Does anyone know if the acceptance rate for deferred students were higher than that of RD students during regular admission process?
yes.
I have a friend who recently graduated from UMich. She knows someone on the board of admissions who said that about 85% of this year’s EA applicant pool was deferred. She also said that it’s good to express your interest, which is usually accomplished in a letter of continued interest (LOCI). You should find your regional admissions counselor on the UMich website and then state some accomplishments you may have achieved since initially submitting your application as well as what attracts you to the school in an email to the counselor. If you Google “loci for college,” you should be able to find some sample letters as well as some tips. Hope that helps.
Also, I was deferred from CoE IS, with a 3.94 UW and 1470 SAT.
@enviroeng2022 You know for a fact that 85% of EA applicants were deferred? So they only accepted 15%? What is the point of EA if they defer everyone? So stressful and confusing
@Umich3882 Don’t know as a concrete number, but do know it’s a substantial portion. That percent is only going up from year to year with increasing numbers of applicants.
I don’t know guys and gals. This early action stuff makes no sense. Looking some at some of your numbers I’m thinking, punt and go where you’re loved. You could go to a different school and they would probably give lots of money to boot. Very frustrating. Good luck.
Thanks for adding this piece of info regarding the 85% defer rate. I’ve been looking for this number in past years and unable to find anything until I saw your post. Doing the rest of the math then if there were 30,000 applications during EA that means that approximately 4500 (.1530000) acceptances would have been done today right? Last year the overall yield on acceptances overall was 44%. Assuming all these assumptions are correct that means that potentially 2000 (.444500)spots out of around 6,000 were ‘taken’ today. That means 4000 more spots during RD and for all of those deferred. Caveat being that the likely yield rate for those applying during EA is probably higher than 44% due to the pool being more interested. Not stating facts here just going through the numbers out loud if anybody has contrasting info I’d appreciate it.
Honestly so annoyed. I have a 35 ACT 4.0 Unweighted, 4.65 weighted, and super involved.
And I got deferred…
I wouldn’t be upset if it was like a normal deferral but apparently Michigan defers the top students to make sure they are rally interested in Michigan… I’m sorry that’s such a bad idea. Now I have this bitter taste in my mouth about getting deferred and I was really considering Michigan and now it significantly dropped in my ranks… IMO, not a good recruiting strategy.
I know kids with 31’s and 3.7’s less involved that got in… such I just don’t think it was the best idea.
Prolly a little bitter but just irritates me
Just checked my portal again and I now have a different deferral letter than what I recieved in email…so must just be different formats for the different platforms. makes me feel a little better that ones not the “better” or “worse” ones…
Guys what was the point of early in this case? And why do you think that a majority of the applicants for deffered? Because I know for a fact hat everyone in my school and neighboring schools got deferrals.
I also have a different message in my email than in my portal. I’m probably below michigan’s average. in-state, 3.8 W, 1220 sat, 28 act, 5 APs, 2 IBs, tons of ECs, varsity athlete 3 years, and IB personal project highest score recipient. My senior year first semester grades have been WAY better than they have my last 3 years though so fingers crossed!
@Hhhunter They admit around 14,000 applicants per year and around 1/3 happens in EA in recent years. There is no need to go through the complicated calculation.
From the previous year postings reported EA admission in this forum, the in state and OOS ratio admitted in EA was not far off from the overall admission at the end.
So excited to be part of this community! Wondering if I should write a LOCI, what do y’all think?
@haost23 if they say grades are required under the credentials then yes. Even if they are not required but recommended I think you should send them because a lot of people who got deferred will and then you will not have any recent achievements to show for the regular pool. I think the email is more clear about the requirements of grades.
Also, did you guys all get an email yet? I got the portal update, but still no email.
I got the email first and then my portal was updated.
@billcsho to be clear, what I’m trying to project is how many spots remain for those deferred based on past years data/ratios. Using your 1/3, roughly 5k were admitted EA yesterday. Recognizing the yield is 43% on admitted to enrolled, then those 5k admissions will turn into roughly 2k enrolled, correct? That leaves 4k for those deferred and RD?
@Hhhunter Given that Michigan practices holistic admissions, I’m not certain how helpful or useful your analysis is. Even if 2/3 of the spaces remain to be allocated to RD candidates, whether a particular candidate is successful will defend on various factors. As we don’t know what the applicant pool looks like (with the possible exception of stats), we don’t know what the admitted class looks like or what they will be looking for when they fill the remaining spots. Far better to focus on the fact that you still have an excellent chance of being admitted and leave it at that.
@exlibris97 of course individual acceptances depend on the items you’ve outlined, but it’s helpful to understand how many spots are in play. If you’re on this forum, you’re likely trying to understand the opportunity that exists after deferral.