Really disappointed in U Michigan(assuming other postings correct)

calipapa
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 20:47:21 +0000

I think Michigan (and many other colleges) are being insensitive when they know students have no leverage. Rolling (unpredictable) decisions causes anxiety among students, albeit completely self-inflicted.

Many colleges use other methods of notification which also causes anxiety (some use us-mail, some use mail, but leak clues through partial portal updates, some put decisions in mail and go off on winter break or spring break with no one to answer at admissions office, etc. etc). Besides notification methods, colleges engage in aggressive marketing to increase the number of applications and lure candidates who have no shot at their college, this is probably a more egregious offense.

A student cannot (and should not) make a decision to attend based on the behavior of the front office. But, I see the OP’s point in that a university that condones such behavior from the front office may not always behave with a student-first attitude (not that is always necessary). But I still believe in the quote “Do not attribute to malice what can be attributed to ignorance” and hope that Michigan and other colleges alter their behavior to be more sensitive, especially when it does not cost them anything.