Michigan Early Decision - Any Early Anecdotes?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hearing from a lot of parents in the MoCo area of students doing ED to Michigan, which is surprising to me but maybe not to others? Since this is the first year of ED it's hard to know what will happen, but if Michigan ends up taking a lot of high stats ED kids that will basically screw over the rest during EA/RD. Thoughts......?

ED obviously makes EA/RD harder, I think. As my kid said when she heard they were adding ED: “oh well.” Disappointing, but not disappointing enough to forego the opportunity to apply broadly. She applied EA.

I expect the student body will become somewhat richer and somewhat lower scoring. That’s the basic trade off of the ED process.

It will make a student body that's even happier to be at Michigan. That will be good for the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“The really top stats kids are not applying ED.”

We will see

My "top stats kid" is. It's his first choice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My friend has a child at Yorktown and they were told that there are 70+ kids who have ED'd to Michigan.

In Virginia,...... what?

If these Yorktown kids have the stats to get into Michigan, they could get into UVA. Hard to believe there are 70 kids that would pay $80,000 a year for Michigan knowing they could very likely go in state to UVA for half the cost.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend has a child at Yorktown and they were told that there are 70+ kids who have ED'd to Michigan.

In Virginia,...... what?

If these Yorktown kids have the stats to get into Michigan, they could get into UVA. Hard to believe there are 70 kids that would pay $80,000 a year for Michigan knowing they could very likely go in state to UVA for half the cost.

There are exceptions to that at Yorktown and other large nova publics. Depends on the major. UVA EA is tough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend has a child at Yorktown and they were told that there are 70+ kids who have ED'd to Michigan.

In Virginia,...... what?

If these Yorktown kids have the stats to get into Michigan, they could get into UVA. Hard to believe there are 70 kids that would pay $80,000 a year for Michigan knowing they could very likely go in state to UVA for half the cost.

There are reasons students would chose one over the other. While they attract similiar kids, some want to leave VA and some want to stay instate. Some programs are stronger at one or the other. Some want a bigger school in a strong college town, some want a smaller, more intimate feel. I would suspect that 70 is the number of apps in. You can see that on Naviance, but it does not show what admissions path they chose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“The really top stats kids are not applying ED.”

We will see

My "top stats kid" is. It's his first choice.

Good luck to your kid! Mine is there is is loving it. Go Blue!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend has a child at Yorktown and they were told that there are 70+ kids who have ED'd to Michigan.

In Virginia,...... what?

If these Yorktown kids have the stats to get into Michigan, they could get into UVA. Hard to believe there are 70 kids that would pay $80,000 a year for Michigan knowing they could very likely go in state to UVA for half the cost.

There are reasons students would chose one over the other. While they attract similiar kids, some want to leave VA and some want to stay instate. Some programs are stronger at one or the other. Some want a bigger school in a strong college town, some want a smaller, more intimate feel. I would suspect that 70 is the number of apps in. You can see that on Naviance, but it does not show what admissions path they chose.

I get all the reasons. My Virginia kid applied ED to Michigan. The idea that 70 public school kids are willing to be locked into Michigan’s very high tuition (they give basically no aid OOS) is what is surprising.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend has a child at Yorktown and they were told that there are 70+ kids who have ED'd to Michigan.

In Virginia,...... what?

If these Yorktown kids have the stats to get into Michigan, they could get into UVA. Hard to believe there are 70 kids that would pay $80,000 a year for Michigan knowing they could very likely go in state to UVA for half the cost.

A lot more than $80,000 a year. Cost of attendance OOS Michigan:

Freshman & Sophomore year - $84,164
Junior & Senior year - $88,646

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend has a child at Yorktown and they were told that there are 70+ kids who have ED'd to Michigan.

In Virginia,...... what?

If these Yorktown kids have the stats to get into Michigan, they could get into UVA. Hard to believe there are 70 kids that would pay $80,000 a year for Michigan knowing they could very likely go in state to UVA for half the cost.

