<p>That’s a fascinating article, ShanghaiMom. I’m surprised that the Plymouth/Canton complex didn’t make the list.</p>
<p>Some of those schools are what made me wring my hands with worry while we were waiting for UM’s decision. I would say, “I don’t know about our son’s chances. It’s not like he’s the captain of the lacrosse team at Cranbrook or something.”.</p>
<p>Our son didn’t even have a high school… he’s been homeschooled. I’d love to know how many homeschoolers are accepted into UM each year.</p>
<p>That article is super interesting, ShanghaiMom. It’s odd, but not surprising, to see my high school on those lists, but I guess it’s true. At my school, students are encouraged to apply, and many with below average stats (like a 26 on the ACT) are accepted, while many extremely qualified out of staters that I’ve seen on here get waitlisted. I’m sure next year will only continue to get tougher, both IS and OOS, especially with the competition in my class rising (currently a junior, right now UMich is my top choice). I’m very fortunate to be in-state I guess.</p>
<p>OK, so it’s not 2/3 but 3500 is still not gonna happen. The 2012 class had what 6200? So that 3500 = almost 57%. Like i said, there’s no way if they enroll a similar # this year that 3500 will be IS. </p>
<p>26 on ACT would absolutely not get in from the rural areas in MI. The admissions staff they send even say as much, that they don’t trust the grades from those schools (nor should they). If the feeders allow for such a mediocre score, that is really unfair for OOS apps, and I don’t know how someone like that thrives at UMich either.</p>
<p>Village, it’s likely because pcep is listed as three separate schools rather than as a single unit. Literally every single person in my calc class at pcep applied to Michigan and only one was denied. But, we’re mixed from all three schools (and this was four years ago).</p>
<p>Ohhh, thanks, Romani! That makes sense. We used to live in Canton and would drive by the high schools. There are college campuses that are smaller than PCEP! Great marching band, though.</p>
<p>But every other school district in Michigan is also listed individually by high school. For example, Troy High is on the list, but not Troy Athens. Grosse Pointe South is on the list but not Grosse Pointe North. So why would they list the Plymouth/Canton schools as a group and not individually?</p>
<p>3bm, because the Plymouth-Canton high schools function as one high school with 4 separate buildings. They are all on one campus and some forget that they are, indeed, separate high schools. They are, AFAIK, the only high school park in the country. </p>
<p>I wish they would do away with the 3 high school things and just have one large high school. Students already think of it like that anyway and with the new one superintendent model, they’re starting to officially function like one school.</p>
<p>Well, the new common app should really affect the IS acceptance rate. This new model to apply won’t affect Michigan kids, they all already know about the school and they should have a good idea about whether or not they can get in. I bet a lot of them still reach and apply anyway, I mean, why not?</p>
<p>But, across the country, this may not be the case. More and more top students have now applied because of this, causing the acceptance rate to drop. I think that will continue to happen. I don’t really see how the common app could cause the in state acceptance rate to drop too much, unless its unqualified students thinking “what the hell”</p>