“during the admission process as reflective of what the next 4 years will be like, and then head for the door!”
Michigan’s freshman retention rate is one of the highest in the country…somewhere around 96%-97%, or roughly Ivy level and there is no available data to support pre-self-selection so there is no support for your statement but support for the counter proposition. Students also graduate at a good clip when reviewing the 4, 5 and 6 year cohorts. Those levels would probably be higher with greater student wealth. While Michigan does well along that metric, I don’t much care for the idea that it factors into Michigan’s 29th rating in the country…it essentially penalizes the school for family wealth, an input, rather than student quality or success after graduation or outputs.
Well, that last bit was a bit of a digression, but your statement smacks of bald assertion rather than empirical fact.