<p>Yea I don’t think “High-Priority” makes any difference. The letter was also a bit apologetic, as it was explaining why this happened, (they did not forecast the huge # of students that would apply to UMich and apologized for any inconvenience) </p>
<p>Well I guess thats the end of the UMich saga for me! :)</p>
<p>I wish I could take it so easily like you, irutavias…</p>
<p>i think everyone is in “high-priority” wait list… i’m in it too… is any1 not in it? (You find out by mail)</p>
<p>^ ONLY by mail? Did anyone find out through W.A.? Please, I haven’t heard back at all yet!</p>
<p>im in it too…this is bull…everyone’s highest priority waitlist?..r they trying to make us feel better or sumthin?? :p</p>
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@tom1030
Well I guess it’s a bit easier to say that because I’m an international and leaving with a six figure debt doesn’t really suit my style. Good luck you guys!</p>
<p>well i found out that i got wait listed through WA but u only get the “high-priority” part through mail. CanuckBreakwater… the decisions were due April 15th.. you should call.</p>
<p>In the letter, didn’t it say that we’ll find out late May to early June?? That’s a crazy long wait, so I’m just going ahead with choice #2!</p>
<p>How do they expect people to wait until June when most deposit deadlines are a few days away?</p>
<p>I got one inviting me to join the “extended wait list”… I’m still surprised that I didn’t get in.</p>
<p>What the hell, so now they have an “extended” one as well, on top of the “highest-priority” wait list?</p>
<p>Well I just declined admission, so I hope someone here can get off the waitlist!</p>
<p>i think the extended wait list is the normal wait list and highest-priority literally means highest-priority</p>
<p>Oh…way to confuse the students and seem ambiguous…</p>
<p>Anyway, do any of you know if the wait list students are picked according to region? If, for example a student from Brazil declines their admission and another student waitlisted in Brazil gets accepted because of this…?</p>
<p>To clear up some misunderstandings:</p>
<p>No matter how many waitlists you are on, you are still expected to pay a deposit to a school that admitted you, and to do that by May 1st. If a school admits you off their waitlist after May 1 (and that’s usually when it happens), then you have a choice–you can send a deposit to that school (and, usually, lose the one you put in elsewhere) or decline and stick with your original plans.</p>
<p>It’s how the waitlist works. </p>
<p>You MUST deposit somewhere. Do NOT hold off sending a deposit to a school just because you hope to get off the waitlist somewhere else. Just because a school says they’ll notify you after May 1 DOES NOT MEAN that they expect you to NOT deposit elsewhere, or that they DON’T UNDERSTAND the May 1 deposit deadline. It’s nationwise and governed by NACAC agreements. Michigan IS NOT TELLING YOU TO NOT DEPOSIT ELSEWHERE. Please don’t make this mistake!!!</p>