The decisions on Feb. 5th were posted at midnight, but many of the decisions of March 4th were posted in the afternoon. Don’t lose hope quite yet!
@jams765 , @collegegirlie11 & others, don’t give up hope! Like @whizkid98 mentioned, many of the decisions on March 4th were posted in the afternoon- including our kid’s. And if nothing is released today, then it’s likely 4/1 which is when a lot of universities announce anyway- Ivy Day this year is March 31st so a bunch of admissions announcements go out Thursday evening next week. Hopefully UM will end the agony for many by releasing a wave on Friday (a week from today). Good to luck to everyone!
I don’t understand why it wouldn’t be today. Last year it was the last friday of march (today), and most decisions get released in the afternoon anyways (like the original EA wave). Plus the last big wave was two weeks ago. Have faith!!
Each week that passes by without a decision just makes it harder and harder to bear
My daughter just learned of someone admitted to LSA today…
Given how UM has said it is determined to avoid over-filling the class and that its yield has been increasing substantially in recent years, I’m not surprised that new acceptances have slowed to a trickle. Obviously many of those accepted in earlier waves have accepted their places. Then again, people drop out over the summer, so new places do become available.
https://www.michigandaily.com/section/news/class-2020-begins-receiving-acceptance-decisions
From the Michigan Daily
That is not true. Most of students would not commit until April as they are comparing the FA just received. The RD admission has nothing to do with the number of students paying deposit early as the final yield rate can only be determined after May 1. For RD, they just need to meet the admission goal regardless the student acceptance of the admission or not. Nevertheless, it is near the end of admission cycle that most admission has been announced. The remaining admission slot (out of ~13000 total) is getting low. If they are admitting less than last year, which is not surprising, they may have reached the admission goal earlier than last year. In the couple weeks, there will be inevitably mostly rejection and waitlist notice due to the ratio of remaining seat vs many of the 40000 rejection/waitlist still pending.
They have planned to use the waitlist more since last year. However, the increase in yield rate kept the enrollment near target (even >55% of total admission were declined) before using the waitlist last year. So the chance of waitlist depends on the EA/RD admission volume and the yield rate this year. The drop out after May 1 is minimal and are predominantly due to waitlist admission by other top school. They would not care the small change in enrollment number at that point. It is not likely to have more than a percent or two change from the >6000 freshmen class. Only the admission declined by May 1 are important for the waitlist admission later on.
I’m from NY. I’ve alwYs wanted to go to a Big Ten school. Great spirit, great fun, great academics. I’m in at Illinois, Kelley School, and Madison. So I should be happy (and am). But it’s really hard to get closure on the decision with Michigan hanging out there. Plus I’ve had to put deposits down on housing at another school which I would lose if I go to Michigan. At this point I have to believe my chances at UM are slim and none. They know it too. I get that there are a lot of applicants and blah,blah, blah. But why couldn’t they just let people know who are quite obviously not getting in. They have rejected very few and the math tells you the rejections will be a tsunami. So why are they waiting. I understand waiting on the borderline kids. But there are 20,000 borderline kids. Even if I get in, this is leaving a bad taste in my mouth. I want to leave NY to escape this kind of self-important arrogance.
@ynkeyfn “self-important arrogance”? That’s a pretty bold statement of an institution of which you know very little about. One could argue that you are being arrogant in thinking that just because a school is taking a long time to reach back to you, that there is something wrong with that institution. With every school there is going to be a batch of students waiting to hear back, and I know sucks being in that last batch to hear back, but unfortunately that’s the way it has to be.
@billcsho Your logic only applies to those students who have applied for FA (~40%). Those that haven’t, or only want loans, have nothing to wait for. I know that at our private school, several students accepted their offers the day they were received. That also applies to those in Detroit and Cleveland’s wealthy suburbs, for whom UM remains exceptionally popular.
I assume there are a lot of people who don’t apply for FA but still can’t afford it without merit money. We’re still waiting for the merit award and can’t commit until we find out. We won’t know until April 1 or later. We’re OOS.
PS Is Wolverine Access up right now?
There are tens of thousands of students who applied to Ivy League schools (some in early fall for ED) who will not hear until Thursday. And thousands of those will be rejected. Applicants to Michigan are not the only ones who have to wait.
@biprof True, but the majority of Ivies have now made their offers. Friday was the big day for most.
@klingon97 No, that is incorrect. Ivy Day is March 31. The Ivies have sent out some likely letters, but those are a small percent of overall acceptances.
@ynkeyfn you are so right. They should have cut the cord so long ago with thousands. There is no way that by now (and even months ago) they don’t have thousands they know are going to be cut. Why leave them all hanging? Let them get on with their lives.
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@klingon97 Comparing aids, waiting for other schools, or just waiting till getting closer to May 1, even most committed students have not pay the deposit yet. But anyway, students committed or declined offer now would not affect the RD admission at all. Yield rate would not and cannot be calculated before May 1.
People have been.complaining UMich not to announce more rejection or wait list earlier. Obviously, the adcom is giving priority to admitted students for obvious reason. On the other hand, admitted students who has decided not to attend also would not rush to notify the admission office their declination either.
@billcsho Our school has encouraged us to decline offers that we know we do not intend to accept. Don’t see the point of not doing so. The moment I received the one I wanted, I declined the others.
The point is, is that every student is different. There are LOTS of UM admits who are waiting to hear from the Ivy League schools, since there are a lot of overlapping applicants. Also, UM had done this admissions game for quite a few decades now and knows about what to expect in the way of yield. Unfortunately for those waiting, I don’t think it makes much difference if any if a bunch of students do not deposit on May 1.