Chances at Michigan after deferral

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I applied to Michigan LSA (Econ Major) Early Action and was deferred. I am an out of state applicant (NY) and Michigan was one of my top choices (I applied for Ross Pre-Admit as well). I was wondering if someone could tell me my chances of getting in after getting deferred.

Race and Gender: White Male

SAT: 2240/2400 (1530/1600)
SAT Subject Tests: Math 2 800 US History 780 Chemistry 740
ACT: 34 composite
Sent SAT SAT II and ACT scores
GPA: my school does it out of 100 unweighted and mine is basically a 97.5 unweighted (class rank top 3% unweighted)
AP Scores: US History 5 Euro History 5 English Language and Comp 5
Senior Courseload: AP BC Calculus, AP Chemistry, AP English Lit and Comp, AP US Government and Politics, Dual Enrollment Economics, Spanish (Level 6), and Political Science
I have taken the hardest courses offered at my high school every year

Extracurriculars: Not going to go into too much detail but 300+ volunteer hours with children who have autism, county government intern, part time job, school newspaper business manager, school basketball team statistician, NHS treasurer, investment club and a few more clubs (no leadership positions in the other clubs)

Essays: I thought they were overall very good. Very happy with my common app essay and I spent a lot of time on the Michigan supplemental questions and I was pleased with how they came out.

Recs: I think they are good but waived my right to see them so I really don’t know for sure

Not sure if this has any impact on my chances at Michigan but I applied ED to Wharton at Penn and was deferred also

I didn’t apply for financial aid and I thought that would help since Michigan is not needs blind.

I was wondering if anyone could tell me what my chances were for getting into Michigan LSA. Also it possible to get a Ross Pre-Admit after being deferred?

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I would let them know that you are very interested in attending. They want to admit students who will actually attend so make sure that they know you are serious about Michigan.

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Do you think sending an email to my regional admission counselor saying I am still interested would be enough? And is the reason that I never visited campus the reason I was deferred?

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Sending that letter of “burning desire” is all you can really do at this point besides sending UMich your first semester grades. I highly doubt that you were deferred because you didn’t visit campus.

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I will send an email expressing that @bbsimmons . Thank you. I didn’t mean to sound like I felt I would have got in if I visited; I know Michigan is a very competitive school. I was wondering if you, or anyone else, saw anything specific that could be the cause for my deferral. I am nervous not just for Michigan but all of the other schools I applied to

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No, I didn’t see anything that would make them defer you. But honestly, Michigan is unpredictable as far as admissions go. You have the scores and the extracurriculars for it. Perhaps, something about your app screamed, “I’m not dedicated to Michigan. Michigan is not my #1 choice.” I know they care about how interested the applicant is in Michigan, like, “if accepted, would attend”.

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Ok thank you @bbsimmons . I sent them that email and hopefully that will demonstrate how interested I am in Michigan

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My fingers are crossed for you!

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Thank you @bbsimmons