Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If anyone would like some in-state anecdata....

Our high school's best candidate ED'd. It was his top choice school. I guess he was ED deferred? Because his parent told me he got an huge merit scholarship at Indiana and a guaranteed med school admit offer from another school. These will all be turned down.

He's delighted and his parents can afford it. So it's a welcome result.

It's just a waste to have to do so many apps these days.

How is ED deferral a “welcome result “? Can you write better?

The student in question got a deferred result in December, but then was admitted in the early January batch is my understanding.

This wasn't clear to me in the post.

First, I'm not the person who posted the initial message but this is the interpretation I got from it.

Second, I know it wasn't clear to you. That's why I quoted you.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If anyone would like some in-state anecdata....

Our high school's best candidate ED'd. It was his top choice school. I guess he was ED deferred? Because his parent told me he got an huge merit scholarship at Indiana and a guaranteed med school admit offer from another school. These will all be turned down.

He's delighted and his parents can afford it. So it's a welcome result.

It's just a waste to have to do so many apps these days.

How is ED deferral a “welcome result “? Can you write better?

The student in question got a deferred result in December, but then was admitted in the early January batch is my understanding.

This wasn't clear to me in the post.

Anonymous wrote:My DC’s private school usually has 5-7 Michigan admits in EA. Currently 1 EA admit. The ED applicants were all deferred, didn’t get in EA, and moved to RD. So for our school, ED was a waste. Maybe they will get in during RD, but highly doubtful at this point. They have had 3 chances to admit them already. So…

Something similar happened at our school. The ED applicants have all been deferred to RD, but at least one EA applicant was accepted. On the one hand it feels unfair to admit an EA kid over ED kids. On the other hand at our school the EA applicant had better test scores and a higher class rank than the ED applicants, so from that point of view the results seem quite fair.

My guess would be that Michigan is like UVA, where overall the EA pool is stronger than the ED pool.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC’s private school usually has 5-7 Michigan admits in EA. Currently 1 EA admit. The ED applicants were all deferred, didn’t get in EA, and moved to RD. So for our school, ED was a waste. Maybe they will get in during RD, but highly doubtful at this point. They have had 3 chances to admit them already. So…

How many ED applicants were there from your DC's school?

5 ED and 11 EA.

Anonymous wrote:My DC’s private school usually has 5-7 Michigan admits in EA. Currently 1 EA admit. The ED applicants were all deferred, didn’t get in EA, and moved to RD. So for our school, ED was a waste. Maybe they will get in during RD, but highly doubtful at this point. They have had 3 chances to admit them already. So…

How many ED applicants were there from your DC's school?

Anonymous wrote:My DC’s private school usually has 5-7 Michigan admits in EA. Currently 1 EA admit. The ED applicants were all deferred, didn’t get in EA, and moved to RD. So for our school, ED was a waste. Maybe they will get in during RD, but highly doubtful at this point. They have had 3 chances to admit them already. So…

I’m sorry for the ED applicants from your school, but to me that seems like more evidence that this move is working for Michigan. That’s what ED generally does, it allows schools to admit fewer students, because the students who apply ED are more likely to yield.