Someone mentioned up thread that there are 53,000 EA apps this cycle. I don’t know if that’s correct or not, since we have no official confirmation of that #. But last year there were 55,000 EA apps so it sounds plausible.
Pre-pandemic, Michigan accepted 7,500-8,000 EA apps of the total acceptances of 16,000. Michigan may accept a few more (or not) this year, but I’m willing to bet that Michigan will postpone a lot more than 50% of the EA apps, because that’s what they typically do. I’d guess they’ll postpone 30,000-35,000 +/- EA apps.
Like a lot of schools, Michigan has an admissions algorithm or algorithms. I don’t think postponements have anything to do with “professionalism” or the lack thereof IMO. As I’ve mentioned before, they have multiple schools (CoE, LSA, Kinesiology, Nursing, SMTD, Taubman, STAMPS, etc.) and they’re balancing in-state/OOS, OOS/International geography, gender, 1st Gen, Go Blue guarantees, recruited athletes, etc.) to enroll and fill.
And the # of postponements will depend a lot on how many 2/1 RD apps were submitted too. Not too many of them, then more EA acceptances. A boatload of them, then less EA acceptances. Usually, it’s about 25,000 2/1 RD apps.
Questoion for those who have a ‘Friend Account.’ I am seeing an additional “Student Business” box that I have not seen before, in addition to the “New and Prospective Student Business” menu box. When I click on the Student Business tab it says Access Denied. I dont remember seeing a “Student Business” tab there before. Anyone else?
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Who knows?
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Soon as it shows.
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Gleam in its eye,
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Under a tree.
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Gonna come true,
Coming to me!
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If I can wait!
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But it is
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With a click, with a shock,
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Open the latch!
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Catch the moon,
One-handed catch!
Around the corner,
Or whistling down the river,
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Maybe just by holding still,
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Do you know if they take the withdrawn ED apps out of their yield? It seems like they would still count them bc it would be advantageous for their yield. Also, my kids have never applied ED anywhere, they only apply in state, so my question is- do ED students, once accepted, really take the time to withdraw their aps from other schools? It would be a nice courtesy if they did, but are there any ramifications if they don’t. The University’s wouldn’t know, would they?
Mine withdrew all his apps within 48 hours of an ED acceptance. I truly think most do, but I have no doubt that there must be some who want to wait and see
My daughter (2020) also withdrew all of her apps within a couple of days of receiving her ED acceptance. That’s what she agreed to do and what is fair to schools and other candidates.
There’s a whole thread elsewhere on CC regarding this topic. It’s based on an honor system - successful ED applicants are expected to withdraw their other applications but the college has no way to verify they actually did that. GCs at some high schools track ED applications+acceptances and enforce compliance but many GCs are simply too overloaded to be able to do this. So if someone wants to break the honor code, unfortunately they can get away with it.
