University of Michigan Class of 2023 Early Action

@catsdogs54 My son did. not sure if its good or bad if everyone didnt get that note. Wondered the same

@sushiritto
@michigan110 came back and clarified that it was a deferral, not a denial. Post #1305.

DEFFERED to LSA preffered admission to Ross

34 act (35 math)
11 ap (5 in Seminar, APUSH, and Stats)
4.35 weighted (3.86 unweighted)
800 sat math ||
Currently in BC Calc, Physics C, Lit, Euro, Research - all AP
Did AP micro and macro
Thought I had a strong common app essay
Thought I had strong rec letters
Decent why Mich essay
3 time all-state orchestra violinist
2 internships at financial firms
Founded Investment Club
Fluent in Russian speaking and writing
Always had a passion for buissiness.

Deffered on EA

Should I forget Michigan? Or at least Ross?

@kkuznets2000 stay hopeful and positive!!! you never really know what might happen!!!

Deferred.

COE, PA resident

3.7 GPA UW 1520 SAT

APs: Bio, Phys, Calc, Stats, German, Psych, US History, Econ, Gov.

Good luck to all.

All, do they send us an email to notify the result at the same time the update on portal is on? Or only update on portal, and the email is sent to the student and parents later?

So far, the experience has been the decision is posted on the portal and then an email is sent (to the student) some hours later.

Deferred LSA
1390 SAT
3.75 GPA
7 APs: APUSH (3), AP govt (3), AP Macro, AP Spanish (5), AP Physics C, AP Calc AB, APES
2 DE at Umich (Spanish 277 and 298)
Varsity letter for tennis
NHS
Volunteering at Alzheimers Association
Tutoring a student in spanish
Work at GFS

@momzilla2D Thank you for the update.

I emailed with a faculty member of the Comprehensive Studies Program that I was admitted to, and they mentioned that out of nearly 40,000 EA applications, they accepted around half the class size. So, I would assume about 7,000-8,000 out of 40,000 were accepted.

I’m OOS 1510, 4.0 UW, 4.8 W with solid ECs (some leadership and some honor society inductions) idk about my essays and recs to be honest. Applied to LSA and was deferred. Should I expect any chance of a favorable decision in feb or is it a reach at this point? No legacies either. Intend to send a LOCI along with my first semester grades which are, surprise surprise, 4.0 UW and 5.0 W. I can’t rlly visit the campus due to personal issues but I did attend an info meeting with the regional rep at my school. Thanks for any feedback!

@Laketahoe That is false. All EA applications were read two years ago, this year, and every other year. People can’t grasp the concept that U-M now receives way more exceptionally qualified applications than they have room to admit. Some conclude there’s no way U-M could have read THEIR application and decided to defer. Just because U-M doesn’t deny in early, don’t believe the myths. Their Vice Provost has stated the applicant pool is strong enough that they could fill their freshman class three times over without the average gpa and test scores dropping off. It’s so unpredictable these days, it’s essentially a lottery.

@umich23 Interesting. The class size is actually around 6,600, but if they meant half the number of students admitted, that would be around 8,000, which jibes with what others have said.

Got in OOS from CA for College of Engineering
4.0 gpa, 10 AP, 1560 SAT, 800 Math 2, 780 Chem, 760 USH
Interned for renowned cardiac/ophthalmology researcher at Stanford over summer
Founder of a science club
Licensed TEDx organizer
Taekwondo 8 yrs, 2nd degree black belt, instructor, recognition certification from World Taekwondo Headquarters
Congressional Award Medal from US Congress
some more stuff

I am slowly realizing that this lottery no one can predict - our kids may have the profile or the stats and yet you don’t know the outcome…we just encourage and teach them that there will be a new morning again…

accepted!!! literally never been happier
LSA communications
OOS Chicago
SAT: 1420
GPA: 3.97 UW 5.03 W
over 700 hours in service learning
lots of EC
Strong common app essay, spent months on Michigan essays
not a legacy
strong letters of rec
visited campus, met ao
APs: APUSH (5) AP Spanish Lang (5); AP Gov (5) AP Spanish Lit (5) AP Lang (4)
Courses this year: ap macro, ap lit, criminal psych (dual credit), honors calc, honors enviro, ap stats

Sasha Obama accepted EA #Victors 2023?

https://pagesix.com/2018/12/20/is-sasha-obama-headed-to-the-university-of-michigan/?fbclid=IwAR2bT6UGuTvj-h5N9sU2mDcU-bYtHNZZaQj4Giu6kIAEcfDroxr2eSJEEPo

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6518665/Sasha-Obama-attending-University-Michigan.html

Deferred OOS CA
GPA 4.5/4.7
1590

@rose2019

Don’t lose sleep over that deferral. UMich thinks you’ve got Stanford, UCB, and UCLA higher on your list.

You’re still in the running though.

I know it’s disappointing to get rejected, but they definitely didn’t “not get to” some applications. It’s very well known already that officers spend around 5 minutes on each application, but I know a former Umich admissions officer who confirmed it anyway.

Here is the unfortunate truth: without a good essay, you are replaceable. There will always be someone with more AP’s, a better SAT, more extracurriculars, and better grades. The only way you can make yourself stand out is through good rec letters and good essays. You can grant yourself some leeway through higher stats, but the fact of the matter remains that even a mediocre essay makes your whole application shaky at best.

So before you start yet another diatribe of narcissism, think: was my essay good? Was it really? Did it make me stand out, or do I sound really fake?

Of course, only people who have learned how to self-reflect can really answer those questions, and people who can self-reflect will have better, more in depth essays anyway and have already been accepted.