2013-2014 University of Michigan Application Thread

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have all 350 acceptances been given out or are there are few spots left for the deferred?
hoping they will let at least some in since they delayed telling us but could just be waiting to tell us where we stand on the waitlist along with other waitlisters soon.
tweet talks about giving a "projection" next week, does this mean they may actually expect some waitlist movement this year? why would it be different from the past if they accepted just as many people and interview day seemed to make a great impression?
 
If you follow the UMMS twitter they tweeted last week 2/25 that applicants who were deferred to March would be notified by Friday 2/28 of any acceptances. SDN was really quiet, so I can only assume that all those that were deferred were either waitlisted or rejected. Also I believe all 350 seats have been accounted for: as of 1/20 300 seats were occupied. Since then, there were offers made for those interviewing on 1/10, 1/17, and 2/7. I don't remember if UMMS lets applicants know where they stand on the waitlist... Hopefully this answers your question?
 
Is there a scheduled date for financial aid/scholarship information release?
 
ThrombinHood said:
If you follow the UMMS twitter they tweeted last week 2/25 that applicants who were deferred to March would be notified by Friday 2/28 of any acceptances. SDN was really quiet, so I can only assume that all those that were deferred were either waitlisted or rejected. Also I believe all 350 seats have been accounted for: as of 1/20 300 seats were occupied. Since then, there were offers made for those interviewing on 1/10, 1/17, and 2/7. I don't remember if UMMS lets applicants know where they stand on the waitlist... Hopefully this answers your question?
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Actually they pushed back the deferred decisions to this week or else I wouldn't have asked...thought if they were just gonna waitlist all deferred candidates maybe they wouldn't have needed more time before updating. But thanks for taking the time to try to answer my question, I guess none of us really knows.
 
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Actually they pushed back the deferred decisions to this week or else I wouldn't have asked...thought if they were just gonna waitlist all deferred candidates maybe they wouldn't have needed more time before updating. But thanks for taking the time to try to answer my question, I guess none of us really knows.
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Yea, I am surprised that you guys don't know. They're usually so transparent. Good luck!
 
ThrombinHood said:
If you follow the UMMS twitter they tweeted last week 2/25 that applicants who were deferred to March would be notified by Friday 2/28 of any acceptances. SDN was really quiet, so I can only assume that all those that were deferred were either waitlisted or rejected. Also I believe all 350 seats have been accounted for: as of 1/20 300 seats were occupied. Since then, there were offers made for those interviewing on 1/10, 1/17, and 2/7. I don't remember if UMMS lets applicants know where they stand on the waitlist... Hopefully this answers your question?
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Sadly, there has been no waitlist movement in the last few years that has been reported on SDN. Michigan targets abut 50% instate, which they get a 80% or so yield. They manage the OOS pretty closely. When they overenroll, I heard they offered some students healthy scholarships to defer. I think that happened 2 years ago, if I remember in the prior years threads. Director Ruiz knows what he is doing, and now that they can see who has multiple acceptances, they are managing the deferrals to be pretty close to the 172 mark. Not sure how many deferred from prior years to this year, but he knows. All will be revealed soon, as the Ivy carnage is filtering through, and other folks may start withdrawing soon.
 
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Can they see where else we've been accepted?
 
I had no idea adcoms could see this--do you think those schools which are non-rolling and are top 10 ranked, rank students based on success on the applicant's application cycle? This would literally be evil
 
ThrombinHood said:
I had no idea adcoms could see this--do you think those schools which are non-rolling and are top 10 ranked, rank students based on success on the applicant's application cycle? This would literally be evil
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They can't see your acceptance unless they accept you, so it doesn't play into admission, but I'm sure it plays into scholarships.
 
This makes a ton of sense as to why the scholarship date is set on 3/21 --1 week after all applicants know of their fate.
 
Hey guys!!!! I am going to be an M1 at UMMS this coming fall and was wondering if anyone has seen or lived at the Phi Chi Medical fraternity and their impressions of it. I really wanna be where the med students are but cannot live in a place where kitchens and bathrooms are shared... so from my research that leaves Phi Chi. Are the rooms modern? Clean? How's noise around the frat? When should we start applying for a lease? Also, is the common room for the 2 bedroom apartments spacious enough for 2 people? Thanks so much!
 
zaphorashands said:
Hey guys!!!! I am going to be an M1 at UMMS this coming fall and was wondering if anyone has seen or lived at the Phi Chi Medical fraternity and their impressions of it. I really wanna be where the med students are but cannot live in a place where kitchens and bathrooms are shared... so from my research that leaves Phi Chi. Are the rooms modern? Clean? How's noise around the frat? When should we start applying for a lease? Also, is the common room for the 2 bedroom apartments spacious enough for 2 people? Thanks so much!
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Congrats on becoming a Wolverine. You'll find out a lot of housing info at Second Look. I grew up in A2 and did undergrad here, and I lived in Cooperatives for a couple of years, as well as apartments and houses on campus. There are lots of apartment complexes right near the hospital (called the white coat ghettos). The hospital is also right next to regular campus, so student housing is all over the place. Note for the midwest, rent is cheap, but Ann Arbor near campus is just a bit pricier than getting to outlier places off campus. Parking on campus is a nightmare, so if you get an apartment/condo off campus/off bus line, find out about parking passes for students (faculty and staff pay over $600/year for a blue sticker, really a hunting license for a parking spot).

