OT - Good luck to any parents waiting on Michigan EA decisions that are expected to drop today
January 26th, 2024 at 9:31 AM ^
I got excited when I saw “EA decisions” but then I realized this wasn’t about the new College Football video game. Anyways, good luck!
January 26th, 2024 at 9:32 AM ^
Ha! Sorry, yeah EA = early acceptance.
January 26th, 2024 at 9:58 AM ^
Early Action
January 26th, 2024 at 10:06 AM ^
That's funny because this is a great example of motivated thinking. Wishing for not just "action" but "acceptance" so my brain took that fun little step. :)
January 26th, 2024 at 12:02 PM ^
that threw me off too like MORE EA NEWS WAT
just 6 more months...
January 26th, 2024 at 9:34 AM ^
How do you know its today? I have seen late January.
My daughter doesn't usually share this information. So I ask as an interested parent.
Good luck to everyone.
January 26th, 2024 at 9:37 AM ^
The previous three years EA decision were released the last Friday in January at almost precisely the same time (between 2:50 - 3:00pm EST). The presumption is that the school will continue this trend but there is nothing "official."
January 26th, 2024 at 11:27 AM ^
Thanks, my oldest is applying. She has way better grades/SATs then I did, but she is also out of state. ***Shrug***
January 26th, 2024 at 5:47 PM ^
Same; mine was deferred. We will see. She'd be a potential 4th generation in my family that goes back to the century prior to the previous one.
January 26th, 2024 at 10:12 AM ^
This was my question. All I had seen was "late January" also. Hoping for good news for my oldest today.
January 26th, 2024 at 11:40 AM ^
For the last several years its been a Friday afternoon. The idea is let the kids get home from school so that the celebration/cry in your beer can happen in private and also so the high school guidance counselors have a weekend to cool off before they inevitably bury the UM Admission counselors.
I've seen multiple communicaes that its going to be late January for the Early Action decisions.
As was said earlier the last three years its been the afternoon of the last Friday in January.
Put it together and its going to be this afternoon.
January 26th, 2024 at 10:17 AM ^
It is today at about 3 PM. The Pioneer students all stand in the parking lot right after school and celebrate/cry together. :-)
January 26th, 2024 at 10:44 AM ^
This is a pretty creepy comment coming from your avatar...
January 26th, 2024 at 10:56 AM ^
This year, my youngest is among those waiting on EA from Michigan. He will be safe from the sewers, but I hope the others can float...
January 26th, 2024 at 9:38 AM ^
I still remember walking to the mailbox in fall of 1996 and finding the big envelope. That memory will never fade. I ran into the house and promptly hid the envelope so that I could process what was happening before telling my parents. A few weeks later we had parent-teacher conferences and I had my Good Will Hunting moment where I put the acceptance letter against the glass of my guidance counselor's office. He had told me not to bother applying, because our school was too rural to even be considered. Never spoke to him again, after that.
January 26th, 2024 at 9:41 AM ^
I hope you gave that counselor a 1-star rating on Google Reviews. Geez.
January 26th, 2024 at 9:44 AM ^
Only because they don't allow a zero-star rating.
January 26th, 2024 at 1:14 PM ^
In 1996 people looked at you funny when you threatened them with a bad Google review.
January 26th, 2024 at 10:01 AM ^
Spring of 1978 I'm meeting with the guidance counselor and tell him I intend to apply to the University of Michigan. Told him my grandfather and mother attended and both loved the school and Ann Arbor.
The next meeting a couple of weeks later and he has researched Michigan State University for me. Application dates, etc.
Sometimes I think being a HS guidance counselor takes a special kind of stupid.
January 26th, 2024 at 10:14 AM ^
I grew up in GA, but similar for me. College counselor said not to apply to Michigan, I should focus on more regional schools like NC State and Clemson (not that they're bad schools, but you know). It was great getting that envelope in Oct of my senior year (back when they did rolling admission) and letting my counselor know that UM was now my new baseline school.
January 26th, 2024 at 10:26 AM ^
Yeah, I got the rejection letter to the engineering school. Hence my profile picture. Took me until the following football season to forgive them.
January 26th, 2024 at 10:47 AM ^
Based on my experience with MTU grads (including my dad), I'd say you chose wisely.
January 26th, 2024 at 10:57 AM ^
I never really considered MSU even though half my friends went there. The distillation column at MTU was a lot nicer. Lol.
January 26th, 2024 at 11:05 AM ^
My guidance counselor also told me not to bother applying… He said I’d be better off going to a school that wasn’t as competitive because I could save money and get better grades.
I still remember my dad telling me that all feedback is valuable, and the most important skill to develop is the ability to determine what you should listen to vs what you should ignore, because there is no shortage of opinions in the world.
Good thing I didn’t listen to that no talent asshole.
January 26th, 2024 at 11:20 AM ^
As a former educator, I cannot comprehend telling a student NOT to work hard towards a goal. To me, that guidance counselor should have also been a "former educator" at the time he was still working.
January 26th, 2024 at 2:14 PM ^
"Underrepresented geographic area" was likely in your favor back in those days of the admissions criteria point system.
January 26th, 2024 at 2:28 PM ^
It's still a key factor.
I've read research saying that the number one way to increase your chances of admission to a competitive university is to be from Montana. Every university wants a full representation of kids from each of the 50 states.
January 26th, 2024 at 9:39 AM ^
Best of luck! I still remember the moment I got my Michigan admission, some 25 years later. It ranks right up there with my marriage and the births of my kids.
January 26th, 2024 at 9:39 AM ^
Best wishes to everyone. I have a younger relative who will be getting the news this afternoon.
