<p>Alright, so I was deferred and I got the "good" letter. I've recently read some peoples' post about how they were deferred and then accepted weeks later. I just wanted to know the chances of that happening for me. Thanks!</p>
<p>I don’t think anyone here can accurately determine that, given U of M’s holistic review process.</p>
<p>Although, for the record, two years ago I had a friend who was deferred (with stellar stats, mind you; he was just a late applier) and actually ended up having to go through loads of bureaucracy to have his app re-reviewed and eventually be granted acceptance. However, he talked to a lot of people along the way, and one of the admissions officers specifically stated he was lucky to be one of “the couple hundred” to get in that way. Whether that was referring to people whose apps were re-reviewed in such an unorthodox manner or deferred people who got in, I don’t know, but in any case it sounds like quite a few people are going to be competing for just a few slots. </p>
<p>Though if you got the “good” letter and your 7th Semester grades are solid, I don’t see why you wouldn’t get in over others. They obviously already think you’re qualified, y’know?</p>
<p>Really you could speculate all you want. It’s kind of like asking who will win the World Series next year. Although, if you do get the good deferral letter then you def. still have a legit shot, that’s a definite.</p>
<p>What do you mean by a “good” deferral letter? Are there different deferral letters?</p>
<p>Last year there were a few different deferral letters sent out. I can’t really tell you what each of them mean though. I know of 3 different letters. One was a standard letter, another asked the student to sent in their midterm grades, and the last one spoke of a “select group” of kids who’s application “remains under review”. I had the last of the three, although I was not accepted after being deferred. I called admissions and asked about the difference in letters too. I would’nt look too far into it unless it asks for your grades, then make sure you send them. Other than that, I would not worry about the letter. </p>
<p>As far as getting in, the people in my school who got in after being deferred were all deferred from LSA. I know of no one who got in after being deferred from Engineering. </p>
<p>Hope it works out for ya!</p>
<p>fuzzwaz, any idea how many at your school were deferred, and how many of them actually gained acceptance, TIA?</p>
<p>A BIG chunk of our engineering applications were deferred. We had 16% (I checked this) of our students attend UMICH so we are a fairly big feeder school (instate). I’m assuming about 40% applied. I can’t tell you how many people were deferred, but if you applied to engineering from my school I would say there was a 60-70% chance you got deferred. </p>
<p>As for getting in after deferral, like I said- I did not hear of one engineering student getting in after deferral. A few close friends on my DID get in from getting deferred in LSA. They received that decision around March?</p>
<p>Deferred just means they do not want to make a decision yet for whatever reason.
Sometimes this can be good, sometimes this can be bad. </p>
<p>A good scenario would be- Not enough time to look at application, so we have to pool student’s application into regular decision and look again later.</p>
<p>A bad scenario would be- Student’s application is OK but not great. The student can get in to Michigan, but we wan’t to wait to see if better applications come in (since the deadline is still FEB 1st).</p>
<p>There is really no way to tell what kind of deferral you are (besides the email you received. Which, like I said, I got the “good” one and I still got wait-listed). My friends who DID get in after deferral, had the “bad” email. So don’t stress too much about what email you have.</p>
<p>All you can do is work hard to finish off your hs career, send in your grades, and hope for the best. I sent them a 4.0 senior transcript, and 3 letters (yes 3) describing my accomplishments since my deferral decision. It was not enough. </p>
<p>Your best bet is to finish off the year strong, and start looking for safety schools and getting comfortable with them. The reason I say that is because a deferral can be really hard to receive from a college you realllllly want to get into. Do you really want to get your hopes all the way up and then receive a wait-list email, and then a final rejection email as well? Don’ lose hope, but don’t put too much money on it either.</p>
<p>I hope this helps somewhat!</p>
<p>Ok so I applied to the engineering school and got in this friday. What I can say is that I had the average gpa and my ACT score was only a bit above average, having my highest scores in math and english. However, i think my enrichment helped me the most in getting admitted. I made sure my elective classes were geared towards science and engineering (for example; Anatomy and CAD). I also made sure I got internships with local engineer professors and tried to help out as much as I could. If you want a better shot, I suggest you become pro-active and get an internship or even start shadowing and really show you are interested in the field. I noticed this year that most of the super pro-active kids got in, so I mean why not give it a shot? I </p>
<p>Good Luck for the future!!!</p>
So I got deferred from CoE, would it increase my chances of getting in if I switched my application to LSA or the summer term?