UCLA received nearly 146,000 applications this year. That will probably be more than 1.6x the number of applications UMich has received. Yet, UCLA managed to release their RD decisions on March 17, almost two weeks ago. Somehow UCLA can figure out how to manage their admissions process to allow for an earlier release date despite probably receiving 50,000+ more apps than UMich. Go figure.
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UCLA doesnât do EA, though. I agree Michigan should move to this model (no EA slowing things down) or even move to an ED model. Essentially, the statement of continued interested operates like a (nonbinding) ED statementâespecially since they asked RD applicants to submit them as well.
On our Penn State visit, the number of applications then mentioned was something like 115,000, and they also do EA. Michigan is intentionally dragging this out IMO.
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Intentionally? That doesnât seem right. Unless, you mean theyâre waiting for all the Ivy kids to drop outâbut they have until April 30 to do that.
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Exactly
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Is there anything unforeseeable about the number of applicants? It has been surging at most of its peers for several years. Why did they allow until February 1 for RD submission?
In any event, I donât buy that admissions doesnât know when they will release â it would take at least a week to process the data after decisions to have up on the website, etc. Admissions may not be telling honors or parts of the campus or the public, but if they truly arenât far enough to know when they will be done, that would suggest not early April.
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I hear that, but itâs not a guarantee that will change things up enough to make enough of a difference. Unless, this is an experiment for this year, to see if it helps.
On the other hand, it could actually be tomorrow and theyâre conducting a psychological experiment, reading these forums for research.
@notahomemaker or Michigan could actually make decisions during EA and only defer the top applicants who were really close to being admitted. I get the impression that they defer a large majority of EA applicants, which just doubles their workload on those applicants since they have to review them twice. If they made real decisions in the EA round, it would help to spread out their workload allow them to hit their dates. I donât understand why they are so wishywashy in the EA round.
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Iâm not convinced they review them twice. I think they review them enough to know whether theyâre rejecting them EA. I think theyâre looking for specific stats (for out of state, anyway), and additional factors that indicate likelihood theyâll be attending. I do know a couple kids in the past they gambled wrong onâthey took their high stats elsewhere after being accepted EA. Maybe this year had less clarity for them for some reason.
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UCLAâs deadline is November 30 and Mich is Feb 1.
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They could still use those months to really review the EA applicants and cut the pool down so that for RD they have fewer applications to review. But if you are right, at least they arenât doing double work.
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youâre amazing - thank you!
Except every kid we know sent a LOCI (100+ kids) - and many have other good LAC offers or will get Ivy offers tonight. Not sure the LOCI really matters either way.
To be comparable, I believe one would use Michiganâs EA deadline of November 1, by when they have received a large portion of the total applications.
So it takes UCLA less than 4 months to complete review of close to 150k apps, while Michigan cannot finish 90k± apps for 5 months.
Applicants to Michigan should be really grateful that, on average, Michigan admission spends double the time on each application than UCLA doesâŠ
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Not sure stats are what they looked for in EA â plenty of 1550+/4.0 students in NYC all deferred. These kids are all from very competitive private high schools with a long history of sending kids to Michigan. Many of which are legacy.
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Exactly!
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Ya, but UCLA doesnât have snow days. 
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I thought Michigan was too hard core for snow days! Lol
Actually, Michigan is hardcore about snow days. I was just trying to get a laugh. They all canât be winners. 
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Is registration for admitted student tours open for everyone? I was deferred and was just wondering if being able to register means anything. Thanks!
enrollmentconnect.umich.edu/portal/campus_tours_admitted
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