Something for the back pocket: Two years ago a family friend probably -- based on numbers, AP classes taken, etc. -- just missed the cut. She wound up going to MSU, studying hard, clearing all the administrative hurdles, and gaining admission to UM during that first year. (As many probably know, the bar is a little lower for transfers.) It absolutely can be done and probably is hundreds of times every year.
January 26th, 2024 at 9:48 AM ^
And to add another item to this, UofM has catalogs available online for what courses transfer and what credit that would be applied towards. If they know what they're going into (or even if they don't), its a great resource to make sure they are taking classes that transfer in for the credits they're looking for
January 26th, 2024 at 2:12 PM ^
The bar is much lower, as a former transfer 😉
January 26th, 2024 at 9:41 AM ^
Out of state tuition is 55k now (and rising, seemingly astronomically). As a non-resident, here's hoping the dependents are very very good at some sort of thing.
January 26th, 2024 at 11:54 AM ^
Yeah, I have installed big-time fandom in two of my three kids, and the youngest is getting there, too. I'm out-of-state and thinking this may have been a poor financial decision on my part, but I love the place.
On a related note, I think that basically nobody pays sticker price, but I have no idea what kind of a discount is actually normal. Is it a trivial (couple grand off of $55k), decent percentage, etc? Are there any resources for making a guess about what would actually be paid?
January 26th, 2024 at 5:53 PM ^
OOS they tend not to provide much unless the student is uniquely exceptional meaning they have a very unique hook.
Michigan has prioritized the GoBlueGuar. for instate student financial assistance, can't blame them.
January 26th, 2024 at 9:49 AM ^
Thanks for this "tickler".
I'm an alum - and, though I was an in-state student / accept many years ago, both of my children (twins) - were very interested in attending Michigan. We live in Illinois - so, our children were out-of-state applicants for Admission.
It was three years ago that my daughter came into my home office - and told me that she received an offer of admission to Michigan. She was so happy that she cried. It was a moment I'll never forget.
Both of our children accepted their offers of admission and are currently juniors at Michigan - my daughter's in a STEM field (within LS&A) and involved with research activities, while my son's in the College of Engineering.
My wife and I were concerned that Michigan might be "too big" of a school for our daughter. We spoke with her regularly - especially during football weekends when we visited. By the end of October her freshman year, she said - "I love it here and couldn't imagine being anyplace else". This past fall, we were tailgating - mingling with friends whose children were applying to colleges - and my daughter's comment was - "Michigan is the best 'effing' school in the world."
My wishes for "good news" to all the applicants and parents. And, regardless of where they go - that they have a fantastic experience and learn a great deal.
Go Blue!
January 26th, 2024 at 11:13 AM ^
Great story. All 3 of mine were born at UM. First one went to UNC, second one to Cornell. My last one is applying (regular decision) now so it's my last chance at getting one to attend Michigan (I guess there's always grad school!). Good luck to all.
January 26th, 2024 at 9:55 AM ^
Good luck!!!
January 26th, 2024 at 9:56 AM ^
I’m in this boat with my oldest. 3pm today. Trying to balance being excited and encouraging for him but also tempering expectations. He’s got a good shot I think, but so do tons of other kids
January 26th, 2024 at 9:56 AM ^
Good luck. Go blue.
I have no idea how i got into Michigan
January 26th, 2024 at 11:04 AM ^
Based on your avatar, I would guess with an axe.
January 26th, 2024 at 9:59 AM ^
My oldest kid is also waiting to hear from U of M. In Houston, I was doing all kinds of mental gymnastics about whether I'd prefer a national championship or my kid getting into Michigan if I had to choose one. Hopefully I'm getting both!
January 26th, 2024 at 10:08 AM ^
FWIW - I'm cheering for "both" for you... Go Blue!
January 26th, 2024 at 10:00 AM ^
Good luck!
We've got a sophomore and a grad student at Michigan.
Grad student was admitted for undergrad in the first round.
Sophomore was deferred in Jan and Feb but admitted in the third round of notices in late March. We also know a few people who have had kids get admitted in the spring and summer.
In other words, today's decision is not the last decision. Bad news today could become good news down the line!
January 26th, 2024 at 5:55 PM ^
Thanks for this
January 26th, 2024 at 10:01 AM ^
Good luck!
January 26th, 2024 at 10:04 AM ^
It's funny reading all these stories about receiving acceptance letters.
My partner is from Europe, so she has a very non-American take on UM, and she thinks it's weird that every person she encounters who went to UM immediately says "It was the best years of my life"
I ask her what's wrong with that, and she says it's a cult. A cult that she's since joined after a few A2 trips.
That being said, when I got my acceptance letter, I only knew about UM on paper, so I wasn't sure if that was going to be where I would end up going. Little did I know it would kick off 4 of the best years of my life.
January 26th, 2024 at 10:17 AM ^
she says it's a cult.
Everyone who doesn't go to Michigan says that, it seems. They always wonder why we're so dang proud of our school. It's only because it's the best school in the world. Living in Illinois, very few of the Illinois alums I know (and I know a LOT of them) are that proud of their school.
January 26th, 2024 at 10:24 AM ^
Andrew, We also live in Illinois. And, while both of our children applied to - and were accepted by Illinois - it didn't seem like there was a real comparison between the two schools.
Is the additional cost of tuition - "out of state" to attend Michigan - compared to "in state" at Illinois - worth it? We think so - and, more importantly, so do our children.
Go Blue!
January 26th, 2024 at 11:11 AM ^
I always felt like everyone is proud of their school, and UM alums are no different.
But she specifically pointed out that UM people always say "it was the best years of my life", and that no one else seems to have some insanely high reverence for their school once they've left
I kind of thought she was joking, but I've noticed that it's very true.