Is UMich's early action program "Rolling"

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<p>Some say it is some say it ain't. Actually the reality is I'm far too tired right now and not smart enough to figure it out myself. I want to know if I could do UMich EA and Stanford REA together, even though I'm OOS for UMich.</p>

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Exceptions to Stanford’s Restrictive Early Action Program</p>

<p>Applicants must agree not to apply Early Decision, Early Action or Early Notification elsewhere. Exceptions exist, however, and as a result, Restrictive Early Action applicants may apply to:</p>

<pre><code>* ** Any institution, public or private, under a non-binding Rolling Admission option.**
* Public institutions in a student's home state under a non-binding Early Action program.
* Foreign colleges/universities on any application schedule.
* Institutions whose early application deadlines are a requirement for consideration for special academic programs or scholarships only if the notification of admission occurs after January 1.
* Institutions under an Interim Decision program only if the notification of admission occurs after January 1.
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<p>Here's the link for UMich early action <a href="http://www.admissions.umich.edu/prospective/applying/earlyresponse.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.admissions.umich.edu/prospective/applying/earlyresponse.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Can it be done?</p>

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<p>i think so.</p>

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<p>Yeah, it’s rolling. You can apply to both without a problem.</p>

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<p>I’m not so sure. Reg. Dec is rolling “Students whose applications are complete after the Early Action deadline will receive decisions on a rolling basis.” ; but where does it state that its Early Action program is rolling.</p>

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<p>It may not say it but it is truly rolling. They don’t just dump out all the acceptances on Christmas eve. So the original poster is absolutely fine to apply EA plus Stanford.</p>

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<p>It’s definitely rolling.</p>

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<p>u guys were all wrong. it changed this year, no longer rolling</p>

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<p>ripemango is 100% correct. It is NOT rolling, if you assume its rolling, you just might be in big trouble with college admissions.</p>

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<p>Not rolling.</p>

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<p>[Office</a> of Undergraduate Admissions: Early Action](<a href=“http://www.admissions.umich.edu/prospective/applying/earlyresponse.php]Office”>http://www.admissions.umich.edu/prospective/applying/earlyresponse.php)</p>

<p>"While there is no advantage in the review process for completing an application before November 1st, we continue to urge students to submit application materials early for the benefit of receiving a decision quickly. "</p>

<p>I was always under the impression that rolling decisions functioned under this concept. The earlier you apply, the earlier you receive a decision. It seems as if they just aren’t calling it rolling anymore?</p>

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<p>^ I know look at all this misinformation before I figured it out for myself</p>

<p>EDIT: Hmm good point I guess, actually I will call UMich and get back to all you</p>

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<p>I’m hard pressed to imagine UofM admissions sitting on thousands and thousands and thousands of applications and making decisions on thousands and thousands and thousands of applications between the EA deadline and the notification deadline. I’ve got a year before #3 applies, but I’ll be watching with interest how changing the name from rolling admission to early action makes a hill of beans difference during the coming year.</p>

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<p>In case anyone is curious, I received explicit confirmation from Yale that they are not considering Michigan as having rolling admissions; I assume that Stanford thinks so as well.</p>

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<p>Silver, could you comment on what I posted. How is what they are saying not referring to a rolling process, even if they aren’t naming it that?</p>

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<p>^^ I would agree with that, they are callilng their program Early Action now…how UofM acts or what they do or how they process apps is not relevant.</p>

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<p>What Michigan practices is basically an Early Action program that is followed by a period of rolling admissions. Such a practice runs counter to what Yale (and, presumably, Stanford) had in mind in excepting schools that practice rolling admissions.</p>

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Ahhh okay, that’s what I wanted to know but for Stanford because its much better than Yale and nobody in their right mind would ever apply there SCEA over Stanford ;)</p>

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<p>Yes but it says that even during the early action program, the earlier you apply, the earlier you find out.</p>

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<p>The institution of a deadline before which the date on which one sends his or her application has no affect on admissions makes the process roughly equivalent to Early Action with respect to the purposes of the rolling-admissions exception to the binding Early Action program; the deadline is late enough that the reason for the exception (i.e., that qualified applicants will miss out on spots in rolling admissions) is mostly inapplicable. So in Yale’s eyes (though likely not in those of the applicants), the process is Early Action.</p>

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<p>Isn’t the issue actually whether the decision is binding or not?
UMich is STILL NON-BINDING, despite the now hard-deadline, the change to early action and move to the common app, as you can see if you read about their changes in the prospective student area of the website.
Also note that on said site, it says decisions will still start coming out in early November, depending on how early the applicant applies, and all EA applicants will have a decision by Dec. 23. So if it’s possible to have a decision in early November, IT’S ROLLING!</p>