<p>^Great job, Blah2009. This is where engineers tend to shine. They are generally more sensitive to myth or fallacy related to numbers. </p>
<p>This is very similar to what many people tend to think about Berkeley - that its OOS admission is much harder to get in but it’s actually not. The poor yield (also around 20% or so) makes the admit rates for OOS and in-state virtually identical. A similar fallacy has also been floating around for UNC on this site. In UMich case, due to the fact that the state doesn’t have a huge population, the applicant pool is dominated by the OOS applicants. So the OOS admit rate drives the overall admit rate. The two rates should be very close (35% vs 37%) and indeed they are, as you just illustrated.</p>
<p>CC’s favorite myth: “ED significantly brings down overall admit rates”. :)</p>
<p>^Edit: rjkofnovi, I am aware of the fact that Michigan is not small compared to most other states. But it’s not big in the sense that its in-state applicants don’t drive the overall pool. Engineering prowess is not a myth. ;)</p>