<p>Hi, I'm a high school senior at a private high school in Illinois. I recently applied to U of M only to be deferred. I really liked the campus and academia at this school and was wondering my odds are. I'm also wondering if location could be playing a role in my deferral. Here's some back ground on me. I have a 3.79 unweighted (a 4.35 weighted) taken all honors up until senior year where I tried to focus on business classes. I got a 32 my ACT, two namely sections being math and science (34s). I actually started and am currently the president of my schools first business club. I played 2 sports until last year where I dropped my least liked one. I've been in concert band/marching band/pep band all four years and have always been on the high honor role. I know a deferred is better than wait listed/denied but is it that much better? Should I wait until early April to decide what I'm doing for college? Like what dorm I'll be in and my roommate? My next choice is Indiana university where I would be a direct admit for the Kelley School or maybe University of Wisconsin-Madison (I haven't given this one much thought to be honest). From my school, not a single person got in. Not only people who were less academically successful, but also people far better (4.85 gpa's). The weirdest thing was that a kid from a rival school in my town got deferred but he was accepted into HARVARD. Does university of Michigan have higher standards than Harvard? Obviously there are a ton of other stats that go into deciding, but how can Harvard let this kid in but not u of m? and another note would be that even if I were to get into u of m, I still would have to get into there business college after my freshman year unlike IU. I believe their admission rate for their business college is around 33%. So what are your opinions? Can I do anything to help? Is it even worth considering and risk missing out on potential roommates and dorms? I have taken every math class and business class (minus bus com) available to me during my high school career, including AP Stat and AP Calc. Wow, this question is way heavier than I anticipated.(posted this is what are my chances but I read that that thread was rather useless so I decided to post it here as well. I'm new here so bare with me)</p>
<p>Rudawwg, lesson #1, never compare yourself to other people. Lesson #2, never compare the practices of one admissions office to those of another. We will never know why Harvard admitted that student and Michigan deferred him. Michigan probably wanted to test his commitment and wait to see if he contacts the admissions office in January or February. If he does, there is a goo chance they will admit him. Universities like to get a feel for an applicants loyalties. Most universities, including elite universities like Michigan, have yield rates under 40% for non-ED applicants. As such, they try to gauge an applicant’s level of interest. It has nothing to do with a student’s credentials. One of the students I know in Dubai was admitted to Michigan EA with a 41/42 predicted in his IB (including 4 higher level subjects as opposed to 3) and a 35 on the ACT. Clearly he had the type of grades, scores, essays and ECs to get into a school like Yale or MIT, but Michigan was willing to take a gamble because he seemed genuinely interested. Perhaps that student who was admitted into Harvard slapped a very sloppy essay together for Michigan. One never knows. One thing is certain, if Michigan only admitted the best of the best students in terms of GPA (straight 4.0) and test scores (34+/2250+), the majority of them would have written back to Michigan in January withdrawing themselves because they were admitted into HYPSM or into an ED school. Michigan has to admit a sizeable number of “realistic” candidates, with GPAs in the 3.8-3.9 range and ACT/SAT scores in the 30-33/2000-2200 range.</p>
<p>As for Ross, most students who choose Michigan with the intent on majoring in Business do so at their own risk. Generally speaking, most are willing to do so because a degree from LSA or the CoE is still excellent. For example, last year, over 90% of LSA students were either employed or admitted to graduate school by the time they graduated. An Economics degree from Michigan is going to be just as marketable as a business degree from all by only a dozen business schools (Wharton, Sloan, McIntire, Haas, Stern, McDonough and a couple more).</p>
<p>Ok thank you, what do you recommend I do? Should I send a letter? Is it even worth waiting? I mean is a degree from Kelley that far off from a degree from Michigan (LSA or Ross)? It just seems to me to be a gamble to wait until April to still not even get in. </p>
<p>Why is it a gamble to wait? You have until May 1 to decide on Kelley don’t you? Whether a degree from Kelley is better or worse than a degree from LSA is a matter of perspective. But I do not see any harm in waiting until Michigan desponds in February, March or early April to decide.</p>
<p>I guess the gamble would just be deciding on what dorm to stay in and finding a roommate and such. Typing it out now, I guess, makes me realize that it’s nothing even remotely important. I think the pressure from family to decide is what made me think that it would be a gamble to wait. Should I send anything to help my chances or just wait? I’m sending my mid-year senior year transcripts because they requested it.</p>