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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s basically a guarantee that the true top kids shooting for HYPSM will continue to apply EA, not ED. But in the current environment, where so many kids want a big school experience, it’s plausible to me that Michigan will steal ED market share from schools like Penn, Cornell, Northwestern, and Duke. To parents prepared to pay those private-school prices, Michigan would look like a bargain. And those kids often come from private schools or affluent neighborhoods where they are under pretty intense pressure to “play their ED card” somewhere. Now they can apply ED to Michigan. [/quote]

I can see it taking Cornell or Northwestern share, but Penn/Duke are seen as a cut above. I have seen plenty of cases of students turning down Cornell/NW for a variety of reasons however[/quote]

Michigan/Cornell/Penn/Northwestern do have a lot in common as far as academic offerings.  I applied to 3 of these for MBA school.

Michigan and Cornell interact for Engineering, which has substantial enrollment at both schools.  My sibling attended one for undergrad and one for grad.  Michigan is viewed as difficult enough but more fun.

I'd say that Penn is more of an outlier among these 4, especially due to its urban campus location.

Northwestern and Michigan interact among Midwest kids (non-DMV markets).

I actually think people would have an ED preference for those other schools that would be durable.  Mainly based on geographic preference or characteristics of the major they want.  I think ED is going to come from the Michigan legacies (because legacy currently has zero weight), the sports fan types, in-staters who want to ensure they get in early and can't be bought off by a big scholarship elsewhere, etc.  [/quote]

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