<p>ANN ARBOR, Mich.For the fifth consecutive year, the University of Michigan received a record number of applications from prospective freshmen. Overall, there were 39,570 freshman applications for academic year 20112012, an increase of 25 percent compared with the previous year's record of 31,613.</p>
<p>"The steady increase in the number of students who apply to Michigan underscores the strength of Michigan's reputation as a highly valued educational investment," said Lester Monts, senior vice provost for academic affairs.</p>
<p>As of the first week of June, 16,046 of the applicants were offered admission to the university's Ann Arbor campus, and 6,540 had paid the enrollment deposit, a 40.8 percent yield rate (number of students who pay deposits as a percentage of those who are offered admission). Because some students ultimately choose not to attend, enrollment deposits do not directly correspond to the number of students who enroll in the fall semester.</p>
<p>"The university strives to maintain a consistent undergraduate population of approximately 26,500 students," said Ted Spencer, associate vice provost and executive director of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. "We exceeded that number last year, due in part to our largest-ever entering class in 2010. In fall 2011, we will welcome to campus a class that is more in line with our customary numbers."</p>
<p>The projected size of the entering class is approximately 5,970, an intentional decrease from 2010 of about 500. The smaller incoming class of 2011 will allow the university to maintain a relatively constant undergraduate student body population, an important component of quality instruction.</p>
<p>Applications increased by 25%, acceptance rate dropped to 40%, the yield rate remained steady at 41%. </p>
<p>If Michigan follows in the same footsteps as other universities that joined the common application, this trend to last 3-4 more years. I predict acceptance rates will level off at 25% in three years.</p>
<p>I wonder how this surge in applicants will impact the GPA, class rank, SAT and ACT ranges.</p>
<p>In 2010, 6900 enrolled, roughly 6500 end up coming to campus.
I think 6100~6200 will enroll in the fall semester for this year. It’s still a lot more than the projected 5970.</p>
<p>Square, I think Michigan underestimated its yield power and accepted a little more than they should have. But that’s nothing new. The school just doesn’t know how to make use of the waitlist! ;)</p>
<p>I thought admissions was aiming for a class of about 5600 to make up for 2010. Coming in over 6000 won’t bode well for the chances of 2012 applicants.</p>
<p>Wayneandgarth, Michigan was indeed aiming for a class of 5,600-5,700. As always, the University was conservative and assumed fewer students would choose to enroll.</p>
<p>This makes me feel better, I was deferred and then accepted, when will we find out about the incoming class statistics like rank, ACT/SAT and GPA?</p>
<p>I’m just wondering, wouldn’t this affect OOS more because most likely the increase came from OOS residents since the almost all the top IS people applied to Michigan anyways? So this could make Michigan as hard to get into as an Ivy for OOS residents because Michigan is still aiming for 3/5 to 2/3 IS. At this rate the acceptance rate for IS people could stay around 50% while it decreases to something like 10% for OOS.</p>
<p>Possibly, but I’m guessing the yield numbers are lower for OSS kids so it’s more about managing yield of those that are actually accepted. Michigan has never been a “safety” for out of state kids and all that the common app probably did was add people that just want to see if they can get in. If you have $35 - 50,000 to spend on a college education there are many choices.</p>
<p>momofthreeboys, Michigan’s yield held. It typically hovers between 40% and 45%. This year, it was 41%. Michigan is very popular among OOS and international students.</p>
<p>i thought for sure that michigan’s acceptance rate would have dropped more…again michigan has underestimated itself and accepted too many people</p>
<p>mjmay, I agree that Michgan underestimagted its apeal. However, the acceptance rate was within the range I expected. Dropping from 50% to 40% in one year is pretty impressive. I exspect a 33%-35% acceptance rate next year and a sub 30% acceptance rate in 2012-2013.</p>
<p>If Michigan’s acceptance rate drops below 30%, its yield is going to sink faster than Bear Stearns and the Titanic combined. Michigan can’t afford to be that picky when its the backup for OOSers who are rejected from the Ivies and Stanford/Duke/MIT.</p>
<p>Actually magisterludi, the reason why many OOS students hesitate attending Michigan is because of its high acceptance rate. The lower Michigan’s acceptance rate, the higher the yield. If Michigan’s acceptance rate drops to 25%, Michigan’s yield will most likely rise from 41% to over 50%. This year is a perfect example. Michigan’s acceptance rate dropped from 50% to 40%, the quality of admitted student rose a little and the yield held. That’s without the addmitted students knowing about the rise in selectivity. OOS students are dying to go to Michigan because of its perfect balance of stellar academics, strong school spirit, great campus life and extremely pleasant college town. </p>
<p>Also, Michigan already holds its own against several universities you mentioned, such as Cornell and Duke. Not all ivies have similar yield rates. HYP (as well as MIT and Stanford) have yileds rates over 65%. Chicago, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Johns Hopkins and Northwestern have relatively low yields (45% or less) and are not as popular as HYPSM or even Columbia or Penn. I have sufficient data to know that Michigan’s yield vs Cornell and Northwestern is at roughly 50/50. I do not have enough data regarding Duke, but I know that UVa is 50/50 vs Duke, so I do not have cause to believe that Duke would do much better against Michigan. I have no reason to believe that schools like Chicago or Johns Hopkins do that well vs Michigan either, although those two schools have very self-selective applicants.</p>
<p>Let me speak as a parent of an OOSer who was accepted into engineering, but who is going elsewhere.</p>
<p>UM’s high acceptance rate was in no way an impediment. In fact, it was probably a plus in that with stats in the 75th+ percentile, we figured that there was a very high probability (nothing’s a certainty with schools at this level) of acceptance. Similarly, the acceptance rate had nothing to do with my D’s ultimate decision. UM has a fantastic engineering school, and if one believes USN&WR, was the highest ranked engineering program she got into (though her other choices were close enough in rankings for this not to really be an issue).</p>
<p>In this case, it came down to size of the school. After visiting UM at an admitted student day, she decided that she really wanted a somewhat smaller school. Size, I think, will be both an advantage and a challenge for UM.</p>
<p>Run down the list of elite schools, define ‘peer’ however you want. UM is one of the largest (if not the largest school) in this category. So, to the extent that the top students have choices, and most do, UM’s size will either be a tremendous advantage, or a reason to eliminate the school from consideration.</p>
<p>One other factor from OOS. UM’s tuition is slightly less than other top schools (assuming no scholarship money). However, the perception – supported by admittedly inadequate data, is that UM, as most state schools, have somewhat larger class size than many private institutions. This may, in fact, be an urban legend. However, again, if one has choices, it works against Michigan as an institution.</p>
<p>I agree zephyr, fit is also very important. To some, a school like CMU, Harvey Mudd, Northwestern or Rice makes better sense. To others, schools like Cal, Cornell or Michigan are a better fit.</p>
<p>I read recently that UMich increased the balance of OOS vs IS acceptances. I can’t find the note on this, but was wondering if anyone else saw it. Something like 40% accepted oos. Wondering if budget issues will continue this as a trend.</p>