<p>I was deffered by Umich,but accepted into another college. I'd rather go to Umich, but scared they wont accept me in the end. If I accept the place in the other college(Deadline 1st May), can I accept the place in Umich if it comes later on? Or is an acceptance letter binding? =P</p>
<p>I'd wait for the Umich acceptance letter, but it takes 1 month to reach me..I live far far away(Singapore)</p>
<p>The acceptance letter is not binding. It is not a nice thing to do, but it is often done. I would wait for another 2 weeks before DHLing or FedExing your acceptance to the other university. Maybe you will hear back from Michigan by then.</p>
<p>so they are not going to post the decisions online?</p>
<p>They only send out final decisions via mail. However, according to other people that have been accepted, if you go online and the "application is complete" disappears...then they have made their final decision and the official document should be on its way.</p>
<p>oh.. okae.. si i should wait abit longer then... thanks...
Not long ago, I went to the online webchat with some people from Umich.. They seemed reluctant to say anything about my acceptance..hmm...</p>
<p>BTW, what if the "Application is complete" dissappears, it could mean you're either accepted or rejected.. You'll never know till the letter comes rite?
Lets hope its a big envelope.. =)</p>
<p>Accepted and rejected aren't the only two options. There's waitlist.</p>
<p>Waitlist... how many people actually get off the waitlist? It seems that the only people who get off waitlists are a) people that know someone at the college with a lot of clout and influence and they can vouch for you b) your parents make a big contribution to the school or c) you achieve a great accomplishment like getting published.</p>
<p>They haven't taken anybody off the waitlist in at least six years. Since I've been following Umich admissions.</p>
<p>kman, I'm not sure how you can state that money or connections will influence one's place on the waitlist, or likelihood of getting off of it. Michigan's yield has been pretty strong and in the recent past they've rarely gone to it. boysmom may be right, they may not have taken anymore off in the past 5 or so years (I thought they'd taken some in Engin a few years ago but I may be misremembering) How many examples do you have, and how old are they?</p>
<p>As far as I am concerned, all bets are off since they changed the application. It's introduced a lot of uncertainty into the process, and it's hard to be sure that past history is a good indicator of what will happen with U-M's waitlist in the future.</p>
<p>I wasn't referring to UM admissions. I was just making a generic point that most regular applicants don't get off waitlists.</p>