This year, the University of Michigan has added the option to apply Early Decision, meaning that students can commit to the school while applying and receive their results earlier than other applicants. Officially, the university’s website says that results will come “by the end of December” but rumors of a Christmas Eve release date have begun to fly.
Evelyn Wodzisz ’26, one of the 33 South seniors taking advantage of the University of Michigan’s new Early Decision option, is concerned by this rumored release date.
“It makes me a little anxious because I know that there’s so many people with their hearts set on going to Michigan, and they’re going to find out this really important information the day before Christmas,” Wodzisz said.
Despite spending her Christmas Eve with her family, Wodzisz intends to be on the lookout for the big news. She plans to open her results the day they come out, holiday or not, because the results stay the same either way. Like Wodzisz, Caroline Ward ’26 has also caught wind of this rumor around school and on TikTok.
“I’d probably open them just to get it over with either way,” Ward said. “I’d know that I’d have to apply to more schools right off the bat, which would create a lot of stress if I didn’t get in.”
Unlike Wodzisz, Ward has only applied to one other school so far, planning to apply to other schools once she’s heard back from her top choice.
“I really hope it doesn’t come out on Christmas Eve because so many teachers aren’t working during break, so it makes it difficult to make any adjustments to those applications before Regular Decision happens,” Ward said.
South counselor Ashley Hester had not heard of this speculation. She mentioned how hard it is to gauge since Early Decision is new to the University of Michigan this year.
“Their website does say by Dec. 24, which I think might have made some people assume that that was the actual date,” Hester said.
After communicating with the Associate Director of Recruitment, Hester debunked this speculation and emphasized the original statement by the end of December.
“I think that if they do come out that day, the school probably has a reason for it,” Hester said. “Hopefully, though, it won’t, because I can see how for some students that might make or break their Christmas and how they feel that day.”
