University of Chicago
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Anonymous
100-110. Our top 30% go to T25 schools; on average 1 per college but a lot more to Penn. If you’re from the area, you can probably figure out which HS this is. |
Anonymous
DP: you can google it. Harvard Westlake distributed a document called College Counseling student handbook. Probably meant for internal use but it’s been circulated online/on Reddit. On the back there is a grid that shows stats for every single college their students applied to in the last 3 years (published in Jan 2025). I’m looking at the grid right now, Chicago took 1 kid as far down as 3.2 GPA, 4 kids 3.4, 15 kids 3.6 in the last 3 years. In comparison, Johns Hopkins also had applicants from HW in those GPA ranges (15 applicants) and took 0. Among 15 applicants who applied from HW with 3.8-4.0 GPA, JHU accepted 5. Very different when you see the 0s across vs. the grid line for Chicago. |
Anonymous
^^ I’m poster above. I also just checked Middlebury for comparison. They took 0 kid out of 4 who applied with 3.4, and took 1 out of 15 who applied with 3.6. It’s easier to get into Chicago than to Middlebury if you have mid stats from Harvard Westlake. Perhaps those Middlebury applicants needed aid or took easier courses, but just looking at acceptance numbers, that’s what the HW grid shows. |
Anonymous
None. It's yet another opportunity for the U Chicago haters to bash the school. I'm still mystified as to what drives this person (or people, although it's mostly one person - her posts are so similar, it's very obvious). |
Anonymous
I posted HW stats above just because I have it handy and saw folks debating who gets in. I don’t hate Chicago and am not trying to bash it. I was a new poster. Will stop now - don’t want to fight. |
Anonymous
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UChicago drives a special kind of hate from a lot of people on here and I don’t understand it. It’s not a school for everyone. They are looking for a particular type of kid and your kid will be compared against others from their school. The top kids at your school may not fit the Chicago profile and/or might have hooks to other schools so maybe they don’t apply or choose to attend. Trying to compare GPAs across schools across the county, state, or country is pointless because the grading systems and standards varies so widely. Work with your college counselor if your DC is considering Chicago, visit the campus, consider taking a summer class taught by a current professor (DC did this and loved it), and take time to really understand the core and the quarter system.
The too many mailers gripe is silly—my kid was absolutely inundated by a lot of different schools. At least the pieces from Chicago were interesting and genuinely gave them a sense of the place. As anyone who has gone through the process recently, you know there’s also a bit of luck involved too. Trying to crack the code on who gets admitted or not (at Chicago or elsewhere) will only make you nuts. |
Anonymous
Don't worry about the negative naysayers. You brought data and facts. I actually found the document you referenced. It says what you said it says. There might be extenuating circumstances, but UChicago is an easier admit than all the Ivy and Ivy pluses (Duke, Hopkins, Vanderbilt) (and even Amherst, Williams), at least from this school. According to the document, the acceptances do not include legacies, recruited athletes or other special circumstances. |
Anonymous
lol. except for MIT , all do it. Many midwits at Harvard/ Yale/Stanford… Harvard was doing remedial math for god sake, you DUNCE! |
Anonymous
Sorry, don't believe you...it seems to be a HW UChicago obsession. To be honest, HW kids are probably a mix of sports and ED, does it say whether or not someone is an athlete? NO it doesn't. How many times do we have to say sports plays a big factor. If all our school's data was revealed bottom stats would be athlete, DEI and donor. Cannot just look at raw data. |
Anonymous
| And I believe HW gpa is weighted. |
Anonymous
Actually Harvard Westlake specifically states that the admission stats excludes legacy, recruited athletes, etc. |
Anonymous
There is such variation by school. At our NYC school Cornell is the go-to for kids with middling stats. They can always get a sophomore admit if nothing else. And literally NO ONE gets into Vanderbilt, like ever. Why? Who knows. |
Anonymous
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From Harvard Westlake's guide:
Cornell University GPA 3.8-4.0 66 applied, 20 accepted GPA 3.6-3.79 49 applied, 6 accepted Vanderbilt 3.8-4.0 34 applied, 3 accepted |
Anonymous
Cornell favors in-state kids. On top of that, there are several contract colleges that take slightly lower stats. Many NYC high schools (private or public) send a decent number of students there every year, this is well known. Dyson, SEAS, CAS are more difficult admits even for NYC. |
Anonymous
HLS does it. |