@chicagomom1998. It typically comes into your portal then email later on. Sometimes it can go to spam so check that.
DD’s LOCI response:
Thank you for your continued interest in the University of Michigan. Please be assured that it will be noted in my evaluation of your application, along with the recent accomplishments you shared, and I will continue to advocate for your admission. The University received almost 40,000 early action applications this year, which was record breaking volume and as a result, admission was very competitive. Be assured that we use a holistic and comprehensive review process and looked at all aspects of your application before a decision was made. We considered your grades, curriculum, test scores, essays, extra-curricular involvement, and personal background as part of our evaluation.
Before we can make a final decision on your application we need to further evaluate the strength of the regular decision applicants, as well as the yield rate of our admitted students to determine if we have space for you in the freshman class. There is nothing further we need from you at this time and we ask you do not send in any other additional information. As stated in your deferral letter, we will have a final admissions decision for you by early April.
Again, admission to the University of Michigan is the most competitive it has ever been this year, so while you are a strong candidate and I encourage you to keep the University of Michigan as an option, I always encourage all deferred applicants to also explore the other opportunities available to them. Please feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions or concerns.
Go Blue,
That does NOT sound promising. ?
4.6 GPA, 4.0 UW GPA, 35 ACT
@jpehurley You didn’t mention what school within UMich that your D applied to, but the deferral certainly isn’t/wasn’t a stats issue. The average in the last wave on 3/1-2 was around 3.9 UWGPA and a 34 ACT. A notch higher for CoE.
Parents and students have speculated for years about the various deferral letters and there’s been no direct correlation found with an outcome.
She applied to LSA.
4 year varsity sport. Travel competition sport. Captain
Multiple clubs, NHS, tons and tons of volunteering
Any idea of the UMich yield of your D’s HS?
No. We’re OOS but are originally from Michigan. I went to Michigan. DH went to Michigan State.
That being said, we live in an area with a lot of Michigan transplants, so I’m not sure. Our school district has 9 high schools all graduating 400-500 students.
The only student I know to be admitted there from her school recently was admitted with a football scholarship and had it taken away for bad conduct
FWIW, @jpehurley, the response your DD received to the LOCI is more personalized (encouraging?) than the two our kids received, particularly the language “I will continue to advocate for your admission.” We are an alumni family, the kids have competitive stats, and we didn’t get that extra personalization. Fingers crossed for you.
@jpehurley It’s the same exact email my D received from the local rep when she sent her LOI.
Has your D been accepted or is she still waiting?
@jpehurley She was deferred EA and she sent the LOI after that. She is still waiting…
Does the interview do much, or does it not matter at all??
When is the next wave of decisions coming out?
For LSA 
OOS
@hannah1789 it can’t mean too much since Michigan sent out an email saying you might get your decision before you get to have your interview. My son has his yesterday by the way.
The interview is just a way for the student to find out more about Michigan and to give the alumni something to do to feel connected. BUT even though I am sure many didn’t do the interview got accepted. Michigan is looking for ways the students is telling them they really want to go there. Accepting an interview is just one of those ways. If you were given the chance and didn’t accept it what would you think if you were the reviewer? Just my take on it.
I hope it’s appropriate to ask this question here, what do you think of UMich engineering vs GAtech engineering?
@Micc both great programs. Go for fit /feel.
Is one drastically less expensive?
@Knowsstuff I think they are more or less the same in costs. Never visited GAtech but saw UMich and I like it. I heard stress is a big problem in GAtech so that’s a concern.
Is there a grade deflation in UMich?
GT is ~$14K less per year for OOS using each schools cost estimates. That is not the same in my book.
@Micc Two great schools, in two different locales, but I would setup a new thread that’s not just prospective UMich students for a wider audience to your question.