<p>Thanks for the new stats. A 40% acceptance rate is better than preceding years. But IMO, a 40% acceptance rate is still high enough to make it a match if she applied this year or next - again her stats are very much in place for Michigan. Her stats are also good/“meets the average” for UCLA or Cal, but with their 20-25% acceptance rate, I think it would mean that only 1 in 5 or 1 in 4 students with the same stats/higher stats get in, which would make them reach schools. That’s just how I view acceptances though, as I don’t really have the data to back it up. </p>
<p>As for OOS applicants, isn’t it right that Michigan is also looking to add more OOS admits because of diversity/economic reasons and has been a pioneer of accepting more OOS applicants in the past? Not sure about this.</p>
<p>IMO, these are the schools that closely match Michigan’s acceptance stats and are therefore “matches” for OP’s cousin:</p>
<p>NYU, BC, Brandeis, UCSD, UCI</p>
<p>Michigan has definitely more prestige (comparable to the top publics) indeed if compared to Brandeis, SD, and I and it’s high acceptance rate makes it so alluring as a safety for Ivy league bound applicants, which is sort of unfair for Michigan.</p>
<p>It may take a few more years for Michigan to get down to the 25-20% acceptance rate it should have. As for now though, and maybe next year, Michigan remains, to a lesser extent, a “safety” for ivy-bound applicants, and a “match” for people with OP’s cousin’s stats.</p>