Michigan wait list

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Michigan takes around a 1,000 students a year off the waitlist. This year it could be almost 1,500.

The very large waitlist movement, not influenced by Covid, only began the past two academic years. I’m certain that it is because large number of Jewish students who apply to Michigan have been disenchanted with the protests on campus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Michigan takes around a 1,000 students a year off the waitlist. This year it could be almost 1,500.

The very large waitlist movement, not influenced by Covid, only began the past two academic years. I’m certain that it is because large number of Jewish students who apply to Michigan have been disenchanted with the protests on campus.

I'm sure Michigan's chaotic slide is influenced in part by Jewish students not wanting to attend, but the fiscal problems probably play a part too, along with the sudden departure of its president.

[Anonymous]

Ridiculously expensive for OOS. Cold.

[Anonymous]

High stats, full pay, flyover state, male still sitting on the LSA waitlist for a social science major. Two female students from the same small high school are attending Michigan; I don't know what way that cuts.

I have read that Michigan prefers students from certain states - CA and the Northeast - which is why I was asking above what states the PPs are in who got off the waitlist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Same. But not getting into Ross so can’t do business. So she may not go.

Obviously she never applied directly to Ross, so why would she ever expect to get in there? Your post makes no sense.

NP. I know a lot of kids this year that applied to LSA as economics majors with the hope of transferring into Ross or getting a minor in business. Risky approach, but LSA is a much easier admit than Ross direct admit.

[Anonymous]

DS ultimately removed himself from the Michigan waitlist. He got into another school and decided that he needed to move on. Housing, testing, orientation, etc., started to feel more urgent and he's done feeling emotional about college acceptances.
That said, UMich is great and we loved Ann Arbor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Michigan takes around a 1,000 students a year off the waitlist. This year it could be almost 1,500.

The very large waitlist movement, not influenced by Covid, only began the past two academic years. I’m certain that it is because large number of Jewish students who apply to Michigan have been disenchanted with the protests on campus.

I'm sure Michigan's chaotic slide is influenced in part by Jewish students not wanting to attend, but the fiscal problems probably play a part too, along with the sudden departure of its president.

President was a spineless dweeb. In terms of Jewish students, tons of Long Island kids will never stop applying to UM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Michigan takes around a 1,000 students a year off the waitlist. This year it could be almost 1,500.

The very large waitlist movement, not influenced by Covid, only began the past two academic years. I’m certain that it is because large number of Jewish students who apply to Michigan have been disenchanted with the protests on campus.

As an in-stater with a rising sophomore at Michigan, I completely doubt this hypothesis.

I found a pre-Covid, pre-Gaza press release that was addressing a negative rating for Michigan regarding Jewish life on campus. Might be interesting to some readers, even though it's old. Because historical values endure through troubled times.

https://publicaffairs.vpcomm.umich.edu/key-issues/university-of-michigan-welcomes-jewish-students/

Google suggests (might be off, but let's go with it) that Jewish student population at Michigan is around 14%. A waitlist of 1K is massive overkill for hypothetically making up for low yield among Jewish OOS students. What else happened to Michigan post-Covid? Apps way up, driven in part by the national football championship. And our "demographic cliff" in high school graduates is arriving sooner due to economic conditions in Michigan before the 2008-2009 recession.

I think the large waiting list is probably due to yield management due to the insane increase in Common Apps per high-achieving applicant. It probably is much harder now to predict which top in-state and OOS candidates will actually yield. Michigan probably can get some really great candidates at the last minute who want to trade up or roughly across.

Also, my guess is that they want to maintain in-state student quality. High-stats kids who want to stay in-state are getting very sweet financial packages from the lower-ranked in-state schools. So they probably need to increase yield among high-stats kids who are tempted to go out of state but are juggling Ivy WLs and aid package issues.

Also, I live in the Detroit metro. The protests last year did not impact student experience as much as non-involved OOS people might think from the news. It was a non-issue for my freshman. I won't make any more sweeping statements than that, since I realize people have varying degrees of concern and personal investment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD just got off Michigan wait list. It’s so late and she’s excited about her other choice. But she’s torn. Anyone else getting in and thinking of changing schools now?

OP, when is her deadline to enroll? Just trying to get a sense of the waitlist process for this year.

[Anonymous]

My kid turned U-Michigan down.
Turned off by how the protests were handled. By graduation in early May too.
Its a shit show.

And now funding?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid turned U-Michigan down.
Turned off by how the protests were handled. By graduation in early May too.
Its a shit show.

And now funding?

Oh, did you object to how kind everyone was to Reddit user "Previous Wheel" at Michigan graduation in early May?

https://www.reddit.com/r/uofm/comments/1ke7u6y/its_me_previous_wheel/

"It's me, Previous Wheel - Academics - Other Topics - It’s been a long day with my family, but I wanted to quickly thank everyone for their kind messages. The Provost’s speech really struck a chord. Honestly, I didn’t expect anyone to hate on me for my original post. If I had thought so, I probably wouldn’t have made it. I’m glad it resonated with others who felt the same way and that people who responded helped me to reframe my situation. Hopefully, it serves as a reminder that even if we don’t know each other personally, we can still look out for one another as part of the Michigan community. Congrats to us - class of 2025! And thanks again. Go Blue!"

[Anonymous]

Not OP but also off wait list yesterday. Not likely to switch from her commitment this late. Maybe on May 3. Not May 31. Going to a well regarded top southern flagship.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know or any truth to any student getting off waitlist for Ross in dmv. Thx

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:High stats, full pay, flyover state, male still sitting on the LSA waitlist for a social science major. Two female students from the same small high school are attending Michigan; I don't know what way that cuts.

I have read that Michigan prefers students from certain states - CA and the Northeast - which is why I was asking above what states the PPs are in who got off the waitlist.

probably cuts against the school taking anyone else from that high school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Michigan takes around a 1,000 students a year off the waitlist. This year it could be almost 1,500.

The very large waitlist movement, not influenced by Covid, only began the past two academic years. I’m certain that it is because large number of Jewish students who apply to Michigan have been disenchanted with the protests on campus.

I doubt that’s the reason.