Fear, anxiety, frustration, anger are natural reactions to the college application process. We all have had them. Just don’t let it get the best of you. If you overreact to these emotions, this whole college thing will turn out to be torturous for you.
If you’re at the point of wanting to pull your application, just stop coming to CC for a while, and stop checking your portals every few minutes. You no longer have control over this process now. Step back and relax…you’ll get an email eventually.
If one withdraw the application within 4 weeks of RD application deadline and more than a month before the final notification deadline, it is a clear indication of lack of interest which may have been reflected in the EA application already.
It was a top choice until being deferred - hoped to get into the residential college and perhaps honors program. Was admitted to the honors program with significant merit aid from two other flagship universities. Michigan with its 60,0000 applications didn’t “sense” anything.
LOL.UMich is absolutely not just stat driven in admission. So they do sense the interest of the students and the likelihood to attend if admitted. There are 38000+ in EA and likely 70000+ in total application. If it is only stat driven, the admission can be offered within a few weeks. It was never a top choice if you loose interest after deferral. They did not change their admission process and they make it very clear before you submit the application the possible outcome of EA.
@curveboi They finished their EA admission on time and they have been admitting RD already. So far it has no indication of being behind their schedule. The 15-20% increase this year in application may be beyond their expectation. Every year is a record high including last year so they have been hiring more and more readers. There is never a year they could not finish the admission on time (except for the EA in 2013 due to CommonApp problem). So what is ridiculous and what is unfair? They said the RD admission notice would be announced by early April.
EA admits were able to go to preview day, was this open to those being considered or only admitted. Is there a preview day for those in RD? Have all the scholarships been given out? What of the scholarships whose deadlines have passed and need a school where the student has been admitted before the student is considered? My son wants to go to Michigan enough to forego these things but boy is it a tough decision for those that don’t have the resources.
@johnrh If the admission is offered after mid March, it may be too late for the Campus Day which is for admitted students. If he is admitted before mid March, he should be able register for the last few sessions near the end of March. Anyway, most of the admission would be released by mid-March. Merit Scholarships are still rolling out through March. Chance of merit scholarship for RD admitted students (if applied EA and deferred) is very low. Priority goes to those admitted in EA.
Firstly, I have nothing against UMich and am not complaining. I just do not understand why UMich didn’t reject anybody in the EA rounds. It is impossible for every single person who wasn’t accepted EA to be qualified enough to make it in regular decision. Surely, there must have been some applicants that were obviously not interested in UMich or had some red flag that would make them an automatic reject.
I completely agree. Honestly, I myself am not the most qualified applicant (30 ACT & 3.7 GPA), and at this point, i’ve found a college that is my #1, but here I am holding out my decision waiting for U of M because of the “what if” scenario. Kinda frustrating, I would rather have just been rejected so I could have closure lol.
Well regardless he has his heart set on Michigan and if they don’t accept him it will be their loss (I know, I’m biased but I’m also very proud of what he’s done and who he’s become). He’ll do well no matter where he goes.
I’ve been following this discussion for a while, but I’ve never commented. I totally agree that they should have rejected some candidates instead of deferring them. I have a couple of friends with a low gpa and test scores waiting to get it, and if they’re rejected they’re going to be heartbroken and frustrated for waiting all this time.
It is funny to see people want to see rejection. One did not admit in EA due to weak score may be able to get a better score in December and becomes admittable in RD. But once the application is rejected, one cannot rescue it. They are simply giving you a second opportunity. Anyway, only admission counts whenever that happens. There are those admitted in EA, and those admitted in RD.
I understand @billcsho that they are giving a second chance to the applicants but since there are 40,000 applicants from EA it is hard to believe that all of them fulfill the standard that UMich students tend to hold or try to reach them within a month. The last time one could take the SAT or ACT and have it considered for colleges has passed by the time the EA decisions are released and some applicants just do not have stats that reach the threshold UMich tends to accept. There is nothing wrong with these applicants, it is just that their scores are not high enough. Being that their are 40,000 EA applicants, there are bound to be at least 1,000, if not more, applicants with this situation. Their scores are just not high enough to prove they can handle the rigors of UMich. Not to be harsh, but these applicants should have been rejected. So, they can open their eyes to other opportunities, rather than holding out on UMich and most likely, unfortunately, receive a rejection.
Although, this is only my opinion. UMich must have a working formula otherwise they wouldn’t be the high-ranking and innovative institution they are today.
@turtle17 It would not be too long to reach 50%. They can reach that easily if they admit less OOS students which has 31% yield vs 70% from in-state. UMich admits a lot more OOS than other public university proportionally. It is hard to increase the OOS yield rate without meeting all financial needs.