<p>So my status on 7th semester grades changes.....from 2nd notification to "waived". Called and they said that they received grades but they were no longer needed. Thoughts?</p>
<p>Is that a guess? Or an actual policy? </p>
<p>@blue007 is wrong. Many people’s 7th semester does not end until February anyway. I was deferred but sent my 7th semester grades ASAP. Mine were received on the 5th of this month (that’s the date my transcript is labelled as) and there’s been no problem.</p>
<p>Waived means waived. Received means received.</p>
<p>So I guess then the question would be…why? Why would they waive the requirement?</p>
<p>If your transcript was processed it would say “received.” If they didn’t process an applicant’s new grades by x date, the system changed the applicant’s profile to “waived.”</p>
<p>Why? Well there are deadlines in play and people have jobs to do. If your grades weren’t avail until after their deadline, well, more or less, tough luck. They can’t handle dealing with thousands of random transcripts coming in for the next month. Senior year grades generally don’t matter anyways. Are you an OOS applicant worrying about them looking at first semester grades? In all honesty, your deferral was probably just a courtesy.</p>
<p>It either means they made a decision on your file or they aren’t going to use your grades for some reason to make a decision. If you were deferred and asked to send them and you did, you’ve done all you can. Good luck. </p>
<p>When senior grades are requested by U-M, the checklist for 7th semester grades gets added to Wolverine Access and the status is set as “requested”. At that point, your application has essentially been set aside and is waiting for that additional information before it gets reviewed again. Upon receipt of an updated transcript, the setting gets changed to “received” and your application is assigned back to the admissions counselor for review.</p>
<p>The admissions office still has to put in a final evaluation for all of the students that had 7th semester grades requested, but never submitted them. That process has started this week. They mark the 7th semester grades in Wolverine Access as “waived” so that the application can be reassigned to the admissions counselor to continue with their evaluation.</p>
<p>Just because it reads “waived” doesn’t mean admissions no longer wants to see them. It just means they’re proceeding without them. If the person initial reviewing the applicaiton had enough concern to request senior grades, it would suggest that they weren’t comfortable putting in a high evaluation based on what was in the application. Now they have to put in a final evaluation and they have nothing new to alleviate those concerns.</p>
<p>Updated transcripts can still be submitted after the status has been set to “waived”. The status will then switch over to “received” still. That doesn’t mean that the reviewing counselor will necessary see it though. If they already finished their evaluation without it, that updated transcript won’t be factored into the evaluation. I suggest emailing your territory counselor when your new transcript has been successfully updated to “received” to let them know.</p>