Congrats to the new Wolverines. (Acceptance letters went out today).

Submitted by James Burrill Angell on

Congrats to all of the new Wolverines who were admitted today. Students who applied for early admission were notified electronically a few hours ago.  If you have a kid, sibling, cousin, nephew, or you yourself were a HS senior who was admitted today, come forth and receive your welcome.

Go Blue and for those who got good news today, welcome to the family.


EDIT: I still have my old school paper admissions letter and will until I die.

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karpodiem

December 21st, 2016 at 7:03 PM ^

Was the day I received my acceptance letter from the University of Michigan. Changed my life forever - so proud to be an alumnus.

Being a student at the University of Michigan offers a glimpse of who we could be - Leaders and Best in industry, charity, and service.

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Amaizing Blue

December 21st, 2016 at 7:42 PM ^

As a HS guidance counselor, I can tell you that a significant number of applicants did not get emails as they were supposed to.  They need to check their Wolverine Access accounts for the decision.

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FieldingBLUE

December 22nd, 2016 at 8:12 AM ^

Amen. My son is in 8th grade and wants to go so bad. I told him my 3.8 (no AP) and 28 ACT probably wouldn't be enough today. I even got in 3 years straight and eventually transferred in from gvsu. He's already stressing about but I told him he can do it but will really have to work at it, and I'll be proud even if he doesn't reach that goal.



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BFoley

December 21st, 2016 at 8:50 PM ^

My little brother applied with a 3.85 and 29 on ACT with a fair amount of extra coriculars. He just found out today he is deferred but curious if anyone can shed some light on how realistic it is for him to get in. From what I have found online he may be right on the bubble.



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4yearsofhoke

December 21st, 2016 at 11:06 PM ^

Tough. Is he in-state? I got in with about a 4.0 (weighted, I think we could get 5.0 or 4.5s in AP classes) and a 30 ACT (in-state 6 years ago). I played sports, but essentially no ECs like key club or the like. Not even NHS. I A female hs classmate got deferred into COE (like your bro and then got in) with a 28 ACT and got in later. I applied to LSA (and subsequently went into a different college after my soph year).

 think times have changed though. My roomate 2 years ago had a family member with like a 4.2 weighted gpa and a 27-28 ACT get rejected. Crazy things was between her siblings and parents there were like 5-6 Michigan alums (and they wrote letters to admissions). Yikes....

It's disappointing when you don't get into your top school. One of my parents is an ivy leaguer and I got a deferred admission transfer offer (pending certain reqs) to the school. I got into Michigan and didn't look back. Same could be said for your brother (with the top school stuff), my roomies sister is at another school and loves it. But there is hope.

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MGoBender

December 22nd, 2016 at 9:08 AM ^

It REALLY is not all about the GPA and ACT.  Can't reinforce this enough.  I work in a high school and work closely with our college counselors. 

For example, I had a student admitted yesterday with a 3.6 GPA and 31 composite ACT.  However, I know for a fact that this student had a strong selection of courses (from a school with a great reputation - that's an important factor). Also, that GPA is unweighted.  However, the real point I'm getting at is that I know this student had very good essays and also had GREAT recommendation letters.  (Again, I know, I wrote one).

Rec letters and essays are really the differentiating factors.  There are hundreds of thousands of kids with the same numbers: 3.8+ GPA and 28+ on ACT.  However, it's the reputation of the high school, the rec letters and essays (both where leadship in extracurriculars is usually espoused).  Those later 3 are far more important than simply the numbers themselves.

 

Also, ACT/SAT scores are not given the weight that many think they are.  It is widely accepted that ACT/SAT scores correlate with student socioeconomic status.  I had one admissions director tell me straight up that of the 5 factors his school looks at, ACT/SAT scores were dead last.

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BFoley

December 22nd, 2016 at 10:17 AM ^

Thank you for the detailed response. I know he spent quite a bit of time on his essays. I did not personally read them but he felt pretty good with how they turned out.

As far as High school reputation goes, he goes to one of the top 5 public school districts in the state which will hopefully help as well as a couple AP classes.

I know he was a bit disappointed with the 29 ACT score so I will make sure to give him some hope in the fact that ACT is not the end all be all.

He got into MSU and is going there if he does not get into U of M so I am holding my breath for his sake so he does not have to feel demoralized with the product on the football field for the next 4 or 5 years.

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MGoBender

December 22nd, 2016 at 1:39 PM ^

Oh yeah I didn't mean for my response to be directed at you or anyone in particular. There are definitely weird cases when you truly don't understand why one kid got deferred and another didn't. Sometimes it boils down to who read the app. My point was a much more general one. That there's a false impression that GPA and ACT/SAT scores are the be all-end all. They're certainly not. Sure all colleges will have some baselines, but when you say the median ACT score of admitted freshmen at UM is 30 (I don't know, just picking a number), that means half of the admitted students are below that score. The arc of a student's academic experience, their moral character (usually expressed in rec letters), their leadership roles, etc all factor in much more heavily than people seem to think.

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olm_go_blue

December 21st, 2016 at 9:54 PM ^

I remember that day for myself - I called my Dad at work to tell him. It was funny, he didn't believe me at first, thought I was pranking him (not that I didn't have a pretty decent good and ACT, but he was always a huge fan). It was also my only application to a college; I grew up in GR, huge fan, and for some reason, really confident. 

I found out later that he called my uncle and grandpa that day to tell them - dad said he hoped I wasn't upset, he was just so excited. I later heard from my uncle just how excited my dad was that day, had tears in his eyes. Great for me, must be great for a parent, too.

Go Blue!

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drzoidburg

December 21st, 2016 at 10:46 PM ^

I'm pretty floored when i see kids now all the get the news on the same day and share it with 1000 others on social media, and all the enthusiasm. Some perspective - not everyone in life will treat you like royalty because of high school accomplishments

Back then, i told a few others in my isolated town who just shrugged it off. They don't give a damn for education out there, so despite i was only one in the county to get in, they didn't care. At thanksgiving, i told the family and they too didn't care (first gen student). Although i thought they were all bastards for not at least showing some excitement because i wanted it bad, in large part to get away from that mentality, i was also humbled by it. This will happen to you too eventually. Be excited, but your real work is yet to come

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Lampuki22

December 22nd, 2016 at 7:29 AM ^

30 years ago I got my acceptance when I got home from playing my last HS football game. It was a first round playoff game. November 10 1986 I think. Joined my 3 siblings who all attended 2 lawyers a surgeon and a Fighter pilot.



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Blue Mind and Heart

December 22nd, 2016 at 4:14 PM ^

A junior and a soph.  The junior was deferred as an Engineer but later admitted along with a pre-admit to Ross.  That seemed strange as pre-admit to Ross is extremely competitive.  My daughter was admitted to LS&A early action. 

There were some emotional swings with the deferral.  In the end I was surprised how excited and overjoyed I found myself when he was finally admitted.  I had to bite my tongue not to lobby too hard for Michigan and let him make the decision.  Both love it, as I did. 

I have a junior in high school up next and I am already slightly anxious for restarting the college application process. 

Congrats to everyone who made it and best of luck to all where ever they go. 

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