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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]State funding has declined from 80% of annual budget in the 1960s to only 13% today:

https://publicaffairs.vpcomm.umich.edu/key-issues/tuition/general-fund-budget-tutorial/

During that same period, tuition went from 20% of annual budget to 80% today.

With the state's economy and demographics, plus U-M's traditional (and quite honorable) role of taking in good students that others don't want (Jews, Asians, Californians who can't get into one of the prime U-C campuses), the result is a very high OOS percentage there (and very high OOS tuition too!).[/quote]

You can add to that list Virginians who can't get into UVA or VT!  Over 60 TJ kids enrolled at U-M this fall, for example. Many of them would have gone to UVA or VT in previous years, but didn't because of the FirstGen/URM/non-NOVA kick or whatever you want to call the current priorities of UVA and VT's admissions offices.[/quote]

Congrats to your DC.  Go Blue!

Wait. How do you know some of those kids were also admitted to UVA and Tech, but chose Michigan?[/quote]

I thought they were trying to say they weren't admitted to UVA or VT and therefore went to Michigan.  But I doubt that there is much real data.

The numbers in TJ Today Senior Issue were 35 to Michigan, 37 to UVA, 35 to William & Mary, and 20 to Virginia Tech.[/quote]

DP.  Several of the admits had admission to UVA and/or VT but chose Michigan (my DC being one of those) for a variety of reasons.  Tough choice for us.    [/quote][/quote]

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