Univ of Chicago ED Acceptance Rate

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Anonymous wrote:This may be a naive question, but has UChicago ever addressed why that information i is left blank on the common data set? Like is it an oversight? Is it purposeful?

Good question. Has the admissions dean addressed this?

Folks, Chicago is notorious for this. Has been for years. Nothing new here. I get that many posters are new here but, no, it is not an oversight that can be cured by a phone call. Nor is it an oversight that, until last year, Chicago had never even published a CDS.

Even their 5% acceptance rate between ED1 and EA (still no cite) is obfuscatory gobbledygook. The main purpose of Chicago EA is and has long since been to defer kids and get them to commit to ED2. Couple that with ED1 deferrals and we are not talking about a 95% rejection rate. We are talking about a 5% acceptance rate and (who knows?) a 60% deferral rate…

Thank you for your reply. However, since it looks like the Dean of Admissions gives speeches/webinars to parents, I was specifically wondering if this question was ever asked and answered? I know when we did a webinar with Hamilton's dean of admission, which is a top choice for our DC, we peppered them with questions, and mostly they were very forthcoming. Questions like submitting SAT's, GPA, geographic diversity they were very open about. I am just wondering if someone directly asks the question and pretty much expects an answer.

[Anonymous]

Regardless of how are you getting to UC, it is very demanding school with hard grading.

[Anonymous]

Admissions has kept the responses high level with basic stats from what I've seen and heard. Why would the school voluntarily give out extra info that would really only hurt it though?

The key is to appear helpful and positive while not answering questions that get too into the weeds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Admissions has kept the responses high level with basic stats from what I've seen and heard. Why would the school voluntarily give out extra info that would really only hurt it though?

The key is to appear helpful and positive while not answering questions that get too into the weeds.

So you have asked directly? Was this an AO or the Dean of Admissions? What was their response?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This may be a naive question, but has UChicago ever addressed why that information i is left blank on the common data set? Like is it an oversight? Is it purposeful?

Good question. Has the admissions dean addressed this?

Folks, Chicago is notorious for this. Has been for years. Nothing new here. I get that many posters are new here but, no, it is not an oversight that can be cured by a phone call. Nor is it an oversight that, until last year, Chicago had never even published a CDS.

Even their 5% acceptance rate between ED1 and EA (still no cite) is obfuscatory gobbledygook. The main purpose of Chicago EA is and has long since been to defer kids and get them to commit to ED2. Couple that with ED1 deferrals and we are not talking about a 95% rejection rate. We are talking about a 5% acceptance rate and (who knows?) a 60% deferral rate…

Thank you for your reply. However, since it looks like the Dean of Admissions gives speeches/webinars to parents, I was specifically wondering if this question was ever asked and answered? I know when we did a webinar with Hamilton's dean of admission, which is a top choice for our DC, we peppered them with questions, and mostly they were very forthcoming. Questions like submitting SAT's, GPA, geographic diversity they were very open about. I am just wondering if someone directly asks the question and pretty much expects an answer.

Dean of admissions has said (last year) that it was 25% EA, 25% ED1, 25% ED2, and 25% RD in some podcast. I do not remember which one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Admissions has kept the responses high level with basic stats from what I've seen and heard. Why would the school voluntarily give out extra info that would really only hurt it though?

The key is to appear helpful and positive while not answering questions that get too into the weeds.

So you have asked directly? Was this an AO or the Dean of Admissions? What was their response?

Why should you have to ask the Dean of Admissions? Why can’t they just release the same data that every other school does?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This may be a naive question, but has UChicago ever addressed why that information i is left blank on the common data set? Like is it an oversight? Is it purposeful?

Good question. Has the admissions dean addressed this?

Folks, Chicago is notorious for this. Has been for years. Nothing new here. I get that many posters are new here but, no, it is not an oversight that can be cured by a phone call. Nor is it an oversight that, until last year, Chicago had never even published a CDS.

Even their 5% acceptance rate between ED1 and EA (still no cite) is obfuscatory gobbledygook. The main purpose of Chicago EA is and has long since been to defer kids and get them to commit to ED2. Couple that with ED1 deferrals and we are not talking about a 95% rejection rate. We are talking about a 5% acceptance rate and (who knows?) a 60% deferral rate…

The 5% was cited earlier in the thread. Dean of Admissions at an Accepted Students event for this current year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Admissions has kept the responses high level with basic stats from what I've seen and heard. Why would the school voluntarily give out extra info that would really only hurt it though?

The key is to appear helpful and positive while not answering questions that get too into the weeds.

So you have asked directly? Was this an AO or the Dean of Admissions? What was their response?

Why should you have to ask the Dean of Admissions? Why can’t they just release the same data that every other school does?

Well, it just seems like a natural thing to do if you have specific questions. There seems to be a lot of conjecture in this thread and posters saying for a fact that admissions won’t tell you information yet no one has said they have bothered to ask. Or saying they fly kids in and wine and dine them (when that seems to not be accurate or at the very least not the full picture). Or saying they strong arm kids to commit off the waitlist without any firsthand knowledge of said tactics and other parents acknowledging different schools have called their kids and asked them to commit off the waitlist. It’s just a very confusing picture that being painted here without specific factual information.

I think it’s a natural for previous posters to wonder if you have asked. For example, when looking at schools with my kid, the AO’s would mention in the info sessions the percentage of kids who applied TO. To me, it was much more important to know the percentage of kids applying TO that were actually admitted…so I asked. I would usually pull them aside at the end of the session and just ask. I didnt lament the fact they didn’t come out and tell me directly. I just asked so I was armed with as much information as possible. (And fyi kid wound up submitting scores to schools anyway).

