admission odds for an Asian American?:(

sushiritto
Thu, 15 Aug 2019 05:35:39 +0000

@ucbalumnus Which public universities, on record, admit based upon race and ethnicity?

Michigan does consider legacy

Yes, that’s what the CDS states about legacy status at UMich, but…

does Michigan consider legacy status today? Rick Fitzgerald, a spokesman, told Inside Higher Ed that legacy status is used for only two purposes. He said that the college does want to acknowledge family relationships to alumni when communicating with parents of applicants about the admissions process. Further, he said that legacy status is an important factor in calculating yield, the percentage of admitted applicants who enroll. Legacy applicants who are admitted enroll at a higher rate than do other applicants. So it’s important for enrollment planners to know whether those in the applicant pool are legacies, he said.

But he insisted that legacy status plays no role in actual admissions decisions.
As to the FAQ suggesting otherwise, he said that “perhaps we can do a better job of spelling that out.”

https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2019/03/25/u-michigan-says-it-doesnt-consider-legacy-status-admissions-some

And anecdotally, there were several high stat legacies denied admission in the last cycle, Class of 2023, here on CC.