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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My friend has a child at Yorktown and they were told that there are 70+ kids who have ED'd to Michigan.  
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In Virginia,...... what?[/quote]

If these Yorktown kids have the stats to get into Michigan, they could get into UVA. Hard to believe there are 70 kids that would pay $80,000 a year for Michigan knowing they could very likely go in state to UVA for half the cost. [/quote]

There are reasons students would chose one over the other. While they attract similiar kids, some want to leave VA and some want to stay instate. Some programs are stronger at one or the other.  Some want a bigger school in a strong college town, some want a smaller, more intimate feel. I would suspect that 70 is the number of apps in.  You can see that on Naviance, but it does not show what admissions path they chose.[/quote]

I get all the reasons. My Virginia kid applied ED to Michigan. The idea that 70 public school kids are willing to be locked into Michigan’s very high tuition (they give basically no aid OOS) is what is surprising. [/quote]

[b]I think families don't realize that Michigan doesn't meet need, because nearly all of their peer schools at this level do.[/b]  So you have folks who make $250k and would be on the hook for $40k-$50k at an Ivy or WashU with financial aid, but will be responsible for the full $85k oos at Michigan... and the parents haven't realized that yet.[/quote]

Yes, this 1000%.  
I had a 2025 grad and spent an inordinate amount of time on Reddit as my kid was applying to top20 schools and getting off waitlists. 
Michigan by far had the most kids from across the US who were surprised by their financial aid packages (or lack thereof). They are not generous and most kids who were getting $50K from Cornell, NU, and even in many cases UVA got nothing or close to nothing from Michigan. And this is part of why the waitlist at Michigan moves so much. There are tons and tons of kids of smart kids who drop out once they get their aid.  Remember, outside of DCUM most kids do not have $85K/year for college.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out in ED.  Hopefully everyone ran their net price calculators. [/quote]

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