2014-2015 University of Michigan Application Thread

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For those who interviewed, what time was the interview day over? Just wondering whether a 7:00 PM/7:30 PM flight would be OK. Thanks 🙂
 
bangadees7 said:
For those who interviewed, what time was the interview day over? Just wondering whether a 7:00 PM/7:30 PM flight would be OK. Thanks 🙂
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The latest that you would be out of the hospital is 3:30 (and you will definitely be done before then). It's like a 40 min drive to DTW, so you will definitely be good with a 7pm flight. 🙂 Good luck!
 
Spritsker said:
Been complete for 4 weeks and not a peep, still under review. Not just here, but same deal with every other school (been complete since end of July). Staying patient though, hoping for some news soon!
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+6 since beginning of July for most schools
 
They tweeted earlier today with an updated tracker, and they've given out 295/575 interviews, thus far.
 
surgeon180 said:
They tweeted earlier today with an updated tracker, and they've given out 295/575 interviews, thus far.
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Thanks for the info. I see the tweet, but can only find the 8/18 tracker update on their site. By that point they had only given out 190 interviews.

EDIT: Now the latest tracker is up! 295/575 interviews.
 
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So according to the U.S. News Compass, the University of Michigan interviewed 578 applicants and accepted 364, which is a post-interview acceptance rate of 63%.

Is this correct? This seems way too high to be true.
 
Ahhh UMMS, you're killing me. IS, and I would give anything for an II here. I'm getting scared since they're basically halfway through all their invites. Based on the numbers of invites/matriculants from MSAR, I get the feeling they pretty much assume that all in-state applicants who are admitted will attend. But seriously, it's a fair assumption - who in their right mind wouldn't?
 
samsunimomo said:
So according to the U.S. News Compass, the University of Michigan interviewed 578 applicants and accepted 364, which is a post-interview acceptance rate of 63%.

Is this correct? This seems way too high to be true.
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Depends if you are instate or out of state. U of M interviews about 200 instate and 375 out of state. Accept about 100 IS (the yield is much higher for IS), and 250 OOS. Try to get around 50/50 split between IS and OOS.
 
Great White Buffalo said:
Depends if you are instate or out of state. U of M interviews about 200 instate and 375 out of state. Accept about 100 IS (the yield is much higher for IS), and 250 OOS. Try to get around 50/50 split between IS and OOS.
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So the OOS acceptance rate is ~66%? So it seems like that post-II, OOS status can only help (or I guess they pick strong OOS candidates to begin with).
 
samsunimomo said:
So the OOS acceptance rate is ~66%? So it seems like that post-II, OOS status can only help (or I guess they pick strong OOS candidates to begin with).
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Check out the twitter from last year, they reported for each interview date (about 40 applicants per date) the number of accept, defer decision and waitlist (classes have been over enrolled for the past few years, so no waitlist movement). Example 65% admit, 10% defer decision to a later date 25% waitlist (really sort of a rejection if no anticipated wl movement).
Early dates tend to interview the superstars, so the acceptance tends to be a bit higher in first October round. OOS ave MCAT is like 36 or so, IS average MCAT is merely 34.5. I got in on my arched eye brow and superb finger point.
 
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It's like Great White Buffalo said, the OOS yield is lower so they need to accept many more OOS to fill the same number of spots.
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HEre is a sample twitter from last year (note only for MD candidates, not the MD/PhDs), shows later dates have lower yield than earlier dates:

Interview outcomes from 11/8 interviews for MD candidates: 57% Accept/40% Waitlist/3% Defer #GoBlueMed
 
The Milkman said:
sigh, I just wish UM knew how much I wanted them :/ Where are my "under review since 7/3-ers" at?

Only 69/175 IS interviews offered so far though, so I am staying slightly optimistic.
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I feel you, IS here and under review since forever.
 
I also interviewed here today. Michigan is amazing. I can absolutely see why everyone is so crazy about it. This has jumped way up to one of my top choices - would be thrilled to attend. Everything from the academics to Ann arbor is amazing. The best part though was definitely the students and the incredibly cooperative and supportive culture here. I think this a place where you can be very successful while also being happy and having a life. Also my fellow interviewees were perfectly representative of this. They were super smart but also very cool to hang out with. Anxiously awaiting the 15th - best of luck!
 
Just getting home from my interview today! Soccerusa, you nailed it with your explanation of Michigan, I completely understand the hype now. October 14th is going to be a long, long day.

