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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son told me that his number 1 choice of school is UMich. He has never even been to Michigan. I’m wondering how hard it is given that it is a HUGE school. I can see it has a 20% acceptance rate.[/quote]

Class of 2021, full pay, applied ea, demonstrated interest (visit, met with AO at school, attended online events), national merit scholar, 36 ACT, 4.81 WGPA, varsity athlete, summer job with increasing responsibility from age 15, tons of volunteer hours, was deferred and then rejected.

Alls well that ends well, happy on a large merit scholarship at a different OOS flagship[/quote]

That sounds like yield protection to me. My DS (HS class of 2021) had good stats but nowhere close to yours  - 1590/4.4WGPA, debate type clubs, office in one of those, zero volunteer hours, travel club sport, zero summer jobs when he applied, NMSF, no hooks, Asian. We couldn't do visits during Covid but did a self-guided tour and wrote about that in his essays. UMich also recalculates GPA using their own rubric and I believe his was in the neighborhood of 3.97 or 3.98. He went from TJ (not sure if that made a difference), had a very rigorous schedule and applied EA (Engineering/CS).

I'm sure someone will come along and claim that Umich does not yield protect.  I think all schools do that to some extent (including UVA and Tech) but don't admit it.  They fuzzy-word the answer when asked that question depending on their official policy.[/quote]

Michigan, like all top schools in high demand, can’t take all the qualified students who apply. There are many factors that are used to determine a candidate for admission. Michigan wants diversity.  Perhaps you live in an area that is well represented at the school already. Or perhaps his essays weren’t compelling. Who knows?  Michigan doesn’t offer ED like UVA and others. ED is the definition of yield protection.  [/quote]

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