<p>@nnocnat2 Perfectly said. UM owes no applicant ANYTHING besides their admission decision. No school does. </p>
<p>I have never attacked someone on CC ever. But for students like @sgballsta to come here and pontificate how they should run admissions and to make blatant assumptions based on a few anecdotes from his “top 100” high school is beyond arrogance. A 35 on the ACT makes you no better than someone who has a 30- it may make you a better paper “applicant,” but not a better person. There are dozens of non-statistical aspects that go into a holistic decision, which is why chance me’s are so silly. </p>
<p>I am so happy for your EA acceptance, and it brings me back to two years ago when my son also was admitted EA. It was the merriest Christmas he had ever had. I hope yours (or whatever you celebrate) was, too.</p>
<p>You have every right to be proud of your acceptance. My son absolutely adores Michigan and I can’t imagine a better college experience for him. </p>
<p>I wish you the same wherever you end up. Go Blue! </p>
<p>@Osserpusser I at no point said I’m better equipped to run the admissions department at UMich. All I stated is that the admissions department at UMich makes some suspect decisions, in my opinion. I am allowed to express my own opinion and I at no point tried to demean someone else’s admission. A 35 Act doesn’t make you a better person. All it really means is that you probably studied harder, do better on standardized tests, or have money to pay for expensive classes and programs However, the fact that the school defers so many overqualified applicants is proof enough that the school wants to keep its admissions rate low, as that directly influences their national rankings. </p>
<p>Thank you @PurpleTitan for the interesting fact based information, which just goes to show you that facts can be “spun” however a school (or applicant) would like. </p>
<p>Congrats to all admitted EA and best of luck to those deferred. Happy 2015! </p>
<p>@sgballsta you know that those of us who worked did what we are supposed to do, right? Study and work our tails off for three plus years. Does that make us better? No but don’t just assume that we are yield protection. How insulting and I say this as a 4.0, 34 ACT EA admit. Go blue!</p>
<p>@sgballsta You are absolutely entitled to your opinion. I just happen to think your opinion is based on incomplete and incorrect information. </p>
<p>Do you also believe the same of Stern since you were deferred? How about the other schools that will defer or deny your valedictorian? It will happen. Are they, too suspect? Remember, in 2014, there was only ONE applicant worldwide admitted to ALL of the ivies. Having been through this recently with two kids, the only thing I can say with 100 percent certainty is that there is no rhyme or reason to college admissions. </p>
<p>I’m sure you’re aware UM has an overenrollment issue, a solution to which was announced to the public in September. The lower rate of EA acceptances should come as no surprise to anyone who did their homework.</p>
<p>Also, as stated on their website: “The Office of Admissions promises no special privileges to Early Action candidates, such as giving your application materials a higher priority or a more lenient review. Choosing to apply through Early Action does not make it easier or harder to gain admission to U-M—it is merely a way to get your decision faster.”</p>
<p>I’m sorry your EA experience has not been what you expected. I truly wish the best for you. </p>
<p>I gotta say, some of you folks on this thread seem to have one track minds.<br>
Being a girl applying to COE helps.
Being a girl who has a bunch of ECs in engineering and programming already and who won a state-level robotics championship is impressive.</p>
<p>Ultimately, UMich COE wants to produce grads who will make them proud, and I know that if I was hiring for an programming role, I’d rather take someone who’s passionate about doing good programming work even if they have low test scores over someone who just has high test scores (and I speak as someone who had high test scores back in the day).</p>
<p>And yes, those test scores are really low, but maybe she just does badly in a standardized test environment.</p>
<p>@Osserpusser Actually, my deferral at Stern, at least according to the admissions counselor I talked to, was because I applied HEOP (a program for financially challenged students) and messed up some of the questions/deadlines on my app. Like a complete idiot. Maybe it’s for the best, as I could get into a better school. maybe not. Who knows? I don’t really plan on going to UMich, so maybe my deferral was a good thing, as I wasn’t truly committed and someone who was dedicated to the school got in instead of me. </p>
<p>sgballsta! All this and you don’t even want to go to Michigan that much? Then why all the posting…it sounds like you just feel insulted that you did not get in. Perhaps the admissions officers could tell that you were not all that passionate? Maybe this can be a lesson learned for the schools you are very interested in…show your interest?</p>
<p>“Maybe it’s for the best, as I could get into a better school. maybe not. Who knows? I don’t really plan on going to UMich, so maybe my deferral was a good thing, as I wasn’t truly committed and someone who was dedicated to the school got in instead of me.”</p>
<p>I bet your essays clearly demonstrated your level of interest in Michigan. They were right to defer you. </p>
<p>I was deferred from CoE with a 2120 (1470 Math + CR) and a 3.88 UW GPA. Would it be beneficial for me to change my application to LSA? I know it is possible and I heard LSA is easier to get into than CoE. I am really interested in engineering but I would rather get into the school first and then transfer into CoE. However, I am afraid that the RD pool for LSA is going to be extremely competitive this year since so many high stats applicants were deferred. </p>
<p>lialex14 It’s easy to transfer from CoE to LSA, but it is extremely difficult to transfer from LSA to CoE. At least all of my friends that have tried to do that have said so. </p>
Someone said a while back on this thread that ultimately, UMich accepts the students that they want. Period. I think that this simple statement brings everything back into perspective. No university would decline students they truly wanted or accept students that they didn’t. Now, I am by no means saying that anyone who did/didn’t get in is any more/less qualified as anyone else (believe me I’ve already read a rejection letter and its not fun), but you just have to consider that each university is trying to find students that really “fit” their criteria. That’s all. There’s a college for everyone and we’ll all end up where we are supposed to be.
I mean, my essays didn’t express disinterest. But the essay probably wasn’t as passionate as some other ones by other students. I could always post it and see what you guys think lol.
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