i don’t believe this to be true
Honestly, there’s nothing we can do now other than hoping for the best to happen.
We’re all speculating here. Nobody has the answer other than the university itself probably.
If I don’t get off the waitlist this year I’ll just go to a community college and see if it is possible to transfer to Michigan after my first year. If not, then that’s probably it for me with UMich :’)
@schmendy27 - the latter part is about the financial aid. I am just assuming we need too much financial aid for the school to take us off the waitlist. I would think schools at this point would be looking for OOS and as much full pay as possible. I could be wrong, but i am going to assume thats how a cash strapped school would be thinking - with less full pay international students.
In terms of the waitlist, my daughter asked how late will they be taking students off the waitlist and the AO said up until mid- june.it could be a generic answer but i am just being honest on what the AO told her. I will ask her to reach out to her AO next week.
This is accurate. I don’t remember which year it was in the past few years, but I do remember a post from a CC member who reported coming off the waitlist right around the 4th of July.
How does Michigan know which students don’t need aid tho
FAFSA?
I said I don’t need aid on common app I don’t know if that’s it
Hang in there lads…nothing is over yet by any means.
@vroomvroom1_23 totally agree! Maybe next week, Michigan will release some waitlist offers. Good luck to all.
How many offers did they give out on 4/23?
I heard that UMich would probably accept more full pay OOS because they pay more… However, although I’m OOS, I received a lot of financial aid (my mom is a low-income single mom and my dad doesn’t contribute), so I was surprised I got off the waitlist. Of course, I guess it depends on what school the student applied to.
Dear Michigan, Please accept me.
Dear Michigan, please accept me ?
@fryingvegetables - you could be right.
My daughter has a friend (they are actually hoping to room together) who has lower grades than my daughter (not a whole lot lower, but both the SAT and GPA were lower) and also needed a lot of financial aid - BUT - she is the first person in her family to go to college and she got off the waitlist a few weeks back with the last wave.
I am hoping for the best, but also have to be realistic.
I believe the extra 5% that were offered admission was that 4/23 wave. That would mean it was around 350 offers, but that number could be low considering their were at least 11 (yes, at least 11) who got in off the waitlist from my school alone. We’re not all attending obviously, but 11 is a very high number nonetheless. I highly doubt their will be any more waves, rather just a few spots here and there. Think of this time as a normal waitlist scenario now. They admit a few now and there, but it’s still a very slim chance. They only admitted around 2% of those on the waitlist last year so that’s the number I could imagine from here on out. Still very fluid and anything could happen, but I would start buying merch from the school you had already committed to.
It makes sense that the extra 5% was that group of people on 4/23. I still think there is a chance though since many families are affected negatively. I think those that can pay full, will get off the WL sooner than others.
@goblue31 well said.
I do not believe we will see another large wave of waitlist offers. In my opinion, looking at historical patterns of waitlist offers, the large wave on 4/23 appears to be rather unique to this year and the current circumstances. I speculate there will be some waitlist offers going forward, just not in waves and much smaller in terms of numbers. That being said, in the event COVID-19 has a greater negative impact on fall enrollment than is currently envisioned, waitlist offers may increase.
If I were to guess, I would think trickles of accpetances and then the month or so before school starts we are talking mid to late July a wave - how big? it depends.
I think some students who accepted the offer will eventually back out because they want to stay close to home/there isn’t as much money anymore.
A lot could also depend on COVID. If the trend continues and doesn’t slow down - some kids won’t go back to an online school - and might defer for a year. If the trend slows and it looks like things are returning to normal - more kids will start school even if they have to go home later - which could be November/December.
Bottom line, there is no doubt that COVID -19 will be here in the Fall/Winter. Hoping for the best all around.
I don’t understand how one high school could have eleven students off the waitlist. It makes me think there is more to the selection than just high paying OOS applicants. Staying hopeful but I think it’s time to move on. Good luck to all 
I am sure you are all off to great universities!
I’m just curious, where did you find the information that the extra 5% were offered admission on 4/23?