Also want to include just how smooth the entire process was. There was never a moment that I didn't know exactly what was going on, or what I should be doing. If I ever had any questions, I feel like there was a medical student or faculty member that I could ask. They were present every step of the way (minus the actual interviews) and they were ridiculously cool and easy to talk to. Can't express enough how much today made me love this school, and everyone who worked or went to school there seemed to be of the same opinion.

Soccerusa, I have no idea who you are, but I do know that you are one of the incredibly super-awesome people I met today/yesterday! I wish you the best of luck. 🙂
 
That's what I've been picturing in my head for the past half a year. Can't wait for my pilgrimage later this month. Thanks for sharing guys.

soccerusa said:
I also interviewed here today. Michigan is amazing. I can absolutely see why everyone is so crazy about it. This has jumped way up to one of my top choices - would be thrilled to attend. Everything from the academics to Ann arbor is amazing. The best part though was definitely the students and the incredibly cooperative and supportive culture here. I think this a place where you can be very successful while also being happy and having a life. Also my fellow interviewees were perfectly representative of this. They were super smart but also very cool to hang out with. Anxiously awaiting the 15th - best of luck!
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innov8 said:
Just getting home from my interview today! Soccerusa, you nailed it with your explanation of Michigan, I completely understand the hype now. October 14th is going to be a long, long day.

Also want to include just how smooth the entire process was. There was never a moment that I didn't know exactly what was going on, or what I should be doing. If I ever had any questions, I feel like there was a medical student or faculty member that I could ask. They were present every step of the way (minus the actual interviews) and they were ridiculously cool and easy to talk to. Can't express enough how much today made me love this school, and everyone who worked or went to school there seemed to be of the same opinion.

Soccerusa, I have no idea who you are, but I do know that you are one of the incredibly super-awesome people I met today/yesterday! I wish you the best of luck. 🙂
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I'm gonna ditto what people have said before; interviewed here today and Michigan is now my top-choice school.

The student body is so awesome, so I really recommend getting a student host (particularly one who is in a group you might be interested in joining). My host actually took me to a pregame and bar the night before the interview, and that really helped me meet a ton of people/get a lot of perspectives on the school. Even though I got home at 2 and was a little tired the morning of the interview, the coffee they provided got me into gear and I would not have traded what I learned about the social life of a med student at Michigan for anything. The school is great, but the students really sold me.
 
samsunimomo said:
So according to the U.S. News Compass, the University of Michigan interviewed 578 applicants and accepted 364, which is a post-interview acceptance rate of 63%.

Is this correct? This seems way too high to be true.
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Take example School A and School B, each with 5000 applicants, 500 interviewees, a matriculation rate of 50% on May 15 and target class size of 150.

School A gives out 200 acceptance offers, yields 100, and gets the remaining 50 off the waitlist by ensuring each one commits before accepting (or has at least demonstrated strong interest in the school). Overall acceptance rate is 5% (250/5000), pre-5/15 interviewee acceptance rate is 40% (200/500).

School B gives out 320 acceptance offers, yields 160, and then incentivizes the other 10 to defer admission (or some go elsewhere from WL offers). Overall acceptance rate is 6.4% (320/5000), pre-5/15 interviewee acceptance rate is 64% (320/500).

School A (while a bit exaggerated) is actually a fairly common practice from what I remember while applying -- the more update letters, interest letters, and letters of intent you send, the better you stand in late May. However, Michigan's approach is like School B, hence the excellent post-interview acceptance rate compared with other places, since our admissions team is not as concerned with keeping our overall acceptance rate as low as possible (not that there's anything wrong with doing so). Thus, Michigan has not needed to use the waitlist in years. Your trip to Ann Arbor (IS or OOS) is a great investment, since you have a great chance of gaining an offer a few weeks later.

FWIW, of the 364 accepted last cycle, 198 committed to coming on May 15 (54%). By matriculation, the M1 class enrolled 177. A good number deferred until Aug 2015, and some took WL offers elsewhere. Technically still overfilled, but they added extra mailboxes 😛
 
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bluebillion said:
Can anyone share experiences of the MMI?
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They didn't make us sign anything saying we would keep it secret but sharing the individual stations seems contrary to the spirit of the process. In general, it is very low key and totally doable. I think most of us came out of it thinking that it was even kind of fun. I wouldn't worry about it at all. My main advice would just be to read the prompt carefully and then be sure to articulate your ideas very clearly. Hope this helps a little. Like the rest of the Michigan interview experience, the MMI portion was very well done and low stress.
 
