Comprehensive Studies Program is a “Learning Community” within LSA that offers special advising and some classes to give extra support to 1st gen, minority, or rural candidates who they think have great potential but may need extra advice in handling “Monster State University”. Being 1st gen, for example, you don’t have parents who would give you advice. I think UM established it because they were concerned certain 1st gen students might be concerned about UM being too intense and that these students would decline UM and attend a small college that naturally seemed more personal. So UM wants to make it easier for you to say yes.
This type of guessing might make you feel better but it’s probably not accurate. Plenty of kids with near perfect to perfect SAT scores, high GPAs, great extra curricular, leadership, etc. get accepted Early Action. Perhaps their essays showed more genuine excitement about Michigan? Hard to tell.
I think the more likely reason for high stats deferral is they didn’t have enough time with your application or they’re looking for something additional to tip it to Admitted pile.
Good luck! You’ll have many great options.
While it would be very unusual for an in state applicant with your stats not to ultimately be accepted to LSA; in state friends of DS were ultimately rejected from engineering with those kind of stats. These same students were accepted to several other good engineering schools. I agree it is unusual to get a straight rejection, but perhaps engineering applications were unusually high.
My DD
- Deferred
- OOS (CA)
- LSA
- 3.7 UW 4.2 W
- 33 ACT
- Hispanic Female, National Hispanic Recognition Program Award Winner
- No X
- Varsity Lacrosse, State Senator Internship, State Assembly Political Campaign, City’s Youth Commission, other EC clubs
- Very good and unique essay, Im pretty sure
- Legacy (me)
While I would have loved her getting in EA, I’m ok whether she gets in or doesn’t. She already has a great full tuition scholarship to one of the best honors colleges in the country and it would be hard to justify an extra $200K to go to Michigan.
For those that got accepted, congrats and I’m sure you will enjoy your experience. For those deferred and still excited, continue trying. And for those rejected or not interested in continuing, it might be tough, and it may hurt, but I will leave you with this. As a Michigan grad, it’s a great school, but it honestly didn’t change my life. There are so many good schools out there, and I dont believe one bit that where you go defines your life outcomes, or earning potential. Read Frank Bruni’s, “Where You Go is Not Who You Will Be” and you will see exactly what I mean.
Research: How does UM mission statement fit with your values? What can you bring to UM clubs you might join? Are you intersted in undergraduate research? With who? Would you fit into any residential or learning communities? Which ones? What special advising resources would benefit you? How will you become a “Michigan Man”/“Women”? Do you want a job in Michigan? How will you pay it forward to Michigan (the state)? Even if you don’t choose to live in Michigan, are you going to represent as an alumni demonstrating the values of Michigan to your communty? Demonstrate that you will bleed maize and blue without saying it directly. GLTA
Has anyone else not received an email yet? I can see my decision on enrollment connect but I haven’t received an email yet.
I haven’t received an email either.
i have NO idea if this is relevant or has already mentioned, but don’t deferred applicants receive different letters depending on their likelihood of being accepted? does that still apply to this year, or is it just some obsolete theory?
there there are many high stats students who are accepted early. It does not mean that if you are deferred you are perceived as a stronger student than the ones who were accepted earlier. It may be the case that they defer some thinking they are using them as backup school. But I know at least one person who has high stats and who was honest on interview and said was still not sure where to go if accepted to all schools applied and still got in Early Action. Thought would be deferred because interview answer.
@larscars there are many high stats students who are accepted early. It does not mean that if you are deferred you are perceived as a stronger student than the ones who were accepted earlier. It may be the case that they defer some thinking they are using them as backup school. But I know at least one person who has high stats and who was honest on interview and said was still not sure where to go if accepted to all schools applied and still got in Early Action. Thought would be deferred because interview answer.
I would definitely contact and make sure it was not an error (it cannot hurt to ask).
Did you ask recommendation letters from teachers who know you well?
Congrats! My daughter got accepted too and got an email from TEPA last week that was very encouraging. Very similar stats, demonstrated interest, theatre and volunteered a gizillion hours helping kids in theatre. Congrats !
@soliloquie. No don’t start that
. Again… Lots of theories that don’t pan out.
Also people have to understand that getting accepted has a “luck” factor also. I tell my son how lucky he is to go here all the time. He never disagrees. He understands that one reviewers being tired or bad mood and he could be elsewhere.
I couldn’t agree more. Having the right stats increases one chance of being consider but getting accepted is still a toss up. Acceptance is not a guarantee in these selective schools where it’s a coin toss sometimes.
@SJ8218. Yep. My kids high school counselor told him he was a “coin toss” student. We were perplexed. Then he said “your a coin toss away from either going or not going to most of your choices”… Lol. That’s when we added true safeties ?.
Accepted LSA!
4.35 GPA, 1540 SAT with 750 EBRW and 790 Math (I got 800 in the other test but UMich does not superscore), 800s in Math 2, Chem, and Physics
Heavy course load in general, taken/are taking 11 APs, 4 5’s and 1 4
International studying in the U.S.
EC’s that are not very common (I thought I will be rejected everywhere because they are “self-centered” more than "community-centered), decent essays
Intended major is mathematics!
It doesn’t seem like deferred applicants get different emails. I am curious (since the X factor was right) if those deferred had same green checks etc
For deferred students, what should we do to “have a better shot.” I understand they want our fall grades and the additional supplement, but on top of that is there anything else? Also, when do those decisions come back?
Write a great additional supplement and send in the grades. Follow the rules. It’s a bit different then last year. A bit of luck helps. ??.
Re: different letters for deferreds…Yesterday, during the X factor discussion before the official release, there were some people that didn’t have the X for final HS transcript, but did have an X for fall grades. But not all the non-Xers had the fall semester grades line item. And I do recall last year, when D19 was deferred at UMich and a couple of other schools, that some students were asked for fall semester grades and some weren’t — but i can’t recall if that was UMich or one of her other deferrals. Her GPA was on the low side (3.2ish uw), so I could see why they’d want to see her grades vs a kid with a 4.0uw.
Incidentally, D19 did not do a LOCI at UMich when she was deferred, and was ultimately denied. She never really had a top choice school and so just chose among her acceptances, rather than putting any hopes on her deferrals. She’s at Ohio State now. ?
UMich is high on D20’s list and she’s very excited about her acceptance. Will be interesting if we end up with one at Ohio State and one at Michigan. (We’re OOS for both.)