Just my 2 cents but I don’t think I’m alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This may be a naive question, but has UChicago ever addressed why that information i is left blank on the common data set? Like is it an oversight? Is it purposeful?

Good question. Has the admissions dean addressed this?

Folks, Chicago is notorious for this. Has been for years. Nothing new here. I get that many posters are new here but, no, it is not an oversight that can be cured by a phone call. Nor is it an oversight that, until last year, Chicago had never even published a CDS.

Even their 5% acceptance rate between ED1 and EA (still no cite) is obfuscatory gobbledygook. The main purpose of Chicago EA is and has long since been to defer kids and get them to commit to ED2. Couple that with ED1 deferrals and we are not talking about a 95% rejection rate. We are talking about a 5% acceptance rate and (who knows?) a 60% deferral rate…

Thank you for your reply. However, since it looks like the Dean of Admissions gives speeches/webinars to parents, I was specifically wondering if this question was ever asked and answered? I know when we did a webinar with Hamilton's dean of admission, which is a top choice for our DC, we peppered them with questions, and mostly they were very forthcoming. Questions like submitting SAT's, GPA, geographic diversity they were very open about. I am just wondering if someone directly asks the question and pretty much expects an answer.

Dean of admissions has said (last year) that it was 25% EA, 25% ED1, 25% ED2, and 25% RD in some podcast. I do not remember which one.

I don't think it's getting into the weeds to posit these questions:
1) How many apply ED1 and how many are accepted?
2) How many apply ED2 and how many are accepted?

It seems every other selective college makes this information readily available.

[Anonymous]

Please call them up and ask and report back here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Admissions has kept the responses high level with basic stats from what I've seen and heard. Why would the school voluntarily give out extra info that would really only hurt it though?

The key is to appear helpful and positive while not answering questions that get too into the weeds.

So you have asked directly? Was this an AO or the Dean of Admissions? What was their response?

Why should you have to ask the Dean of Admissions? Why can’t they just release the same data that every other school does?

Well, it just seems like a natural thing to do if you have specific questions. There seems to be a lot of conjecture in this thread and posters saying for a fact that admissions won’t tell you information yet no one has said they have bothered to ask. Or saying they fly kids in and wine and dine them (when that seems to not be accurate or at the very least not the full picture). Or saying they strong arm kids to commit off the waitlist without any firsthand knowledge of said tactics and other parents acknowledging different schools have called their kids and asked them to commit off the waitlist. It’s just a very confusing picture that being painted here without specific factual information.

I think it’s a natural for previous posters to wonder if you have asked. For example, when looking at schools with my kid, the AO’s would mention in the info sessions the percentage of kids who applied TO. To me, it was much more important to know the percentage of kids applying TO that were actually admitted…so I asked. I would usually pull them aside at the end of the session and just ask. I didnt lament the fact they didn’t come out and tell me directly. I just asked so I was armed with as much information as possible. (And fyi kid wound up submitting scores to schools anyway).

Just my 2 cents but I don’t think I’m alone.

That was a lot of words that didn’t answer my question, which is: Why should one *have* to ask for information that every other school releases in its common data set?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please call them up and ask and report back here.

I heard of the world wide web which connected disparate informational sources together. Assuming UChicago has thousands of parents who are interested in the answer, it is pretty telling that no answer can be found on the aforementioned WWW, and hence, you won't get a direct answer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Admissions has kept the responses high level with basic stats from what I've seen and heard. Why would the school voluntarily give out extra info that would really only hurt it though?

The key is to appear helpful and positive while not answering questions that get too into the weeds.

So you have asked directly? Was this an AO or the Dean of Admissions? What was their response?

Why should you have to ask the Dean of Admissions? Why can’t they just release the same data that every other school does?

Well, it just seems like a natural thing to do if you have specific questions. There seems to be a lot of conjecture in this thread and posters saying for a fact that admissions won’t tell you information yet no one has said they have bothered to ask. Or saying they fly kids in and wine and dine them (when that seems to not be accurate or at the very least not the full picture). Or saying they strong arm kids to commit off the waitlist without any firsthand knowledge of said tactics and other parents acknowledging different schools have called their kids and asked them to commit off the waitlist. It’s just a very confusing picture that being painted here without specific factual information.

I think it’s a natural for previous posters to wonder if you have asked. For example, when looking at schools with my kid, the AO’s would mention in the info sessions the percentage of kids who applied TO. To me, it was much more important to know the percentage of kids applying TO that were actually admitted…so I asked. I would usually pull them aside at the end of the session and just ask. I didnt lament the fact they didn’t come out and tell me directly. I just asked so I was armed with as much information as possible. (And fyi kid wound up submitting scores to schools anyway).

Just my 2 cents but I don’t think I’m alone.

That was a lot of words that didn’t answer my question, which is: Why should one *have* to ask for information that every other school releases in its common data set?

You don’t have to ask if you don’t want to. But I suspect you want to know.Some schools gave me stats upfront, some didn’t. I didn’t sweat it; I just asked. Hope that is succinct enough.

[Anonymous]

So weird how people bend over backwards to defend Chicago’s shady behavior. We should all be in favor of schools being transparent.

[Anonymous]

Last year a TJ kid received a call from the Chicago admissions office to change their application from RD to ED. The kid declined and kept it as a RD application. Dozens applied but only a dozen or so admitted in ED1 and ED2, and only one admitted in RD, which was this kid.