| I don't know if it's a trend either, but it seems apparent that applications are bouncing back from the dip they took when the app changed to include multiple essays. Whether or not the rise in apps will continue? Dunno.
As for whether the U would like to enroll a class of 6000, that would surprise me. However, we do have a new provost; I don't know what her opinion is on what the right size class is, what the right size student body is.
There is a big push in the state to increase the number of college graduates, but U-M's role in that isn't direct. If U-M admits a large class, it's not going to be admitting students who otherwise weren't going to college at all. |