i personally think that staying on campus is a decision they cannot make until a later date, just seeing how the covid situation plays out. it’s too early to make a call.
@dep123 That is not correct about UMich Dearborn, they are saying the same as UMich. An announcement will be made by the end of June on what the fall semester looks like.
@dep123. I was not able to find anything online to confirm your statement.
Dear Michigan, please accept me.
Dear Michigan, please accept me, good night
Where did you hear this?
@everyone asking for proof
https://umdearborn.edu/offices/external-relations/key-issues/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19/campus-communications-date/articles/summerfall-updates-provost
Scroll down to Fall 2020 planning (second paragraph). They said "What us clear, however–and this is a vital point-- is that teaching in the fall will take place online: either fully or partially online, for the great majority of our Dearborn courses.
Fall 2020 Planning
The Big Question, naturally. As outlined in the Town Hall of May 12th, a team (led by Ilir Miteza and Mitch Sollenberger) has been developing a range of possible scenarios for teaching in the fall term, guided by recommendations from the State of Michigan, the CDC, public health professionals and our University of Michigan colleagues. These scenarios range from bringing some classes to campus (if needed for fully effective instruction), to hybrid models (remote asynchronous with some synchronous presence on campus; remote asynchronous with some remote synchronous), to fully online, asynchronous teaching. The intent is to preserve the capacity to undertake synchronous final examinations. Fall 2020 Planning provides additional information, and more will be forthcoming in the coming weeks.
What is already clear, however — and this is a vital point — is that teaching in the fall will take place online: either fully or partially online, for the great majority of our Dearborn courses. I urge faculty to take this fact on board and start to prepare. We also must remember that, depending on the course of the pandemic, we may have to pirouette to fully online training, even for courses we had hoped to be hybrid. We must be ready for that eventuality.
The good news is that advice and assistance are available from various sources; the Hub for Teaching and Learning is now offering Fall 2020 Online Course Design and Remote Teaching Support; training sessions have been developed by the Hub and Digital Education teams for faculty, please check these out. As always, faculty can drop in any Thursday from 11am to noon for the Digital Education Virtual Office Hours or do the same for the Hub on any Thursday from 10am to 11am. In addition to these resources, each college has various initiatives ongoing, led by college-based Digital Education Ambassadors.
Please reach out and share ideas and seek advice. It is essential that we continue to provide our students high quality and engaged education, and we have to get on this — now.
Obviously, the Dearborn campus isn’t the Ann Arbor campus. The campuses may have separate reopening plans. What the President of UMich has said is that the large lecture classes may be online, but the smaller discussion groups and labs should be in-person.
Also, if the Ann Arbor campus were to be fully online, then there’s likely no B1G football in the Fall, because there would be no students “on campus.” IMO.
since they are not finalizing the fall plans by the end of June, should we only expect waitlist results after then?
Having zero to do with UMich, FWIW, our neighbor’s kid just got off the waitlist from a top LAC and is now trying to decide between a top LAC and a top national university. The point that I’m trying to make is that the neighbor’s kid is probably one of tens of thousands of kids across the country who are still playing “musical chairs” with their college choice.
Just continue to be patient, it’s still just mid-May. Positive waitlist notifications can come at any time in any amount, whether it’s just one student or a wave.
Many students came off the waitlist at UMich prior to the deadline and the rest will be minimal imo. They said that they took more than in past years and they Should know now what they are working with as housing applications were also just due and orientation emails are about to be sent out.
From what I can see on the accepted parent pages folks will still enroll their freshman even if online because there is not an easy alternative since most GAP programs are also shut down so what will students do with their time if they don’t enroll?? Community College classes will fill up faster than usual AND favor those that are attending as a full student and not a visiting student. They too are only equipped to handle so many students online. Universities also will help their accepted students if their financial situation has changed probably more than usual. From a planning standpoint they need students to enroll or it throws everything off for semesters to come. I also think they still care about their yield!
Just my opinion but universities also likely accepted more full pay students too in the last wave and off the waitlist helping them help others who were accepted and may be impacted financially. This is unfortunate for many but colleges are big businesses and would prefer not to cut any of their programs, teachers, staff if they don’t absolutely have to.
All in all it doesn’t bode well for waitlist given all of the above. There may be more but very minimal.
If Michigan is still your dream, enroll at your next choice and do exceptionally well and apply to transfer!!
Updated by UMich on 5/16:
i called the admissions office, and they said they are still evaluating the May 1 deposits. they said early-mid June they will have a response.
Ok that’s nice to know
At least they’re still evaluating their number somehow (suspiciously slow)
Don’t think there will be another wave- but I do think people will get off waitlist starting at the beginning of June. Ik some people who got off of UVA today so I don’t think any school is done admitting kids
@FoxRulz the admissions process is need blind meaning they aren’t going to accept one student because they can pay more rather than the another student that can’t pay as much but is just as qualified.
Since the admissions process is need blind do you guys think I should message my admissions counselor and let her know I’m being considered for a full tuition scholarship ( as an “update to my application”) and if I get it and don’t get into Ann Arbor I have to use it at another school and I’m not allowed to transfer with the scholarship and I really want to use it at Ann Arbor. Would that make them more likely to accept me esp since I am IS.
Um why would that make it more likely for you to be admitted?
It is blind but 1.) it does know which students are OOS compared to in-state which I personally think makes a big difference this year bc of how much money every university is losing 2.) all information about parents work is inserted in commonapp which is what majority of students apply through- that means they can see information and have a relative idea of how much each guardian makes… that being said @dep123 I would still message your AC and let her know since I don’t really see how it could hurt your chances significantly