<p>So the deadline passed 3 days ago, so the big question is: How many were there? How has the number of applications compared to previous years? What is the current trend? Are there any interesting trends in racial or gender breakdown of the applicant pool? How is yield looking compared to other years? Have the test scores been better? How many are we going to look to accept based on the number of applications? I expect many pages of stats, lol.</p>
<p>Let me see that buuuuuuuuuuuuuump. Baby, that bump bump bump bump bump.</p>
<p>I'm looking foward to this. It sounds like they should be impressive- tons of apps and fewer acceptances.</p>
<p>no, i don't think it will be very impressive. everyone i know got in.</p>
<p>Early indicators suggest they should at least be impressive as the class of '09s statistics. Hoedown, help us out!!!!</p>
<p>I don't post hard numbers until it's released to the public. </p>
<p>Apps are up. They are still coming in.</p>
<p>It would be too soon to tell on yield, quality, etc. U-M is still admitting the class.</p>
<p>Obviously some people send in deposits this early (and the online option seems to be accelerating that process) but many students wait on financial aid packages from all their schools, etc., and won't send deposits in until April.</p>
<p>When do you think the school might release some numbers, like total applicants? Clearly they don't know total accepted or yield, but shouldn't they have all the applications yet?</p>
<p>I found these stats at the UM website <a href="http://www.engin.umich.edu/about/studentprofile.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.engin.umich.edu/about/studentprofile.html</a> </p>
<p>Do you think these stats:
% Offered Admission 73%
Median HS GPA for Admitted Freshmen 3.8
Median ACT for Admitted Freshmen 30
Median SAT for Admitted Freshmen 1380 </p>
<p>will be similar to this year for the engineering school? I was deferred, and my high school finally sent my 1st semester grades either yesterday or Monday. With a 1390(800M/590V) on SAT's and strong math and science grades(English and History brought my UM GPA down to a 3.4ish), and really good recommendations, I have a good feeling. But considering the whole university is gonna be more competitive next year, I don't know how those stats will hold up. For now, all I can do is hope and pray.</p>
<p>Sometimes the admissions office will throw some rough numbers out earlier, but that's their call.</p>
<p>Otherwise, the U doesn't count apps, admits, paids, or anything else as final until after the Fall term starts in September. That's when they know EXACTLY who came, who was actually resident & nonresident, and so on. All summer long, the numbers change as people's residency appeals get processed (that is, from week to week they'll have fewer nonres apps and more res apps, due to students being reclassified).</p>
<p>But they can't even give a good estimate of total apps received a week after the deadline? The apps should have stopped coming in by now I would have thought.</p>
<p>I agree with Chibearsfan17 on that. Hoedown said yesterday that apps were still coming in, and there was the February 1st deadline, last week. I was thinking that since I was deferred a while ago, and I sent in first semester grades, and apps should have stopped coming in last week, I'd think they'd make a final decision on me soon. And I don't understand why they'd still be accepting applications.</p>
<p>Well, yes, they could ballpark it, but they don't. Michigan tends to wait until things are official before releasing data. It's the culture here, don't know why.</p>
<p>Michigan doesn't always close down apps on February 1st. They can still choose to accept them after 2/1 in any year, although those students who apply later than 2/1 may not get the same consideration for admission or for anything else. We're not talking about tons of applications, at any rate.</p>
<p>Similarly, some universities will accept a deposit after May 1 (Michigan hasn't lately, because, well, no room).</p>
<p>Apparently other elite schools are doing the same (see "Elite schools extending deadline" under the Admissions sub-forum, last update 2/6). I was surprised to learn about that too.</p>
<p>At least Michigan is on rolling admission...</p>
<p>If they still can accept applications after 2/1, why do they even have a deadline? If I were Michigan and I was going to take applications after 2/1, I would not have a deadline at all. If they did not have a dealine, they could keep taking applications, probably have a couple thousand more applicants apply. Then they'd have a lot more applicants, and the same number of acceptees. They're rolling, so they could just deny everyone who applies after 2/1, and it would make them look better. They'd have a much lower acceptance rate. It just seems really odd to give a deadline, but not abide by it.</p>
<p>I see your point, but "no deadline" would make things a lot more chaotic. A deadline means you get most applications in the door in a timely fashion. A deadline means you can cut apps off at the deadline (or shortly thereafter) if you so choose. Having no deadline at all? That gives Michigan little or no flexibility and drags the application process out.</p>
<p>They have a deadline, and each year they can decide whether or not to be gracious about those apps which just miss it. This is not usually formerly announced; rather, they'll tell students/counselors who call that they can still submit. </p>
<p>When I worked at a smaller, not-very-selective liberal arts college, we would always accept late apps. In some years, we would even formally extend the deadline--that is, we'd notify counselors and the whole nine yards--because we really needed applications. We'd spin it like we were doing students a favor, but it was more for the institution. I don't believe that's been the case with Michigan, however.</p>
<p>Chibearsfan, if the last few years are any indication, I would safely say that Michigan will have roughly 25,000-26,000 applicants and will probably end up accepting 11,500 and 12,000 of those applicants. As a result, I would expect this year's mean SAT scores to be slightly higher, but nothing too substential.</p>
<p>Quick question: since there was no midyear report to send to UMich, the school still needs to send 1st semester grades, right? Or does UMich actually call and request them?</p>
<p>I just sent them. Mine were better than my past grades, they raised my GPA, and they were in the toughest curriculum I've taken all of high school. Plus my high school just sends them automatically to every school I applied to, but I would have sent them even if my school didn't do that.</p>
<p>I'd say if Michigan needs anything, it will directly contact your school. But call the admissions office to make sure.</p>
<p>I didn't know what they wanted, so I called a while ago and said I was sending them my grades and they said that was fine. Plus if admitted, they'll see them anyway, so if they'll hurt your file, i'd rather be denied now than to be admitted then later have it revoked because my senior year grades were bad.</p>