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Post by Typhoon24 » Tue Dec 17, 2013 1:05 pm

berndie90 wrote:It could certainly influence scholarship negotiation. If a school knows that someone was denied HYS as opposed to being on the wait-list, perhaps a CCN would be less likely to offer a larger scholarship, knowing that they are your highest ranked choice still available?
that sounds like it should be confidential information. ED business necessitates communication between schools so I'd assume it ends there.

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Post by lawschool22 » Tue Dec 17, 2013 1:05 pm

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1948 wrote:i got into another school early decision and without notifying them michigan's status checker now (5 days later) says "withdrawn." does anyone know if schools are told by the school i'm accepted to to withdraw my application? especially because i received no instructions telling me to do anything regarding withdrawing
Why does it even matter at this point? Your ED school saved you the trouble of emailing Michigan to tell them.
It matters because knowing the extent to which schools communicate with one another throughout the decision process changes everything.
How so?
It could have YP implications.

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Post by 05062014 » Tue Dec 17, 2013 1:11 pm

For someone who didn't show enough interest at many schools... If communication did not exist, it would matter a lot less than if communications were abound

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Post by berndie90 » Tue Dec 17, 2013 1:32 pm

You'd have to read the rules for the particular ED program that you applied to, but I'd imagine that most schools would require that you withdraw from those schools as well.

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Post by midwest17 » Tue Dec 17, 2013 2:45 pm

Dean Z has a blog post in which they checked someone's claim that they received $X from school Y as part of scholarship negotiations, and caught them in a lie. But it sounded like that sort of communication is the exception rather than the rule.

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Post by bombaysippin » Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:03 pm

Hey everyone, I was wondering for the people that did the supplemental essays, did people try to stay one page or do you think nearing 2 pages is okay. I know the directions say, "Each essay should be about one page (and no more than two)."

With that said does it seem like Michigan is trying to imply they want 1 page rather than 2 (I assume yea cause it's easier to read 1 page rather than 2 and with a large volume of applications 2 would probably drag on).

Also, would size 11 font be okay or is 12 the standard?

Thanks in advance :)

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Post by illyria » Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:06 pm

Do they send out acceptances via email as well?
I've been accepted via status check, but haven't received an email yet.

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Post by midwest17 » Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:30 pm

Bajam wrote:Hey everyone, I was wondering for the people that did the supplemental essays, did people try to stay one page or do you think nearing 2 pages is okay. I know the directions say, "Each essay should be about one page (and no more than two)."

With that said does it seem like Michigan is trying to imply they want 1 page rather than 2 (I assume yea cause it's easier to read 1 page rather than 2 and with a large volume of applications 2 would probably drag on).

Also, would size 11 font be okay or is 12 the standard?

Thanks in advance :)
I think mine went a few lines over 1 page in 12 pt font. I don't think 11/12 matter, except that I wouldn't do a full 2 pages in 11 pt font.

My instinct is that getting close to a full 2 pages is fine if you're only doing one essay, but if you're doing two of them you probably shouldn't have more than ~3 pages total between the two.

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Post by bombaysippin » Tue Dec 17, 2013 8:42 pm

midwest17 wrote:
Bajam wrote:Hey everyone, I was wondering for the people that did the supplemental essays, did people try to stay one page or do you think nearing 2 pages is okay. I know the directions say, "Each essay should be about one page (and no more than two)."

With that said does it seem like Michigan is trying to imply they want 1 page rather than 2 (I assume yea cause it's easier to read 1 page rather than 2 and with a large volume of applications 2 would probably drag on).

Also, would size 11 font be okay or is 12 the standard?

Thanks in advance :)
I think mine went a few lines over 1 page in 12 pt font. I don't think 11/12 matter, except that I wouldn't do a full 2 pages in 11 pt font.

My instinct is that getting close to a full 2 pages is fine if you're only doing one essay, but if you're doing two of them you probably shouldn't have more than ~3 pages total between the two.
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Post by thechancellor » Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:54 am

Bajam wrote:Hey everyone, I was wondering for the people that did the supplemental essays, did people try to stay one page or do you think nearing 2 pages is okay. I know the directions say, "Each essay should be about one page (and no more than two)."

With that said does it seem like Michigan is trying to imply they want 1 page rather than 2 (I assume yea cause it's easier to read 1 page rather than 2 and with a large volume of applications 2 would probably drag on).

Also, would size 11 font be okay or is 12 the standard?

Thanks in advance :)
I submitted 2, both spaced at 1.5 with 12 font. The first was just over 1 page, the other a bit more than 1.5 pages. I would take them at their word - Aim for 1, but you will not be penalized for going over closer to 2.

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Post by jk148706 » Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:55 am

It seems that the rate of ppl getting accepted (at least on TLS) has really dropped.