Here some info from past years post about med fraternities:

Phi Chi would probably be your best bet among the three choices. It is a little farther but you can take the campus shuttle and you get the amenities of frat living (cheap rent, med students) without having flashbacks from college (tiny rooms, shared bathrooms). I'd highly recommend the privacy of your own room for med school. Sharing a 2 bedroom in Ann Arbor turns out to be quite cheap for both parties and you get your own room.
Check out the housing bulletin. Med Ctr Court and Island Drive apts are also good options.

Phi Chi
Probably the closest thing you will get to an apt... only cheaper!!
Super nice club house. 1br and 2br available (they will hook you up with a roommate if you get a 2br. so you dont have to worry about finding one)

Nu Sigma Nu

Much like Phi Rho, with parties, shared bathrooms, close to campus but not as close. No cook. But you get your own "room" (not apt).

Phi Rho
You have to share a tiny room (not 1 br apt, not 2 br apt, ROOM) your first year. Second year you get your own "room"
Much like your college frats, they throw big parties, and have "floor bathrooms"
Perks: 5min or so walk to school

Sadly, an M4 who lived in Phi Rho Sigma medical fraternity was murdered there last year (over a laptop theft). They caught the folks and they are on trial now (some out of staters). Read about it in the Ann Arbor News or on the U of M website. The student's name was Paul Dewolf, just google it. Ann Arbor itself is a really safe town, this is just one of those wrong place, wrong time incidents. The location is pretty primo though just down the street from the medical campus.
 
[Phi Chi would probably be your best bet among the three choices. It is a little farther but you can take the campus shuttle and you get the amenities of frat living (cheap rent, med students) without having flashbacks from college (tiny rooms, shared bathrooms). I'd highly recommend the privacy of your own room for med school. Sharing a 2 bedroom in Ann Arbor turns out to be quite cheap for both parties and you get your own room.
Check out the housing bulletin. Med Ctr Court and Island Drive apts are also good options.

Phi Chi
Probably the closest thing you will get to an apt... only cheaper!!
Super nice club house. 1br and 2br available (they will hook you up with a roommate if you get a 2br. so you dont have to worry about finding one)]

Great White Buffalo - Thanks so much for this!

How would you describe the apts at Phi Chi? Are they modern, old? Photos of the apartments are lacking on their website.
 
I do think they can see our other acceptances.

From AAMC:

•Multiple Accept Data (February 10)
This report allows medical schools to see other schools to which an applicant they have accepted is also currently holding an acceptance decision


•The National Acceptance Report (April 1)
This report lists all applicants with a current Acceptance or Matriculated action
 
redradradish said:
I do think they can see our other acceptances.

From AAMC:

•Multiple Accept Data (February 10)
This report allows medical schools to see other schools to which an applicant they have accepted is also currently holding an acceptance decision


•The National Acceptance Report (April 1)
This report lists all applicants with a current Acceptance or Matriculated action
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Yes, in another thread and adcom reported seeing a student holding multiple acceptances:

I have an accepted student holding at 16 schools.
Gyngyn
 
ThrombinHood said:
This makes a ton of sense as to why the scholarship date is set on 3/21 --1 week after all applicants know of their fate.
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Admissions already has a general sense of who they want to offer recruitment/merit scholarships to early on with the post-interview review at AEC meetings, but competitive offers from other med schools may up the ante. In other words, they don't just blindly give out scholarships to all the people simultaneously accepted to HMS in hopes that they can woo one or more people away for a hypothetical scorecard, but if they already really want to recruit a particular candidate who has another great offer, they might give a higher-value scholarship than if the student wasn't also holding that particular acceptance. So yes, this definitely does factor into the AEC scholarship meeting, but having multiple acceptances doesn't make or break your chances at receiving one.

Also, this meeting is March 12, so I think Penn & Cornell (among others) might not have even sent out final decisions by then, but they'll have enough data to work with I presume.
 
