michigan 2010 applicants Forum

[Reedie]

http://members.lsac.org/Public/MainPage ... Page2.aspx

[fl0w]

Joining the hold club -- applied early October.

your stat...:

LSAT: 172
LSDAS GPA: 3.8

dude, how can they put you on hold!

I don't know =( The admissions dean even sent me a nice fee-waiver letter stating how much they love Berkeley students...le sigh.

I got that same letter, only she said how much they loved students from my undergrad.

I also got this letter. They sure fooled us.

Also, My app was received 12/16/09 and i still have not gotten an email with a login to check status. I guess mich can't handle the backup in apps.

[Olive]

My first impression after reading it was that it wasn't a hold email, merely a reminder to those who have been waiting for a while that they are still looking through them. Then I came here and thought otherwise. Now, I'm starting to think my first impression was correct...seems like everyone who has been waiting for a while is getting one.

+1

I really don't think it's a true "hold" email.

[Shaggier1]

Now, I'm starting to think my first impression was correct...seems like everyone who has been waiting for a while is getting one.

Yes, it was a courtesy call. That is what the admissions office told me.

[urban_cdn]

hey guys, does anyone know what kind of postal service does U of M use? I just want to calculate how long does it take for the letter to arrive to my address (which is in Toronto, Canada)

wow we have like the exact same application haha- mcgill (but from toronto), 3.5, 172.

[MahaloMontana]

I got that same letter, only she said how much they loved students from my undergrad.

Now I feel dirty and cheap.

haha i got the same one for my undergrad and was also placed on hold!

[bayareadunks]

Joining the hold club -- applied early October.

your stat...:

LSAT: 172
LSDAS GPA: 3.8

dude, how can they put you on hold!

I don't know =( The admissions dean even sent me a nice fee-waiver letter stating how much they love Berkeley students...le sigh.

uh oh......that does not bode well. i got that same personalized letter saying we love berkeley grads...

i applied Dec. 1...sooooo i'm screwed. cmon URM!!!

[SilverE2]

I got the hold letter. I applied ED though, and had already been deferred (obviously). Also numbers below both medians.

I honestly don't think it means anything, I think they just sent it to everyone who's still waiting.

[choco39]

Just got the hold/ courtesy email too, but I've only been complete since 12/23. Hmmm...

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Status checker says Decision, can't log into the admitted students' site. This can't be good.

[janer]

According to this LSN profile, the e-mail also went out last year in mid-January.

http://lawschoolnumbers.com/MeTalkPrettyOneDay

[xcountryjunkie]

Also on hold via email today. Stats are ~medians.

[Reedie]

Hey y'all, the more I think about it the more convinced I am that that is NOT equivalent to a hold. This e-mail really means nothing.

[wackjickham]

Hey y'all, the more I think about it the more convinced I am that that is NOT equivalent to a hold. This e-mail really means nothing.

Exactly. It's basically to prevent all of us from emailing them and saying "WHY HAVEN'T I GOTTEN A DECISION YET ROAR". It doesn't mean anything bad, it means what you already knew: You'll get a decision later.

[finalaspects]

Hey y'all, the more I think about it the more convinced I am that that is NOT equivalent to a hold. This e-mail really means nothing.

Exactly. It's basically to prevent all of us from emailing them and saying "WHY HAVEN'T I GOTTEN A DECISION YET ROAR". It doesn't mean anything bad, it means what you already knew: You'll get a decision later.

better than the rejection letter i should be getting this week...

[Jericwithers]

Hey y'all, the more I think about it the more convinced I am that that is NOT equivalent to a hold. This e-mail really means nothing.

+1. The email states its purpose is to minimize our stress and anxiety, but it had the exact opposite effect on this crowd. Irony.

I got the email also, but I think the real question is who here is still at 'Complete' but has not received this 'hold' email yet? I would expect it is a smaller number than people who have received this email.

[Vegas_Rebel]

better than the rejection letter i should be getting this week...

+1

I don't think I feel any better knowing applications aren't way up at Michigan. Before I could just write my impending rejection off to a deluge of more qualified applicants, but now it's more like 'haha sucker, we wouldn't take you if applications were DOWN!"