There are reasons students would chose one over the other. While they attract similiar kids, some want to leave VA and some want to stay instate. Some programs are stronger at one or the other. Some want a bigger school in a strong college town, some want a smaller, more intimate feel. I would suspect that 70 is the number of apps in. You can see that on Naviance, but it does not show what admissions path they chose.

I get all the reasons. My Virginia kid applied ED to Michigan. The idea that 70 public school kids are willing to be locked into Michigan’s very high tuition (they give basically no aid OOS) is what is surprising.

Top 20 school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend has a child at Yorktown and they were told that there are 70+ kids who have ED'd to Michigan.

In Virginia,...... what?

If these Yorktown kids have the stats to get into Michigan, they could get into UVA. Hard to believe there are 70 kids that would pay $80,000 a year for Michigan knowing they could very likely go in state to UVA for half the cost.

There are reasons students would chose one over the other. While they attract similiar kids, some want to leave VA and some want to stay instate. Some programs are stronger at one or the other. Some want a bigger school in a strong college town, some want a smaller, more intimate feel. I would suspect that 70 is the number of apps in. You can see that on Naviance, but it does not show what admissions path they chose.

I get all the reasons. My Virginia kid applied ED to Michigan. The idea that 70 public school kids are willing to be locked into Michigan’s very high tuition (they give basically no aid OOS) is what is surprising.

Top 20 school

I'm glad this means nothing for me and my kids.

[Anonymous]

It’s basically a guarantee that the true top kids shooting for HYPSM will continue to apply EA, not ED. But in the current environment, where so many kids want a big school experience, it’s plausible to me that Michigan will steal ED market share from schools like Penn, Cornell, Northwestern, and Duke. To parents prepared to pay those private-school prices, Michigan would look like a bargain. And those kids often come from private schools or affluent neighborhoods where they are under pretty intense pressure to “play their ED card” somewhere. Now they can apply ED to Michigan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend has a child at Yorktown and they were told that there are 70+ kids who have ED'd to Michigan.

In Virginia,...... what?

If these Yorktown kids have the stats to get into Michigan, they could get into UVA. Hard to believe there are 70 kids that would pay $80,000 a year for Michigan knowing they could very likely go in state to UVA for half the cost.

There are reasons students would chose one over the other. While they attract similiar kids, some want to leave VA and some want to stay instate. Some programs are stronger at one or the other. Some want a bigger school in a strong college town, some want a smaller, more intimate feel. I would suspect that 70 is the number of apps in. You can see that on Naviance, but it does not show what admissions path they chose.

I get all the reasons. My Virginia kid applied ED to Michigan. The idea that 70 public school kids are willing to be locked into Michigan’s very high tuition (they give basically no aid OOS) is what is surprising.

I think families don't realize that Michigan doesn't meet need, because nearly all of their peer schools at this level do. So you have folks who make $250k and would be on the hook for $40k-$50k at an Ivy or WashU with financial aid, but will be responsible for the full $85k oos at Michigan... and the parents haven't realized that yet.

[Anonymous]

Because of the ED, we look replaced umich with Illinois. Similar engineering schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s basically a guarantee that the true top kids shooting for HYPSM will continue to apply EA, not ED. But in the current environment, where so many kids want a big school experience, it’s plausible to me that Michigan will steal ED market share from schools like Penn, Cornell, Northwestern, and Duke. To parents prepared to pay those private-school prices, Michigan would look like a bargain. And those kids often come from private schools or affluent neighborhoods where they are under pretty intense pressure to “play their ED card” somewhere. Now they can apply ED to Michigan.

I can see it taking Cornell or Northwestern share, but Penn/Duke are seen as a cut above. I have seen plenty of cases of students turning down Cornell/NW for a variety of reasons however

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend has a child at Yorktown and they were told that there are 70+ kids who have ED'd to Michigan.

No way this is true. Must be ED plus EA.