<p>King i thought you got in? and im a bit confused about your philosophy on why they take so long, made re-explaining?</p>
<p>i was deferrred in march 10th, and i got in to UMICH on the 30th of March. UMICH is like a rolling admission college. People who have great stats who might be going to Ivy, Stanford, Berkeley, Los Angeles and others will not wait for UMICH to come at April. Thus by people comitting to other colleges than UMICH, that leaves spots in UMICH and will allow people who did not get in or with bad stats a chance to get in</p>
<p>Ahh i understand, but your assuming that everyone is kind enough to call UMich and withdraw their application, or turn down their respective offers correct? Because the way i see it the universal deposit deadline is May 1st, and im thinking most people wouldnt call and withdraw but hey i hope your right!</p>
<p>KINGISHERE, exactly…i couldnt wait any longer as i am now commited to cal (money wise, it would be a good decision to go to cal anyways)</p>
<p>so you called UMich and told them this? That is my point that if you did im not so sure everyone will be like you.</p>
<p>According to Erica Sanders, Associate Director of Admissions, the decision letters will be going out this week.</p>
<p>Overall, U of M will offer admission to 12K out of 25K applicants.</p>
<p>KINGISHERE, I hope you’re right. While some of the very qualified applicants have great options like Cornell and Cal, most of the deferres at this point are borderline ones with Mich being our top school.
M1817, how’d you get your info? Is there a link, or did you call? If that’s true, Michigan’s acceptance rate has decreased quite dramatically from 57%to 48% in only one year.</p>
<p>m1817’s numbers are about right. I heard Michigan received a little over 25,000 applicantions and will give out a little under 12,000 acceptances. Yes, a pretty big dip from 57% to 47%. A similar trend is supposed to persist over the next couple of years.</p>
<p>I just called umich undergraduate admissions. According to the lady I spoke to, she said deferred applicant’s decisions should be mailed to you by this friday.</p>
<p>Since we are in SoCal, the timing can be tricky for my son to call; I did call last week and I basically read ‘our’ admissions rep the riot act; I used the word “mishandled” as far as my son’s app, and I told her that it was actually cruel what they were doing to all of these students. Because we live so far away, we can’t just jump in the car and drive right over should he get in. We were expecting news from them in February! Additionally, even if he does by some miracle get in, there are no more admitted student programs after next weekend. If letters are mailed on 4/14, we won’t get it until too late, maybe a week later.<br>
Yes, she did state that decisions would NOT be posted online. Oh, and don’t forget the fact that enrollment/housing deposits have been taken for weeks now - what kind of housing does anyone think they’ll get?</p>
<p>We don’t care about how many more apps they received - they should have been prepared, based on the last few years of climbing admissions stats. I only care about the student who’s living under my roof, who met/exceeded their application guidelines, only to have UM not stick to their side of the deal (reviewing and deciding within a reasonable period of time; think the website states 12-14 weeks). She explained that in addition to overenrolling the last TWO years, they are without one of their dorms (renovations), so they have fewer spots to give a larger application pool.</p>
<p>S’s app was filed 10/31 and complete 12/1; others with very similar dates and lower stats heard within 6 weeks, we’re going on, what, 20 weeks? Either say yes or say no, don’t defer beyond a reasonable time period. This school was once fairly high on his list, it has now tumbled down pretty far. I think any student with a deferred admission decision who does NOT get in should write a letter requesting their app fee refunded - UM did not hold up their end of the admissions application game!</p>
<p>Just my two cents…</p>
<p>Alot of the defferred applicants feel the same way. They are taking an unreasonably long time to make a yes or no decision. No other school has created so much distress for me.</p>
<p>One of Remark-gi’s points is one we’ve noted with consternation. The admitted student programs end this week. Michigan will be admitting students after its admitted students programs have ended. All that is left are the normal campus tours for juniors. This is mighty poor planning.</p>
<p>What about the other point about housing. Is’nt that another issue? Will the kids admitted now even have dorms available…</p>
<p>all the decisions will be mailed out this weekend for sure, as i was told by the admissions office today…but i’m not sure if that means we’ll get out results back this weekend or next week. I’m hoping for this Saturday but not likely.
also, the favorable decisions will be posted up online(WA)
I was somewhat surprised when the lady admitted that it’d be a pretty accurate guess that the acceptance rate for this year is around 47% :s
ahhh nerves…</p>
<p>“M1817, how’d you get your info? Is there a link, or did you call?”</p>
<p>I spoke w/ Erica Sanders last night when she was in Houston.</p>
<p>If there is anyone in Dallas who would speak w/ her in person, she will be there tonight from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at</p>
<p>Westin Galleria Dallas
13340 Dallas Parkway
Dallas, TX 75240 </p>
<p>She will be there at a Big Ten College Fair Reception for prospective students.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.umich.edu/prospective/bigten.html[/url]”>http://www.admissions.umich.edu/prospective/bigten.html</a></p>
<p>according to the office, all decisions will be made this week, and mass mailed probably this saturday. The decisions should be arriving mid next week, or monday if you live close enough. That means it will give you rougly 10~11 days to make a decision that will clearly impact your life. (gotta visit too if I get admitted).
Thank you Michigan for your awesomeness in admission process for deferred students !!</p>
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<p>This particular concern is a non-issue. Michigan guarantees housing to all incoming freshmen.</p>
<p>In fact, that’s one of the contributors to the decision delays. Michigan has housing constraints. If they were willing to deny housing to some number of freshmen, going over the target would be less of a big deal.</p>
<p>inteatime, I’m not so sure that acceptances will be posted online. I was told that they would not be posted online.</p>
<p>i’m not 100% positive…i was just reporting what the lady told me today</p>
<p>This whole process is rediculous at UMich…im from MA and like remark just cant pick up and visit UMich. I was hoping to make it to an accepted students day next week as i thought i would know by now but i guess that won’t be happening. No matter what, accepted or rejected, Umich admissions office can expect an angry letter from me.</p>