[roxy8338]

Hey y'all, the more I think about it the more convinced I am that that is NOT equivalent to a hold. This e-mail really means nothing.

+1. The email states its purpose is to minimize our stress and anxiety, but it had the exact opposite effect on this crowd. Irony.

I got the email also, but I think the real question is who here is still at 'Complete' but has not received this 'hold' email yet? I would expect it is a smaller number than people who have received this email.

I haven't. Anyone else?

[ShibaDan]

IN! OMG! I'm so pumped! I was accepted via a UPS big package! (I live abroad) My status checker still said complete. Materials came with letter, history book, and a Michigan USB flash drive with a bunch of information on it. Also, the dean does handwritten notes on the acceptance letters, I must say it's a really nice thing to see so much holistic review put into the decision process! I hadn't seriously sat down and thought about Michigan but the more I think about it the better I like it.

Numbers: LSAT 75th, GPA ~25th

[finalaspects]

IN! OMG! I'm so pumped! I was accepted via a UPS big package! (I live abroad) My status checker still said complete. Materials came with letter, history book, and a Michigan USB flash drive with a bunch of information on it. Also, the dean does handwritten notes on the acceptance letters, I must say it's a really nice thing to see so much holistic review put into the decision process! I hadn't seriously sat down and thought about Michigan but the more I think about it the better I like it.

Numbers: LSAT 75th, GPA ~25th

congrats! strange you're still at complete though...

[Slyjoker87]

Did anyone else get status update on the 11th and then change to the 12th today for no reason?

[starstruck393]

IN! OMG! I'm so pumped! I was accepted via a UPS big package! (I live abroad) My status checker still said complete. Materials came with letter, history book, and a Michigan USB flash drive with a bunch of information on it. Also, the dean does handwritten notes on the acceptance letters, I must say it's a really nice thing to see so much holistic review put into the decision process! I hadn't seriously sat down and thought about Michigan but the more I think about it the better I like it.

Numbers: LSAT 75th, GPA ~25th

congrats! strange you're still at complete though...

Actually, that was the way I think it was intended, that the delay of going to Decision made it so that you would receive your packet before you knew something was coming...

[finalaspects]

IN! OMG! I'm so pumped! I was accepted via a UPS big package! (I live abroad) My status checker still said complete. Materials came with letter, history book, and a Michigan USB flash drive with a bunch of information on it. Also, the dean does handwritten notes on the acceptance letters, I must say it's a really nice thing to see so much holistic review put into the decision process! I hadn't seriously sat down and thought about Michigan but the more I think about it the better I like it.

Numbers: LSAT 75th, GPA ~25th

congrats! strange you're still at complete though...

Actually, that was the way I think it was intended, that the delay of going to Decision made it so that you would receive your packet before you knew something was coming...

guess that's not the way it works for rejections though?

[UFMatt]

IN! OMG! I'm so pumped! I was accepted via a UPS big package! (I live abroad) My status checker still said complete. Materials came with letter, history book, and a Michigan USB flash drive with a bunch of information on it. Also, the dean does handwritten notes on the acceptance letters, I must say it's a really nice thing to see so much holistic review put into the decision process! I hadn't seriously sat down and thought about Michigan but the more I think about it the better I like it.

Numbers: LSAT 75th, GPA ~25th

Your stats are like mine. Unless you're URM, that gives me hope. Congrats.

[starstruck393]

IN! OMG! I'm so pumped! I was accepted via a UPS big package! (I live abroad) My status checker still said complete. Materials came with letter, history book, and a Michigan USB flash drive with a bunch of information on it. Also, the dean does handwritten notes on the acceptance letters, I must say it's a really nice thing to see so much holistic review put into the decision process! I hadn't seriously sat down and thought about Michigan but the more I think about it the better I like it.

Numbers: LSAT 75th, GPA ~25th

congrats! strange you're still at complete though...

Actually, that was the way I think it was intended, that the delay of going to Decision made it so that you would receive your packet before you knew something was coming...

guess that's not the way it works for rejections though?

I don't know, I still think something seems weird about that. Has anyone in that group actually gotten a rejection yet?