student, in my mind the lesser student either got really lucky, has inside connections, or bought their way into Michigan.

CaptainFalcon42

Decision: ACCEPTED!!

Stats:[list][*] SAT I (by section): 1550/2270 (790 Math, 760 Critical Reading, 720 Writing)[*] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 770 US History, 770 World History[*] ACT: 34 (36 M, 35 R, 31 E, 35 S)[*] APs: Calc BC=5, Calc AB=5, US History=5, English Language=5, Statistics=5, Biology=4
,Physics B=4[*] IBs: None[*] UM-GPA: 3.7/4.0[*] Rank: 24/255 [*] Other stats:

• [ b]Subjective:[/b]

[*] ECs listed on app: Varsity Tennis, Quiz Bowl, Young Republicans, Class Vice President Junior Year [*] Job/Work Experience: Worked at local Wendy's during my soph and junior years.[*] Essays (subject and responses): Pretty good- kind of generic.[*] Teacher Recs: Strong. I got one from my calculus teacher and another from my physics teacher.[*] Counselor Rec: Alright, I guess. I barely talked to my counselor- she has no clue what she's doing, lol.[*] Applied on: October 1[*] Hook (if any): Both my parents went here- so double legacy, not that Michigan cares about that sort of stuff, lol.

• Location/Person:

[*] State or Country: Michigan[*] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average public school[*] Ethnicity: Caucasian[*] Gender: Male

• General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:

I'm in college!I'm applying a lot of other places but there's a really good chance I'll be a Wolverine! Crossing my fingers for Columbia though!!

rjkofnovi

Go to Michigan Falcon and save your money for grad school. :-)

ramennoodles08

congrats captain falcon

dax2007

does anyone know when the next set of decision letters will be sent out?

Kong Wen

I think they do one of the following:

1) Release results weekly
or
2) Release results after x amount of applications have been reviewed

From what I know, if you submitted ur apps in early october or even in september, you should be getting ur results soon (some people have already heard from them actually). If you submitted ur app around mid-Oct, expect the results to come out in 2-3 more weeks.

rodney

^Last year, if early appliers were borderline candidates, many didn't hear until December 21st......and many were deferred....even if they applied in late September or early October.

pseudovirus

oh no..I don't want to have to wait until December! i submitted late September, but I'm afraid i'm going to be ~borderline~ because my GPA is a 3.7. :/ I hope my high ACT makes up for it..

Adria0

My wolverine access has my application date as 10/28

When should I expect to get a decision?

ab2013

bumping this thread

pattyhsujsp

i sent in my online app on 10/30 and had the counseling office mailed in my rec and transcript around 10/15, but my wolverline access has my application date as 11/03. Should i email them, since i wont be considered Early Response? Or it doesnt matter at all?

Rogue90

Decision: Accepted

Stats:
SAT I (by section): 750 M 650 R 770W
SAT IIs: 760 USH 730 World H 800 Chinese
ACT: N/A
IBs: N/A
UM-GPA: 94.8
Rank: 89/850
Other stats: None of note
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: FBLA - Former National President's Assistant, made decisions at the national level, chapter president, state and national awards
Job/Work Experience: None
Essays (subject and responses): Amazing
Teacher Recs: outstanding
Counselor Rec: Good
Applied: 9/15/08
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person: Albany
State or Country: NY
School Type, public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M

class2009

Rogue, did you get you decision today?

toastmaster

Rogue! Did you just find out?