Does anyone know if it’s appropriate to send supporting documents to U Mich if waitlisted? My son’s counsellor at his high school suggested we send a financial letter stating we can pay tuition (he’s international). Another school, he was waitlisted at stated they are open to receive such documents, but we haven’t seen anything like that with U Mich. Thanks for your help in advance.
Go to portal, select Application tab, click “About The Waitlist” button.
In the FAQ, it states: “We will not accept any additional documents from you unless specifically requested, as they will not impact your final decision.”
There is a Michigan Waitlist thread, spanning several years.
Some parents whose children were accepted reported that they sent in a LOCI.
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Didn’t Michigan’s handling of LOCI change just in the last year or two? I thought that’s what led to the text box in the portal for the EOCI. (@Knowsstuff ?)
I have no idea, and am not advocating sending in anything besides the yes/no answer.
Just providing info that I am aware of.
We selected to be on the waitlist, per the instructions; and are also proceeding to select our next best alternative. We do not turn down opportunities that we are interested In pursuing, but we are also realists (see post above).
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As stated above. Michigan doesn’t want anymore information, unless they request it. There are always stories of people sending in letters etc after the fact and getting in. There is no proof any of this works or just coincidence.
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Thank You, @Knowsstuff for the detailed message on waitlist. I guess no one clear on Ross school admission this year. First year they are doing direct admission to Ross and previous years you get admitted to LSA and from there chance to Ross. Since being separate application to Ross, you are not offered a position in LSA and when you end up in waitlist, lot unknowns. Feel like number applicants to Ross might have been less this year with new restrictions and no one knows from that how many to waitlist etc. No historic data either since it is new process. More waiting.
No one will know probably till the fall. Wait list can go to end of June.
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Very helpful, thank you!
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We are also wondering. Not expecting to get off of the WL for Ross and truly want my child to be happy with her choice. Not sure we would choose Mich if she gets off. The price difference is enormous. Because she put so much time into the portfolio, she is curious to see what happens. We are outside of Boston and Michigan is insanely popular. Dozens of kids apply and last year seven got in. Two from the WL. I don’t think they’ve had a kid get into Ross in years. Seems like people don’t bother trying. My daughter and one of her classmates seem to be the only two she knows of right now on the WL for Ross from her school. Normally I hear they like to pull OOS bc of the $$$ but with Ross it’s tricky. I have to wonder if the in state apps were down bc who wants to risk a chance at Michigan at in state tuition? We felt like it was going to be Ross or bust bc of OOS tuition and my daughter’s ECs are very business focused. Will be interesting for sure! We have definitely moved on but are interested to see how it shakes out for all. Good luck!
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This year will be very interesting to see how it all panned out. You likely are aware, Ross generally publishes the details of the prior admissions cycle in July (2023 was in October, I didn’t see an earlier summary but there might have been):
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Will we start to see acceptances in May?
It’ll be as soon as they have clarity on yield and how the class is coming together. As an extreme example, imagine if everyone who was accepted and chooses not to attend withdraws today. They’d know immediately in that case whether they needed more students to fill the class, how many, and of what composition (IS/OOS, full pay vs FA, athletes, within each college, etc etc etc).
ETA: they’ll have a typical idea historically how the timing of this plays out. So if in actuality it’s trending ahead or behind what’s usual, they may act sooner or later. Of course, given the ever shifting landscape in college admissions, history may not be such a great guide at this point.
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If you haven’t yet, take a look at the Michigan Waitlist thread I linked, a few posts above. It may be totally different this year, as suggested. But it should give you a feel for when decisions were posted in the past several years.
Great explanation above but I will just say no. My gut feeling is telling me less people will come off the wait list this year. Very few do anyway.
Michigan does do drips and drops of acceptances till they meet their numbers. On here on CC this is just a very small microcosm of the “real” world. I would also be careful on Reddit. Every year some dude will profess they got accepted.
Good Luck.
Obviously, smaller programs, like Architecture, SMTD, Kinesiology, Nursing, etc. may see admittances from the WL sooner rather than later, due to the sheer size of the larger programs (LSA, CoE, or even Ross).
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About 5% off the waitlist like the last few years probably?
I don’t know but historical it it’s been around that.
Not to sound discouraging, but even if the 5% number (or slightly higher) holds this year, then comparing about 20% acceptance rate from the broader applicant pool with 5% from a highly filtered pool, would tell you that realistic chances are close to nil, especially for a desirable major.
Living in hopes of getting off a waitlist isn’t something I’d wish upon my worst enemy.
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I’d refer you to the waitlist FAQ on the portal, which includes: “How many applicants are offered admission from the waitlist?”
It shows response rates and acceptance rates for the last 4 years.
With all due respect, I doubt anyone on this thread can provide an accurate prediction as to whether this year it will be at either end of the spectrum, or some other amount; or, the reason(s) why.
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One important thing to not overlook is a logic error related to the waitlist selection rates.
The probability of any individual being selected is much, much smaller than the overall 0.5 to 5.0% selection rate stated in the waitlist FAQ - due to the way the selected people are chosen to fill gaps in the school’s various college populations.
Still, if you don’t say yes, you are guaranteed not to be selected.
This, of course, does not mean that your probability of being selected is meaninfully different than your probability of winning the Powerball jackpot.
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