Does anyone know if Michigan is one of those states/universities where, if your an OOS matriculant, you can switch to in state for tuition reasons after a year? Or, is it one where they lock the OOS matriculant into OOS tuition for all four years of med school? I know some states, like Oregon, lock you in while other states, like Ohio, allow you to get IS tuition after a year.
 
CTU Surgeon said:
Does anyone know if Michigan is one of those states/universities where, if your an OOS matriculant, you can switch to in state for tuition reasons after a year? Or, is it one where they lock the OOS matriculant into OOS tuition for all four years of med school? I know some states, like Oregon, lock you in while other states, like Ohio, allow you to get IS tuition after a year.
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This could be me misremembering, but I think at the interview day they said we count as out of state for all four years.

The financial aid website supports this http://ro.umich.edu/resreg.php and says residency status is only granted when it is clear someone plans to work and reside in the state permanently. Notable factors not granting residence:
University of Michigan said:
b. Circumstances that do not demonstrate permanent Michigan residence
  • you are enrolled in a high school, community college, or university in Michigan;
  • you are in a medical residency program, fellowship, or internship in Michigan;
  • you own property or pay Michigan property taxes;
  • you have continuous physical presence in Michigan for one year or more;
  • you sign a statement of intent to be domiciled in Michigan.
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CTU Surgeon said:
Does anyone know if Michigan is one of those states/universities where, if your an OOS matriculant, you can switch to in state for tuition reasons after a year? Or, is it one where they lock the OOS matriculant into OOS tuition for all four years of med school? I know some states, like Oregon, lock you in while other states, like Ohio, allow you to get IS tuition after a year.
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Don't think so, the states that are usually considered as easy to get residency after a year are NY, CA, NC, NV and OH. Check out this thread:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/in-state-tuition-for-oos-students.829873/
 
My take is that at the 9/9 time point, they made 8 offers to those who were complete in August, which makes sense. By the next update (10/10?), I'm sure that August number will go up dramatically. They still have half the class to fill.
 
Do I still have a chance if I was complete late july?
 
CTU Surgeon said:
Does anyone know if Michigan is one of those states/universities where, if your an OOS matriculant, you can switch to in state for tuition reasons after a year? Or, is it one where they lock the OOS matriculant into OOS tuition for all four years of med school? I know some states, like Oregon, lock you in while other states, like Ohio, allow you to get IS tuition after a year.
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The only folks I've heard of being able to switch to IS were those who were married to a MI resident and living in state before they started/applied to school.
 
DielsAlder said:
UMich looks awesome! With info from this website (http://medicine.umich.edu/medschool/education/md-program/md-admissions), it seems that the vast majority of their interviews were extended in June/July, only 8 were offered in August! Does anyone know in general when more II's are sent out.
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I think a lot has to do with:
1. UMich does super fast screen for high stats with 2 wks turn around.
2. UMich doesn't wait for secondaries.
3. I dare to say that vast majority of the high stats and high achieving candidates had submitted their primary by mid july.
4 Admission office had to attend to the new students matriculating in Aug. With the change in leadership especially. No time to attend to application.

And just realized that I'm one of the few Aug II. Ha! However, I am questioning that number a little bit. It seems there has been quite a few here on SDN already.
 
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CTU Surgeon said:
Does anyone know if Michigan is one of those states/universities where, if your an OOS matriculant, you can switch to in state for tuition reasons after a year? Or, is it one where they lock the OOS matriculant into OOS tuition for all four years of med school? I know some states, like Oregon, lock you in while other states, like Ohio, allow you to get IS tuition after a year.
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In almost all cases you get to stay OOS for all 4 years. Depending on your luck/competitiveness, things can balance out. I currently receive a scholarship in an amount that covers the cost difference between OOS and IS, so my loan burden each year is the equivalent of an in-stater w/no scholarships.

There are people who don't get those scholarships, though, and there are others who get full tuition scholarships. Best of luck.
 
Just got an interview today for instate (but undergrad outside of michigan). Complete july 28 34/3.76. If that helps out anyone 🙂. Earliest interview date late october
 
555556 said:
Just got an interview today for instate (but undergrad outside of michigan). Complete july 28 34/3.76. If that helps out anyone 🙂. Earliest interview date late october
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Did you have a 'screening complete' status first?
 
Is it too late to add Michigan to my primary, which was verified/transmitted to schools in late July? I hear they don't wait around for secondaries?
 
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