I spoke with the Engineering Scholarship department today and they have not even met yet to review and determine merit scholarship recipients. That will not happen until February. About 10% of admitted engineering students will be awarded merit scholarships - 1/2 of those will be a combination need and merit.
Has anyone who got deferred during early action been accepted yet?
It would not happen so soon, Their RD deadline for submitting applications is the end of month in January. They would like to take a look at the RD application pool before they start sending acceptances to the deferred students. Sol very unlikely that it will happen before the RD application deadline.
Do you know when the earliest is that acceptances would start to be sent out?
Have any Ross PA applicants who accepted in December 2015 by UMich received an email from Ross Undergraduate Admissions office recently?
I know this is an EA thread but is there anyone who applied RD and got back their decision?
Thanks!
@Arsenalfan123 I didn’t apply RD but I don’t think anyone would hear back before the Feb. 1 deadline.
Can you get deferred RD?
@PlanningMyFuture I don’t think anyone gets deferred RD. It’s either admit, deny, or waitlist.
@thundermichigan I have been informed by UofM that the last week of January and the first week of February is the beginning of decisions going out. However, deferred applicants are likely to hear them because their application was submitted early into the RD pool. We are not considered last, but rather considered WITH the RD pool. Our strength against the current RD applicants could be a factor in how quickly we hear, but it’s never certain. Many are accepted in April.
Damn, waiting sucks. I applied EA specifically because I didn’t want to wait, so this deferral is killing me. Just would’ve been nice to already have things hammered out for next year, you know? I am among those of you that got the so-called “good” deferral letter, so are we thinking that these decisions could really be coming out any time in the coming weeks?
@angelacgeorge I think there is a possibility that some will be released the first week in February. Maybe on Friday the 5th?
@angelacgeorge what is a “good” deferral letter?
@angelacgeorge there’s isn’t necessarily one, as previous threads have shown that each letter, regardless of wording, led to an acceptance in a lot of cases. The “good” one just sounds a little friendly in its vocabulary.
@MidwestIsBest like I said above, my regional counselor said last week of January and first week of February is when it starts!
@MidwestIsBest Yeah, that would be ideal! Just ready to begin planning lol.
@hereismyname Honestly, I’m not super sure. When I was on the thread the day the decisions were released, there were a few different versions of deferrals, and one was pegged as the “better” one. I think really the only difference is that it says the application is currently being reviewed (as opposed to being pushed into the RD pool), and that there was sufficient information for an application decision (as opposed to requesting 1st semester grades/scores).
@gabidecost Yeah I would have to agree. Curious as to how they select who gets what deferral letter lol
@hereismyname the “good” deferral letter, which I received, is deemed better because it doesn’t really say anything more than suggesting to send in first semester grades. Again, suggesting to do that. They say something to the effect of “we are sure you have already provided us with everything we need” and that “the best candidates only send us what we require” so basically besides grades (if one feels like it) they feel they already have everything they need to make a decision which is better than them saying they need a bunch more things and basically “give us anything you can to help us try to let you in”. Also, the deferral letters are the same as last year and if one goes through last year’s thread then more people who received the “better” letter seemed to be accepted.
Hey guys,
I got deferred from early action round and recently got and email for an interview invitation for the HAIL program.
Did any of you guys get this and how popular is this?
Appreciate your help!
@Salutation a friend of mine got one for engineering!
@Salutation
UofM says this:
“The interviewer’s role is twofold: to capture and share impressions of the student to the admissions committee and to share one’s own Michigan experience with the applicant. Interviewers must be Michigan Engineering Alumni and must attend a training session, or complete online training. Interviews will be conducted in November and February.”
So it sounds like if it goes well - the admissions office will know!
@Salutation, that is good news! My son was accepted EA and he had a HAIL interview. I recommend you take that interview and wish you the very best of luck!