U-M wants smaller class size

Bad news for seniors applying to the University of Michigan next year: admissions wants smaller class size.

According to annarbor.com, U-M seeks to enroll approximately 5,970 students next year. That’s less than the 6,251 and 6,496 admitted in 2011 and 2010 respectively. Despite the fact that the number of students accepted is going up, getting in is getting tougher. The number of students applying has also gone up also, so U-M admissions rates (those applied v. those accepted) are actually falling.

Because of its switch to the common application, U-M expects a record of over 40,000 students to apply.

This year, there are over 27,000 undergraduates enrolled at U-M, but admissions wants to see that fall to somewhere around 25,000. The easiest way to do that is to take fewer students for next year’s freshman class.

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