Hi I was wondering is Umich regular decision before February 1st is considered rolling admission since they said “For all other applicants(the ones not doing Early Action), decisions are released on a rolling basis, with no guarantee of a final decision until mid-April.”
UMich has a form of rolling admission. Those who apply under Early Action will get a decison by Dec 24, either admit, deny, or deferred. However, UMich starts a rolling admisison process usually by the first week of December, meaning some may already have decisions. Persons who file after the EA deadline are also in the rolling admisisons group and thus it is possible for some of those to start getting decisons in Dec even before some of the EA applicants. Nevertheless, despite rolling admission, Mich tends to defer many candidates until later so they can see more of the applicant pool before deciding. The only real difference between EA applicants and those who apply later who are in that situation is that the EA applicants are told by Dec 23 they are being deferred until later while others are not.
oh ok so it’s not the kind of rolling admission that is first come first serve?
No.
You are better off submitting your application for RD early to Umich. Michigan is still getting a handle on the huge increase in applications they receive each year ; they do not want a repeat of excessive acceptances which caused a crunch in dorm space. In addition, the older dorms are undergoing rolling renovations and one is shut down each year. Since the size of the dorms vary, this creates an unequal number of available spots each year.
As the number of applications has increased and selectivity has increased, yield has started to increase, which has made admissions defer more people until later in the process.
Most everyone we know went EA and has their fingers crossed!