<p>This is a request to all those who got into their first choice college already to please withdraw their Michigan application whether you got accepted or not so that people (like me) who consider Michigan to be their first choice will be able to stand a better chance at getting in.
Please have a heart. Michigan is a top-choice for many of us and if you've already gotten into a better school and have no interest in Michigan whatsoever then I'd suggest you please ask to withdraw your application.</p>
<p>Haha, it’ll show them that they screwed up :P</p>
<p>But seriously, guys, please… If you KNOW you’re not going to Michigan under any circumstances whatsoever then please have a heart and withdraw your application.</p>
<p>I agree with the OP. Not withdrawing your application just to see if you would have gotten accepted (without intention to matriculate) is mean. Let the people whose first choice is UM have a better chance of admission.</p>
<p>“Please have a heart. Michigan is a top-choice for many of us and if you’ve already gotten into a better school and have no interest in Michigan whatsoever then I’d suggest you please ask to withdraw your application.”</p>
<p>At this early date I highly doubt many have been accepted to so called “better” schools, but those that have of course should inform Michigan they will not be attending asap. There are probably quite a few people, such as some of the bitter posters that I have read here on CC, who have absolutely no intentions of attending Michigan and should let the university know to drop their names now that they have been officially deferred. That would also be the honorable thing to do.</p>
<p>There are many people on CC who have been accepted ED to Cornell etc. and SCEA to Yale/MIT/Stanford etc. and have gotten deferred/accepted.</p>
<p>This is a request to those people who know that they’re not attending UMich to please withdraw their application in order to give a spot to an equally deserving candidate who really wants to go to Michigan as it is their top choice.</p>
<p>while some people have gotten into other private schools, many financial aid packages do not come out until spring. for most people, money is an issue. you can’t expect people to withdraw applications until they know what schools they are going to be able to afford, especially because michigan is on the more affordable end (at least, for in-state students).</p>
<p>Well, if someone got accepted ED1 to a school, then they would have HAD to withdraw their U-M application by now because that is the policy.</p>
<p>I def. agree though that if someone got into Yale or Stanford SCEA, or some other college EA that they’re POSITIVE they would go to over Michigan, they should withdraw their application as well.</p>
<p>I know multiple kids who into both MIT EA and UMich EA. They were given very generous merit packages in February and March and ended up denying MIT. While it’s admirable for a student to withdraw their name to give others a chance, I believe students who have worked hard enough to gain acceptance into top tier schools in the earliest rounds should have the privilege of weighing all their options at the very end just to make sure everything is in order.</p>