<p>I actually agree with Cloud here. The OP’s made some mistakes in life and regrets it … he knows he has some hard work ahead of him, so he definitely deserves encouragement of some sort. And that kind of motivation and drive to go to UMich will definitely help him, but it still won’t guarantee a spot in the Class of 2014.</p>
<p>He got rejected because there were plenty of other students who applied that simply were better than him. Admissions this year were crazy with the overwhelming number of applications. Michigan accepted too many people during the first round and ran out of room quickly during the RD period. This is why many people ended up getting waitlisted. Furthermore, Michigan had a higher % yield for accepted students. They overshot their expected amount by around 600 (~6600 were ENROLLED). This was noted during my orientation before they even thought of taking people off waitlists.</p>
<p>Wow! I thought it was 6300?</p>
<p>I wish the OP well and hope he can make it in.</p>
<p>Just become black and/or impoverished and you’re a shoe-in! </p>
<p>Honestly, it sucks that your High School performance wasn’t good enough to get in, but if you keep working hard in college a transfer isn’t completely out of the question, not in the slightest. </p>
<p>Though I disagree with a number of U of M’s “holistic” admissions process, I think they’re incredibly fair and rational people; my grades fell dramatically the last two trimesters of my Senior year after I was accepted, far below the mark where admission would normally be rescinded. But after hearing my justification, U of M was very understanding and even set me up with services to help with the reason my grades dropped in the first place.</p>
<p>My point is, if you’ve got the numbers, you’ll get in. They’re fair. Try your best, I hope you get in!</p>
<p>roughly 6900 paid deposits, but 6300 were projected to actually show up on campus because the other 500~600 are probably attending schools that initially WL them.</p>
<p>Just to clear up the ease of transfer issue, I believe the stats for transfer are that one in three applicants will get in with a trend of 3.8 after two years of college. So I wouldn’t call a 33% chance “easy” per se, compared with regular admissions.</p>
<p>That said, it can be done and I’ve known a few bright kids who’ve done it and never looked back, so to the OP, best wishes!</p>
<p>^^^^ Source?</p>
<p>According to College Board:</p>
<p>Applied: 2,921
Admitted: 1,276
Enrolled: 910</p>
<p>Admit Rate ~ 43.68%</p>
<p>These numbers are up to date as well. I would love to see your source though. I am currently contemplating transferring myself.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, but Wagon120 really needs to get over himself and accept the fact that he is not going to Michigan. The fact that he feels entitled to admission at any top 50 school, let alone Michigan with a 2.9 is really arrogant. I had a 3.8 cumulative GPA this year as an econ major AT Michigan with impressive extracurriculars (worked my ass off), and watched some of my friends who had 3.3’s and 3.4’s get into Ross while I got rejected. Life doesn’t always work out the way you want it to, trust me I understand your feelings, part of me wants to just go out and complain and whine about how deserving I am of getting in, but it accomplishes nothing and just ends up wasting your time. Yes, it’s frustrating, but you need to move on and stop sugarcoating for the fact that other people performed better than you in high school, and the funniest thing is Michigan does not really even strongly consider freshman grades. They blatantly state that they focus on sophomore and junior year grades on the undergraduate admissions website. The fact of the matter is unless your parents are well-connected and donate absurd amounts of money to Michigan, or you got a 2200 SAT/32 ACT and a 3.8 GPA, you have no basis on which to ***** about not getting into Michigan.</p>
<p>^^^^ uncalled for. That was truly unnecessary. </p>
<p>I agree with the over all message, but to slam the guy is rude.</p>
<p>“I had a 3.8 cumulative GPA this year as an econ major AT Michigan with impressive extracurriculars (worked my ass off), and watched some of my friends who had 3.3’s and 3.4’s get into Ross while I got rejected.”</p>
<p>If you got rejected from Ross with a 3.8 and other people got in with 3.4’s then there was a flaw in your application.</p>
<p>"Just become black and/or impoverished and you’re a shoe-in! "</p>
<p>LOL…is this a joke? </p>
<p>"This is why many people ended up getting waitlisted. Furthermore, Michigan had a higher % yield for accepted students. They overshot their expected amount by around 600 (~6600 were ENROLLED). "</p>
<p>Michigan really screwed up this year. Their admissions committee should all be fired.</p>
<p>
A bit, yeah, but Affirmative Action and “holistic” admissions tend to let a number of people into Michigan that don’t deserve to be there.</p>
<p>Could we maybe just not go there?</p>
<p>“A bit, yeah, but Affirmative Action and “holistic” admissions tend to let a number of people into Michigan that don’t deserve to be there.”</p>
<p>I understand this statement and indeed some URM’s are given more consideration than applicants of other races. However many are athletes, and there is an admission council stationed in Detroit that recruits the “best” students from the Detroit area. Affirmative Action doesn’t just help black applicants though, thats why I assumed it was a joke.</p>
<p>I actually have a friend who was admitted with a 2.9.</p>
<p>My mistake, CloudyCloud – I had taken the number of applications and divided into number of enrolled students from the UMich admissions website, which nets 31%. However, I should have divided into the accepted rate.
In that case, the odds would be about the same, but still not “easier” than regular freshman admissions.
The significant point is or should be that it is not necessarily “easier” to apply as a transfer than as a freshman, although anecdotal citations of this abound. Cheers, K</p>