<p>Does anyone know anything about the school of kinesiology? That’s where I applied to. I’ve heard it’s the easiest school to get into out of all the other programs at Michigan.</p>
<p>NYU rarely defers or waitlists. They prefer to straight up accept or reject, and I applied to the bpe program at Stern which has approximately a less than 6% acceptance rate, so given my gpa and the fact that I am asian (lol) I am not entirely surprised.</p>
<p>@ketchup I have heard that said multiple times. I do not know of any statistics though about it. How are your stats?</p>
<p>After reading this, I got a little freaked. But in an attempt to soothe my own anxieties and potentially those of others, I have a few opinions. </p>
<p>I myself have talked to a few admissions people from Michigan. I attend a very well-to-do private school here in Michigan that accepts around 80% of applicants from my school (out of 150 class size, normally 100 applicants.) One thing that many people don’t know about is the context of your school. The admissions person I talked to said they look at a given high school’s curriculum and challenge level. With that, they compare it to other schools in order to even the playing field. A 3.5 at a very rigorous high school is looked at in the same manner as a 4.00 at a less rigorous high school.</p>
<p>Another thing was the high volume of applications which has been discussed. We normally have around 80 admittances, but last year only 2 people got in early, with some very concerning cases. However, almost everyone was later on accepted. My counselor and admissions rep tells me getting your app in as early as possible actually plays a surprisingly large role, as they have more time with your application and feel more confident in their understanding of you come decision time. I myself went a little manic and submitted mine August 30th, the first day it was available, which apparently puts me in the group of first people to receive their decision.</p>
<p>College admissions is EXTREMELY subjective. Every case and application is unique and should be taken with a grain of salt. Just because someone with similar grades/scores as you was deferred or denied doesn’t mean you will fall in the same boat.</p>
<p>Well, that helped me a little. I hoped it helped some other concerned individuals as well. All I can say is, good luck to everyone for whenever decisions are released! (I’m dying to know. Waiting to take that trip to M-DEN and buy up the whole damn place.)</p>
<p>I should’ve submitted my app earlier than 2 days before the deadline :x</p>
<p>Also this forum is kinda cool. As far as connections to reps and all that goes, I’m actually pretty close and my counselors have a direct line to an admissions rep who is surprisingly upfront with them. If you guys have any questions, I’d love to answer a few :)</p>
<p>So it does make a difference that I submitted my app on September 30?</p>
<p>uh oh i submitted mine october 18</p>
<p>Does anyone know when results will be posted? And also does anyone know if Umich sends letters or emails?</p>
<p>That’s fairly early. I’d say your fine. Once you start edging toward a week or two within the deadline is when you might be in trouble. My counselors say our extremely low admittance rate was due to that. One girl had a 4.00 and 35 and was deferred because she submitted pretty late.</p>
<p>Also, some info from the inside track, one of our reps admitted something that I caught to be very surprising. The possibility of not getting them all out by the 24th. She said they are so bogged down in apps that there is that possibility. My counselor has consistently told me 20th is the day to expect. He said it’s unlikely that they will pass the 24th, but all the same, it’s a possibility.</p>
<p>I really really really hope I don’t get deferred for applying within a few days of the deadline… I’d rather be rejected than be tormented for 3months :xxx</p>
<p>Sorry cabooser, didn’t mean to add stress :(</p>
<p>I think the important thing to remember is that a deferral isn’t the kiss of death like it once was. I have 78 graduated seniors, many of which who are good friends, who all got deferred and later accepted to vouch for me.</p>
<p>i dont think i can handle another rejection :(</p>
<p>My dad told me 50% of deferred students then get accepted. Not sure where he got that, seems a bit high.</p>
<p>It’s hard to attest the accuracy of that. One of the things I hate about the college process is the uncertainty and the amount of rumors and stats thrown around that aren’t totally true. I have no info for sure, but I feel like that is probably true.</p>
<p>I applied mid October, but Umich didn’t receive all of my materials until late October. It simply isn’t fair to defer students for that reason. They should advise us to submit our apps in earlier! I won’t be able to handle the deferment.</p>
<p>They consider the day your application was sent in. I submitted by app August 30th, but materials from my school didn’t reach them until October 15th. Just worry about the day when you clicked “submit” on the common app.</p>
<p>I didn’t submit until October 31… I really hope that rumor isn’t true. I would bet that they don’t start reading your app. until all your materials are in anyway, and both of my teacher’s did not submit their letters until November 1st. I bet many other teachers did the same and therefor I find it hard to believe that’s a culprit of deferrals. Starting incomplete apps is just a waste of time. There’s no way they can give priority to early-submitters without their grades…which arrive mid/late October. Also I would assume they wait until the deadline so that they can compare you to everyone who applied from your school. It just doesn’t make any sense that they’d hit the ground running in August with incomplete apps and missing school context/perspective.</p>
<p>I agree, so many recommenders wait till a couple days before to send, and theres no point reading half an app… also i’m not sure why we should be worried, earlier tonight they posted that they read each at least twice and theres no auto cut off</p>