<p>Early Action in my opinion has turned into a joke. They promise a decision by the end of December so everyone can make plans, and then hand out a bunch of deferrals.
Deferrals are non decisions that leave kids hanging in the not knowing going crazy land.
How about giving out yes and no answers. I just don't get why UM seems to have such a hard time giving out so called rejection letters. If a decision on an application is promised by December 23 give one!!</p>
<p>Their decision was to look at your app another day.</p>
<p>This is how it’s always been… I do believe that a lot of those applications they didn’t look at but this is what everyone should have expected. Take it as a rejection and find another place as a backup if you were deferred. </p>
<p>You’ll be especially annoyed when April 20-somethingth comes and they throw everyone on a waitlist.</p>
<p>It is very annoying. But what else can we do? I really hope I’m not wait listed. I’d rather be rejected.</p>
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This is what Michigan promised:
[Early</a> Action Decisions | University of Michigan Office of Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.umich.edu/drupal/eadecisions]Early”>http://www.admissions.umich.edu/drupal/eadecisions)
“Early Action decisions will be released by no later than December 23…
There are three possible decisions a student may receive: admit, defer, deny.”</p>
<p>You knew clearly before you applied that deferral is one of the possible decisions. I don’t get it. Would you rather be denied at this point?</p>
<p>I am not a student but have seen some of my friend’s kids go through this. Thankfully my daughter was accepted EA, so we ourselves did not have to suffer with the deferral letter. I just feel they could do a better job of giving definitive answers by the December 23 decision date.<br>
And yes, I would rather be denied at this point than wait till April to find out that I didn’t get in. Better to face the music and move on.</p>
<p>Northwestern only defers about 2% of their applicant pool, the rest is accept or deny.</p>
<p>lindsyoxo, Northwestern would be one of the few. Chicago and Princeton deferred more EA applicants than they accepted or rejected. Same with Harvard, which actually published their EA figures:</p>
<p>Harvard EA decisions (% of total EA applicant pool):</p>
<p>Admitted: 772 (19%)
Denied: 546 (13%)
Deferred: 2,838 (68%)</p>
<p>[Let</a> the admissions begin | Harvard Gazette](<a href=“http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/12/early-action/]Let”>Let the admissions begin – Harvard Gazette)</p>
<p>Clearly, most elite universities defer the majority of their EA/ED applicants. Considering the strength of the applicant pool, deferral is certainly justified.</p>
<p>I really understand why those deferred are frustrated, but this year, Michigan has done a great job of communicating with EA applicants. Those familiar with my posts will tell you I openly criticized the admissions office in the past. But this year, the folks at the admissions office have done a fine job. They still have room for improvement obviously, but many of the negative feelings I have seen are a result of failure to manage expectations. Many applicants genuinely felt entitled to Michigan and when they did not get admitted, they felt slighted.</p>
<p>I’m mostly upset because the big scholarship I want you have to be admitted by Jan 16. So being deferred kind of throws me out. </p>
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<p>Well then that probably means you wouldn’t of gotten the scholarship in the first place…</p>
<p>UM is not alone. HYP defer like mofos. They never give out rejections, it seems. At my school, 1 person got in to HYP last week, but over 10 got deferred. No rejections. And lets just say some of those kids wouldn’t even get into a top 50 school, let alone HYP. Schools sometimes just like to wait and see, just in case.</p>
<p>The scholarship was all about leadership on my local us first robotics. Of which I have been captain of for my junior and senior year. I am very confident that if admitted by January 16 I will get that scholarship, they award it to three people. I am going to call the admissions office to talk to them about how admissions work with in departments of the school.</p>
<p>Nope, you wouldn’t have gotten the scholarship. It’s funny that you think you would have though…we can all dream I guess.</p>
<p>Gee thanks Mr. ■■■■■…</p>
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<p>Yes. I was clearly kidding, but by logical reasoning, you should know that if you weren’t even admitted to the institution, you probably wouldn’t get a scholarship from the institution…</p>
<p>What makes you think that your accomplishments and leadership and what not would earn you the scholarship if those very same accomplishments did not earn you a spot in their school?</p>
<p>Sorry to be so brash, but I just don’t see how you can be “confident” that an institution would award you an extremely selective scholarship if they wouldn’t even award you acceptance.</p>
<p>The people who can actualy apply for this, ignoring the accepted part, is very limited. I’m not sure on the numbers yet I’m checking on that. But of this limited pool I feel I would be awarded a scholarship. But I see what your saying. </p>
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<p>If the scholarship is awarded by UM, then I agree with others on criticizing your part.
On the other hand, if the scholarship is awarded locally, then you have a point.</p>
<p>It’s awarded through the Delphi corporation. But its only for people accepted to u of m. But as far as I know no one is eligble for it yet. </p>
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