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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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. [/quote]

Make sure you talk to current students. I know a lot of unhappy, freshman (academically) with very large classes with lack of access to their advisors. Everyone says it gets better by junior and senior year but that’s a long time away. And socially, much more competitive than people expected[/quote]

Yes, I could have written this. My child's friends at Michigan are in massive classes (300-500+) and could not get any class remotely of their choosing for the fall. And the social scene is rough--lots of money and snobbery from NJ and NY and hard to find your people if you don't luck out by who is on your dorm hall. My daughter's friends who are struggling the most socially of any college are both at Michigan. You can't tell from their Instagrams (they all depict them in super happy friend groups at football games) but both are really lonely. [/quote]

Why people pay private rates for a public school experience I will never understand. Luckily my own DC has zero interest in football or rah-rah large schools. It’s obviously up to them, but my dream would be for my DC to attend a SLAC where most classes have 20 or fewer students, taught by professors, and the focus of the entire school is on the undergraduates. 
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That’s great if that’s what your kid wants! I have a kid at a SLAC who is deliriously happy because that’s the experience he wanted. And I have another kid who wants the wants the big school, big sports experience of Michigan and is applying ED there. Value is not objective.[/quote]

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