<p>this does make a difference to michigan right? regardless of the switch to the common app?</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>there are typically higher standards for OOS applicants</p>
<p>I thought so. But what about in-state applicants? Does the common application switch make much of a difference? </p>
<p>I guess my main question is, do they prefer instate applicants to OOstate applicants?</p>
<p>when i went to an info session there last spring, they said that in state vs out of state does not make a difference</p>
<p>Oh, is that a recent change?
I’ve heard that now, but I never heard that before.</p>
<p>I’m sure they’d say that… but you just have to look at the stats. </p>
<p>They want to keep a ratio of 2:1 for IS vs OOS (lord knows why)</p>
<p>So you, as an OOS applicant when compared to an IS applicant, are competing with more applicants for half as many spots.</p>
<p>So,
in-state people do have an advantage?</p>
<p>yes it is true that there are more spots for in state students…but they admit them at about the same rate since in state students are much more likely to enroll than out of state students</p>
<p>Okay.
That’s what I thought.
I didn’t know if switching to the common application made a difference.</p>
<p>It all depends on how many apply IS vs. OOS and what they expect the yield to be. They just want a 2:1 ratio in the end.</p>
<p>In-state residents have an advantage. They are held to less rigorous academic standards than out of state applicants. At the end of the day this is a PUBLIC university that is supposed to serve Michigan residents. I always scratch my head when I hear OOS students complain about the ratio of IS vs OOS.</p>