46,730 applications: University of Michigan expects roughly 6,000 freshmen to enroll in the fall

Correction: The figuring representing U-M's acceptance rate has been fixed. U-M accepted approximately 1/3 of applicants.

The University of Michigan received more than 46,730 applications for entry to its 2013 freshman class- and 33 percent of applicants were admitted.

Of the 15,430 applicants offered admission, roughly 6,450 paid an enrollment deposit, a 42 percent yield rate. U-M expects some who paid the deposit to nonetheless go elsewhere, and is predicting a freshman class with about 6,000 students.

The uptick in applications marks a 10 percent increase over last year, when the school received 42,480 submissions. The year before, in 2011, U-M received 39,570 applications.

The increase is due in part to U-M's growing international profile and also its switch to the Common Application in 2010. The Common Application allows students streamline their college application process and submit near-identical applications to participating schools, provided applicants tailor personal essays for each school.

U-M said this year is the seventh consecutive year the number of applications has broken the previous record.

Final enrollment figures will be available in October.

U-M enrolled about 6,170 freshmen this year, down from roughly 6,250 in 2011 and 6,500 in 2010.

The school's sweet-spot for freshmen enrollment is just under 6,000 students.

"Most of our applicants are qualified to be U-M students. Our job in admissions is to select from this amazing applicant pool the best possible freshman class — students who will flourish at the university and also complement the community as a whole during their years here," Ted Spencer, associate vice provost and executive director of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, said in a release.

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