A quality college education is still accessible to Michigan residents. Michigan State has an 84% acceptance rate and has even more students than Michigan. |
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To improve yield. Ask UVA about it. |
Universities talk about finding the right fit and not worrying about rankings. Then they go ahead and use every trick possible to go higher up in the rankings which they preach us to ignore. Lying liars! |
What do you mean with the yield being "crazy?" The 2024-25 CDS looks like yield was nearly 50% which is very good, correct? Agree with the turmoil, know of a few families that chose other schools after seeing chaos on accepted students day. |
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Michigan State had to boost their acceptance rate because the state of Michigan keeps losing its college age population. Central, Western, and Eastern have lower enrollment levels as a result. |
Who wants to live in Michigan for four years? |
a lot of kids. It’s pretty. |
Apparently thousands of people |
Mom, Dad, I want to go to school in the Rust Belt! You can pay private school tuition for a factory school, but you get to brag to all your friends that is is a top school: US News says so. And I will actually get in, because it is an easier admit than actual top schools! Yay! Thanks Mom and Dad. |
At this point, people should disregard everything admissions officers say because, yes, much of it is untrue. |
There’s a pretty massive difference between Ann Arbor and Gary |
Tell Mom and Dad! |
Yes, we are under no illusions that you are a kid hanging around here instead of doing something more normal with your time. |