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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC, HS class of 2020, applied EA along with a huge number of classmates.  Waves came out in December right before winter break.  Again at the end of January, February, March.  By February, everyone who got deferred AGAIN, were fed up with Michigan.  Many of them ended up getting in, but going elsewhere.  My DC was one of them - and ended up at UCLA.  Michigan had been DC's first choice since 10th grade, but their system of admissions totally turned DC off.

DC wanted a large, state school and only applied to them accordingly.  DC would've gone to UT Austin over Michigan if they didn't get UCLA.[/quote]

Yes, this is indicative of the bureaucracy at U-M.  They are concerned with yield management, particularly with regard to Ivies (since some high schools limit the number of EA applications to the Ivies but not to publics, EA Michigan is popular for Ivy applicants), hence the admissions office uses waves of acceptances which inevitably pisses off most applicants, including those who get in.

This continues after enrollment too. For example, U-M, like many schools, did not have in-person orientation this year because of COVID concerns. This meant that the freshmen just showed up and didn't have the usual opportunities to meet others.  There are many lonely freshmen now in Ann Arbor, and if U-M goes virtual again it will get worse.

Much of this is attributable to U-M's being a large public university.  However, it can also be attributable to U-M not getting much funding from the state of Michigan and thus often operating as if it is a private university (as compared with the Cal schools, Texas or even UVA, VT and UMCP, which give more preference to in-state applicants, unlike U-M).

That said, it is still the best U.S. public university outside of the service academies (and despite the BS Forbes ranking).  Putting up with the U-M bureaucracy is the price of becoming a Wolverine.[/quote]

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