should I be worried about that?
They all begin that way. They all contain much of the same text. Repeat: There are subtle differences. Then read #638. The theory is… if your ROCI reply contains those words, your app was likely ranked in the top two categories and you are more likely to come off deferral list first. Looking for someone to disprove theory.
" Curious to know whether anyone who was admitted this week received a reply to your ROCI (NOT the deferral letter) that did not refer to the strength of your application and the “will continue to advocate for you” language."
My son was admitted to COE on Friday after a deferral and his response to LOCI did not have that language.
@EthanAz1 Same, doesn’t look like a good sign considering theres this ‘I will continue to advocate for you’ response that others have received.
@PoseidonHK who is your regional admissions counselor? I know that mine is new this year and my friends from school with high stats also received this generic response.
All I received was a response thanking me for my message. No “I will continue to advocate for you”, no mention of my being an “excellent” or “very strong” applicant. I was admitted on Friday. There might be some sort of correlation, but that was not my experience, so people with generic responses shouldn’t lose hope!
@momofabby and @Bella2018 thanks for posting that. Happy to have the myth debunked. Still find it curious the variations in the replies from the very same regional reps.
@jrmNY2018 My DD was admitted to COE Friday and did not receive that email reply referring to the strength of your application and the “will continue to advocate for you” language." Hers was pretty generic.
I’ve made a note of the strength of your continued interest within your application file so that it can be considered in our final review of your application file. Other than your senior year grades, we ask that you do not submit any additional materials at this time.
With over 38,000 freshman applications received during Early Action, admission was more competitive than it has ever been. Unfortunately, this meant that we needed to defer many highly qualified and competitive applicants to reconsider them alongside the entire applicant pool.
Given how competitive admission has become, I encourage all of our deferred students to both keep Michigan as an option, but also to explore the other options that are available to you. We ensure that your final decision will be available no later than early April.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Same as @Bella2018. No reference to being a “strong” applicant and admitted on Friday.
I sent an email in January saying that I was still interested, etc. About a paragraph long also updating my grades. I never received a reply, is this bad?
@9123g35 The “Outstanding” applicant files got the replies that included “continue to advocate.” You got what I think is one of the “excellent” replies which described yours among the “highly qualified” and “competitive” applicants (3rd paragraph).
I am convinced that my reply indicates that I am in the bottom category. It is pretty negative compared to the others. For what it is worth, here it is:
Thank you for your continued interest in the University of Michigan please be assured that it will be noted in my evaluation of your application. The University received almost 40,000 early action applications this year and as a result, admission was very competitive. Be assured that we used a holistic and comprehensive review process and looked at all aspects of your application before a decision was made. We considered your grades, curriculum, test scores, essays, extra-curricular involvement, recommendations, and personal background as part of our evaluation.
Before we can make a final decision on your application we need to further evaluate the strength of the regular decision applicants, as well as the yield rate of our admitted students to determine if we have space for you in the freshman class. As stated in the deferral letter you received last month, please submit your mid-year grades no later than mid-February–once they are received I will be able to re-assess your candidacy for the University of Michigan. Otherwise, there is nothing further we need from you at this time, and we ask that you do not submit any additional information. As stated in your deferral letter, we will have a final admissions decision for you by early April.
Again, admission to the University of Michigan is the most competitive it has ever been this year, so I encourage all deferred students to keep the University of Michigan as an option, but also to also explore the other opportunities available to them. Please feel free to contact me again if you have any additional questions or concerns
@jrmNY2018 I sure hope you’re wrong. I got the exact same response from my regional rep. Honestly though, it may just be that different regional reps use different letters.
It must be that different regional reps use different forms. There is no way the school would reveal its internal rankings with something so irrelevant as a reply to an optional LOCI. My D and several of her friends with tippy top scores and grades were all admitted on Friday after a deferral. Some didn’t send LOCIs. Some got no reply. Some got a generic one.
@jrmNY2018 My son received the identical response from the admission rep for CT. She also handles NY north of NYC. I am assuming from your name that you may be in her coverage area. I suspect that this is just her standard reply and has nothing to do with your level of competitiveness.
I just received my semester grades, does anyone know where I go to report them? Or does Michigan not use self reported semester grades?
Do decisions only come on Fridays?
Thanks for the supportive comments, but 18 kids from my high school applied and we got different replies from the same rep. Three got acceptances on Thursday night and they all got the version that described their application as strong or competitive and had the “advocate” language. I wish you were all right, but I am sure that my application received the lowest rating and I will ultimately be denied. I have very high test scores but a softer GPA than my classmates who were accepted in the first round and again off the the deferral list last week so it makes sense. Oh well…onward!
@jrmNY2018 where all three versions of the response received in your school, or just the “advocate” one and the one you received?
@jrmNY2018 my son got the same letter as you did - and he has 1560 SAT, excellent GPA, etc. and still he waits. It’s is hard to believe that they actually have a system in place to rank responses to possible LOCI they might receive but if so, it is what it is. I guess we just have to be patient and see how it all plays out and keep exploring other options. There ARE other options…
Don’t over think the importance of LoCI and the versions of response letters. Each student is different, so why should the outcome be the same. I do recommend sending in one as there is nothing to lose.