<p>There's enough housing to replace MoJo. They've got something like 500 spaces in Family Housing set aside for undergraduates.</p>
<p>I am not so sure undergrads will want to live in family housing. Family housing is designed for, well, familes. It is usually secluded and devoid of life...not to mention the fact that they do not have food-offering capability.</p>
<p>Snorky, the next couple of years, Michigan is going to reduce class size. Not just because Mojo is shutting down, but also because Michigan does not want to end up with 30,000 undergrads. Michigan wants to stay at 24,000-25,000 undergrads. If the university continues to have freshmen classes with 6,500 students, the university will soon have 30,000 undergrads, a number the university cannot properly handle. Michigan likes to have small classes and likes to give undergrads individualized attention. It can barely do that with 20,000 students...but with 30,000, it would be way too much.</p>
<p>Snorky, if you're referring to the Northwood 3 rooms, I think that is more like a forced move due to the university's promise to guarantee freshman housing. Freshmen get <em>stuck</em> living there there, its not a very good alternative to dorms for a freshman.</p>
<p>do you think they will plan on keeping the in-state/OoS ratio as they lower class size? I think UMich would really benefit if they cut more in-state students as it would improve the quality of students coming in and jump it up in rankings.</p>
<p>I don't think there is a hint that Michigan will reduce the in-state ratio, although I believe that in light of the consistant and significant decline in state funding over the last 25 years, Michigan should indeed rethink its commitment to the state. I think 25% in-state would be great...40% at the most.</p>
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<p>When were freshmen put in Northwood?</p>
<p>It was my understanding that upperclassmen were offered the chance to move out of their previous planned housing (the dorm room model) and into family housing. Which has, as has been pointed out, some pluses and minuses. That's why it was given as an option for upperclassmen. It wasn't forced, although as I understand it there were plenty of willing takers who liked the idea of an apartment to live in. </p>
<p>These moves were to make room for freshmen in traditional dorm spaces. To my knowledge, no freshmen were either forced or even given the option of moving to Northwood.</p>
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<p>Good question. Sorta depends on the mood in Lansing, I suspect. These things go in cycles, one year they're all fired up about community college transfers, another year they're fired up about too-liberal classes, some years they're freaked about residents being admitted. If the University wants to push that ratio up, they'll do it in a year when it's not any legislator's pet issue.</p>