<p>So I got waitlisted at UMich but I don't know what to do now. Michigan was my top priority, although I have got accepted to USC also.</p>
<p>I have the same problem too… It is my priority, accepted to USC and UCLA.</p>
<p>You might want to pay in your deposit just to be safe.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any numbers on how many people get off the waiting list?</p>
<p>I think I’ll attend USC instead of waiting further.</p>
<p>Last year, it was 42 of the 4,498 who accepted a place on the waiting list:</p>
<p><a href=“Office of Budget and Planning”>Office of Budget and Planning;
<p>The year before 79 out of 3,724:</p>
<p><a href=“Office of Budget and Planning”>Office of Budget and Planning;
<p>Wow so its about a 10% acceptance rate off the waiting list.</p>
<p>And I’m sure there’s a number of people who get off the waiting list who turn down the offer.</p>
<p>This is 1% or 2% acceptance rate off of the waiting list (not 10%, unfortunately).</p>
<p>^^^ x2 . I wish it was 10…</p>
<p>I say if you get waitlisted, just take it as a rejection. I was waitlisted when I applied as a freshman so I just paid my deposit to my other school and assumed I was going there even though I was still hoping that I could get in off the waitlist.</p>
<p>So I should accept the waitlist and at the same time, put my deposit at USC ?</p>
<p>That’s what I did. You basically pay the deposit to ensure you have a spot at USC. I mean if you do get in off the waitlist at Michigan, you only lose a few hundred dollars. I think it’s the best thing to do.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for the advice. Btw, as an international student I can’t tell much about a school’s prestige as the only well known US colleges in India are Harvard and MIT, so, is USC considered a prestigious university ?</p>
<p>USC and Michigan both have equally strong reputations as U.S. institutions in China and India so you can’t go wrong. Neither of them will have the WOW factor that Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Brown, Duke, JHU, etc. have but they will be known by most in the upper middle class. Congratulations!</p>
<p>If you mean USC as in the University of Southern California, then yes, it is considered a prestigious university. Although not completely accurate, USNWR does have a national university ranking that basically shows you the prestige of a university based on its ranking. I would say that people approximately consider the top 30-50 prestigious depending on who you ask. I’ll attach the link below if you don’t know about this already.</p>
<p>@Goldenboy, I disagree about USC and Michigan’s reputation in Asia. I know quite a bit about college reputations in Asia, or at least East Asia, and I can tell you that not that many know about USC or really think that highly of it but almost all (East) Asians know about Michigan and regard it just below schools like Penn, Columbia and Duke. It’s considered to be on par with the lower Ivies there.</p>
<p>[National</a> University Rankings | Top National Universities | US News Best Colleges](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/spp+50]National”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/spp+50)</p>
<p>I wouldn’t let last year’s waitlist numbers affect your decision of whether to accept the waitlist offer this year. There have been articles about how Michigan went over target with their freshman class the previous two years. They were supposed to be much more conservative with admission offers this year and have said that they may use the waitlist to ensure they don’t admit too big of a class again. Really, if Michigan is one of your top choices, why not accept their waitlist, pay a deposit at your back-up school, and see what happens. There’s no real commitment necessary and worst case you don’t get in and still go to your second choice anyway.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot.</p>