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Post by riverwater » Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:03 am

jk148706 wrote:It seems that the rate of ppl getting accepted (at least on TLS) has really dropped.
Well, today is Wednesday, and W is the first letter in Wolverine, and W upside-down is M, which of course stands for Michigan, and since "Michigan Wolverines" has 18 letters in it, and today is the 18th, I'm pretty sure they're making a ton of decisions today and all we'll all be admitted via status checker tomorrow.

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Post by jk148706 » Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:03 am

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jk148706 wrote:It seems that the rate of ppl getting accepted (at least on TLS) has really dropped.
Well, today is Wednesday, and W is the first letter in Wolverine, and W upside-down is M, which of course stands for Michigan, and since "Michigan Wolverines" has 18 letters in it, and today is the 18th, I'm pretty sure they're making a ton of decisions today and all we'll all be admitted via status checker tomorrow.
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Post by Serett » Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:09 am

riverwater wrote:
jk148706 wrote:It seems that the rate of ppl getting accepted (at least on TLS) has really dropped.
Well, today is Wednesday, and W is the first letter in Wolverine, and W upside-down is M, which of course stands for Michigan, and since "Michigan Wolverines" has 18 letters in it, and today is the 18th, I'm pretty sure they're making a ton of decisions today and all we'll all be admitted via status checker tomorrow.
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Post by lawschool22 » Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:22 am

riverwater wrote:
jk148706 wrote:It seems that the rate of ppl getting accepted (at least on TLS) has really dropped.
Well, today is Wednesday, and W is the first letter in Wolverine, and W upside-down is M, which of course stands for Michigan, and since "Michigan Wolverines" has 18 letters in it, and today is the 18th, I'm pretty sure they're making a ton of decisions today and all we'll all be admitted via status checker tomorrow.
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Post by illyria » Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:26 am

Just received a Darrow invite!
Have there been interviews in the past? I would like to prepare for the types of questions they ask, but couldn't find a thread.

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Post by thechancellor » Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:27 am

jk148706 wrote:It seems that the rate of ppl getting accepted (at least on TLS) has really dropped.
I'm not surprised that, of all schools, Michigan would be the one to really drop off coming up on the holidays. I'm also not sure how much this impacts the admissions team, but the school is doing exams this week, which may impact decisions. They also started releasing Darrow apps, which probably slows down their other work, and are probably getting ready to start making aid decisions for the crowd that's been accepted.

I'd guess we won't see a whole lot more movement till we're solidly into January, and we won't see another huge wave again. I haven't looked at previous years, though, so I have no idea what the trends are and this is entirely speculation oh god someone get me off this site
riverwater wrote: Well, today is Wednesday, and W is the first letter in Wolverine, and W upside-down is M, which of course stands for Michigan, and since "Michigan Wolverines" has 18 letters in it, and today is the 18th, I'm pretty sure they're making a ton of decisions today and all we'll all be admitted via status checker tomorrow.
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Post by thechancellor » Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:27 am

illyria wrote:Just received a Darrow invite!
Have there been interviews in the past? I would like to prepare for the types of questions they ask, but couldn't find a thread.
CONGRATS! I think in the past it was all submitted essays, and this is the first year for interviews.

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Post by HOS » Wed Dec 18, 2013 1:35 pm

riverwater wrote: Well, today is Wednesday, and W is the first letter in Wolverine, and W upside-down is M, which of course stands for Michigan, and since "Michigan Wolverines" has 18 letters in it, and today is the 18th, I'm pretty sure they're making a ton of decisions today and all we'll all be admitted via status checker tomorrow.
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Post by californiauser » Wed Dec 18, 2013 2:41 pm

Email from MU (Mizzou)...my brain rearranged the letters to UM for about 2.5 sconds -_-

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Post by livefromannarbor » Wed Dec 18, 2013 3:35 pm

riverwater wrote:
jk148706 wrote:It seems that the rate of ppl getting accepted (at least on TLS) has really dropped.
Well, today is Wednesday, and W is the first letter in Wolverine, and W upside-down is M, which of course stands for Michigan, and since "Michigan Wolverines" has 18 letters in it, and today is the 18th, I'm pretty sure they're making a ton of decisions today and all we'll all be admitted via status checker tomorrow.
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riverwater wrote:
jk148706 wrote:It seems that the rate of ppl getting accepted (at least on TLS) has really dropped.
Well, today is Wednesday, and W is the first letter in Wolverine, and W upside-down is M, which of course stands for Michigan, and since "Michigan Wolverines" has 18 letters in it, and today is the 18th, I'm pretty sure they're making a ton of decisions today and all we'll all be admitted via status checker tomorrow.
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Post by Gary » Wed Dec 18, 2013 5:35 pm

Accepted today- Applied early november, GPA above median and LSAT above 75th

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nvm
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We are all scotty, now.

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