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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Michigan takes around a 1,000 students a year off the waitlist.  This year it could be almost 1,500.[/quote]

The very large waitlist movement, not influenced by Covid, only began the past two academic years. I’m certain that it is because large number of Jewish students who apply to Michigan have been disenchanted with the protests on campus. [/quote]

As an in-stater with a rising sophomore at Michigan, I completely doubt this hypothesis.

I found a pre-Covid, pre-Gaza press release that was addressing a negative rating for Michigan regarding Jewish life on campus.  Might be interesting to some readers, even though it's old.  Because historical values endure through troubled times.

https://publicaffairs.vpcomm.umich.edu/key-issues/university-of-michigan-welcomes-jewish-students/

Google suggests (might be off, but let's go with it) that Jewish student population at Michigan is around 14%.  A waitlist of 1K is massive overkill for hypothetically making up for low yield among Jewish OOS students.  What else happened to Michigan post-Covid?   Apps way up, driven in part by the national football championship.  And our "demographic cliff" in high school graduates is arriving sooner due to economic conditions in Michigan before the 2008-2009 recession.

[b]I think the large waiting list is probably due to yield management due to the insane increase in Common Apps per high-achieving applicant.  It probably is much harder now to predict which top in-state and OOS candidates will actually yield.  Michigan probably can get some really great candidates at the last minute who want to trade up or roughly across.

Also, my guess is that they want to maintain in-state student quality.  High-stats kids who want to stay in-state are getting very sweet financial packages from the lower-ranked in-state schools.  So they probably need to increase yield among high-stats kids who are tempted to go out of state but are juggling Ivy WLs and aid package issues.[/b]

Also, I live in the Detroit metro.  The protests last year did not impact student experience as much as non-involved OOS people might think from the news. It was a non-issue for my freshman. I won't make any more sweeping statements than that, since I realize people have varying degrees of concern and personal investment.[/quote]

This is why there is a lot of talk and rumors that Michigan will announce ED for the next application cycle. [/quote]
The only place this rumor has appeared is here at DCUM.[/quote]

I have also heard the rumor from our private college counselor that used to be an admissions officer at Michigan. They still have connections there and they were told that ED is coming to Michigan this year or the following year. [/quote]

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