<p>After multiple individualized and comprehensive evaluations of your application to the University of Michigan College of Engineering for Fall 2011, we believe that you have something uniquely valuable to contribute to our campus. However, our high application volume, coupled with the very strong credentials of our applicants in recent years, has contributed to an increasingly competitive admissions process. As a result, your application has been deferred for a final decision until a later date.</p>
<p>I agree with archen3, and do believe that this is the better deferral letter to receive. If they ask for your mid-year reports they are still unsure of how you are performing, compared to the people that received this message (which they are confidant that we can contribute to the campus in a positive way, but just don’t have the room for EA acceptances).</p>
<p>EA applicants don’t get flat out rejected (0 rejections).</p>
<p>There is a good deferral and a bad deferral. It was almost exactly the same as last year when I applied. The good deferral is the one that DOESN’T start off by asking for senior year grades.</p>
<p>The OP got the bad deferral, meaning that he is more likely to get rejected in the end. The OP’s friend got the better one, which implies that they are more likely to get in (just how likely? I have no idea).</p>
<p>Personally, I got the good deferral and was accepted 6 days later into LSA. I switched over to Engineering before I entered though (this is not common), so I now have two acceptances.</p>
<p>Thank you for your application to the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts for Fall 2011. We are pleased that you have applied and are impressed with your achievements. However, our high application volume, coupled with the very strong credentials of our applicants in recent years, has contributed to an increasingly competitive admissions process. As a result, we are writing to inform you that your application is currently being deferred for further review.</p>
<p>Guys, this is so incredibly obvious its not funny. If you can’t tell the difference, you shouldn’t be applying to Michigan at all. Here it is spelled out for people:</p>
<p>GOOD:</p>
<p>“Thank you for your application to the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts for Fall 2011. We are pleased that you have applied and are impressed with your achievements. However, our high application volume, coupled with the very strong credentials of our applicants in recent years, has contributed to an increasingly competitive admissions process. As a result, we are writing to inform you that your application is currently being deferred for further review.”</p>
<p>(Slightly different version of the same thing for Engineering)</p>
<p>“After multiple individualized and comprehensive evaluations of your application to the University of Michigan College of Engineering for Fall 2011, we believe that you have something uniquely valuable to contribute to our campus. However, our high application volume, coupled with the very strong credentials of our applicants in recent years, has contributed to an increasingly competitive admissions process. As a result, your application has been deferred for a final decision until a later date.”</p>
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<p>BAD:</p>
<p>“Thank you for your freshman application to the University of Michigan. After an initial individualized and comprehensive review of your application, we have determined that we will need additional information in order to make a final decision. We will not re-evaluate your application file until after our regular decision deadline of February 1, 2011. We need this additional information and time to ensure that we give your application the best possible review. We will notify you of a final decision on your application by mid-April.”</p>
<p>Doesn’t matter which one you got. Last year, S got the “good” one, and a coworker’s D got the “bad” one. Both ended up on waitlist in the end … both are attending other schools this year. S might have been able to get in this year off the waitlist, since his final semester grades were all A’s with 5 APs, but he didn’t try. He went to the other school for a particular program. He has now changed his major & will be trying to transfer to UM for next fall.</p>
<p>Hi! I was wondering when the answers for rolling admissions come out. I applied a couple of weeks ago, but am not sure if the answers come out in April (that is, around the same time as all the other colleges) or sooner. Thanks!</p>
<p>@salt1384 wid d umich admission office operatin like it is dis yr u cnt be sure til u c d mail in ur inbox!
since dey cal it “rolling” im assumin dey wud be realisin dec 4 jan 2 april, bt wid dem u honestly cnt tel!</p>
<p>^So now we have evidence that:
a) some people are accepted after receiving the “good deferral” letter
b) some people are accepted after receiving the “bad” deferral letter
and
c) some people are not accepted or are waitlisted after receiving either the good or the bad deferral letter</p>
<p>This should put to bed the meaning-mongering of the deferral letter, and should make clear to all that it’s simply a matter of you know when you know. So do not lose hope, but neither inflate your hopes, based on the letter. Hope for the best and plan for the worst. Good luck!</p>