<p>hoedown, i don't think colleges make DECISIONS based off intangibles like race, demographics, gender, etc. but i DO think it comes into place...all colleges/major universities seek diversity in their matriculants, or at least their admits, and location and ethnicity is one way to achieve diversity without a doubt...it doesn't way as heavily as academic stats - of course not - but it is part of the process i would think</p>
<p>No, I do not know Josh Hoe. I am not familiar with Michigan's debate team. Why do you ask?</p>
<p>futuretrojan, you mistook my meaning. Michigan (and other places) do, indeed, take those things into account when rating a candidate for admission--and those ratings do play into whether or not one was admitted. You're right, it does come into the process. Michigan is clear and unapologetic about that.</p>
<p>I was just trying to correct the mistaken idea that Michigan takes expected YIELD into account when rating a candidate. They will take yield into account when deciding how many people to take, but they don't cut it so fine as to say "We have some people from Seattle in the next admit group, and Seattle people tend to enroll if admitted...."</p>
<p>oh ok gotcha</p>