@BearGirl92 You must be VERY confident with your application to believe no other application in RD will match. Without a thank you (aka LOCI), you forfeit your EA advantage.
Look at it this way - it’s like completing an interview and not sending a thank you. It’s like receiving a gift (deferral and not a deny) and not sending a thank you with explanation of how you intend to use/have used the gift.
The position isn’t filled yet. Professionally speaking, fight for what you want.
My friend applied ea but got sent into rd and didn’t get a response because his act scores didn’t send in time. He had to contact the admissions office to know why he didn’t get a decision
I know hundreds of students who applied when you combine my school, schools in my town, schools in other states where relatives live and we have not heard of any denials. Guidance counselor was also told no denials. By the school’s own account, over 40,000 applications received and only 6000 accepted. That means they did not get through all of the EA apps in the few weeks they had. Disappointing for those who paid the application fee expecting a full review and decision by the EA release date.
I don’t know how you can assume they did not go through all the applications just because 6000 accepted?
@EthanAz1 @sebound2022 There was somebody at my school with below average stats who was definitely denied, but another with even lower stats who was deferred.
Hey everyone! I ended up contacting another guidance counselor in my area and had him talk my counselor through the upload process. My updated transcript just showed up on Wolverine Access, with today’s date. Thank you all for your support and advice (:
UM would lose a tremendous amount of credibility if they didn’t read all the EA applications. I can’t imagine they would risk that. I also agree with those who suggest a brief LOCI to the local admissions rep helps (not hurts) your application.
Is it too late to send a short LOCI and a message that my grades will be updated? There was a mistake on my transcript and it was cleared so I can finally ask my counselor to send it in.
how much would having one of my major extracurriculars being featured in the Detroit free press help my admission chances
Redwingz123. If this is new information then send it in to your regional contact. If you are named in the article highlight that.
Hey y’all I’m a little curious about something and wanted some feedback… I was deferred from Michigan and had my guidance counselor call my regional admissions officer and inquire why I hadn’t gotten in when kids with similar/lower stats from my school did, and she said my application was very strong and there’s nothing I’d have to improve on, but they thought I considered UMich a safety and wouldn’t actually attend. In recent years (as she stated) they have had many accepted yet overqualified applicants go to other schools instead and are concerned about their yield. As such, it seems they blatantly admitted to the Tufts effect, thought many posters on CC have rejected its plausibility being that U of Michigan essentially cannot be considered a safety for anyone. Any thoughts? Should I believe her reason for deferring me or does it make no sense?
@cbjs44 That’s really interesting. Would you mind sharing your stats? If what she said is true, I’m curious what they consider to be an overqualified applicant.
cbjs44. If this is true, perhaps the reason(s) that admissions thought you considered Michigan a safety were in your essays? Michigan wants to accept students who really want to attend the school. If Michigan were really concerned about yield as much as some privates like Tufts, they could easily enact an ED option. Michigan simply has no room for every qualified applicant, like most elite schools.
Deferred with 35 ACT and 4.0 while classmates with lower stats were admitted.
I think if they could easily enact an ED option, they would. I don’t think it would be easy. In state parents would likely scream, and the relationship between financial aid and ED is complicated.
96.5 gpa, 1580 SAT, 10 APs @pepper5420
@rjkofnovi (My essay did show interest and my guidance counselor asked about it and the admissions counselor said everything on my application was strong so I’m not sure it’s that)
For anyone trying to figure out why someone with lower stats got accepted and your great stats didn’t… Your most likely wasting your time. No one has that answer. It is frustrating. But no one can give you the magic sauce to get accepted. There are the baselines that most accepted candidates have and these are the averages stated on past acceptances on the admission website. Other then that it is really just a guessing game. You will all get accepted, deferred and denied from schools and some won’t make any sense. You are all really at the mercy of what the school needs that year and the reviewers making the decisions. Just remember… And this is hard to understand… It’s not about you. I am sure you all have fairly great grades, scores , essays, economics, recommendations, etc etc. Again, it’s not about you. Have a few schools to get excited about not just one.
Sorry extracurricular… Not economics…
“I think if they could easily enact an ED option, they would.”
Michigan would never enact an ED option to help maintain yield. That was the point I was trying to make.
“My essay did show interest and my guidance counselor asked about it and the admissions counselor said everything on my application was strong so I’m not sure it’s that.”
What else could the counselor say? Being deferred does not mean you were rejected. You could get an acceptance notification even as I type this message.