I have been reading a few forums and find it interesting that some universities have had to go back to rejected students. University of Michigan and Northeastern have done this. Any other universities?
I have not heard of this. Not at all. Schools are increasingly going to waitlists, I’ve noticed but I have not heard of a single rejected student with status changed.
I would be skeptical if U Michigan reportedly did this. They have a ridiculously long waitlist and habitually take very few off of it. I can’t see them ever changing a rejection into an acceptance in the same cycle, not without a multi million dollar donation or something crazy. I think someone might be yanking your chain.
A colleague had a performing arts major moved from denied to waitlisted at Western Michigan, still on the waitlist AFAIK.
Never heard of this. They are going to the waitlist this year, but not accepting rejected students.
What forums have you read this on? It sounds like hearsay.
People are reading it on Reddit and think it’s true.
I heard of a Syracuse applicant who was accepted but did not accept admission and did not pay deposit but was told that the spot was held for him/her in case he/she changes his/her mind. I heard of it here on CC.
U Michigan and Northeastern? No way. Maybe at a directional, it’s possible.
Not the same obviously, but IIRC, there is/was thread about a couple students here on CC about going back to UCLA admissions and requesting them to reconsider the student’s rejection of UCLA’s acceptance. And allegedly UCLA granted them their requests.
But I haven’t heard of UMich changing a rejection to an acceptance, but I guess anything is possible.
BTW, UMich offered 12,527 a place on their waitlist last year. 4,922 accepted their place on the waitlist. There were 89 admissions from the waitlist. And UMich increased acceptances this year because they want to grow their class and due to Covid-19.
That is a totally different situation. The student was never rejected by Syracuse.