<p>I received a letter from UMich about a month ago telling me they needed to see my semester grades before they could make any decision. It wasn't a deferral, because it never said "deferred" and it never said I should look "closely at other colleges" like the other deferral letters you guys received. Has anyone else received this sort of letter? I'm pretty sure it meant that they needed to see my grades and then, upon seeing them, they could decide if they were to accept, defer, or reject me. My stats are:</p>
<p>I have a 3.3 gpa, with a really hard courseload, 7 AP's. But, I wasn't requesting an anaylsis of my chances; rather, I was asking if anyone else got the same letter. My sister, who goes to Michigan, says the people who got this type of letter, 90 or so percent got accepted but had to goto the summer school.</p>
<p>my letter said i was deferred (see my other post) but it didnt say anything about looking closely at other colleges. it does say i will receive a final decision b/w now and mid april and also that if i havent gotten a final decision before the end of the fall semester, to send my grades as they could "enhance my status in the deferred pool of applicants." Does anyone with significant insight maybe have an idea if this has to do with how they supposedly split up the people who aren't admitted initially (high admit, admit, admit with reservations, no admit, etc)?</p>
<p>they make you go to summer shcool if you get in but just barely or after being deferred? is it at UM? that actually might be kinda sweet to just hang out and take like 2 classes while the weather is nice. let me in and sign me up.</p>
<p>Mine was both deffered and grades. Delayed sounds kind of like the same thing. So some people get a letter that never says defered but says delayed and some get a third letter that says neither but asks for grades? crazy...</p>
<p>The summer school is supposed to be a lot of fun, as you get to meet people and make lots of friends even before everyone else gets there. Also you get to enjoy Michigan during the best time of the year when its not -10 degrees. The one downside to the summer school is that there's a lot of supervision i.e. horrible curfew</p>
<p>Could the type of letter sent have anything to do with the school applied to--LSA, Eng., Kines., Nurs., etc.? Each school has its own admissions counselors (Julie Simon and Mateo Carrillo for the School of Kines.) responsible for the apps to their particular school. Admit criteria/methods/numbers vary so, perhaps, the different letters are a reflection of that??</p>
<p>Another couple of minutes and I could have had my question answered without the post. Hoedown, what about the request for 1st semester grades in some letters? Is that also attributed to the school applied to or is there something more to it? Also, how do the different schools vary on the # of admits taken from the deferral pool? Perhaps my son should have applied to the School of Nursing instead of Kines. to increase his chance for admittance?? LOL !!</p>
<p>I don't know if the grade letter varies from unit to unit.</p>
<p>Generally speaking, each unit has its own targets and its own applicant pool. Some have higher acceptance rates than others. Some will go a little "deeper" in the pool. Some may be a little more quick to defer, some slower.</p>
<p>That may be one of the least helpful posts I've ever written.</p>
<p>There's been mention of starting in the summer instead of fall. Would that help out a deferment situation? Can a student ask to change that on their app before a final decision is made, or would the school offer it as a condition for admittance?</p>
<p>As I understand it, usually students don't ask to be admitted for summer. As you surmised, Admissions might recommend it for certain candidates. It's certainly worth asking about, though.</p>
<p>Actually, hoedown, you are wrong. Some people are admitted on the understanding that they will attend the summer program before their freshman year. It is not an option if they ask you to. My sister attends Michigan now and she told me this happens to a lot of people.</p>
<p>Wrong? What's wrong, precisely--are you saying that it's the norm for those students admitted in summer to apply, of their own volition, as a summer student, without admissions okaying it or suggesting it?</p>
<p>It was my understanding that they apply as fall matriculants, but OUA says "we can't admit you as fall but we could for summer" and at that point, if the student is willing, their fall app is cancelled and re-created as a summer app.</p>
<p>What was unclear to me was who initiated the summer app. I didn't believe it was the student. This is wrong?</p>
<p>Not all new freshmen who are summer students are bridge students.</p>
<p>Many are. But not all. You're right, though, that it's one of the reasons Fall applicants may be admitted for summer, because OUA believes they will benefit from that semester head-start.</p>