Deferred OOS. 1310 SAT; school doesn’t offer AP, but I’ve taken all the available dual-enrollment courses, 30+ college credits; 3.7 W, mediocre EC’s; no leadership; lots of service hours though (300+). My first semester of senior year was very good though. I thought my essays and rec letters were pretty good. My best guess is I’m not qualified enough for Michigan. I was planning on taking the Feb. ACT, but the admissions office said that my scores wouldn’t be in in enough time.
@HhHunter There are around 10000 admission slot left. They don’t count the actual freshmen seats until after May 1. The yield rate is only an aftermath. The EA admitted students may have a higher tendency to attend than the late admissions in the RD. There are also big difference in yield rate between in state and OOS students. So, no. They don’t know if there are 4000 freshmen seats left. They only care the target number of admission spots at this point.
OOS Student - Deferred - Appeared to have gotten the “good” deferral email.
I applied to LSA -> Ross (but not sure how great my chances are of the latter if the former is iffy).
33 ACT, with a 36 in two sections. (The science killed me).
3.73 GPA, unweighted, 4.64 weighted out of 5.
(Note: My school lacks A-s, so a 91 is still a B+)
My school doesn’t do class ranks. (I am white, if it matters).
7 AP Classes, but Freshmen and Sophomores are not allowed to take any normally. I took one as a Sophomore.
My wild card: I have 2 classes I took at Penn over the summer. I got 2 A’s. I also took two classes over another summer at Harvard. I got 2 A’s.
Not sure what my odds are, as my GPA is weak relatively, and though my grades this year are around a 3.9 unweighted, not sure what my odds are.
I am also in 6 clubs, of which I am president of one (debate), vice president of another (mock trial), and a generic officer (Jewish Student Union).
Per the admissions office blog, “Admission to the University of Michigan is the most competitive it has ever been. We received almost 40,000 Early Action applications this year, and as a result, admission was very competitive.”
I received the deferral decision that says strong recent grades may help my application. I applied to LSA and the Ross School of Business. I have a 29 on my ACT (30 Superscored with a 34 in the language portion) and a 3.83 GPA. I am OOS in Ohio. I sent in 4 recommendation letters. My school only offers 2 AP classes and one honors course. I took honors English last year and I’m taking AP language in the spring. I have also taken one dual enrollment course and I am taking another in the spring. I have a lot of Extracurriculars and a Youtube channel that has 41,000 subscribers that I wrote about in my essay. I am an officer for 3 clubs. I had all A’s this past fall semester and I plan to send those grades in. What are my chances of being accepted during regular decision?
Just received my deferral email. It said the same exact thing that the portal said, which was the “good deferral”, so they theory of the two different types of communication methods having different letters is false
Can someone clarify the difference between the “good” and “bad” deferral
my portal status says I got deferred but still havent got any email from umich…
@xoxogoirish recent grades required = bad
recent grades recommended = good
I’m not sure tho
I got the same email , I think it is a deferral
k just got an email saying the exact same thing as my portal, which appeared to be a “Good” letter.
but for the difference between the “good” and “bad” deferral, the colleges mentioned are different (one is ENG and the other is LAS) so what does that mean?
@apr1480 it just depends on what college u applied to
@apr1480 The “good”/“bad” emails for LAS and CoE are the same
I applied to the nursing school and I got the “good one”
I got 4.3 W GPA 3.83 UW and a 34 ACT and really good ecs and leadership activities but I got the supposedly “bad” deferral letter through the email. I dont think Im completely off their radar…idk, my GPA isnt that high
@bdli44 As someone who has been on CC for more than one admissions cycle, there is always someone who suggests there are “good” and “bad” deferral letters. I do wish the moderators would remove these posts since they are based on speculation and have no basis in fact. A charitable interpretation would suggest people are engaged in wishful thinking, trying to reassure themselves that they are in a preferred position when past history shows this is not the case. The last sentence in your post, indeed, makes a nonsense of what you previously wrote.
The reality is that there are no “good” vs. “bad” deferral letters. If you examine them carefully, both letters say exactly the same thing but are simply worded a bit differently. A deferral is a deferral.
My D got deferral from LSA with “bad” email. She is an in state Asia girl with ACT 35, SAT 1540, UW GPA 3.78/W GPA 4.11, 10 AP 4 or 5, another 2 AP got 3. Class rank 1/505. She is taking 2 AP and two Dual Enroll classes in her senior year. So far first period she got all “A”, expects all “A”, at least “A-” for the semester. What chance will she get in? So sad…
@TrapNumen How do you know the characteristics of people receiving a particular deferral letter? Are you going by what people post here, which is far from a representative sample? If you are deferred than you are deferred. Period. You are either admitted or deferred, there are no gradations of the latter. This comes up every single year. And people are eventually admitted who received both “types” of letter.
@dannyphantom1 Something like 4,000 students were admitted EA, including many people posting on CC. That’s not an insignificant number.
There is no good or bad deferral letters. They just send you one version or other. You may see the other version on the portal and on the admission blog which is open to all. In the open one, it mentions sending in the mid year report and semester grades as well.