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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last spring, an admissions consultant was reporting seeing lots of 3.9 waitlists, 3.6/3.7 acceptances.

UMich considers interest. Just saying...[/quote]

This makes me nervous about ED bc everyone has the highest demonstrated interest by definition. I think they are going to majorly fill the class with high stats kids and move away from the leadership model.  My low range SAT kid  DD cried when ED was introduced.

Such is life.  On to the next school. [/quote]

If I understand your take on things, I find it odd.

First, what is "the leadership model"? (Something do with morphing the community question into the leadership question?)

How would the introduction of ED affect a low-range SAT applicant? What's the thinking here?

Michigan has struggled with out-of-state yield. It's much lower than in-state yield. They know that for many OS applicants, Michigan is not their first choice. Accepting lots of applicants for whom your school is not their first choice brings uncertainty and volatility to the process. What do they do to address that and figure out who really wants to go to Michigan? First, they consider demonstrated interest and likely weigh the "Why Michigan?" essay heavily. Second, anecdotally, they yield-protect. (That's what the 3.9 waitlist,  3.6/3.7 acceptances stories are saying to me. Are they saying something different to you?)

Third, they've recently introduced ED. Yes, this is probably the highest indicator of interest. So if Michigan is your kid's top choice, they apply ED to show that level of interest. (Or EA.)

> [b]I think they are going to majorly fill the class with high stats kids[/b]

I think they're going to fill the class with the applicants who most want to go to Michigan and who also meet whatever criteria they have for stats, leadership, whatever.[/quote]

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