<p>sitting in computer programming class and somehow found myself on this site</p>
<p>Lol I hope they don’t defer people just because they ran out of time to thoroughly review their app… that seems pretty unprofessional and unlike Michigan admissions.</p>
<p>That’s definitely not something admissions offices do. Doing that would cause so many qualified applicants to look for other schools just because the adcoms were too lazy to read all the apps? They’d extend the decision date before doing something like that.</p>
<p>It happened last year to many applicants, me being one of them.</p>
<p>Are you sure that you were deferred because of time constraints or because your app was sub-par? I don’t think there’s any way to know for sure.</p>
<p>@cabooser
I mean you can interpret this email anyway you’d like.
I had a 28 and 4.0 unweighted GPA, 3 AP’s and all honors courses. </p>
<p>Thank you for your application to the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts for Fall 2013. We are pleased that you have applied and are impressed with your achievements. However, our high application volume, coupled with the very strong credentials of our applicants in recent years, has contributed to an increasingly competitive admissions process. As a result, we are writing to inform you that your application is currently being deferred for further review.</p>
<p>While this is not the answer that you were hoping to hear, it is still good news. Your application is one of a group that remains under consideration. All final admissions decisions of admit, deny, or waitlist will be made no later than early-April, 2013.</p>
<p>Please refer to the website [Information</a> for Deferred Students | University of Michigan Office of Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.umich.edu/deferred]Information”>http://www.admissions.umich.edu/deferred) for FAQs about the admission process and what to do next. Strong fall semester or second trimester grades may improve your status in the deferred pool of applicants. Therefore, please ask your high school counselor to forward your fall semester or second trimester grades when they become available and be sure your U-M ID --------- is on the material. Beyond that, we are confident that the information you have given us is more than sufficient for a final decision. The most successful candidates send us only what we require.</p>
<p>Because you are in this select group, we hope your interest in Michigan continues, and we will keep you informed of our progress. You have our best wishes for an enjoyable and successful end of your senior year.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Theodore L. Spencer
Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director</p>
<p>Sounds to me that “As a result, we are writing to inform you that your application is currently being deferred for further review.”</p>
<p>I would not call deferred or rejected sub-par, rather it is more like not a good match. You know each year more qualified applicants than school can accept.</p>
<p>Well there are 3 types of deferral letters, I believe that’s the good one. Also a 28 ACT is on the low-side of accepted Michigan undergrads, so I wouldn’t put a deferral (not time problems) out of question. Glad to hear you got accepted in RD though!!</p>
<p>@cabooser Understandable, but I know someone with a 28 and 3.8 who got accepted in december as well as someone with a 33 and 3.8 who got deferred and never accepted.</p>
<p>They did defer students because they had not reviewed their apps.</p>
<p>The Admissions Office was overwhelmed with applicants and deferred students because they had not fully reviewed the applications. My sons application was deferred (he was later admitted). He had a 31 ACT, a GPA of 3.9 (unweighted), in-state and was a legacy. </p>
<p>His friend had basically the same things but got his application in about 4 weeks earlier (mid-August) and was admitted in December. </p>
<p>Further, a friends sibling works in the Admissions Office and confirmed to her this was the case. </p>
<p>Finally, when my son ended up notifying UMich that he was not accepting the offer, one of the pre-printed reasons for rejection was Delay in Response to Application or something like that. He chose to select other because he does hope to attend a graduate school there and did not want to project anything negative.</p>
<p>In the end, I hope that UMich learned its lesson and does not defer folks acting as if they didnt make the first cut but, if they have the same problems, they are honest so really qualified students do not feel as if they are second tier – I’m sure they don’t mean for students to feel that way but when they are not honest about the deferral, then that is exactly how these folks feel.</p>
<p>If you are a “shot” at UMich, you are a great student and, whereever you land, you will make the best of it, enjoy yourself, and be successful.</p>
<p>Good luck all!!! Enjoy the Holidays!!</p>
<p>Wow that seriously sucks if this is the case.</p>
<p>I swear if I get deferred because they didn’t have any time…that will suck</p>
<p>I think that they might just start weeding any remaining applications by looking at scores. This seems to happen a lot at large public universities.</p>
<p>Has anybody called the office yet today?</p>
<p>YBhope-</p>
<p>The 28 ACT is likely what got you a deferral. Did you eventually get accepted?</p>
<p><em>EDIT</em>
I see back in post #21 that you were accepted</p>
<p>Plenty of people get in with a 28.</p>
<p>Yes, but it is not a sure thing.</p>
<p>Especially since it’s around the 25th percentile. A 28 could easily get an applicant deferred.</p>
<p>This wait is KILLING me!!! I can’t focus at all</p>
<p>Everyone promises to post if they get a decision, right? I’m off to play a game of Tetris. :)</p>