@MoTownBlues. Don’t know what % of admission has been announced exactly. Before they start rolling out rejection notice, there should still be s significant number of admission to be released. Did you apply to LSA? Your GPA is on the low side but you still have some chance from in state based on the stat.
@raindowninafrica You still don’t know his essay and LoRs. I agree that ACT 27 is low, but I also see some admitted with even lower score on the Almanac. With such a low score, there must be something standing out on his application to get him accepted.
@billcsho any idea what the OOS acceptance rate is looking like for this year?
@raindowninafrica It could depend on rigor of academics, diversity factors, number of community service hours, letters of recommendation, personal circumstances, etc. They take a lot of different things into consideration. It’s frustrating to see people who may feel less qualified get in, but they pick and choose their students based on a number of factors. It is difficult to present yourself as a guaranteed candidate because really there is no guaranteed formula that will ensure that you get in. If they presented a basis for their decisions, they would most likely allow students to appeal their decisions. I’m not 100% sure on this, but I don’t think they allow students to appeal.
I am pretty sure that most of the major wave releases coincide with the releases for LSA Honors. I’m not sure if that’s just coincidental so far, but if it is true and continues to follow that pattern, the next BIG wave will be around March 29th!
why would one want to appeal? If they don’t want you - show you the love - move on!
So, I was checking my applicant portal after not looking at it purely out of dread, and on the section for mid-February grades it said they had been waived when I swear I had my counselor send them in? What does this mean, exactly? (I’m posting this in the RD thread too because I really need an answer on this)
Waived means that they decided to go ahead and review your application without taking your grades into account. It can be good or bad, but I’d call the admissions office and let them know that you sent in your grades a while back
@Bella2018 It is likely to be in the mid teens.
This is just speculation but I see a large number of low income kids getting in so maybe U of M is trying to bolster their Go Blue Guarantee and making those who qualify a priority. Whether this is good or bad, I think, will be determined by the outcome. Michigan being a state school also probably pushes them to try and bring in students who will stay in Michigan. Again this is all speculation. The entire statement “Holistic admissions” can encompass a lot and can vary from school to school on meaning. You can play the game take a drink every time you hear holistic when you go to an admissions event for the top tier schools. A few years ago you didn’t hear that in admissions, now it’s the going phrase.
I truly feel for college admissions folks because after this year’s metaphorical bloodbath at Top 30 colleges there will be even more pressure on high school college counselors and seniors to AGAIN boost the number of applications they send out. This leaves admissions’ departments scarmbling to guess yield which has fluctuated wildly in recent years. I also fear the rise of the manufactured extracurricular profile is going to further increase along with those applying for extra testing time. This whole process lends itself to being bought by those who can afford several thousand dollars for a “consultant” to get their child into college. I know the admissions folks are no fan of this because I do believe most of them want to find the best folks for their college and I do believe their intent if to holistically review applicants… What is really sad is that, as in most things these days, the folks best off in applying to college are the very poor and the very rich while the working middle class is left in a situation where even if they get into some of these colleges it is a struggle to pay for it.
On my portal, there is no tab for mid-year grades, just “Transcript High School, School Report / Counselor Rec, HS Teacher Evaluation/Acad Rec, Tests.” I was deferred EA and received the letter encouraging me to send my mid-term grades. What does this mean?
@chrys1 if you sent in mid year grades the transcript date would simply update to when they received them
my S sent in mid-year grades but they never updated on the portal. However, when he called to check, they did say that they had received them. Probably overwhelmed with the volume of stuff being sent in and didn’t update the status.
@johnrh There is no need to speculate. The socioeconomic data of admitted students is available on the Almanac. There are some recruitment program for low income students, but more likely it is due to the self selected applicant pools. With need met policy, it attracted a lot more lower income students to apply.
Do you mind sharing your grades like GPA,ACT OR SAT? Thank you
What is the admit rate off the waitlist?
@NSaltzman did you get waitlisted? Waitlisted applicants are very unlikely to be accepted. I think it is something like .3 percent.
The WL admission rate fluctuate a lot. Just don’t count on it. They invite over 10k to be wait listed and only a few dozens get admitted typically. It all depends on the actual yield rate of that year.
@billcsho so according to the 2017 Almanac GPA rate was 3.8 to 4.0 for 80% of entering freshman while the ACT was almost 80% between 30 and 36. Those are pretty incredible statistics. That means that of the 6,487 students entering freshmen year 2017 about 5,477 had a GPA of 3.8 or above and nearly that much had an ACT of 30 or above.