<p>I have been waitlisted and I would like to send an appeal to the admissions officers. Does Umich allow this?</p>
<p>I was rejected from Umich and I did the live chat online and they said they don’t have an appeal process (which is strange because I thought they did, but I guess I was wrong).</p>
<p>nvm close thread pl0x</p>
<p>An appeals process would be unmanageable. You have 14,000 people offered a spot on the wait list that all think they have a unique situation that warrants them being admitted.</p>
<p>You can pretty much forget about the appeal but keep your finger crossed. Due to the significant increase in the number of applications per student this year, the yield rate is likely to be lower. So they may admit a little bit more from the wait list this year.</p>
<p>That is not necessary the case billcsho. Michigan’s applicant pool has increased from under 30,000 to over 50,000 in five years, yet the yield rate has held steady at 40%. I do not see the yield dropping. Michigan also is notorious for over-admitting students anyway.</p>
<p>Agree, Michigan does a pretty darn good job of knowing who is going to accept an offer and adjusting acceptances. I can only think of maybe one year in many where they were over very over subscribed. Yield is a rather meaningless number to applicants - more important from a business perspective. If you think about it they can probably predict in-state yield fairly easily. They have been on a mission to increase out of state - but they don’t meet need so it doesn’t take a genius to figure out how to handle that with the waitlist if they even need to turn to the waitlist. </p>
<p>It is true that it has been maintained “around” 40%, but it was decreased from 43.2% in 2009 and 2010 to 40.8% in 2011, 41.5% in 2012, and 39.5% in 2013.
<a href=“University of Michigan reports record number of applicants; minority applications up as well”>http://www.annarbor.com/news/university-of-michigan-reports-record-number-of-applicants-minority-applications-up-as-well/</a>
<a href=“U-M applications outpace all previous records, enrollment projected to be in line with customary numbers | University of Michigan News”>http://ns.umich.edu/new/releases/8480</a>
<a href=“http://www.ur.umich.edu/update/archives/120716/newenroll”>http://www.ur.umich.edu/update/archives/120716/newenroll</a>
<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2014/01/30/national-universities-where-accepted-students-usually-enroll”>http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2014/01/30/national-universities-where-accepted-students-usually-enroll</a></p>
<p>They biggest drop occurred in the year joining CommonApp when the number of application increased 25%. The number of application this year went up 10% from last year.
If they can predict the trend and admit additional students, they may not need to take more from the wait list. If the yield rate turns out to be lower than expected, then they may need to take more from the wait list.</p>
<p>I’m not surprised that joining common app increased the application turnout. That’s a bummer. This may be off topic, but is the University of Michigan waitlist ranked?</p>
<p>I can tell it is not a lucky draw, but they may not tell you your rank.</p>