Has Michigan announced the number of EA applicants this year? Did it go up or down? I assume the decisions will be released on Friday, December 22.
way up
I have not seen any official number yet, but it must be above 30,000.
Double that number and you are close
@iknowthings For total number of applicants, it would be likely >60,000 this year. But not for EA. Three years ago, there were ~25,000 EA applicants. It exceeded 30,000 last year.
@iknowthings is correct
I agree with billcsho. It is highly unlikely that Michigan has received 60,000 EA applications. Michigan has had 25,000-30,000 EA applicants in recent years. Last year was 30,000. If the trend continues, it should be roughly 30,000-33,000 currently. I was just wondering if Michigan had announced an approximate number.
@SingingBusDriver No, he is not. He has mixed up the total number of application with EA application. Around half of the applicants applied EA each year.
Except this year is not following the trend. Simple as that.
We’ll know on Friday I suppose. I am sure Michigan will include the number of applicants in their acceptance/deferral/rejection letters.
Trend or not, it would not double in one year. The biggest jump in the number of applications was when UM joined the CommonApp and it was only 30%. After that, the annual increase is only around 6%. There is a big difference between 6% and 100% just as simple as that.
the jump this year is def going to be higher than the CommonApp year. Maybe not double, but it will be a higher increase.
I doubt it would be even close to 10% increase. Nothing really special this year.
Umm did you forget about the Go Blue Guarantee?
Guys – there’s no way that EA jumps to more than 40k this year, and honestly that would be pretty high. Given the EA results for other Midwest schools (UIUC, UW, etc) it looks like it will be pretty similar to last year.
I wonder when we will start to see a downward trend with the number of HS seniors dropping. Probably never with Michigan’s full need policy.
I do not see it declining TooOld4School. OOS and international applications will continue to rise over time. If Michigan continues to improve FA packages, look for the pool to increase for some time. Ultimately, it will plateau at 75,000-100,000, depending on how generous Michigan is with FA.
Of course I consider the need met policy to certain OOS applicants already, but it is still hard to see the same impact as the CommonApp. For instate students, the free tuition policy for low income is actually not new, it is more for advertising and PR as they said on the newspaper.
Overall, the US college enrollment trends are down and are projected to continue to decrease.
So current estimate is near 40,000 on the admission blog, a 25-30% increase in EA applications. The next question is what would be the total number by Feb 1?
Number of total applications by year:
2017: 58,590
2016: 55,500
2015: 51,760
2014: 49,731
2013: 46,775
2012: 42,480
2011: 39,570
2010: 31,599
2009: 29,939