My oldest S, a senior at UM, was admitted oos EA 3 years ago and it seemed like a lot of acceptances were posted here. My middle child applied EA two years later and it seemed like just about everyone was deferred.
My D will apply EA this year, does anyone have a sense if UM is accepting less EA candidates than say three years ago?
tia,
Michigan is accepting fewer candidates overall than it was three years ago; however, UofM gives no preference regular decision applications over early action applications. I recommend applying EA, as it gives time to show more interest and plan, etc. Being deferred means nothing- many, many deferred applicants are accepted at Michigan, so there’s no going wrong.
thanks, but that’s not what I was asking about. I poked around a little on the web and here’s what I found:
http://www.examiner.com/article/why-thousands-were-deferred-this-year-by-the-university-of-michigan
“Early admissions would be reduced from about 65% under previous plans and 37.5% for the Class of 2018, to a figure closer to the target goal of 33% overall.* As a result, counselors could expect to see “several thousand” students deferred to regular decision”
That article seems to answer your question. Among other reasons, Michigan will be forced to defer more and more students simply because of the significant increase in applications to the University (55,000 this year, up from 49,000 cited in the article.) So yes, I think you will continue to see an increase in deferrals.
I would recommend always applying early, unless first semester senior year grades/test scores are truly a significant improvement. Many people in my entering class in my area (NY/NJ/PA/CT) were deferred and then accepted. I was deferred and then accepted a few weeks after sending a letter of continued interest (Class of 2019).
yes, she will definitely apply early, would be nice if admitted early as it will change the rest of her list.
Umich considers all of the EA applicants first, and then goes by rolling admission afterwards. Applying EA means that you are competing with other applicants for 6000 open seats. After that, there will be fewer open seats left, thus applying regular decision means that the competition will be for fewer open seats.
My assumption is that they adjust the number of EA applicants accepted each year based on whether or not they hit their target for number of students who end up actually accepting their admission offers.
They did reduce the percentage of students admitted in EA round in the last couple years. In addition, the EA applicant pool has increased a lot in the last several years that the EA admission rate went even lower.