Thanks for the supportive words @michmich01 and @choirsandstages . :">
Odds are that the bulk of decisions next week will be waitlist offers, followed by rejections, but still some admitted as well. Usually the number of admits declines in each round. So EA has the most, with fewer students admitted in each subsequent round.
@danloeb do you think any decisions will be released this week??
I have been watching all the forums of colleges my son applied to. With Michigan saying they may not release decisions til mid- April makes me think they will see who commits from accepted list, then maybe make some offers if those kids decline. My son has not heard back yet either, but making his choice this weekend after attending one more admitted student day tomorrow. He’s already ruled out Michigan. Whether you get in here or not, enjoy whatever school you choose because they chose you, and you chose them!!!
“Odds are that the bulk of decisions next week will be waitlist offers, followed by rejections, but still some admitted as well. Usually the number of admits declines in each round. So EA has the most, with fewer students admitted in each subsequent round.”
I’m VERY confused by this comment. UMich last year announced it would no longer have the largest number of admits EA and definitely stuck to that last year. This year our data at a pool of 7 local schools( that as a rule have about 10 percent or more of the class receive admissions offers) indicates that the rounds after EA have been tiny. It’s a small sample but our Counseling office was told that this was not an anamoloy. The non EA rounds to date have been smaller than before and more are thus expected at the end ( obviously more people get denied or waitlisted then will be admitted just based on the fact that very few rejections have gone out so far )
Just a thought to everyone who has definitely ruled out attending Michigan, withdraw your application. That way those of us who are determined to go there will have higher chance of getting accepted now as opposed to being waitlisted.
That’s what I suspected @danloeb. I just don’t understand why no one from my daughter’s school has heard a word except for 1 person EA. The same thing happened last year- 1 got in EA, everyone else wait listed or rejected. We have a very competitive, ranked school. I wonder if for some reason we fell out of favor… I have an attending junior there, and my youngest has pretty similar stats, except for slightly lower GPA. She got the so called "good " deferral letter mentioning family ties- and yet we wait and wait and wait. It is beyond our control, so we have to accept. It’s been a real bummer
@maya54 your comments are reassuring. Maybe the bulk of decisions haven’t been made yet and there are many that were deferred from EA that still have a shot at admission. Let’s hope so!
nothing…
I think we have all just lost hope at this point for UMich.
How i wish i hadn’t applied to UMich
this is all so ridiculous! I feel like its so evil what they are doing everyone else waiting to hear from other schools know when they will hear back but we have no clue. decisions better be released next friday or i might loose it. i want to commit to a school and move on with my life already. at my school 4 people got in EA and typically (according to my naviance) around 6-8 get in. So im really hoping that its me but my school is really competitive so…
also IF U COMMIT TO ANOTHER SCHOOL PLS TAKE OUT YOUR UMICH APP
I’m an alumn and waiting on my kids decision, applied 10-14-15; this is torture but will be worth the wait if you get accepted. Her school is a “feeder” school. For past 6 years UofM has consistently accepted 50% - 52% of applicants. 93 applied this year, 30 accepted so far, so 16-18 more should hopefully get in on final wave. I disagree with posts saying remaining are wait lists or rejections. It’s tough but hang in there!
I think the fact that this is the first year that financial aid forms do not allow the colleges to see where else students have applied is making it very hard for schools like Michigan to protect their yield this year. If a FA kid was on the bubble in past years, a look at his/her other schools would be telling - all ivies and UMich would be less likely to yield than kid where Michigan was the most competitive school on their list. I wonder if this is a factor in slow releasing of decisions?
Well if that’s what is making it hard, then too bad, so sad. 
They were never supposed to be using that information in that manner and it was inappropriate to do so, in my opinion. It took way too long for the government to put an end to that, but thank goodness they did!
Applied on September 14th and got deferred…still waiting for a decision.
@chemmchimney Every year people claim Michigan is delaying making offers to protect their yield. There is zero evidence of this. Given how massively applications have grown, they don’t need to worry much about yield, especially as they have improved OOS financial aid.
As for the slow release of decisions, the reality is that thousands of students have now been admitted, including a large number on financial aid.
@klingon97 you may be right about that but the problem is EVERY schools admissions are way up. With kids applying to 10-12 schools and only able to attend 1 it is more challenging to predict yield and every school cares about yield. It’s not new - just the volume is new and it’s not unique to UM. Many other schools are also revising release dates and playing catch up but no one else has mentioned mid-April - a date that late will mean many kids will withdraw their applications once they hear from other schools and that can give UM a little more reassurance that the remaining applicants really want UM? Just a theory
And not suggesting UM is struggling to fill the beds either! Obviously they have way more qualified applicants than they need.
I applied October 12th and have still not received a decision. This has become so depressing for me. However, I will never give up!