<p>Next friday, the 13th</p>
<p>Cabooser are you sure? Did you talk the admissions office?</p>
<p>That’s just the word on the street as far as I know, since the past two years have both been on these Fridays. Most people are expecting it on the 13th</p>
<p>That seems so soon! Any ideas on how many students applied?</p>
<p>One more week!! This next week is going to go by soooo slowwww haha</p>
<p>When you got deferred…How long did it take to get accepted after the deferrel? Also what were your scores…sat, gpa…</p>
<p>Do you guys know how we will learn the decisions? Are they going to send us an email or is going to be on Wolverine account?</p>
<p>Brouhahah: They’ll send out an email (most likely this upcoming Friday and that following weekend) titled something like “Your Admission Decision” or something apparent like that. The email basically will tell you whether or not your accepted and that your official acceptance letter is on its way in the mail. I read last years EA thread, and a lot of people actually accessed their decisions through Wolverine Access before they got their email. So if you don’t receive an email, just check WA regularly next weekend. All decisions will be released by December 24th. If I’m wrong on anything, somebody please correct me haha</p>
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Yes, I just corrected that.</p>
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<p>Rumor has UMich rejects/defers 2300+ because they might not come, given that they are certain to try their luck with at least one of HYPSM and would not come if any one of those schools says yes. </p>
<p>I am absolutely freaking out since I am also applying for Stanford and will likely get consecutive rejections/ deferrals that day. But that information should ease up your Dad unless you are also applying to HYPSM, in which case he would have a great deal else to worry about LOL.</p>
<p>anyone have an idea as to what time decisions will be released? it would suck to get your deferral letter during the school day in math class or something.</p>
<p>@ersnyc Last year they were released starting Friday afternoon going into the evening and into the weekend.</p>
<p>@Keepyourshirton I don’t think it works that way… I’ve never heard of a school rejecting an applicant because he/she is “too good” and will most likely go to a stronger school. However, if that is true, then I’m guessing that it’s based a lot on that essay about “Why Michigan?” If you wrote some super-general stuff that shows that you’ve done absolutely no research and are just using Umich as a safety, then they would be much more likely to dismiss your app. Still, I don’t think that’d be a good reason to reject an otherwise qualified applicant. If anything, 2300+ get rejected because all they did throughout high school was go to expensive tutors and prepare for those tests and study all day long, and did absolutely nothing related to their interests outside of school.</p>
<p>Has anyone called admissions? Have they implied anything other than the 24th. I’m worried the common app issues this year may cause the decision date to get pushed back.</p>
<p>Ivanov2014, it’s called Tufts Syndrome:</p>
<p>[Beware</a> the Tufts Syndrome | Admit This!](<a href=“http://www.collegeview.com/admit/?p=3083]Beware”>http://www.collegeview.com/admit/?p=3083)</p>
<p>This makes me worried since my why michigan essay isn’t as strong/personal as it could’ve been</p>
<p>@ivanov2014 Dadinator is right. Rejecting those who have a higher likelihood to turn down the offer does happen in some private universities. It’s all about perception. When you reject more students (and maintain a higher yield), you are perceived as being more selective. It’s an unfortunate policy, but some schools are way over sensitive about their image.</p>
<p>I do want to point out though, that as far as I’m aware, Tufts syndrome isn’t an issue at any public university (and I know it’s not an issue at Michigan). This is simply because admissions data and practices at these colleges are almost absolutely transparent. No school (and especially a government affiliated school) wants to be known for having completely unfair admissions policies. Michigan defers students solely because they need more information about the rest of the students applying.</p>
<p>Of course this isn’t to say that there aren’t other policies implemented to protect the yield at public universities, they just happen to be [in my opinion] more fair. For example, it’s been said many times on this forum before that showing interest/passion in your Michigan application will help you. While it seems to make sense generally as just a smart policy, it also has the side effect of giving a small advantage to those who show they have high likelihood to attend.</p>
<p>Well, I still think that it’s mainly an issue of demonstrated interest. Sure, colleges may be more hesitant to admit a student who’s shown absolutely no interest in the school, other than submitting the application with really generic essays which could work for any other college. But if you’ve demonstrated genuine interest in the school, did your research, maybe even visited the campus, and incorporated all that in the “Why us?” essay, I don’t think that colleges would dismiss your app just because it’s “too strong”.
@KronOmega - well, that makes me feel a little better. Umich is the only public school that I’m applying to, and all the other private u’s are definitely not safeties. Most are pretty high reaches, actually. So it doesn’t look like Tufts Syndrome will apply to me there…</p>
<p>Ill be pretty upset if I got differed…</p>
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<p>I think it will be pushed back as well. Many universities are posting early results later than they did the last few years. For example, Cornell which has consistently released on the second Thursday of December (so the 12th this year) is releasing results on the 16th instead. Similar trend at other schools. Plus I think we would’ve been notified by now if it was going to be posted on the 13th. Hopefully it won’t be pushed back too far though.</p>