<p>Hi all, is it better to mail or email your letter of continued interest?</p>
<p>Email</p>
<p>Wow, I am beyond scared now. Some of these deferrals have very good credentials. I turned my application in Dec. 5 and I have yet to hear back from them. I have a 3.9 GPA and 33 ACT but it doesn’t seem like that matters much to the admissions officers for some of these deferrals haha. I basically have a full-ride scholarship lined up but that wouldn’t mean much if I don’t get in!</p>
<p>deferred. 200
gpa (uw): 3.9070
APes: 6 exams (taken 5 courses)
IB HLs: IB Biology
Honors: 3
course rigor: i lost my As to regular English classes … i find English really hard 
ec: kumon tutor 8 hours/week, private tutor 4 hrs/week, forensics: 12 hrs/week including competition hours, statistics blogger for a website…200+ volunteering hours
award: honorable mention at national chemistry olympiad detroit local section, honor roll 3 years, ap scholar with distinction
ap scores: chem: 5, chinese: 5, calc 1: 5, physics c mechancis: 4, stats: 5
predicted IB: 6/7
essays: my why michigan one is good, my teachers liked the common app one…but i think it is so…so…,
ranking: top 15%
school type: large public school that is super compeitive
residency: michgian resident with green card, came here in middle school from Shanghai …
hooks: none but I was used as a case study by UofM’s mott hospital and kellog eye center apparently ‘cause nobody there has seen a Graves’ Disease case like that of mine …
letter of interest: sent it
senior year grades: ugh … they aren’t as good but they aren’t bad …im not sure if I should send</p>
<p>2270 SAT
790 Math II SAT II, 650 Spanish SAT II
5 AP’s, all 5’s, in a school that does not offer AP courses: Calc AB, Calc BC, Physics C, Eng Comp, APUSH
4.0 unweighted GPA
Top student at my school (school does not rank, but counselor said so in letter)
Inaugural class at new private high school
From Florida
NMSSF (waiting on Fin or Schol)
Outstanding Recs
I thought my essays were really good.
EC: Sustained interest in musical theater, lots of leading roles and leadership - and I’m a boy. Sports broadcasting; Designed and helping teach a new honors Spanish class.</p>
<p>DEFERRED.</p>
<p>What’s up with that?? </p>
wait how are you deferred o.O i don’t get it … you definitely deserve UofM
Something to keep in mind too is that luck plays a part in admissions. It isn’t too big of a part, but it’s still there. I mean, I can assume something like my essays or grades led to an acceptance, but my admissions counselor could have just been in a good mood, I really don’t know. It’s not a definite science, and maybe a little luck is all that’s needed to swing your decision. Good luck to everyone reapplying, hope you all get in!
I got deferred from the CoE, but it is my dream to go to U of M. I heard that you can switch your application to LSA after the deferral. DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROCESS?
@JTrombs I do not think that switching schools after deferral will do good since they may suspect ur abrupt reason of change. It might be even lower ur possibility since it seems pretty obvious that you intentionally change ur application since you think it is easier to be accepted in LSA.
not sure if anyone on here mentioned already but i looked at the UM RD Class of 2018 thread (last year’s worrisome UM applicants) and many decisions were released as early as Jan.20, where i also read the year before had been released Jan. 19. Expect some of the decisions to be released around them, but most likely a little later, due to the higher amount of applications this year (evident by the later EA release dates for this class).
i saw that most of the earlier-released ones were mostly deferred EA students, but there were a few that had staggered well into mid-april, so im not guaranteeing you’ll get your decision before all the applicants that originally applied RD. Usually RD is just for space-filling, so most likely the more well-qualified students that have shown considerable to great interest in the school will get their decisions first, which usually are the differed EA kids because most of the EA students have better stats than the RD kids.
If you havent’t already seen this yet (researched the heck out of the school literally clicking on/reading 99% of the websites that mentioned them both academic and non-academic stuff), i think it will help see some of your chances at admission. It’s stats from Class of 2018’s pool saying how many people from which states and international were accepted, how many applications, how many total accepted freshman, etc.
http://admissions.umich.edu/apply/freshmen-applicants/admitted-student-profile
Hope this helped, fellow UMich applicants! I applied RD (in-state first generation) and hope to see you next year!
GoBlue
@umichmaybe Were just acceptances released that early? No rejections?
@HumNation
just acceptances from what i read and were reciprocal from rejection or waitlist notifications; big waves starting late january and staggered with minimal acceptances by april, so by late feb., if not already received,theres a 50/50 chance.
here’s 2 from last year:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-michigan-ann-arbor/1611332-official-class-of-2018-university-of-michigan-regular-decisions-thread.html
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-michigan-ann-arbor/1578190-official-class-of-2018-university-of-michigan-ea-decisions-thread.html
Seems like we will know it pretty soon. Hope everyone has a good result!
WA won’t load for me….
For those who emailed their territory counselor, did your counselor respond with an email yet?
@lialex14 I emailed her yesterday and she replyed me back today morning
@lialex14 she responded to me too, she said that my continued interested will be noted, and then basically repeated some of the information in the deferral email. It was probably pretty automated.
DEFERRED 
Objective:
SAT I (DID NOT SUBMIT)
ACT: 34 // 35 E 34 M 34 R 34 S 9 Essay
SAT II: 720 M1 690 World 760 US Hist
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): we only use weighted 98.12/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US (5) AP Lang (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Bio, AP Harmony, Gender Studies Honors, Eco Honors, Calc, Spanish 4 Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swim Team (20+ hours a week), captain of varsity swim team (all of hs) captain of CYO swim team, student council, mission club, treasurer of national honor society, summer job (lifeguard), job at a nursery school, environmental club
Job/Work Experience: two jobs see actives
Volunteer/Community service: 80+ hours, Mission Rep volunteering, Volunteer at nursery school
Summer Activities: swimming, job
Essays: very unique topic (birds); i thought my other essays were very good
Teacher Recommendation: assuming good
Counselor Rec: eh generic probably
Additional Rec: nursery school ( I attended there and then volunteered and then worked)
Interview: NOPE
Other
State (if domestic applicant): New York (long island)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Catholic all girls high school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: essays
Weaknesses: gpa
@JK0919 and @dreamchaser711, it’s nice you guys got a reply. I haven’t received one yet. I am going to wait for another week or two before sending another one.
@dreamchaser711 and @JK0919 What states are you from? I sent an email to my counselor, but I didn’t hear back yet…