Waitlist Class of 2020

@bpnsb12 Generally the only thing you should send to admissions for the waitlist is a letter of continued interest. Some schools would probably accept other things like recommendations, but it is risky because it could just lead to more “unnecessary” paperwork in the eyes of admissions. You don’t want to get on their bad side. In my continued interest letter, I talked about the awards I won for my research after the application submission date. It was all in one package (the continued interest letter), so it wasn’t much extra paperwork.

So if we are rejected they will not tell us until the end of June?

That would be cruel, but life isn’t fair.

I mean the waitlist decision did say that we will hear back by the end of June unless a space becomes available, then we will hear back immediately. So I think that means that if they don’t have a spot for us we will find out in about a month. And it is pretty unfair, I have been waiting since September.

I agree it is uncomfortable. We are all trying to move on. I assume we all have accepted a spot at another college–probably a very good one. If Michigan is our number 1 choice though, it’s hard to move on completely until the final answer comes. We all get that. It is not, however, unfair. We all had two shots at getting in–early/regular decision and deferral. We didn’t make the cut. No one has exact numbers, but if we are being realistic, the odds of getting in off a waitlist, which we voluntarily decided to be placed on, are very very low. If any of us gets in, that’s great. But calling the process unfair seems a little off the mark.

If i have plans to transfer, assuming the response is a denial, and I have outstanding offers from both Albion college and the Dearborn branch of the university of michigan, can anyone provide insight on what might be the better path to take? Is there any advantage to attending a UofM institution with plans to transfer? I worry that some of the classes unique to Albion as a first year may cause difficulties in the transferring process.

The process can still be said to be unfair, if we compare the relative efficacy of various universities. The time taken by U of Mich for considering applicants from the waiting list, and informing them about their decision, has historically been much more than other colleges, which should be something that they should work upon. Most other colleges, who even though don’t require the waiting list due to a higher than expected yield, still try to complete the decision making process as fast as possible.

Nevertheless, we cannot complain, and would just have to wait and hope for the best.

Poor choice using ‘unfair.’ Shoulda said we have to deal with it just like death and taxes.

Cheers

Praying for Michigan…

Has anyone else received a decision??

Not that I’m aware of…

So it appears as though the first ‘wave’ has gone out? since there was someone earlier who said that they’ve been accepted. Does anyone have any insight as to how this process continues? Do they just move down the list as they receive ‘No’ responses from the students they contact first? Has anyone received a definite no yet?

Hi @asnell91 I chatted with someone in the admissions office yesterday and was told that they “currently have no information on whether or not they are going to the waitlist”, but if they do, they will be doing so by middle to end of June.

Hope that helps!

Beautiful

@ConcrndMom thanks so much! greatly appreciate the info, just a lot of waiting and nail biting until they let us know i suppose

i have pretty much given up @-)

Same here.

Turn out the lights, the party’s over…

Did they notify you?

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