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umms2017 said:
Admissions already has a general sense of who they want to offer recruitment/merit scholarships to early on with the post-interview review at AEC meetings, but competitive offers from other med schools may up the ante. In other words, they don't just blindly give out scholarships to all the people simultaneously accepted to HMS in hopes that they can woo one or more people away for a hypothetical scorecard, but if they already really want to recruit a particular candidate who has another great offer, they might give a higher-value scholarship than if the student wasn't also holding that particular acceptance. So yes, this definitely does factor into the AEC scholarship meeting, but having multiple acceptances doesn't make or break your chances at receiving one.

Also, this meeting is March 12, so I think Penn & Cornell (among others) might not have even sent out final decisions by then, but they'll have enough data to work with I presume.
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Just curious… Can the adcomm see if other schools have offered scholarships with acceptances?
 
did anyone else who was deferred (or waitlisted) not get an update via status page yet like the twitter said we would?
 
question to interviewed/accepted students: on the status page, there is a completion status indicator for "MIC Received (MIC is additional information we will request 30 days prior to your interview date)." It is appearing as incomplete for me. I don't remember seeing it and can't find an email for it, but I have already been accepted. Can anyone enlighten me as to what the MIC is?
 
Low-tier wait-list. Got the status update via email today.

Bummed, though I wasn't exactly expecting good news at this point

EDIT: First wait-listed 10/15
 
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safe said:
question to interviewed/accepted students: on the status page, there is a completion status indicator for "MIC Received (MIC is additional information we will request 30 days prior to your interview date)." It is appearing as incomplete for me. I don't remember seeing it and can't find an email for it, but I have already been accepted. Can anyone enlighten me as to what the MIC is?
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It was the "Michigan Interview Confirmation" (or something close to that) HIPAA form for when we went to the wards for the "un-tour."
 
Mid tier waitlist for me. Michigan's lucky I was accepted to my top choice, so I didn't feel bad picking them to win it all in the tourny
 
According to twitter, it looks like they've begun sending out recruitment scholarships. Hoping to get something and solidify my decision to attend! Anyone hear anything yet?
 
safe said:
According to twitter, it looks like they've begun sending out recruitment scholarships. Hoping to get something and solidify my decision to attend! Anyone hear anything yet?
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Not yet...though here's to hoping! :luck:
 
Are these scholarships by merit? Meaning will there be other need based scholarships/grants given out?
 
1Sail0r said:
Are these scholarships by merit? Meaning will there be other need based scholarships/grants given out?
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Pretty sure everything going out this week is merit. The need-based fin aid forms aren't due until March 31st, so they probably will start sending out need-based information at that point.

I spoke with someone in the fin aid office this week and she told me the need-based and merit-based scholarship process are completely separate.
 
SN12357 said:
Pretty sure everything going out this week is merit. The need-based fin aid forms aren't due until March 31st, so they probably will start sending out need-based information at that point.

I spoke with someone in the fin aid office this week and she told me the need-based and merit-based scholarship process are completely separate.
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I see thank you. I don't remember filling out any forms for merit based scholarships is that just based on your application?
 
1Sail0r said:
I see thank you. I don't remember filling out any forms for merit based scholarships is that just based on your application?
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That's correct, everyone is evaluated for merit scholarships based on their application.
 
Severely envious of you guys with scholarships already. Congratulations to you two. But maybe it's not such a surprise to you, considering that Director Ruiz said those receiving full rides "would already know who they are." 🙂
 
Congrats to those who got scholarships! Question for Nicco and yesbutno.... Just wanted to verify that it's a full tuition scholarship and not a full ride? I'm just wondering because I seem to remember Mr Ruiz telling us about 15 or so full ride scholarships
 
CrunchyTeddy said:
Congrats to those who got scholarships! Question for Nicco and yesbutno.... Just wanted to verify that it's a full tuition scholarship and not a full ride? I'm just wondering because I seem to remember Mr Ruiz telling us about 15 or so full ride scholarships
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Thank you! Yes the scholarship covers the cost of tuition.
 
JediOchoa said:
Also got the offer. Very grateful! It was in the promotions section of my gmail so make sure you check there if you have gmail.
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Was yours for full-tuition too?

Any idea what the order they're releasing scholarships is? Based on today's posts it looks like by scholarship amount.

Would you guys mind providing a rough area of the alphabet where your name falls? Maybe it's alphabetical?
 
baltimoreman said:
Was yours for full-tuition too?

Any idea what the order they're releasing scholarships is? Based on today's posts it looks like by scholarship amount.

Would you guys mind providing a rough area of the alphabet where your name falls? Maybe it's alphabetical?
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Yea full tuition (about 192k). Im not sure what order they are going in but my last name starts with an O. I think they are distributing them throughout the week though. Good luck!
 
JediOchoa said:
Yea full tuition (about 192k). Im not sure what order they are going in but my last name starts with an O. I think they are distributing them throughout the week though. Good luck!
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Congratulations. That's a huge accomplishment!
 
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