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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of the kids at my DC’s school applying ED to Michigan have stats that are slightly under what the “average” EA acceptance would have been at our school last year. They are hoping ED gives them a boost. The really top stats kids are not applying ED. One I know applying ED is even applying test optional—not a good idea out of state.

Also, PP is correct. Michigan totally favors legacy kids. [/quote]

Michigan favors legacy kids, but I wonder if there will be as much of a difference now that ED is an option. Their OOS yield is pretty low and admitting legacies were a way to boost it (more likely to attend). Now OOS kids can clearly demonstrate strong interest.[/quote]

I think the above is true.  However, legacy kids may also be well-placed to answer "Why Michigan" effectively.

People on DCUM endlessly debate small, socially elite, and personalized vs. large, T20-30, and make your own way in the world schools.  Michigan legacy families know the school and understand the strengths and weaknesses.

Michigan and MoCo have aligned wealthy and liberal psychographics.  And with the difficulty of getting into UMD for engineering and comp sci, Michigan looks like a logical fit on a list of schools.

As an overall observation, DMV kids are not really the demographic force at Michigan that California, NYC metro, and Chicago kids are.  It's my guess this is why there are unusual situations with the waitlist at DMV schools.  They probably indeed can't predict yield very well for DMV.  ED will definitely help.

Good luck to the applicants.  I am excited for ED to strengthen the pool of attendees.  The best case situation is to have more students who are truly happy to be at their ED school.[/quote]

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