My son is quite annoyed by this process. Yes we were accepted to 2 schools. University of Michigan we applied Ed. My son makes all the criteria act, sat. The school also requested additional information. His major is computer science/ engineering. This could be a waste of time and just choose either school or should I call or send an email? I do not know.
Every kid who doesn’t get in is annoyed by the process… this as the mom of a child who experienced several denials.
(Ice cream therapy helps a lot!)
For starters, YOU should not do anything, as much as you want to. (Can you imagine the reaction? “Johnny’s mommy wants to know why he didn’t get in!”???)
Let it go. EVERYONE who applies makes all the criteria. The reality is that not everyone gets in. Period. HE was accepted to two schools-- have him choose from them.
Unless you have huge sums of money to convince a Development Officer at the school to reconsider the admission you are wasting your time.
Every school has far more qualified applicants than they have openings. There really is no basis for appeal after the decision has been made; the schools no longer have a spot to offer your son. And “we” did not apply and “we” were not accepted or denied…
What is the reason to appeal? UMich does not have ED and they do reject around 80% of applicants, and even higher percentage if from OOS. Even many of those with near perfect stat. One should let it go and focus on those offered admission. If your kid really want to go to UMich, the transfer admission rate is near 50%.
Applying to college costs money, takes time to complete paperwork and requirements, demands rethinking costs, makes students very anxious, depressed and sometimes like failure. Presumably your student would apply only to those schools he could afford and was happy to attend. Why would he make himself miserable by appealing a denial when he has excellent choices. Don’t let aggrevation become the unspoken reason for an appeal. Celebrate admission to a good school and dream and plan for this new opportunity.
I like to cite this example: We visited a tip-top LAC about 5-6 years ago. Admissions said 70% of applicants were fully qualified and the school was confident they would succeed academically and otherwise if accepted. At the time, 14% of applicants were accepted. So 4 out of 5 applicants that the school considered fully qualified were not accepted. The numbers would be similar at Michigan.
There are just too many qualified applicants at the few dozen most competitive schools, relative to the number of spots available. Fortunately, there are many, many excellent schools that are not so hyper competitive.
Schools are not going to provide a positive response to routine appeals. Schools like Michigan deny thousands and thousands of students. If some were granted, they would face a sea of appeals that would chew up enormous resources.
I advise he embrace the opportunities he has. I’m sure his two choices have amazing students, faculty, and staff. If HE IS still pining for Michigan a year or two from now, he can always apply to transfer. Truly, though, it will be best for him to embrace his choice of the two–go, work hard, take advantage of opportunities (and create them), treat everyone with respect and dignity. In that case, how could he not do well?
Good luck to him!
“Yes we were accepted to 2 schools. University of Michigan we applied Ed.”
It’s not a WE thing. Your son applied not you. He was denied, along with a lot of other applicants. CS/engineering are extremely competitive. You don’t just meet the criteria and get accepted. It doesn’t work that way. Let it go and help your son get excited about the options he does have.