Daughter got accepted into LSA honors on Thursday. Would love to hear from any who have some experience of the program and whether they liked it, how much extra work it entailed etc.
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Congrats! Was she admitted already? RD?
Go to the EA Michigan thread. That was just discussed and was positive. Getting South quad alone is one of the biggest reasons, special honor events, some smaller classes. Work load wasnāt that much more then regular.
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I emailed taubman, they said decisions will be released by end of march.
Normally rolling admissions would be fridays? so 3 fridays to go?
Hang in there! I have twin seniors and so chose not to use an admissions coach/service/counselor because too expensive. I have second guessed myself all along, but there are pros and cons to using those services.
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Multiple moves are a great way to show college AOs how a kid can adapt and thrive in new environment. I envy my friends who have that experience because they can already show-case to college their proven success story. For me, I was born and raised in the same place, I had to use essays to convey and convince AO that I can do it. Regarding resources, my parents offered to hire admission services multiple times throughout my HS years, as they call it āmarketing packagingā. I turned it down everytime. I feel I want to go to a place that want the real me, not something I am not. I want to do ECs that I am interested in, not because some consultants say I should do because it looks good on my application. In the end, I want to be at a school that fit the real me and I am happy in it. So donāt feel the parenting guilt here 
I think you are a great āpopā!
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Sorry, do we have an idea of when University of Michigan regular decision announcements will be made? My daughter was deferred early action.
3/29 likely. Fin aid confirmed to be distributed by 3/31 on the CSS profile page.
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ND rejection yesterday. I canāt help but think that the āadmission servicesā tilt the playing field. Still holding out hope for UMā¦ hope his stats/works will get him admitted.
I know there are a ton of qualified kids but heās never made less that an āAā in any course ever. 35 on his ACT (not super scored), Saturday of spring break heās at work changing tires (0730-1600), volunteers, no trouble in his past. It literally hurts me watching him go through this.
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Iām feeling that same pain and confusion for my kid and your son has better metrics. The pattern of my sonās admissions decisions has been almost nonsensical (except for one college that uses automatic admission).
I work in higher education (not admissions) and this experience has left me more than a little disillusioned with the process. I used to think it was ridiculous that people applied to 15+ colleges. I see that now as a rational response to what often seems like an arbitrary process.
I donāt believe in the āheāll end up where heās supposed to beā ex post facto rationalization, but I do hope heās accepted to at least one college that excites him.
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Your sonās stats sound really great! You should be very proud. This process is definitely seeming quite arbitrary. I keep hearing about kids getting into places like MIT but rejected from a state school. It really does not make a lot of sense to me. It is certainly not what it was like when I applied! I can tell you most of my classmates got into places we would have all predicted. Not many surprises. Todayās kids (my sonās friends), some surprises so far in both directions. I have twins applying, and I am telling myself that they will do well wherever they go because of who they are. Sometimes being a big fish in a little pond take you farther in the world than so much self-doubt in a big pond with other big fish. Rooting for your son, too!
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Agree that everyone applying to more schools makes it worse for everyone, but for an individual, I think thatās the rational response.
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Yes, I have been on the faculty of two universities (no longer) and have also been very surprised by the current process. I would love to be a fly on the wall of these admissions offices.
My bafflement about the process is not based on my (twin) sonsā experiences, per se, although I am surprised that one has not yet heard from two schools that he was well-qualified for that have already released a lot of decisions. The outcomes for many of their friends leaves me shaking my head.
I am beginning to wonder if it is boiling down to the ART of APPLYING more than anything else, and not to strength of experience and grades. I have watched over my sonsā shoulders as they watch videos of kids who have gotten into places like CMU who reviewed their record and ECs and claimed to have āstarted a clubā and I just roll my eyes. It has seemed like so much padding, and so much similar padding. Even if they did start a club, to me, it just seems to be following a formula that has been put out there by websites that specialize in boosting applications. I donāt know. And there are also so many websites on how to answer each application questions for each college. Again, how can these AOs really tell which kid is genuinely creative or a true leader?
I agree with all you said, including the hope that they all get into at least one college they are excited about!
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I wish we could apply to fewer schools. As my results roll in, half of my decisions are from schools where I didnāt really have an interest in to begin with but I had to apply to because I applied for CS and I needed to apply to multiple places or I would be screwed.
Looking back, would I have cut down on the number of colleges I applied to? Itās a tough question. On one hand, some college applications really drained my time and I could have spent it improving my essays for schools I really wanted to go to. But on the other hand, getting in somewhere is better than nowhere.
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This is definitely a thing unfortunately. You really do have to over apply because the chances are so minuscule, especially for OOS kids at state flagships.
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Not sure if this is helpful or not, but at one of the admitted student events in Michigan this week they said that in the week before the admissions team had finally finished reading all the applications. Which was no small feat, they said, because they had received just under 98,000 applications this year. One of the slides during the presentation informed that theyāre aiming for a class of 7,000 first year students. I hadnāt seen either of those numbers from anywhere official yet for this cycle, so thought Iād share. I donāt know what this means for a release date, but Iād say itās fair to assume theyāre trying to shape their class and estimate yield from EA admits at this point. Itās got to be extremely difficult to estimate yield with many admitted students waiting for financial aid outcomes, etc.
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Their target number of admitted students is based on in-campus housing, correct?
Thatās a big jump in applications from last year. Their most recent CDS had 87,632 applicants. Unless they are expecting a lower yield (and admit more students) this cycle, their acceptance rate will likely fall from around 18% to around 16%.
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I have been curious on their application numbers. It was trending up year over year and the national championship win in January certainly didnāt hurt app numbers given their RD deadline was very late (early Feb).
When someone is admitted to Ross, does that mean a spot opens up for another applicant at the colleges/schools they initially applied to?
For example, if someone originally applied to LSA got in, and then got into Ross, does that mean their original spot at LSA becomes available for a new prospective student applying?