<p>Like the title says. The good deferral letter is supposed to be the one with deferred in it and do not specifically ask for 7th semester grades. It is signed by Theodore Spencer, the vice provost. I'm wondering if anyone knows the percentage of those people who get in or if anyone who got that letter got in this year. Thanks</p>
<p>My friend received the good deferral letter two weeks ago and just received an offer of admission today.</p>
<p>I don’t think a certain % can be applied…it is a direct reflection of the strength of the regular pool so I would imagine that it varies a fair amount year to year</p>
<p>i got the deferral letter on the 16th and got accepted 6 days later :)</p>
<p>Honestly, and not to sound too harsh, but how are we supposed to know?</p>
<p>Michigan does not publish such stats, so there is no way of knowing.</p>
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How? Their office is closed. Unless it was postmarked earlier, of course.</p>
<p>It was postmarked before Christmas but didn’t arrive until afterwards (post office delay). And while their office is closed now, it obviously wasn’t prior to the Christmas holiday.</p>
<p>Ok, I knew that probably there would be no percentage but I’m just wondering how many people know someone who got accepted with that deferral and how long it took to get in.</p>
<p>Well, I got the “bad deferral” (I see no evidence as to why that one is the bad one and the other one is good but whatever…) last year and I got accepted about 2 or 3 weeks after submitting my 7th semester grades (about a week after they processed it).</p>
<p>From what I understand it seems that the “good” and “bad” deferral people both have an equal chance of getting in.</p>
<p>^^ no, not at all. Unless the person with the bad deferral letter get’s VERY impressive 7th semester grades, they really don’t have much of a shot. Sorry.</p>
<p>^ Although I agree with you ckl22 I don’t really see solid evidence to support that, it seems to all be based off speculation</p>
<p>“^^ no, not at all. Unless the person with the bad deferral letter get’s VERY impressive 7th semester grades, they really don’t have much of a shot. Sorry.”</p>
<p>You’re wrong. Sorry.</p>
<p>I got the “bad” deferral letter, got a C in calculus 7th semester, and then got in Engineering.</p>
<p>Idk it makes sense to assume that one is better than the other, and sure there are people (like yourself) who defied the odds, but it does lead one to believe that the “good” one is better than the other…and the admissions rep that someone called kinda implied the same</p>
<p>What evidence is there that the one which doesn’t request 7th semester grades is better?</p>
<p>I forget who, but someone in the thread titled “Good vs Bad deferral letters” or something of the sort called and based off how the poster conveyed what the admissions rep said, it seemed that way to me and many of the others involved with the thread.</p>
<p>Still this seems like speculation right now but there are indications from the reps that the good letter is better. I guess that’s good to know</p>
<p>whats the difference betewwn the good vs bad deferal letter?</p>
<p>^ “good” is by vice provost, “bad” is from admission counsel or something…take with a grain of salt though, it’s partly speculation partly confirmed</p>