<p>is it true that UM is accepting 500 less people this year?</p>
<p>Nobody knows exactly how many less applicants Michigan is accepting this year. That depends on the yield. Last year, Michigan accepted 13,000 students. This year, that number could drop to 10,000 should the 50% yield rate hold up. </p>
<p>Since Michigan has exceeded desired Freshman class size by more than 500 each of the last two years, it is safe to assume that Michigan is going to shoot for a smaller class this year. I would guess 4,800-5,000 as opposed to the traditional 5,300-5,500. And this year, unlike pevious years, Michigan is going to operate under the assumption that 50% (as opposed to 40% in past years) of accepted students will enroll. </p>
<p>As such, I would be surprised if Michigan were to accept much over 10,000 students in the initial admissions process. I think Michigan will place many students on the wait list and this year, may actually resort to accepting some students from the waitlist. </p>
<p>If I were to offer a guess (and this is truly just a shot in the dark), I would say that this year, Michigan is going to accept well under 50% of its applicants. I would go as far as saying that Michigan will accept a mere 40% of its applicants this year.</p>
<p>I presume the scheduled closing of MoJo for renovation next year will put further squeeze on the already tight housing situation. Will that translate to a smaller target freshman class for 2006 is an interesting question.</p>
<p>I would be <em>very</em> surprised if UM admitted anywhere near the same number of people as they're already about 1000 people over what they wanted (500 for the last two years) and with a dorm holding some 550 people out, the 2006 class <em>should be</em> the smallest one in the last few years.</p>
<p>U of M was at my school on Friday, they will be admitting less students this year, they are shooting for a class size 1,000 students less than last year.</p>
<p>OMG, this means that i dont have a chance at UM anymore because UM is going to accept all these people who apply to all these ives but apply UM as a saftey school.</p>
<p>Febrabbit, your chances of acceptance may have gone down, but I am not sure your pessimism is entirely warranted. It's not as it Michigan could full its class with only ivy hopefuls.</p>
<p>And heaven save us from nitpickers like myself, but it would be more appropriate to say they're admitting FEWER students. Not less.</p>
<p>so do you think the range of accepted students' act scores will shift from 26-30 to more like 28-32?</p>
<p>I dunno...but last Friday the lady giving a presentation on UM said the class size must be 1000 students less this year.</p>
<p>I seriously doubt that Michigan will try to reduce the class by 1000 students. They'll shoot for a "normal" class -- which would be about 5500. Maybe that lady meant they would ADMIT 1000 fewer.</p>
<p>Snorky, 5,500 is not "normal". Generally speaking, 5,200-5,300 is normall. But in 2004 and 2005, Michigan's Freshman classes have had 6,000 and 6,100 Freshman when they were aiming for classes of 5,300. So it is not inconceivable that Michigan should seek a class that is 1,000 students smaller.</p>
<p>Alexandre, you're forgetting Summer in that target.</p>
<p>Generally, the number entering in Fall is targeted for about 5200-5300, as you say, but there are also Summer targets of another 200-300. So the final, total "Fall entering class" (which counts both) would, indeed, be about 5500. That most certainly is "normal!"</p>
<p>So really, the math on this would be that IF Michigan aimed for a class of 1000 less than what they ended up with this year, that would mean lowering the target by 500. 6000 bodies - 1000 bodies = 5000 bodies, which is about 500 under the normal target.</p>
<p>Official targets have not been set yet, for the record. I don't know what the admissions counselor who was speaking said exactly, but it's guaranteed that at the very least U-M will have to have a class no more than 5500, and it might very well aim for lower. So she was probably not far off.</p>
<p>"Normal" for the couple of years before Fall 2004 and Fall 2005 was about 5500. The class size has been creeping up. I seriously doubt they will be targeting a class size of only 5000 students. With state cut-backs, I don't think they'll want to give up any more revenue than they have to.</p>
<p>Snorky, you are confusing the intended class size with the actual class size. Michigan's intended class size has consistantly hovered between 5,200 and 5,500 for the last 7 or 8 years. The last two years, Michigan experienced a leap in yield rate, making the actual classes larger by 500-1,000. Now, as a result of a major dorm (Markley) shutting down for renovations, and in an attempt to keep the undergraduate student body under control, I assume Michigan will reduce its class size for the next couple of years to roughly 5,000 or so.</p>
<p>They really had to scramble to house the extra 500 freshmen last year ... by moving underclassmen into Baits, upperclassmen into Northwood 1-3, and the displaced married couples into Northwood 4-5. They already had the Oxford Houses converted into dorms, and some of the dorm lounges converted into triples.</p>
<p>Now with MoJo scheduled to be shut down next year for renovation, taking away another 550 beds, I bet admissions will take every precaution not to overshoot their target next year. And I can see them cutting back that target to 5000.</p>
<p>Did they make any triples? I thought U-M considered triples the least desirable housing solution. I know lounges are bigger than usual residence hall rooms, but I didn't know they made them triples. Of course, they may have been forced to.</p>
<p>Alexandre: Are you sure Markley is closing down? I find that very hard to believe.</p>
<p>The renovations are the reason class size absolutely must be smaller this year.</p>
<p>It's not Markley, it's Mosher Jordon that's closing down for renovations (as GoBlue indicated).</p>
<p>Housing is going to be a big issue for probably the next five years or so.</p>
<p>From 2006-08, MoJo will be closed for renovations. North Quad should be completed sometime between 2008-2010, I believe. Stockwell will be closed for renovations between 2008-2010? Even with MoJo and Stockwell back up and North Quad open to residences, the number of students is still not supposed to exceed 5500 freshmen due to the fact that North Quad is an attempt to merely keep upperclassmen in dorms, not increase the number of total students.</p>