<p>Freshman applications at the University of Michigan neared 50,000, once again breaking a record for the most applications in the school's history.</p>
<p>U-M received 49,731 applications for the fall 2014 freshman class. The school accepted about one-third of applicants, or 15,985 students.</p>
<p>Of those applicants 42.5 percent, or 6,795 students, paid a security deposit. U-M expects roughly 6,200 students to enroll in the fall.</p>
<p>The uptick in applications marks a 6 percent increase over last year.</p>
<p>Applications have increased each year for the past eight years.</p>
<p>U-M saw the biggest boost in applications for the 2011 freshman class, when the school's switch to the Common Application increased applications by 25 percent.</p>
<p>Is there a way to determine how many applications were from out of state? And how many out of state applicants were accepted? And lastly how many out of staters will be attending this Fall?</p>
<p>@blue85 Where did you get these data? The fat guy from the admission office said they received 50488 applications this year. I guess that probably includes transfer or incomplete submission. The yield rate is higher than their 40% expectation. No wonder there is no space for wait list this year.</p>
<p>The admission rate is 32.1%, a bit higher than my expectation (30-31%). I think they expect a lower yield rate as I thought but it turns out to be the opposite.</p>
<p>They miss (on the yield) every couple years and have to adjust in subsequent years, but they are pretty good at figuring out who will actually attend. </p>
<p>In cases like this, the logical thing to do would be to err on the side of a smaller incoming class, not a bigger incoming class. However, expecting bureaucrats at the university to do the right thing is foolish. That’s how the public sector/higher education field have been working for years, why adhere to a limit/budget when you can simply blow the limit/budget and ask for more? (every incremental student is a net negative cash flow to the university’s budget)</p>
<p>A few years ago when it had 6400+ committed students, the school saw the problem and aim at 6200 the next year. This year it has even 5% more committed students than that year. It is going to be really tough. I guess they will have to assign some freshmen to Northwood 4/5 again.
It is not totally the fault of the admission office though. If the yield rate is at 40%, then it would not go beyond 6400.</p>
<p>As an incoming c/o 2018, I couldn’t care less about the admit rate. Hopefully the bigger incoming class is more in state students, as the ultimate purpose of the undergrad college is to provide a high quality and affordable education to Michigan residents.</p>
<p>Strangely, I agree with Bearcats. Michigan often overenrolls. The problem isn’t the admit rate. The problem is resources (particularly dorms). Michigan is ill-equipped to handle Freshmen classes of 6,000+. The admissions office should always assume the yield rate with be 45%, and then admit students from the waitlist if needed. </p>
<p>Doesn’t the University have an admissions expert? It is common knowledge that as a university’s selectivity increases, so does its yield rate. The upward yield is not a one-off either, especially if the University starts meeting more FA need for OOS students.</p>
<p>UMich has been saying to aim a target of 6000-6200 but it rarely make it. The yield rate is about the same as last year while the admission rate drop 1%, but with the 6.4% increase in applicant, there are basically 6% more freshmen this year than last year which was already too much. Below is the number of freshman enrollments in the recent years (*paid deposit by May1, not actual enrollment). So there are some committed students (~225) actually goes somewhere else last year presumably due to waitlist on higher tier schools. Not sure if it is a similar case this year, but it is still likely to have the record large freshman class this year unless 300 or more students got in wait list somewhere else…</p>
<p>Actually billscho, Michigan has often publicly stated that they were aiming for classes of 5,600-5,800 in recent years, in part due to the recent drive to renovate dorms, and in part because the University had significantly overenrolled in previous years. Naturally, Michigan has never come close to its announced objectives, usually exceeding them by 400-600 Freshmen annually. </p>
<p>It has not been below 6000 for many years. It always reported on the newspaper UMich is aiming for a class of around 6000 (at least in the last few years), the same at the information sessions and Campus Day too. The dorm situation has been a mess and it seems they are pushing the limit further this time as 2 years in a row with much bigger than expected freshmen classes. If they are really aiming for 5600-5800, someone need to be fired. ;)</p>
<p>I do not think anybody needs to be fired. The people I know in the admissions office are all people of high integrity. But there needs to be a major shift in strategy and philosophy. I recall reading a couple of times since 2009 that the goal was 5,600-5,800. Even on those years, we enrolled over 6,200 freshmen.</p>
<p>Over the last 5 years, the CoE has received the largest increase in applications of all Michigan colleges. That’s because the international applicant pool has grown faster than any other demographic and international students often target engineering. Last year, Michigan received 11,200 applications and admitted only 30% of them. This year, I hear that the CoE received a whopping 15,000 applications and admitted only 3,500 or so (23%). But those figures have not been finalized.</p>
<p>“As an incoming c/o 2018, I couldn’t care less about the admit rate. Hopefully the bigger incoming class is more in state students, as the ultimate purpose of the undergrad college is to provide a high quality and affordable education to Michigan residents.”</p>
<p>I think the ultimate purpose of the undergraduate education is to provide high quality opportunities to EVERYONE. I’m tired of people complaining about how there are not enough in-state students. Some of the best friends I have made at U-M are out of state and international students. I, an in-state student, have no problem with the large representation of out-of-state/international students. Why should U-M focus on Michigan residents when out-of-state students/international students pay significantly more than in-state students? I remember reading on this forum before that funding from the state makes up less than 10% of U-M’s annual operating budget. </p>
<p>Yes, there is very limited support from the State. I guess it will still have around 40% out of state students this year which is indeed a very high percentage among all public school in the country. Umich has already lowered the standard for in state student admission to exchange for a higher yield rate. It would be great to provide a high quality and affordable education to Michigan residents as long as there are sufficient qualified in state students.</p>