<p>Most kids want to go to school on the East Coast or the West Coast.</p>
<p>So therefore, I think that the midwestern schools are a bit easier to get into.</p>
<p>That doesn’t mean they aren’t just as good.</p>
<p>Everyone wants to go to Boston University because it is in Boston. If it were in Omaha, I suspect it would be less popular.</p>
<p>I earned my MBA at Michigan and thought it was a very good education. But if I had to do it all over again, I would prefer UCLA.</p>
<p>“2.as an in state kid you can apply to all UCs with one application,”</p>
<p>Your number two reason is the number one reason. California has upwards of 37,000,000 people. It’s so easy for anyone instate to check off multiple UCs when filling out one application. For example, UCLA got over 80,000 applications last year which was probably double what Michigan had.</p>
<p>Yield is more important than acceptance.</p>
<p>“I earned my MBA at Michigan and thought it was a very good education. But if I had to do it all over again, I would prefer UCLA.”</p>
<p>Gee what a surprise. Someone currently living in Florida would want to be in warmer weather during the winter than in Ann Arbor. ;-)</p>
<p>Michigan’s yield will certainly go down with the huge increase in applicants. Still I would imagine the school would be happy with the trade-off. The CA will almost certainly upgrade the overall talent of the incoming/transferring student body. I just feel sorry for some of those excellent students who really want to go to Michigan being crowded out by coasties who are using it as a safety/backup school. I have to admit I kind of like hearing in the decision threads that even with stellar grades/scores, it appears Michigan is not a safety school for almost anyone anymore.</p>
<p>what does quality have to do with admit rates? How can Harvard be a top 20 school with Crimson as its color??</p>
<p>Novi, more and more, universities have tools at their disposal to find out whether an applicant is taking them seriously or not. It goes beyond the essays. Ah, the wonders of the information age! ;)</p>
<p>Alexandre, are you hinting that being a fan/member of the official Facebook group of ‘University of Michigan Admissions’ may have helped my admissions in the slightest chance? If so, that’d be so sick.</p>
<p>I do not pretend to know those tools ArKhAiK, but there are several, including facebook.</p>
<p>just became a fan of UM admissions on facebook. after being deferred. anyone know what email address is best to use to contact admissions office?</p>
<p>Haha they definitely don’t look at Facebook that much because I have Ohio State listed very prominently as my favorite college football team on my profile and I got into Michigan. :D</p>
<p>pandahunter, no admissions office can screen all applicants, and facebook is not the only tool at their disposal.</p>
<p>“Haha they definitely don’t look at Facebook that much because I have Ohio State listed very prominently as my favorite college football team on my profile and I got into Michigan.”</p>
<p>If you attend, you’ll be swayed away from the Dark Side soon enough. :-)</p>
<p>I think it will be more like that “a-maize’ing grace” song…as in he once was blind but now can see! ;)</p>
<p>It also depends on the school you go to. From my NY public high school, we are kinda a feeder school to big (yet good) universities like Michigan. In EA alone we got 20+ kids in, and 4 were deferred. Because they know our school. Even though likely only 1 or 2 of these kids will end up there (we kind of use it as a safety, despite it being such a good school), they accept them because they know the few who do go will be really good. So the low yield rate leads to a higher admit rate than one would think.</p>
<p>How many students applied to Michigan from your high school born? How many students are in your senior class?</p>
<p>430 in senior class. About 26 or so applied EA. 4 deffered, maybe 1 or 2 rejected, the rest got in. Another maybe 40 will apply regular. Michigan is where the good students apply for a lowish target, because the kids with lower stats apply to places that are cheaper like the SUNYs. So they know that the few who do go will be really good.</p>
<p>They build these relationships with schools and it benefits both the students and the colleges.</p>
<p>born2dance, a 5%-10% yield does not benefit Michigan, only your school.</p>
<p>Well, from a “trying to appeal to more students by having a lower admit rate and higher yield rate so we can get more money and go up in USNWR rankings” standpoint, no, it doesn’t benefit UMich. But from a “we want the brightest and most motivated students possible because we care about education, not just making money” standpoint, it does benefit them. The kids that end up going from feeder schools like that, though few in number, are excellent students who are committed to and love learning.</p>
<p>I disagree born2dance, and I hope Michigan wakes up. Even Phillips Academy and St Paul matriculate more than 20% of their admitted students into Michigan. 5%-10% is unacceptable.</p>