University of Michigan versus Case Western Reserve PreMed

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Is it any wonder that 10% of families whose kids attend a state school, Michigan, earn $630,000 or more?

Many of my friends who are alums agree. At least for out of staters, Michigan has become a rich kids school. It was not that way 30 years ago, and the Regents and administration could care less.

Actually, that may be intentional. As states have defunded their public universities, flagships that are attractive to out-of-state students use the out-of-state tuition to bring in more money in part to replace the reduced state funding.

Very true. I don’t deny this. The UCs do this, to the exclusion of in state students, but that’s another subject.

Michigan has a gigantic $12B endowment. If they spent an extra $50-$100M/year of it on bringing their financial aid in line with other universities for middle to upper middle income families, they could attract a more socioeconomically diverse student body.

And @Eeyore123 , here is the mission of U of M: The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the WORLD through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future.

How do you create and develop leaders if they are shut out of the school by excessively high tuition, including my OOS daughter’s, no matter where they come from?