<p>@Alexandre I’m not sure whether that strategy - at least in January - is going to work. Those who have their ED/EA admits elsewhere, hopefully, get out of the pool before then. But those who have other applications pending or got into their safeties, which would be the majority, would still be in the pool. The easiest thing to do for these students is to send a note expressing interest to Michigan. In other words, the situation in January could be marginally better for the deferred pool, but not too much. Add to this the RD pool applicants as well. </p>
<p>I think Michigan is experimenting now, and this experiment could succeed or fail. Ultimately, they have to move to ED, or have an earlier EA acceptance date so that they can stop over-enrolling. </p>