AIM at Michigan

[dasgut]

Does anybody know when the AIM program will send out the rest of their admits/rejections?

[kdilks]

Does anybody know when the AIM program will send out the rest of their admits/rejections?

The primary function of this website is to provide a database with information from past years that helps you answer these questions yourself.

http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=math*+michigan&t=a

[dasgut]

The primary function of this website is to provide a database with information from past years that helps you answer these questions yourself.

http://thegradcafe.c...h*+michigan&t=a

That's true. However, if you look at the ways things have been going they've deviated from their pattern. Also when I've briefly talked to the dept. they've said there not done with anything, but they've also hinted they're not NOT done, i.e. we really have no info whatsoever to go on.

[someDay]

Also when I've briefly talked to the dept. they've said there not done with anything, but they've also hinted they're not NOT done, i.e. we really have no info whatsoever to go on.

Clearly you're admitted. http://xkcd.com/704/

sD.

Edited February 25, 2010 by someDay

[dasgut]

Clearly you're admitted. http://xkcd.com/704/

sD.

LOL. That's awesome!

[kdilks]

That's true. However, if you look at the ways things have been going they've deviated from their pattern. Also when I've briefly talked to the dept. they've said there not done with anything, but they've also hinted they're not NOT done, i.e. we really have no info whatsoever to go on.

The pattern is they accept the number of people they need to accept over about a week in early February, and everybody else's application is kept "under consideration" in case something goes horribly wrong with yield. About two weeks after visiting weekend when enough people have accepted, they turn most of those applications that are "under consideration" into rejections and a handful are formally put onto a waitlist. So far, they've accepted a bunch of people in early February, and told you that your application is "still under consideration". Things don't seem to be deviating at all.

[dasgut]

The pattern is they accept the number of people they need to accept over about a week in early February, and everybody else's application is kept "under consideration" in case something goes horribly wrong with yield. About two weeks after visiting weekend when enough people have accepted, they turn most of those applications that are "under consideration" into rejections and a handful are formally put onto a waitlist. So far, they've accepted a bunch of people in early February, and told you that your application is "still under consideration". Things don't seem to be deviating at all.

Ah. Didn't quite see that. Thanks.

[kdilks]

Ah. Didn't quite see that. Thanks.

The saying I like to use is "your application is under consideration until it isn't". Even if there reaches a point where your chances of actually being admitted become significantly smaller, schools have little incentive to tell you that before they want to, nor do I feel that they should be obligated to keep you updated on intermediate steps in their admissions process. The April 15th resolution effectively eliminates any legitimate reason for needing to know your status before they give you their final decision.