<p>yup, “good neighbor” policies but also any rural area will get a big boost and anywhere 400+ miles away will help all other things being equal (less so at those specific U’s than at LACs, for instance, but for OP it beats being way over-represented as is the case for NJ->northeast). Fact is, even for powerhouses, most applicants come from within 400miles, except for California that “exports” students along both coasts and the Southwest. Obviously, it’s better to come from an under-represented state than from NJ, but being over-represented geographically doesn’t help. </p>
<p>OP: good for the safeties. What about the matches (ie., selective schools with 40+% admission rate that you like and can afford)?</p>
<p>Hi, friend! I have very strong statistics as well and I was also deferred from U-M. It seems to be a very odd year for them in terms of admission. I encourage you to still go for some harder schools.</p>
<p>Yeah, I was not expecting to be deferred to LSA (was not expecting much from Ross). I am really nervous now- I really want to go to one of my top choices- the ED2 option for NYU looks tempting, but their financial aid is very subpar.</p>
The kids at son’s high school that applied EA to Michigan this year and deferred were very accomplished and would have been accepted in prior years according to the Naviance data. I know a number of them were accepted ED and EA to schools where their accept chances were smaller, again according to Naviance. I know of Georgetown, Notre Dame and BC acceptees who were deferred.
I presume he/she will wait until late March when all acceptances are known, review FA packages and determine what the top 2-3 contenders are to attend, and go to accepted student days before deciding. Like any sensible applicant should.
@cptofthehouse, you’re not going off of overall acceptance rates, I hope? OOS acceptance rate to UMich is below the overall rate while ED acceptance rate to almost all schools is above (in some cases, way above) the overall rate.
