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[Dipper]

Hey all,
I'm a 1L at Umich and am procrastinating work so am free to answer any questions you may have about the school, the community, Ann Arbor in general etc.
I was admitted off the waitlist last June so for all of you who are waiting to hear, perhaps I can be of some assistance to you as well!

Did you get any $$ off the WL?

[KMart]

Hey all,
I'm a 1L at Umich and am procrastinating work so am free to answer any questions you may have about the school, the community, Ann Arbor in general etc.
I was admitted off the waitlist last June so for all of you who are waiting to hear, perhaps I can be of some assistance to you as well!

How often do you recommend writing LOCIs?

[best.of.luck]

Hey all,
I'm a 1L at Umich and am procrastinating work so am free to answer any questions you may have about the school, the community, Ann Arbor in general etc.
I was admitted off the waitlist last June so for all of you who are waiting to hear, perhaps I can be of some assistance to you as well!

Did you get any $$ off the WL?

Yes-I submitted the scholarship offers I had from other schools and Michigan sent me an offer (comparable to offers I received from similarly ranked schools) later that same day.
The one recommendation I have is to make sure you submit all your offers from other schools at one time because I am fairly certain Michigan will only make you an offer once.

[best.of.luck]

How often do you recommend writing LOCIs?

Tricky question- I wrote a ton of LOCIs and sent in additional LORs but Im pretty sure I was the exception (I tried to submit something once every two weeks or so).
My friend who was accepted off the waitlist didn't send anything in past his application but in May received the mass email asking people to respond with their interest level and instead of responding, drove from Florida to MI to tell the admissions office he really wanted to come here, went on a tour, and got a phone call an hour later.

While I dont know if either of these exact plans would work for another waitlister I just recommend finding a way to show your interest and commitment to coming here. If you're on the waitlist it means you've got a shot so if you really want to come here I would just do everything in your power to show that. Michigan really cares about the quality of people they accept so admits off the waitlist aren't really based off a specific need for GPA or LSAT score but are based off what the person can bring to the community. If you're waitlisted just try to find a way to show the admissions office why you are unique and why you are committed to coming here.

[stephcurry]

Make sure you write that Michigan's new coach is Jim Harbaugh, not John Harbaugh. John is Jim's brother (and coach of the Ravens).

Devastating slip/typo...but I promise I actually am a niners fan.. Thanks everyone for the advice on both parts!

[secadc11]

Hey all,
I'm a 1L at Umich and am procrastinating work so am free to answer any questions you may have about the school, the community, Ann Arbor in general etc.
I was admitted off the waitlist last June so for all of you who are waiting to hear, perhaps I can be of some assistance to you as well!

You have one evening in Ann Arbor to grab dinner and then go out to bars/whatever after. Where do you go?

Loaded question.
Depends how much you want to pay and the type of food you want.

If you're down for the more expensive fare I'd go to mani for italian, isalita for mexican, tomukun for korean bbq or pacific rim for japanese.
If you're going for cheaper food, there are a ton of happy hour specials around. For a beer and burger go to Ashley's, Tomcat, or Ann Arbor Brewing Company.

If you're just looking to get a drink I recommend World of Beer or Black Pearl. Mash has live music during the weekend and is a popular place. For going out the frattiest bars are Ricks and Rush.

When you wake up the next morning, hungover and questioning every life decision you've ever made, I highly recommend no thai or a chipati from Pizza bobs

This is great - thanks!

[sheishkabob]

the admissions officers suggested I send a LOCI soon since they would be reviewing my file again with my new score soon.

This makes it sound like there might be a wave off the WL soon...let's hope.

................Some of us don't even have decisions yet after submitting Nov-Dec

[Law1491]

Hello best of luck,

You are saying you presented all your offers and Michigan made a fair offer. How many offers did you present? In June you already lost all your offers, even double deposit offers, by June you can only have one offer left on the table. Are you saying that you presented all offers you had in your cycle though they are no longer actual offers to attend those schools.

Thank you for clarification.

[best.of.luck]

Hello best of luck,

You are saying you presented all your offers and Michigan made a fair offer. How many offers did you present? In June you already lost all your offers, even double deposit offers, by June you can only have one offer left on the table. Are you saying that you presented all offers you had in your cycle though they are no longer actual offers to attend those schools.

Thank you for clarification.

Hello,
You are correct, by June I had made a deposit to only one school so technically I had lost the scholarship offers to other schools. However, some of the schools that I did not deposit at had made me better offers so I just submitted all the offers I had received throughout my cycle. I dont know how much of a difference those made in terms of the aid I ended up receiving but I decided it couldn't hurt to submit them.

[Law1491]

Thank you best of luck.

[KMart]

the admissions officers suggested I send a LOCI soon since they would be reviewing my file again with my new score soon.

This makes it sound like there might be a wave off the WL soon...let's hope.

................Some of us don't even have decisions yet after submitting Nov-Dec

That's how I'm at with Vandy. Scholarships are starting to flood out and I haven't even had a single date change yet.

[RareExports]

Just got in off of the waitlist (yes, really). PM for details.

ETA: Don't take this as a sign of waitlist movement. Dean Z said that this was in advance of review of the rest of the waitlist files. I was a unique case.

[KMart]

Just got in off of the waitlist (yes, really). PM for details.

ETA: Don't take this as a sign of waitlist movement. Dean Z said that this was in advance of review of the rest of the waitlist files. I was a unique case.

PMed...really have me curious.

[vm18]

I was accepted (summer start) and am extremely excited! But I would like to switch to the fall start for a couples of reasons. (1) I feel rushed (2) Waitlisted at Penn and Chicago and would like the opportunity to hear from them (3) My employer would like me to finish off the year in June. My question is for those of you have switched from summer or fall or the other way around, who did you email and were you able to switch? Thanks

[Indy16]

In via status checker!

Over both 75ths
Submit 1/26
Complete 2/12
Decision 3/6

[sheishkabob]

FINALLLYYY IN ahhhhhh I've been complete since early December, there's hope people!

[owlinentertainment]

In via status checker this morning!!

[jess1234]

Recently admitted! Anyone know how long it takes for merit aid schollys to be sent out after admission?

[wonka]

Recently admitted! Anyone know how long it takes for merit aid schollys to be sent out after admission?

My merit aid came within 2 weeks.

[jendux]

Does anyone know if the status checker only updates overnight or if it can change throughout the day? I check it like crazy everyday when it might be totally unnecessary to do so... Thanks!

[secadc11]

Does anyone know if the status checker only updates overnight or if it can change throughout the day? I check it like crazy everyday when it might be totally unnecessary to do so... Thanks!

Just once a day, overnight.

[jendux]

Does anyone know if the status checker only updates overnight or if it can change throughout the day? I check it like crazy everyday when it might be totally unnecessary to do so... Thanks!

Just once a day, overnight.

Okay so I can stop wasting my time checking it every hour!! Haha thank you!

[XYL42]

Received Dean's scholarship via email. Too excited!

[KMart]

Okay so I can stop wasting my time checking it every hour!! Haha thank you!

It updates daily, but it can update throughout the day I thought. There will always be a date change, but the actual status might update within the same day - if this makes sense.

[nicefunguy]

Submitted February 5, in yesterday. I think I was admitted on the 5th but didn't see the status checker and found out in the mail.