OT - Applications to MSU down over 8%

\insert pikachu shocked meme

Seeing a lot of Sparties on Twitter saying that there's no correlation between Nassar and this. I want to correct them, but I remembered that "Correlations" is a graduate level program at MSU and I don't wanna spoil the knowledge that they're going to receive at their fine institution.

How much did female applicants drop by?  I would hope 100%.

I found this fascinating. I had thought that no one ever applied directly to msu, but instead, those applicants not accepted to Michigan were auto-enrolled there and told to move to East Lansing. 

I can’t think of one quality person I know of that is currently enrolled at MSU or just graduated. I’m serious. And trust me it’s not just me that feels that way about those people. I know a recent Wisconsin grad and Penn St upperclassmen and they feel the same way about Sparties. There go to saying “What the hell do they have to be arrogant about??”

Wisconsin 35,615 42,627 19.7%

Michigan 59,886 65,684 9.7%

Purdue 48,915 53,442 9.3%

Northwestern 37,259 40,426 8.5%

Rutgers 38,384 41,348 7.7%

Indiana 41,939 44,169 5.3%

Illinois 38,965 39,406 1.1%

Ohio State 52,427 52,540 0.2%

Nebraska 14,947 14,956 0.1%

Minnesota 43,720 43,441 -0.6%

 Maryland 34,017 33,568 -1.3%

Iowa 27,734 26,706- 3.7%

Penn State 56,114 N/A N/A

Michigan State 36,143 33,129 -8.3%

These are quite frankly amazing numbers.

1) MSU had fewer apps than every school but Neb and Iowa (LOL Neb no one wants to go there). 

2) That is a sever drop that cannot be logically accounted for by anything but the shit the have gone thru the last 2 years. The quality of the MSU student has dropped a METRIC TON the last 2 classes: A year ago they admitted a huge class, this year they will admit everyone who applied, basically. If you know a mediorce student, tell them to apply to MSU - that's a great opportunity to go to a B10 school if your GPA is 2.5-3.0. 

3) If the prev. posters accept rates are correct for MSU (77%): FUCKING LOL - that's SUNY Albany territory

4) Good on you UW! Probably part of the the big numbers for other B10 schools are the loss of apps at MSU apllying to these local B10 schools

5) We get 10k+ more apps than any other school in the B10?!

6) Admit rate last year was 24-25% for UM as others have pointed out. SAT/ACTs scores way up as is Avg GPA. It is prohibitively difficult to get into UM now. By the time my daughter maybe applies in 2024, the admit rate will be less than 15% at this rate. That's Cornell level admit rate with probably 30k-40k more apps received than any Ivy.

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Would be interesting to find out if the drop was primarily from female students not applying.

Doesn't the Winter applications jump back up for Michigan State after applicants get the rejection letter from Michigan?

The Nassar Difference!

My daughter wants to go into vet medicine and I am all like, Florida State has a great program ...

The decrease could be partially due to the Nassar Scandal.

I have a nephew that toured MSU. They are moving to a new pay system, where the student is required to pay a flat fee every semester to be a full-time student. The fee is to be set at the amount of cost for 15 credits currently, whether the student takes 12 or 18 credits. The student might have to pay for 15 credits if only taking 12. The student pays for 15 credits, if they take 18, too. Anywhere in that range, they have to pay for 15 credits. This is one of the major reasons that my nephew is headed elsewhere.

I think he's headed to a much less expensive smaller school.