<p>Guys, never lose hope until they actually tell you “no.” Even if you are rejected, you still have hope, because you can always try to transfer in. :)</p>
<p>Well my last name starts with a “C” and I got mine acceptance in less than one month. </p>
<p>I’m telling you guise, it has to be alphabetical with a combination of rolling admissions.</p>
<p>Like if you apply Jan 1st with a last name Z and its only you, but right before they are about to review your app they receive a last name with a "B’’ they automatically place him above you. That means the “Z” person would have to wait for them to finish with the “B” student. Now imagine 20,000 applicants applied RIGHT after “Z” guy.</p>
<p>lol, you have to admit this sounds feasible. (and ridiculous :p)</p>
<p>I applied in October and got deferred into Regular Admission. If I still haven’t heard, and don’t have the tab on my web page that says “View Decision” is it pretty much a foregone conclusion that I didn’t get in?</p>
<p>I really want to know if not hearing anything at all just means that I didn’t get in. It’s getting really frustrating and sad.</p>
<p>S applied in August. Deferred in December. Nothing since then. By the way, his Wolverine Access page has NEVER changed–even with the deferral. Admissions can really turn a prospective student off going to a school, certainly at a school like Michigan, where it seems logical to be concerned about being treated like a number, given its size.</p>
<p>I applied in Mid Decemeber and I still havent heard back from UMich. I have gotten into Tufts, which is my other top choice. I would have prefered going to Ross Sch of Busines at UMich but the about they are making me waiting is really getting annoying. If this is a glimpse of how things are going to be at UMich for the years to come then its not a good sign. I think UMich needs to be much more efficient. They should start releasing results on the phone if people havent heard yet because we need to reply to our other choices.</p>
<p>my S applied in October and was deferred as well. He has gotten into a couple of other schools that he really likes and I doubt he would even look at Mi at this point. He was also deferred at Boston College in the fall and yet they managed to get a decision out to him by the end of March and they had over 30K applicants. He put in the effort at MI so that he would have a decision early and here Mi is the LAST school to notify him. It would have been better to get a Yes, NO or WL in December- just decide. What type of early notication is this?</p>
<p>[quite]Well my last name starts with a “C” and I got mine acceptance in less than one month.
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I know a student who applied on Feb 1 and was admitted on the last week of February. That was a few years ago. Her last name started with a “W” … they did it in reverse alphabetical order that year.</p>
<p>Hate to be a party pooper but Umich admissions has been pretty nice to me. They’ve always replied to my emails within 2 days. I just called them up to book a place for the April 10th Campus day and they gave me place even though it was fully booked. The person I spoke to was understanding and emailed me in 10 mins as she promised. (granted I’m flying from India and I’ve already bought tickets but still…)</p>
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Same as BC except that Michigan’s “regular” notification date is (no later than) April 15. You don’t get a Yes/NO/WL decision in December either if you apply EA/ED to schools like BC. No one would complain about that as this is how ED/RD systems are supposed to be.</p>
<p>I agree with Alex that Michigan should go to a priority/regular decision system with fixed notification dates for each (e.g., Dec 25 and Apr 1). They are making it harder for themselves with the rolling admission system. It’s like shooting at moving targets. And it sets the wrong expectations for the applicants.</p>
<p>I will tell you that having just received an acceptance this week, the interaction with other departments at the university compared to interaction during the admissions process has been like night and day. We have been provided with phone numbers that reach real people who are pleasant and helpful, and we’ve received thoughtful answers to questions emailed to an adviser literally within an hour.</p>