<p>I won’t post my stats because they are irrelevant to my question/topic. With that being said, I will state that I am an OOS student applying to U-M with their ratios being close to, as of the last I saw, 70%-30% (in-state to OOS respectively). It is understandable that it will be more difficult to get in, but with the OOS tuition being almost double that of the in-state, wouldn’t they want to see a little more money heading their way? Michigan has been hit bad because of the recession, so with my theory, wouldn’t U-M look towards accepting more OOS now? Haha a question I ponder, because U-M is my top school (Science programs are phenomenal).</p>
<p>Well, in-state students end up being more profitable to them anyways; because it’s a public school, they get hefty government funds for accepting in-staters. Tuition costs of OOS students are adjusted to make up for the loss that they take by accepting them in the first place. So in tough times, they’re actually LESS likely to want you lol.</p>