<p>For UMich, is it very likely to get deferred or rejected if you have a 3.0-3.3 GPA?
And by deferred, does that mean your application gets moved to the regular application pool? Besides my terrible GPA, I have outstanding an ACT, ECs and Recommendations so im just weighing my chances.</p>
<p>applying ED can help you and hurt you as well…
the ED pool is a lot less applicants than the regular pool so there will be less people to compete with but then at the same time you’ll be competing with stronger applicants as well…
i applied EA to michigan and i got in, and in my case i had a low SAT, 1840 to be exact, but i had great EC’s, community service, jobs, experience, leadership positions within my school, and a 4.0 gpa… so it doesnt exactly rely on the scores or the gpa, the university looks at your application hollistically, dont worry about it, just keep working during your senior year and dont get lazy</p>
<p>From what I’ve read on this site and from what I know about early response, you’re very likely to get deferred if you apply early with a 3.0-3.3 gpa. :[</p>
<p>Is your 3.0-3.3 GPA UM GPA or your regular unweighted GPA? I have a 3.3 UM GPA, though my regular unweighted/ weighted GPA is higher. I’m applying to University of Michigan as EA because I think it can only improve my chances ( as I hear many on cc also speak of). So from my understanding getting deferred/ rejected EA is likely lower ( but still high) than applying regular admission. If you do get deferred ( ouch) and suspect you won’t get accepted, statistically ( as I’ve reviewed things for myself) you probably should start looking highly into other universities you like, if those others have a EA/ ED up until January, may benifit to apply to them ( which makes complete sense now on why many universities have EA/ED running until January). Though this is statisically speaking if you suspect after getting deferred that you will likely get rejected, and have room to increase chances at other universities with EA/ED.</p>
<p>If you get deferred how good of a chance do you have of getting in? I assume it’s better than being WLed.</p>
<p>Well I think the percentage is around 10% of deferred applicants get accepted on average. I’m not sure about the actual statistics of Michigan, nor do I think they produce statistics related to that information. I can tell you that Michigan used its waiting lists for the class of 2013 because of the economic recession. They couldn’t predict how many students were going to drop Michigan and go to other schools. That is why the instate percentage rose from 59% to 63%. Out of state students for the most part couldn’t afford coming to Michigan.</p>
<p>Entertainer, do you have a source for that? I thought if you were deferred you still had a pretty good chance to get in if you got good 7th semester grades?</p>
<p>I think Entertainer may be confusing being waitlisted and being deffered (and I think waitlisted is actually worse than 10% shot). Either that or I got pretty lucky getting in after being deffered.</p>
<p>Well my source is my counselor. That obviously isn’t credible since I don’t know where he got his information from. Getting deferred means that they aren’t sure whether to accept you, but they might not want to deny you either (Practically the same thing as getting wait listed early). Sending your mid year grades does help in the process. Sending updates of grades, recommendations, letters, etc. can help show that you are worthy to be at a university, or your great level of interest. It can also show that you are improving. The likelihood of getting accepted is still low though (according to my counselor). It depends on how competitive the regular decision applicant pool is.</p>
<p>Even though this might be a bad example:</p>
<p>Well I was reading an article from Dartmouth admissions and 1428 students applied early, 400 were accepted, 526 were deferred and 427 out of those 526 students that were deferred, were rejected. Obviously Dartmouth is more selective than Michigan. So I can assume that the percentage will probably be a good 25 points higher for Michigan deferred applicants.</p>
<p>Thanks. Why so many replies on here and not my thread?</p>
<p>Being deferred does give you a better chance than a person who was wait listed.</p>
<p>jrt336, whatever thread the information is posted in you can still read and ask follow up questions. Both threads have similar topics, this just happens to be more posted in. </p>
<p>I knew of more than a few people who got deferred, but I don’t know how many actually got in. However it was made to seem like you still had great chances of getting in even if you were deferred so long as you had atleast decent senior grades.</p>
<p>I guess I’ll just have to wait and see. For 3-4 long months. If you are deferred will you definitely not get your decision until late December?</p>
<p>If you’re deferred you probably won’t get your decision until March or April. Personally I got accecpted pretty quickly after sending my senior 1st semester grades, others didn’t hear until late April.</p>
<p>I’m not sure what you mean jrt. If you apply early and get deferred, you will probably get your deferral letter sometime between November and late December. You’ll then have to wait a lot longer (up to April 15 at the latest) to get your final decision (accepted, rejected, or WLed).</p>
<p>Thanks yosup. That’s what I was asking about.</p>
<p>Oh wow, I didn’t know the deferred acceptance rate is 10%, than is even worst for one applying regular admission. Which is why I assume if one is deferred and there are other universities they like alot that have EA/ED you may want to look more into the university.</p>
<p>Its not 10%. That was just a statistic my counselor told me. I’m not sure what it would be for Michigan, but I would guess over 25% looking at their acceptance rate.</p>